Best Central Midfielders

Top-rated central midfielders (CM, RCM, LCM) — FIFA 12

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1

Xavier Hernández Creus91+0

2

Bastian Schweinsteiger87+1

3

Xabier Alonso Olano86+0

4

Yaya Touré85+2

5

Andrea Pirlo85+0

6

Claudio Marchisio83+5

7

João Filipe Moutinho83+3

8

Michaël Essien83+2

9

Scott Parker83+0

10

Jack Wilshere82+8

11

Nuri Şahin82+5

12

James Milner82+3

13

Raúl José Trindade Meireles81+3

14

Riccardo Montolivo81+3

15

Darren Fletcher81+1

16

Emre Belözoğlu81+0

17

Paul Scholes81+0

18

Michael Carrick81+0

19

Mikel Arteta Amatriain81+0

20

Alberto Aquilani80+4

21

Yohan Cabaye80+4

22

Freddy Guarín80+4

23

Éver Banega80+4

24

Fernando Belluschi80+3

25

Antonio Nocerino80+3

26

Joey Barton80+2

27

Charlie Adam80+2

28

Gökhan Inler80+2

29

Cristian Daniel Ledesma80+1

30

Clarence Seedorf80+0

31

Michael Ballack80+0

32

Dejan Stanković80+0

33

Jaroslav Plašil80+0

34

Lucho González80+0

35

Ivan Rakitić79+6

36

37

Axel Witsel79+5

38

Ramires Santos do Nascimen.79+5

39

Younès Belhanda79+5

40

Mathieu Bodmer79+4

41

Tom Huddlestone79+4

42

Marouane Fellaini79+4

43

Alberto Costa79+4

44

Kim Källström79+2

45

Esteban Granero Molina79+2

46

Florent Balmont79+0

47

Igor Semshov79+0

48

Konstantin Zyryanov79+0

49

Kevin Strootman78+9

50

Radja Nainggolan78+8

#	Player	Position	Nation	Team	OVR	POT	Growth
1	Xavier Hernández Creus	CM	Spain	FC Barcelona	91	91	+0
2	Bastian Schweinsteiger	CM	Germany	Bayern München	87	88	+1
3	Xabier Alonso Olano	CM	Spain	Real Madrid	86	86	+0
4	Yaya Touré	CM	Ivory Coast	Manchester City	85	87	+2
5	Andrea Pirlo	CM	Italy	Juventus	85	85	+0
6	Claudio Marchisio	CM	Italy	Juventus	83	88	+5
7	João Filipe Moutinho	CM	Portugal	FC Porto	83	86	+3
8	Michaël Essien	CM	Ghana	Chelsea	83	85	+2
9	Scott Parker	CM	England	Spurs	83	83	+0
10	Jack Wilshere	CM	England	Arsenal	82	90	+8
11	Nuri Şahin	CM	Türkiye	Real Madrid	82	87	+5
12	James Milner	CM	England	Manchester City	82	85	+3
13	Raúl José Trindade Meireles	CM	Portugal	Chelsea	81	84	+3
14	Riccardo Montolivo	CM	Italy	Fiorentina	81	84	+3
15	Darren Fletcher	CM	Scotland	Manchester Utd	81	82	+1
16	Emre Belözoğlu	CM	Türkiye	Turkey	81	81	+0
17	Paul Scholes	CM	England	Manchester Utd	81	81	+0
18	Michael Carrick	CM	England	Manchester Utd	81	81	+0
19	Mikel Arteta Amatriain	CM	Spain	Arsenal	81	81	+0
20	Alberto Aquilani	CM	Italy	Milan	80	84	+4
21	Yohan Cabaye	CM	France	Newcastle Utd	80	84	+4
22	Freddy Guarín	CM	Colombia	Inter	80	84	+4
23	Éver Banega	CM	Argentina	Valencia CF	80	84	+4
24	Fernando Belluschi	CM	Argentina	FC Porto	80	83	+3
25	Antonio Nocerino	CM	Italy	Milan	80	83	+3
26	Joey Barton	CM	England	QPR	80	82	+2
27	Charlie Adam	CM	Scotland	Liverpool	80	82	+2
28	Gökhan Inler	CM	Switzerland	Napoli	80	82	+2
29	Cristian Daniel Ledesma	CM	Italy	Lazio	80	81	+1
30	Clarence Seedorf	CM	Netherlands	Milan	80	80	+0
31	Michael Ballack	CM	Germany	Bay. Leverkusen	80	80	+0
32	Dejan Stanković	CM	Serbia	Inter	80	80	+0
33	Jaroslav Plašil	CM	Czechia	Bordeaux	80	80	+0
34	Lucho González	CM	Argentina	Marseille	80	80	+0
35	Ivan Rakitić	CM	Croatia	Sevilla FC	79	85	+6
36	Rasmus Elm	CM	Sweden	AZ Alkmaar	79	84	+5
37	Axel Witsel	CM	Belgium	SL Benfica	79	84	+5
38	Ramires Santos do Nascimen.	CM	Brazil	Chelsea	79	84	+5
39	Younès Belhanda	CM	Morocco	Montpellier HSC	79	84	+5
40	Mathieu Bodmer	CM	France	PSG	79	83	+4
41	Tom Huddlestone	CM	England	Spurs	79	83	+4
42	Marouane Fellaini	CM	Belgium	Everton	79	83	+4
43	Alberto Costa	CM	Argentina	Valencia CF	79	83	+4
44	Kim Källström	CM	Sweden	Olympique Lyon	79	81	+2
45	Esteban Granero Molina	CM	Spain	Real Madrid	79	81	+2
46	Florent Balmont	CM	France	LOSC Lille	79	79	+0
47	Igor Semshov	CM	Russia	Dinamo Moskva	79	79	+0
48	Konstantin Zyryanov	CM	Russia	Zenit	79	79	+0
49	Kevin Strootman	CM	Netherlands	PSV	78	87	+9
50	Radja Nainggolan	CM	Belgium	Cagliari	78	86	+8