All-time Championship midfielders bracket

The greatest midfielders in Championship history, by their honours. Fill out a all-time Championship midfielders bracket.

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Bobby Charlton1974–1975

2

Frank Lampard1995–2001

3

David Beckham1994–1995

4

Tim Cahill1998–2018

5

João Moutinh02018–2023

6

Sebastian Larsson2006–2011

7

Steven Davis2012–2019

8

Yossi Benayoun2005–2014

9

Ki Sung-yueng2012–2018

10

Aron Gunnarsson2011–2019

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Billy Wright1939–1959

12

Alan Ball Jr.1976–1983

13

Martin Peters1959–1981

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Andriy Yarmolenko2018–2022

15

Aaron Ramsey2006–2025

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Youri Djorkaeff2002–2005

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Dušan Tadić2014–2018

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Juninho Paulista1995–2004

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Anders Svensson2001–2005

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Pierre-Emile Højbjerg2016–2020

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Nobby Stiles1971–1975

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Ron Flowers1952–1967

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Darren Fletcher2015–2019

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Gylfi Sigurðsson2012–2017

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Michael Carrick1999–2004

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Moussa Sissoko2021–2026

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Niko Kranjčar2006–2015

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Valon Behrami2008–2017

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Joe Cole1998–2014

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Joe Allen2007–2025

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Bryan Robson1974–1997

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Zoltán Gera2004–2014

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John Barnes1981–1999

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Tomáš Souček2020–

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Wilson Palacios2007–2015

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Graeme Souness1972–1978

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Glenn Whelan2008–2017

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Paul Ince1986–2006

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Papa Bouba Diop2007–2013

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Joe Ledley2004–2020

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Stelios Giannakopoulos2003–2008

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Tuncay Şanlı2007–2012

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Ray Wilkins1989–1997

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Tugay Kerimoğlu2001–2009

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Mario Lemina2017–2025

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Junichi Inamoto2004–2006

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Wes Hoolahan2008–2019

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Gastón Ramírez2012–2017

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Jonathan Walters2000–2019

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Adlène Guedioura2010–2021

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Scott Parker1997–2011

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Aliou Cissé2002–2006

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Sander Berge2020–2024

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Tom Cleverley2009–2023

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Massimo Luongo2015–2023

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Kieron Dyer2007–2013

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Trevor Brooking1966–1984

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Charlie Adam2012–2019

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Morgan Schneiderlin2008–2015

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Sammy McIlroy1982–1991

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Cheikhou Kouyaté2014–2018

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Carlos Sánchez2018–2021

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David Edwards2008–2017

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Cliff Jones1952–1958

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Lee Carsley1994–2010

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Keith Andrews1999–2015

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Leroy Fer2013–2019

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Barry Ferguson2003–2011

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Jason McAteer1992–2001

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Osvaldo Ardiles1988–1989

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Robbie Savage2002–2011

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Eyal Berkovic1996–2005

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Matt Holland1992–2009

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Shaun Wright-Phillips2011–2015

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James Morrison2004–2019

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Dickson Etuhu2002–2014

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Imants Bleidelis1999–2002

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Nayef Aguerd2022–

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Steve Corica1996–2000

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Paddy McNair

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Lars Bohinen1995–2001

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Alou Diarra2012–2016

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Dennis Wise2002–2006

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Claus Jensen1998–2004

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Andy Townsend1985–2000

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Matt Le Tissier1986–2002

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Sofiane Boufal2016–2020

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Hope Powell1978–1998

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Andranik Teymourian2006–2008

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Mark Kinsella1996–2004

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Amdy Faye2003–2010

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Jonjo Shelvey2008–2025

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Steven Reid1998–2015

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Archie Gemmill1967–1984

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Sandro Raniere2014–2016

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Scott Arfield2013–2018

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Rory Delap1998–2013

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Craig Burley1999–2004

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Jack Collison2007–2014

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Étienne Capoue2015–2021

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About this bracket

A knockout bracket: pick the winner of every matchup, round by round, until one is left.

The greatest midfielders in Championship history, by their honours.

Every pick and every finished ranking here counts toward the top all-time Championship midfielders for November 2026.

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