Best Defensive midfielders by Season Rating in Championship 26/27
The best defensive midfielders in Championship in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
André of Wolves is the standout for raw talent across midfielders in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 77.6, and J. Cullen has been the form player this season, grading 45.8, and S. Berhalter leads the scoring with 6 goals.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: B. Khela has improved his Season rating most, up +23 on last season, while M. Stamenić's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +30.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, S. Berhalter of Middlesbrough is the most valuable name in this group at 38.
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