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
K. Lund of Birmingham is the standout for raw talent across midfielders in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 73.1, and Gonçalo Franco has been the form player this season, grading 50.8, and Joseph Okopu leads the scoring with 10 goals.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Hjertø-Dahl has improved his Season rating most, up +26.9 on last season, while L. Le Roux's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +17.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, Gonçalo Franco of Swansea is the most valuable name in this group at 39.9.
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