Best Defensive midfielders by Season Rating in Premier League
The best defensive midfielders in Premier League, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
D. Kuzyk of LNZ Cherkasy is the standout for raw talent across midfielders in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 43.4, and O. Gorin has been the form player this season, grading 45.4, and Bruninho leads the scoring with 6 goals.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: O. Gorin has improved his Season rating most, up +38.2 on last season, while I. Lytvynenko's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +7.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, O. Gorin of LNZ Cherkasy is the most valuable name in this group at 9.3.
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