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Defensive midfielders with the Best Potential in Jupiler Pro League

The highest-potential defensive midfielders in Jupiler Pro League, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

A. Stanković of Club Brugge KV is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Jupiler Pro League, with a Field Insider Rating of 66.3, and R. Yamamoto has been the form player this season, grading 55.6, and M. Aké leads the scoring with 8 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Skóraś has improved his Season rating most, up +44.9 on last season, while N. Saliba's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +15.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, R. Yamamoto of St. Truiden is the most valuable name in this group at 29.4.

Best talent
A. Stanković66.3RTG
Club Brugge KV
In form
R. Yamamoto55.6SsN
St. Truiden
Rising potential
N. Saliba+15.8RTG
Anderlecht · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
M. Skóraś+44.9SsN
Gent · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
M. Aké8goals
Zulte Waregem
Most valuable
R. Yamamoto29.4val
St. Truiden
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PlayerTeam
1A. StankovićDefensive midfielderClub Brugge KV214666
2A. KhalailiDefensive midfielderUnion St. Gilloise2147151.1%657.1%
3R. YamamotoDefensive midfielderSt. Truiden2456331%6425.5%
4Nathan De CatDefensive midfielderAnderlecht183910.3%6229.9%
5Guilherme Henriques da Silva CarvalhoDefensive midfielderUnion St. Gilloise23406188.9%
6N. MbambaDefensive midfielderDender21441230.3%6123.2%
7Y. TitraouiDefensive midfielderCharleroi234358.6%608.6%
8A. PiedfortDefensive midfielderKVC Westerlo2144136.4%606.9%
9T. ClaesDefensive midfielderZulte Waregem223320.1%6021.3%
10K. Van de PerreDefensive midfielderUnion St. Gilloise2234177%6010.5%
11T. KoudouDefensive midfielderKV Mechelen213832.1%5913.1%
12E. CamaraDefensive midfielderCharleroi2346142%595.6%
13N. SalibaDefensive midfielderAnderlecht223998.5%5937%
14M. ViltardDefensive midfielderDender2334137.2%586.2%
15A. ZorganeDefensive midfielderUnion St. Gilloise26462.3%589.9%
16O. NiangDefensive midfielderUnion St. Gilloise24233%571.7%
17A. ValenciaDefensive midfielderAntwerp2328205.4%5710.1%
18Y. CappelleDefensive midfielderZulte Waregem2226123.3%5629.6%
19N. GillotDefensive midfielderRAAL La Louvière232654.4%5625.8%
20L. AgyekumDefensive midfielderCercle Brugge222731.2%554.8%
21M. AkéDefensive midfielderZulte Waregem25355510.7%
22X. DierckxDefensive midfielderAntwerp161654
23D. OpokuDefensive midfielderOH Leuven18145413.9%
24F. HammarDefensive midfielderKV Mechelen2547227.8%544.9%
25D. HaspolatDefensive midfielderKVC Westerlo264416.3%549.4%
26J. LiongolaDefensive midfielderRAAL La Louvière26476.9%548.9%
27M. KanaDefensive midfielderAnderlecht2313111.9%5336.2%
28I. BangouraDefensive midfielderGenk221511.2%532.9%
29R. MerlenDefensive midfielderSt. Truiden241762%5312.6%
30Y. KhalifiDefensive midfielderCharleroi20952
31M. SkóraśDefensive midfielderGent2645516.7%
32I. DiakitéDefensive midfielderCercle Brugge221323.5%5110.1%
33W. PaugainDefensive midfielderZulte Waregem24181416.7%5123.5%
34Darío BenavidesDefensive midfielderRAAL La Louvière23135022.2%
35E. LlansanaDefensive midfielderAnderlecht252068.7%4934%
36M. ZekriDefensive midfielderKV Mechelen1771300%491.2%
37S. LahssainiDefensive midfielderRAAL La Louvière273479.1%4816.2%
38T. Van den KeybusDefensive midfielderKVC Westerlo251158.8%4818.7%
39E. LofolomoDefensive midfielderZulte Waregem261729.3%479%
40B. AntonioDefensive midfielderKV Mechelen231343.5%479.8%
41T. SomersDefensive midfielderAntwerp273828%4719.1%
42D. SalifouDefensive midfielderKV Mechelen23104726%
43A. ItoDefensive midfielderGent27347%469.5%
44S. GueuletteDefensive midfielderRAAL La Louvière261453.8%45±0%
45A. SissakoDefensive midfielderSt. Truiden284640.1%456.8%
46H. TeklabDefensive midfielderOH Leuven27251095.2%444.4%
47Leonardo LopesDefensive midfielderGent272696.9%433.4%
48B. HeynenDefensive midfielderGenk294738.6%4113.2%
49Óscar GilDefensive midfielderOH Leuven283277%409.2%
50S. UjkaDefensive midfielderZulte Waregem271340