Best defensive midfielders in Jupiler Pro League

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

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 53.5, 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 +43.3 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 55.9.

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	A. Stanković Defensive midfielder	Club Brugge KV	20	45	66
2	A. Khalaili Defensive midfielder	Union St. Gilloise	21	46151.4%	657.1%
3	R. Yamamoto Defensive midfielder	St. Truiden	24	54299.3%	6425.5%
4	Nathan De Cat Defensive midfielder	Anderlecht	17	3811.4%	6229.9%
5	Guilherme Henriques da Silva Carvalho Defensive midfielder	Union St. Gilloise	23	38	6188.9%
6	Y. Titraoui Defensive midfielder	Charleroi	22	4254.4%	6110.5%
7	N. Mbamba Defensive midfielder	Dender	21	451105.4%	6123.2%
8	A. Piedfort Defensive midfielder	KVC Westerlo	21	44132.5%	606.9%
9	T. Claes Defensive midfielder	Zulte Waregem	22	3316.5%	6021.3%
10	K. Van de Perre Defensive midfielder	Union St. Gilloise	22	35153.6%	6010.5%
11	T. Koudou Defensive midfielder	KV Mechelen	21	3624.8%	5913.1%
12	E. Camara Defensive midfielder	Charleroi	23	46139.6%	595.6%
13	N. Saliba Defensive midfielder	Anderlecht	22	3999%	5937%
14	M. Viltard Defensive midfielder	Dender	23	36120.2%	586.2%
15	A. Zorgane Defensive midfielder	Union St. Gilloise	26	456.1%	589.9%
16	A. Valencia Defensive midfielder	Antwerp	22	26193.3%	5812.3%
17	O. Niang Defensive midfielder	Union St. Gilloise	24	217.8%	571.7%
18	Y. Cappelle Defensive midfielder	Zulte Waregem	22	26127.6%	5629.6%
19	N. Gillot Defensive midfielder	RAAL La Louvière	23	2545%	5625.8%
20	L. Agyekum Defensive midfielder	Cercle Brugge	22	2829.5%	554.8%
21	M. Aké Defensive midfielder	Zulte Waregem	25	32	5510.7%
22	X. Dierckx Defensive midfielder	Antwerp	16	17	54
23	D. Opoku Defensive midfielder	OH Leuven	18	14	5413.9%
24	F. Hammar Defensive midfielder	KV Mechelen	25	50211.1%	544.9%
25	D. Haspolat Defensive midfielder	KVC Westerlo	26	4514.5%	549.4%
26	J. Liongola Defensive midfielder	RAAL La Louvière	26	467.3%	548.9%
27	M. Kana Defensive midfielder	Anderlecht	23	14139%	5336.2%
28	I. Bangoura Defensive midfielder	Genk	22	1711.6%	532.9%
29	R. Merlen Defensive midfielder	St. Truiden	24	1564%	5312.6%
30	Y. Khalifi Defensive midfielder	Charleroi	20	9	52
31	M. Skóraś Defensive midfielder	Gent	26	43	516.7%
32	I. Diakité Defensive midfielder	Cercle Brugge	22	1321.1%	5110.1%
33	W. Paugain Defensive midfielder	Zulte Waregem	24	191475%	5123.5%
34	Darío Benavides Defensive midfielder	RAAL La Louvière	23	13	5022.2%
35	E. Llansana Defensive midfielder	Anderlecht	25	2166.5%	4934%
36	M. Zekri Defensive midfielder	KV Mechelen	17	81460%	491.2%
37	S. Lahssaini Defensive midfielder	RAAL La Louvière	27	3577.6%	4816.2%
38	T. Van den Keybus Defensive midfielder	KVC Westerlo	25	1157.6%	4818.7%
39	E. Lofolomo Defensive midfielder	Zulte Waregem	26	1725.9%	479%
40	B. Antonio Defensive midfielder	KV Mechelen	23	1341.1%	479.8%
41	T. Somers Defensive midfielder	Antwerp	27	3727.8%	4719.1%
42	D. Salifou Defensive midfielder	KV Mechelen	23	11	4726%
43	A. Ito Defensive midfielder	Gent	27	321.5%	469.5%
44	S. Gueulette Defensive midfielder	RAAL La Louvière	26	1649.5%	45±0%
45	A. Sissako Defensive midfielder	St. Truiden	28	4640.6%	456.8%
46	H. Teklab Defensive midfielder	OH Leuven	27	25929.2%	444.4%
47	Leonardo Lopes Defensive midfielder	Gent	27	2794.9%	433.4%
48	B. Heynen Defensive midfielder	Genk	29	4732.6%	4113.2%
49	Óscar Gil Defensive midfielder	OH Leuven	28	3380.3%	409.2%
50	S. Ujka Defensive midfielder	Zulte Waregem	27	12	40