Best defensive midfielders in Ligue 2

The highest-potential defensive midfielders in Ligue 2, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

A. Boakye of Saint Etienne is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Ligue 2, with a Field Insider Rating of 68.7, and J. Benet leads the scoring with 7 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: A. Boakye has improved his Season rating most, up +44.4 on last season, while S. Diba's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +18.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, A. Boakye of Saint Etienne is the most valuable name in this group at 71.4.

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	A. Boakye Defensive midfielder	Saint Etienne	25	57349.6%	695.5%
2	M. Diop Defensive midfielder	Estac Troyes	25	3944.4%	654.9%
3	T. Chennahi Defensive midfielder	Montpellier	21	371360%	644.1%
4	A. Kanté Defensive midfielder	Saint Etienne	21	1549.5%	614.7%
5	M. Gbane Defensive midfielder	Reims	25	3014.5%	607%
6	T. Leoni Defensive midfielder	Reims	26	45103.6%	599.4%
7	Everson Defensive midfielder	Montpellier	22	2412.9%	593.6%
8	D. Diongu Defensive midfielder	Dunkerque	20	18462.5%	5918.8%
9	P. Venot Defensive midfielder	Annecy	24	21	59
10	N. Zahui Defensive midfielder	Grenoble	23	24	5713.7%
11	C. Louis Defensive midfielder	Amiens	21	23	57
12	J. Janneh Defensive midfielder	Bastia	23	255.3%	558.3%
13	S. Diba Defensive midfielder	Grenoble	22	15167.3%	5549.1%
14	J. Patrick Defensive midfielder	Reims	22	624.1%	5515%
15	M. Veillon Defensive midfielder	Annecy	24	11	53
16	T. Ducrocq Defensive midfielder	Bastia	26	3433.3%	5220.5%
17	M. Commaret Defensive midfielder	Laval	24	14248.8%	5253.1%
18	T. Vargas Defensive midfielder	Laval	26	2244%	5125%
19	L. Bernadou Defensive midfielder	Grenoble	25	19165.3%	5144.6%
20	W. Benard Defensive midfielder	Laval	23	8	5060.2%
21	J. Vercruysse Defensive midfielder	Le Mans	26	1238.5%	5011.7%
22	A. Lauray Defensive midfielder	Le Mans	29	36611.8%	4158.1%
23	F. Bohnert Defensive midfielder	Bastia	28	2139.2%	4024.8%
24	J. Benet Defensive midfielder	Grenoble	31	5710.3%	3420.9%
25	A. Kashi Defensive midfielder	Annecy	37	362.3%	2022.8%
26	H. Saivet Defensive midfielder	Clermont Foot	35	2336.2%	1629.8%
27	J. Martin Defensive midfielder	Boulogne	36	1438.2%	134.3%
28	T. Boros Defensive midfielder	Annecy	38	15	8