Defensive midfielders with the Best Potential in 2. Bundesliga 26/27
The highest-potential defensive midfielders in 2. Bundesliga in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
M. Hansen of SC Paderborn 07 is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in 2. Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 62.4, and R. Schallenberg has been the form player this season, grading 33.5, and S. Tanaka leads the scoring with 1 goal.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Hansen has improved his Season rating most, up +14.2 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, S. Tanaka of FC Schalke 04 is the most valuable name in this group at 26.3.
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| Player | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M. HansenDefensive midfielder |  SC Paderborn 07 | 22 | 24140.6% | 625.4% |
| 2 | S. TanakaDefensive midfielder |  FC Schalke 04 | 24 | 3338% | 57±0% |
| 3 | R. SchallenbergDefensive midfielder | FC Schalke 04 | 27 | 3431.4% | 573.7% |
| 4 | M. PapelaDefensive midfielder |  SV Darmstadt 98 | 25 | 1910.6% | 541.6% |
| 5 | T. AbeDefensive midfielder |  Holstein Kiel | 22 | 26 | 46 |
| 6 | D. KovacevicDefensive midfielder |  Eintracht Braunschweig | 21 | 21 | 44 |
| 7 | T. BaackDefensive midfielder | SC Paderborn 07 | 27 | 1726.1% | 430.5% |