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. Papela of SV Darmstadt 98 is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in 2. Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 54.1, and S. Russo has been the form player this season, grading 34.7, and F. Michel leads the scoring with 1 goal.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: B. Jacobsen has improved his Season rating most, up +20.9 on last season, while S. Russo's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +10.5 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, J. Fujita of FC St. Pauli is the most valuable name in this group at 21.4.
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| Player | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M. PapelaDefensive midfielder |  SV Darmstadt 98 | 25 | 1910.6% | 541.6% |
| 2 | S. RussoDefensive midfielder |  Arminia Bielefeld | 26 | 35±0% | 54±0% |
| 3 | F. FlickDefensive midfielder |  Eintracht Braunschweig | 26 | 22±0% | 51±0% |
| 4 | K. SessaDefensive midfielder |  Hertha BSC | 26 | 12±0% | 49±0% |
| 5 | T. AbeDefensive midfielder |  Holstein Kiel | 22 | 26 | 46 |
| 6 | S. BanséDefensive midfielder |  SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 25 | 1±0% | 45±0% |
| 7 | D. KovacevicDefensive midfielder | Eintracht Braunschweig | 22 | 21 | 44 |
| 8 | P. WillDefensive midfielder | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 27 | 16±0% | 44±0% |
| 9 | M. RasmussenDefensive midfielder |  FC St. Pauli | 28 | 0100% | 370.8% |
| 10 | B. JacobsenDefensive midfielder |  VfL Osnabrück | 33 | 24±0% | 1922.9% |