Best defensive midfielders in Serie B

The highest-potential defensive midfielders in Serie B, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

C. Favasuli of Catanzaro is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Serie B, with a Field Insider Rating of 72.4, and Paulo Azzi has been the form player this season, grading 49.9, and N. Mosti leads the scoring with 8 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Pessina has improved his Season rating most, up +36.9 on last season, while C. Favasuli's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +10.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, S. Trimboli of Mantova is the most valuable name in this group at 75.7.

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	C. Favasuli Defensive midfielder	Catanzaro	22	47127.4%	7216.4%
2	S. Trimboli Defensive midfielder	Mantova	24	4253.1%	6911.1%
3	A. Cacciamani Defensive midfielder	Juve Stabia	19	25	671.7%
4	F. Ranocchia Defensive midfielder	Palermo	25	4668.4%	676.7%
5	L. Colombo Defensive midfielder	Monza	21	18	64
6	R. Kouda Defensive midfielder	Mantova	23	3373.4%	642.7%
7	Fabio Rispoli Defensive midfielder	Catanzaro	19	167750%	6414.9%
8	A. Bakoune Defensive midfielder	Monza	20	15	63
9	M. Besaggio Defensive midfielder	Avellino	24	3177.3%	639.5%
10	G. Leone Defensive midfielder	Juve Stabia	25	3293.3%	633.8%
11	S. Birindelli Defensive midfielder	Monza	26	39521%	625.7%
12	O. Correia Defensive midfielder	Juve Stabia	26	39	62
13	F. Artioli Defensive midfielder	Mantova	25	22338.8%	6117.4%
14	J. Harder Defensive midfielder	Padova	20	20	61
15	G. Alesi Defensive midfielder	Catanzaro	22	14	6113.8%
16	M. Francesconi Defensive midfielder	Cesena	22	24153.8%	611.5%
17	Gerard Yepes Defensive midfielder	Empoli	23	2879.2%	603.8%
18	A. Sersanti Defensive midfielder	Modena	24	1849.4%	5811%
19	J. Martini Defensive midfielder	Sudtirol	21	16124.6%	583.6%
20	M. Braunöder Defensive midfielder	Bari	24	28812.9%	5812.6%
21	T. Maggioni Defensive midfielder	Mantova	24	125.4%	583.7%
22	D. Wieser Defensive midfielder	Mantova	24	1669.6%	572.5%
23	C. Pierobon Defensive midfielder	Juve Stabia	24	1651.8%	5716.4%
24	G. Olzer Defensive midfielder	Pescara	25	33120.1%	573.9%
25	T. Reinhart Defensive midfielder	Reggiana	26	3425.6%	563.8%
26	Tomás Esteves Defensive midfielder	Bari	24	1143.7%	5513.9%
27	L. Belardinelli Defensive midfielder	Reggiana	25	8148.5%	554.2%
28	K. Bozhanaj Defensive midfielder	Carrarese	25	1024.1%	5211.2%
29	N. Mosti Defensive midfielder	Juve Stabia	28	44152.3%	518.1%
30	M. Pompetti Defensive midfielder	Catanzaro	26	872.8%	5021.5%
31	M. Ricciardi Defensive midfielder	Juve Stabia	26	752.2%	4914.4%
32	F. Caligara Defensive midfielder	Pescara	26	24466.7%	499.1%
33	M. Pessina Defensive midfielder	Monza	29	45485.5%	483.6%
34	S. Pontisso Defensive midfielder	Catanzaro	29	4196.2%	483.6%
35	M. Bertagnoli Defensive midfielder	Reggiana	27	3034.1%	4713.4%
36	M. Sala Defensive midfielder	Avellino	27	17142.6%	4724.6%
37	J. Segre Defensive midfielder	Palermo	29	4036.5%	469.7%
38	K. Piscopo Defensive midfielder	Bari	28	3040.8%	4615.5%
39	L. Carissoni Defensive midfielder	Juve Stabia	29	431.9%	468.7%
40	E. Adamo Defensive midfielder	Spezia	27	1921.6%	4417%
41	G. Maggiore Defensive midfielder	Bari	28	2641.7%	4318.9%
42	M. Verreth Defensive midfielder	Bari	28	2634.8%	4227.9%
43	T. Augello Defensive midfielder	Palermo	31	3228.9%	3831.3%
44	L. Palmiero Defensive midfielder	Avellino	30	307.6%	3831.9%
45	L. Valzania Defensive midfielder	Pescara	30	34144.2%	3614%
46	Paulo Azzi Defensive midfielder	Monza	32	50177.2%	351.4%
47	D. Sounas Defensive midfielder	Avellino	31	4143.2%	3430.4%
48	A. Blin Defensive midfielder	Palermo	29	662.1%	3427.6%
49	S. Bastoni Defensive midfielder	Cesena	29	1448.7%	3433.4%
50	J. Petriccione Defensive midfielder	Catanzaro	31	2913.6%	3224.6%