Defensive midfielders with the Best Potential in Eredivisie

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

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At a glance

S. Ouaissa of NEC Nijmegen is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Eredivisie, with a Field Insider Rating of 82, and J. Veerman has been the form player this season, grading 80.7, and G. Zechiël leads the scoring with 9 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: G. Zechiël has improved his Season rating most, up +65.8 on last season, while M. Linday's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +32.9 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, G. Zechiël of Utrecht is the most valuable name in this group at 51.9.

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	Player	Team
1	S. Ouaissa Defensive midfielder	NEC Nijmegen	21	5462.2%	8212.9%
2	G. Zechiël Defensive midfielder	Utrecht	22	711241.5%	8229.7%
3	K. Sano Defensive midfielder	NEC Nijmegen	22	5955.3%	809.9%
4	K. Smit Defensive midfielder	AZ Alkmaar	20	44416.3%	7919.6%
5	P. Wanner Defensive midfielder	PSV Eindhoven	20	3810.2%	783.5%
6	B. Önal Defensive midfielder	NEC Nijmegen	22	56340.5%	7815.8%
7	J. Breum Defensive midfielder	GO Ahead Eagles	22	492.1%	745%
8	A. Engwanda Defensive midfielder	Utrecht	23	39139.6%	7410.8%
9	O. Targhalline Defensive midfielder	Feyenoord	24	53376.8%	7311.3%
10	J. Kitolano Defensive midfielder	Sparta Rotterdam	25	52137%	739.8%
11	T. de Jonge Defensive midfielder	Groningen	23	4376.2%	7214.9%
12	P. Brittijn Defensive midfielder	Fortuna Sittard	22	5390.3%	7224.9%
13	T. van den Belt Defensive midfielder	Twente	25	466.9%	714.4%
14	M. Linday Defensive midfielder	Heerenveen	23	4056.5%	6991.1%
15	T. Noslin Defensive midfielder	Telstar	23	4628.2%	6915.5%
16	G. Offerhaus Defensive midfielder	Telstar	25	4020.9%	6815.1%
17	É. Michut Defensive midfielder	Fortuna Sittard	23	2747.5%	677.4%
18	J. Veerman Defensive midfielder	PSV Eindhoven	27	81185.2%	662.9%
19	A. Santos Defensive midfielder	Sparta Rotterdam	21	27	66
20	Z. Buurmeester Defensive midfielder	PEC Zwolle	24	3797.8%	661.4%
21	M. Balard Defensive midfielder	NAC Breda	25	3124.1%	656.2%
22	S. Scheperman Defensive midfielder	Heracles	24	4841.4%	621%
23	P. Koopmeiners Defensive midfielder	AZ Alkmaar	26	4132.2%	6217%
24	M. Meulensteen Defensive midfielder	GO Ahead Eagles	27	58124.4%	6111.3%
25	J. Baas Defensive midfielder	Sparta Rotterdam	24	1410.5%	611.1%
26	D. Nejašmić Defensive midfielder	NEC Nijmegen	27	48	60
27	N. Fichtinger Defensive midfielder	PEC Zwolle	22	1836.9%	603.7%
28	S. van Ottele Defensive midfielder	Fortuna Sittard	24	1365.5%	5816%
29	J. Žambůrek Defensive midfielder	Heracles	25	2352%	58±0%
30	R. Zerrouki Defensive midfielder	Twente	28	51132.1%	581%
31	A. Carlén Defensive midfielder	Excelsior	26	1815.6%	5362.5%
32	L. Brouwers Defensive midfielder	Heerenveen	28	4418.8%	5213.5%
33	J. Schouten Defensive midfielder	PSV Eindhoven	29	45128.9%	515.2%
34	S. Horemans Defensive midfielder	Utrecht	28	2448.8%	4925.8%
35	J. Hardeveld Defensive midfielder	Telstar	31	6922.7%	411%
36	P. Clement Defensive midfielder	Sparta Rotterdam	30	3114.2%	3918.6%
37	J. van Overeem Defensive midfielder	Heerenveen	32	58141.8%	3725.5%
38	R. Thomas Defensive midfielder	PEC Zwolle	31	43132.4%	356.7%
39	Jamiro Monteiro Defensive midfielder	PEC Zwolle	32	4935.2%	3117%
40	J. Clasie Defensive midfielder	AZ Alkmaar	35	3011.4%	219.9%
41	J. Toornstra Defensive midfielder	Sparta Rotterdam	37	868.4%	853.4%