Defensive midfielders with the Best Potential in Eredivisie 26/27
The highest-potential defensive midfielders in Eredivisie in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
A. Engwanda of Utrecht is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Eredivisie, with a Field Insider Rating of 73.2, and J. Schouten leads the scoring with 1 goal.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: A. Engwanda has improved his Season rating most, up +22.9 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, A. Engwanda of Utrecht is the most valuable name in this group at 32.9.
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| Player | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A. EngwandaDefensive midfielder |  Utrecht | 23 | 39139.6% | 7310.1% |
| 2 | T. de JongeDefensive midfielder |  Groningen | 23 | 37±0% | 70±0% |
| 3 | Bae Seung-GyunDefensive midfielder | Feyenoord | 18 | 19±0% | 6013.4% |
| 4 | C. VanhoutteDefensive midfielder |  Feyenoord | 28 | 28±0% | 5711.2% |
| 5 | Daan VisserDefensive midfielder |  Cambuur | 21 | 84000% | 52147.6% |
| 6 | Gerald AldersDefensive midfielder |  Ajax | 21 | 1226.6% | 506.6% |
| 7 | J. SchoutenDefensive midfielder |  PSV Eindhoven | 29 | 3997.5% | 4810.2% |
| 8 | R. ThomasDefensive midfielder |  PEC Zwolle | 31 | 38±0% | 33±0% |