Best defensive midfielders in Championship

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

At a glance

N. Raskin of Rangers is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 53.2, and Findlay Curtis leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: E. Watt has improved his Season rating most, up +26.9 on last season, while C. Jones's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +9.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, N. Raskin of Rangers is the most valuable name in this group at 33.

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	N. Raskin Defensive midfielder	Rangers	25	5352.6%	530.7%
2	A. Engels Defensive midfielder	Celtic	22	3116%	536.7%
3	Luca Stephenson Defensive midfielder	Dundee Utd	22	3826.2%	52±0%
4	W. Ferry Defensive midfielder	Dundee Utd	25	4920.6%	506.2%
5	M. Tait Defensive midfielder	Livingston	20	29455.8%	5012.9%
6	Findlay Curtis Defensive midfielder	Kilmarnock	19	422216.7%	498.1%
7	L. Fadinger Defensive midfielder	Motherwell	25	38	49
8	D. Tait Defensive midfielder	Falkirk	24	34	48
9	M. Diomandé Defensive midfielder	Rangers	24	2418.4%	4813%
10	C. Barron Defensive midfielder	Rangers	23	2010.1%	473.5%
11	E. Watt Defensive midfielder	Motherwell	26	51113.5%	476.3%
12	T. Keskinen Defensive midfielder	Aberdeen	23	226%	477.5%
13	M. Chaiwa Defensive midfielder	Hibernian	22	18	47
14	J. Devaney Defensive midfielder	ST Mirren	19	20	46
15	M. Frame Defensive midfielder	Aberdeen	20	12	46
16	V. Ševelj Defensive midfielder	Dundee Utd	25	3336.9%	4510.7%
17	A. Jensen Defensive midfielder	Aberdeen	24	1458.1%	4414.1%
18	O. Priestman Defensive midfielder	Motherwell	23	7	43
19	Ben Brannan Defensive midfielder	Kilmarnock	19	10	43
20	K. Megwa Defensive midfielder	Hibernian	22	66300%	425%
21	C. Jones Defensive midfielder	Dundee	25	1442.8%	4030.4%
22	E. Hamilton Defensive midfielder	Dundee	27	30130%	394.2%
23	F. Passlack Defensive midfielder	Hibernian	28	3858%	3745.8%
24	A. Aremu Defensive midfielder	Aberdeen	26	1253.8%	3729.1%
25	D. Polvara Defensive midfielder	Aberdeen	26	14372.4%	366.5%
26	R. Hatate Defensive midfielder	Celtic	28	2046.3%	3331.2%
27	D. Barlaser Defensive midfielder	Hibernian	29	25106.5%	3231.3%
28	B. Spencer Defensive midfielder	Falkirk	30	38	31
29	N. Cadden Defensive midfielder	Hibernian	29	1836.7%	3025.3%
30	R. Strain Defensive midfielder	Dundee Utd	29	1930.8%	2929%
31	D. John Defensive midfielder	ST Mirren	31	25152%	2414.1%
32	S. Kingsley Defensive midfielder	Heart Of Midlothian	31	18152.1%	225.7%
33	C. McGregor Defensive midfielder	Celtic	33	3715.8%	2225.6%
34	L. Polworth Defensive midfielder	Kilmarnock	31	208.3%	2027.1%
35	N. Devlin Defensive midfielder	Aberdeen	32	219.6%	2029.7%
36	J. Obita Defensive midfielder	Hibernian	32	2317.7%	2030.2%
37	M. Sylla Defensive midfielder	Livingston	32	3310.7%	1927.3%
38	P. Digby Defensive midfielder	Dundee	31	1044.6%	1836.5%
39	S. Heltne Nilsen Defensive midfielder	Aberdeen	34	1048.4%	956.4%
40	S. Arfield Defensive midfielder	Falkirk	37	9690.9%	621.4%