Defensive midfielders with the Best Potential in Süper Lig

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

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At a glance

N. Dismas of Göztepe is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Süper Lig, with a Field Insider Rating of 49.8, and W. Ndidi leads the scoring with 2 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: N. Dismas has improved his Season rating most, up +18.2 on last season, while A. Baldursson's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +14.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, N. Dismas of Göztepe is the most valuable name in this group at 14.7.

A. Baldursson+14.7RTG

Kasımpaşa · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

N. Dismas+18.2SsN

Göztepe · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	N. Dismas Defensive midfielder	Göztepe	23	3890.5%	500.6%
2	A. Baldursson Defensive midfielder	Kasımpaşa	24	3155.6%	4943.1%
3	T. Jabol-Folcarelli Defensive midfielder	Trabzonspor	26	32111.3%	4710.1%
4	M. Pala Defensive midfielder	Rizespor	25	2741.5%	46±0%
5	B. Gezek Defensive midfielder	Eyüpspor	20	1553.6%	450.9%
6	E. Keskin Defensive midfielder	Alanyaspor	25	11145.7%	41±0%
7	S. Onur Defensive midfielder	Gençlerbirliği S.K.	24	9	416.9%
8	İ. Yüksek Defensive midfielder	Fenerbahçe	27	31108.1%	398.5%
9	G. Papanikolaou Defensive midfielder	Rizespor	27	2354.4%	3811.4%
10	Rhaldney Defensive midfielder	Göztepe	27	1823.7%	3541.8%
11	W. Ndidi Defensive midfielder	Beşiktaş	29	3133%	3252%
12	E. Álvarez Defensive midfielder	Fenerbahçe	28	1342.5%	3254.3%
13	C. Yüksel Defensive midfielder	Samsunspor	28	1718.1%	3119.5%
14	B. Özdemir Defensive midfielder	Başakşehir	28	869.1%	3128.8%
15	M. Kabasakal Defensive midfielder	Gaziantep FK	30	2727.5%	2435.6%
16	Y. Aït Bennasser Defensive midfielder	Kayserispor	30	13	235.3%
17	D. Toköz Defensive midfielder	Kayserispor	30	1233.3%	2318.6%
18	F. Soyalp Defensive midfielder	Kayserispor	31	26196.5%	2214.1%
19	T. Antalyalı Defensive midfielder	Rizespor	31	1268.8%	2127.3%
20	K. Demirbay Defensive midfielder	Eyüpspor	33	27178.9%	188.4%
21	Ricardo Esgaio Defensive midfielder	Fatih Karagümrük	33	19365.9%	1720.5%
22	M. Kranevitter Defensive midfielder	Fatih Karagümrük	33	21195.8%	1620.4%
23	T. İlter Defensive midfielder	Eyüpspor	32	10112.5%	1620.4%
24	M. Jevtović Defensive midfielder	Konyaspor	33	1171.3%	1447.3%