The highest-potential defensive midfielders in Premier League, ranked on Field Insider.
O. Ocheretko of Shakhtar Donetsk is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 41, and A. Dumanyuk has been the form player this season, grading 22.3.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: A. Dumanyuk has improved his Season rating most, up +15 on last season, while M. Myronyuk's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +0.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, O. Ocheretko of Shakhtar Donetsk is the most valuable name in this group at 6.5.
| # | Player | Team | Age | Season | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | O. OcheretkoDefensive midfielder |  Shakhtar Donetsk | 23 | 180.6% | 413.3% |
| 2 | M. MyronyukDefensive midfielder |  Epitsentr Dunayivtsi | 24 | 925.4% | 360.9% |
| 3 | P. TandaDefensive midfielder |  Karpaty | 24 | 71.5% | 3427.3% |
| 4 | D. NagnoynyiDefensive midfielder |  Kudrivka | 24 | 12 | 3430.4% |
| 5 | Emin KujovicDefensive midfielder |  SK Poltava | 25 | 11 | 32 |
| 6 | Elias TellesDefensive midfielder |  Kolos Kovalivka | 27 | 202450% | 327.1% |
| 7 | I. KalyuzhnyiDefensive midfielder |  Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 28 | 1628.1% | 2827% |
| 8 | Edson FernandoDefensive midfielder | Karpaty | 28 | 14160% | 2610.8% |
| 9 | V. DanylenkoDefensive midfielder | SK Poltava | 27 | 7 | 2616.5% |
| 10 | Jon CeberioDefensive midfielder | Epitsentr Dunayivtsi | 29 | 15 | 23 |
| 11 | A. DumanyukDefensive midfielder | Kudrivka | 29 | 22205.5% | 2311.7% |
| 12 | D. PlakhtyrDefensive midfielder | SK Poltava | 30 | 850.6% | 1730.2% |
| 13 | Y. ZaporozhetsDefensive midfielder | Epitsentr Dunayivtsi | 31 | 1147.9% | 1621.7% |
| 14 | R. BabenkoDefensive midfielder |  Polessya | 34 | 140.7% | 1139% |
