Best defensive attacking midfielders

The best defensive attacking midfielders, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

M. Rogers of Aston Villa is the standout for raw talent across attacking midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 100, and M. Olise has been the form player this season, grading 88.9, and V. Qazaishvili leads the scoring with 27 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: V. Qazaishvili has improved his Season rating most, up +61.5 on last season, while B. Touré's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +49.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Rogers of Aston Villa is the most valuable name in this group at 202.2.

1899 Hoffenheim · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

V. Qazaishvili+61.5SsN

Shandong Luneng · 23/24→25/26

Top scorer

V. Qazaishvili27goals

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#	Player	Team	Age	CS	Season	Rating
1	R. Mofokeng Attacking midfielder	Orlando Pirates	21	17	37	2
2	O. Appollis Attacking midfielder	Orlando Pirates	24	17	33	2
3	G. Crociata Attacking midfielder	Erzurumspor FK	28	17	294.6%	4325.2%
4	N. Paz Attacking midfielder	Como	21	16	5935.9%	954.5%
5	Y. Koizumi Attacking midfielder	Kashiwa Reysol	29	16	34200.9%	4115.4%
6	Sorriso Attacking midfielder	Famalicao	25	16	3313.7%	705.8%
7	José Corpas Attacking midfielder	Eibar	35	16	4016.1%	27±0%
8	M. Palavecino Attacking midfielder	Coquimbo Unido	28	15	325300%	2236.5%
9	Y. Chará Attacking midfielder	Junior	35	15	2088.7%	1029.5%
10	M. Fettahoğlu Attacking midfielder	Erzurumspor FK	25	15	36	52
11	M. Wilks Attacking midfielder	Pendikspor	27	15	4126.8%	459.2%
12	T. Seferi Attacking midfielder	Bodrum FK	29	15	56256.7%	394.9%
13	C. Neghli Attacking midfielder	Millwall	24	15	277.3%	739.7%
14	Tawanda Jethro Maswanhise Attacking midfielder	Motherwell	23	15	51112.1%	5311.1%
15	T. Koyamatsu Attacking midfielder	Kashiwa Reysol	31	15	34208.3%	30±0%
16	S. Milinković-Savić Attacking midfielder	Al-Hilal Saudi FC	31	15	4516.8%	3520.4%
17	Gustavo Sá Attacking midfielder	Famalicao	21	15	2623.8%	712.9%
18	S. Kaikai Attacking midfielder	Cambridge United	30	15	27146.4%	2126.7%
19	R. Glover Attacking midfielder	Barnet	25	15	24	36
20	R. Arfaoui Attacking midfielder	Ghazl El Mehalla	30	14	12	21
21	Matheus Pereira Attacking midfielder	Cruzeiro	30	14	4661.7%	494.2%
22	J. Kilo Attacking midfielder	ADO Den Haag	24	14	365.8%	635%
23	K. Green Attacking midfielder	Grimsby	29	14	3937.8%	2613.6%
24	H. Kawabe Attacking midfielder	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	30	14	2054.3%	342.3%
25	M. Miljevic Attacking midfielder	Huracan	25	14	336.3%	517.7%
26	A. Ait El Hadj Attacking midfielder	Union St. Gilloise	24	14	2110.5%	591%
27	Gil Dias Attacking midfielder	Famalicao	29	14	3650%	474.3%
28	Trincão Attacking midfielder	Sporting CP	26	14	5113.6%	6610.4%
29	A. Gilbey Attacking midfielder	Milton Keynes Dons	31	14	3413.5%	2112.6%
30	A. Semenyo Attacking midfielder	Bournemouth	26	13	6624.6%	913.7%
31	M. Lilepo Attacking midfielder	Kaizer Chiefs	28	13	22	194.3%
32	F. Sambueza Attacking midfielder	Bucaramanga	37	13	29	7
33	K. Pérez Attacking midfielder	Deportes Tolima	28	13	17	20
34	Á. Correa Attacking midfielder	Tigres UANL	31	13	59263.2%	3231.4%
35	A. Bettaieb Attacking midfielder	Arges Pitesti	29	13	34	2337.7%
36	S. Jasper Attacking midfielder	Železničar Pančevo	24	13	29425.5%	4329.8%
37	I. Chouaref Attacking midfielder	FC Sion	25	13	43	4842.7%
38	B. Keser Attacking midfielder	Erzurumspor FK	29	13	30	3517.7%
39	Fredy Attacking midfielder	Çorum FK	36	13	576.1%	2113.3%
40	Chiquinho Attacking midfielder	Olympiakos Piraeus	30	13	2978%	262.3%
41	N. Besara Attacking midfielder	Hammarby FF	35	13	5720.5%	166.4%
42	I. Niskanen Attacking midfielder	Exeter City	28	13	3215.4%	388.2%
43	J. Vlak Attacking midfielder	ADO Den Haag	27	13	4717.9%	5216.5%
44	O. Azeez Attacking midfielder	Millwall	25	13	48164.1%	7514.6%
45	K. Yıldız Attacking midfielder	Juventus	21	13	5340%	932.8%
46	R. Germain Attacking midfielder	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	31	13	2553.8%	3115.9%
47	G. de Arrascaeta Attacking midfielder	Flamengo	32	13	77213%	370.5%
48	W. Zaha Attacking midfielder	Charlotte	33	13	41	2114.5%
49	A. Palumbo Attacking midfielder	Palermo	29	13	3433.9%	4423.2%
50	N. Ofoborh Attacking midfielder	Barnet	26	13	193.5%	325.9%