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Most In-Form defensive midfielders This Season

The most in-form defensive midfielders, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

A. Bouaddi of Lille is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 90.5, and Wu Xi has been the form player this season, grading 58.6, and I. Chochev leads the scoring with 12 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: N. Mbamba has improved his Season rating most, up +45.1 on last season, while S. Fusire's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +33.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Caicedo of Chelsea is the most valuable name in this group at 119.4.

Best talent
A. Bouaddi90.5RTG
Lille
In form
Wu Xi58.6SsN
Shanghai Shenhua
Rising potential
S. Fusire+33.2RTG
Sheffield Wednesday · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
N. Mbamba+45.1SsN
Lorient · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
I. Chochev12goals
Ludogorets
Most valuable
M. Caicedo119.4val
Chelsea
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PlayerTeam
1Wu XiDefensive midfielderShanghai Shenhua375911
2A. DoumbiaDefensive midfielderBK Hacken185545
3L. BertoneDefensive midfielderFC Luzern3255243.1%2438.8%
4M. CaicedoDefensive midfielderChelsea245410.1%8610.3%
5D. DoulineDefensive midfielderServette FC335419.3%1961.1%
6Mateus VitalDefensive midfielderSHANGHAI SIPG2853493.3%2848.3%
7S. SeidlDefensive midfielderSturm Graz235247
8Adham HamedDefensive midfielderPetrojet265236
9A. GrgićDefensive midfielderFC Lugano295236
10F. RiederDefensive midfielderFC Augsburg2451265.7%8417.8%
11J. FlorentínDefensive midfielderIndepend. Rivadavia305113.8%341.5%
12Gonçalo FrancoDefensive midfielderSwansea255117.1%69±0%
13M. SeidlDefensive midfielderRapid Vienna254947
14N. MbambaDefensive midfielderLorient21481366.7%482.2%
15D. GenreauDefensive midfielderMelbourne Victory27481730.8%1870.3%
16R. ReitzDefensive midfielderRB Leipzig244713.7%839.6%
17A. BarryDefensive midfielderRed Bull Salzburg264745
18E. AlagichDefensive midfielderAdelaide United224623
19A. CubasDefensive midfielderVancouver Whitecaps304669.7%273.1%
20K. JørgensenDefensive midfielderLask Linz2646139.1%460.9%
21Paul Michael Junior Okon-EngstlerDefensive midfielder1. FC Köln21467550%2249.2%
22E. MartelDefensive midfielderFSV Mainz 0524464.2%769.7%
23A. MorenoDefensive midfielderRiver Plate2745108.8%4714.6%
24T. OhgiharaDefensive midfielderVissel Kobe344520.5%2025.5%
25A. MatusiwaDefensive midfielderIpswich28455.9%5717.5%
26D. Jean-JacquesDefensive midfielderPhiladelphia Union264522.2%426.9%
27B. AndréDefensive midfielderLille364510.8%2816.9%
28M. BogardeDefensive midfielderLask Linz2444362.5%485%
29K. SanoDefensive midfielderFSV Mainz 05254441.5%797.1%
30Xu BinDefensive midfielderWolves224433
31V. DaridaDefensive midfielderHradec Králové3644550%193.9%
32D. HaspolatDefensive midfielderKVC Westerlo264416.3%5115.1%
33F. WintherDefensive midfielderFC Fredericia2644866.7%4124%
34N. FernándezDefensive midfielderGodoy Cruz28433.6%3530.8%
35F. IbarraDefensive midfielderRosario Central25432.9%522.2%
36C. DurkinDefensive midfielderSt. Louis City2643215.3%4229.6%
37P. SanderDefensive midfielderBorussia Mönchengladbach284391.1%588.1%
38D. KruseDefensive midfielderIFK Goteborg24435.4%374.9%
39N. SeiwaldDefensive midfielderRB Leipzig254382.8%813.7%
40João LameiraDefensive midfielderOţelul274321200%3128.1%
41A. SánchezDefensive midfielderBelgrano Cordoba27439.5%451.5%
42VitinhoDefensive midfielderBotafogo274321.6%591.3%
43N. CapaldoDefensive midfielderHamburger SV2742371.1%6229.1%
44A. SchöpfDefensive midfielderLask Linz3242140.3%2016.2%
45Xie WennengDefensive midfielderShandong Luneng254232
46Guilherme MadrugaDefensive midfielderShandong Luneng254232
47P. BergDefensive midfielderBodo/Glimt284212%363.3%
48U. BislimiDefensive midfielderFC Lugano264244
49H. MagnettiDefensive midfielderStade Brestois 29284247.7%5914.3%
50M. ZanottiDefensive midfielderFC Lugano234148