Most In-Form defensive midfielders This Season in Bundesliga

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

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At a glance

Jacob Peter Hödl of Sturm Graz is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 50.1, and V. Müller has been the form player this season, grading 59.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Lee Tae-Seok has improved his Season rating most, up +40.3 on last season, while R. Amané's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +9.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Lee Tae-Seok of Austria Vienna is the most valuable name in this group at 15.6.

Best talent

Jacob Peter Hödl50.1RTG

Rapid Vienna · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Lee Tae-Seok+40.3SsN

Austria Vienna · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	V. Müller Defensive midfielder	WSG Wattens	27	59	42
2	S. Seidl Defensive midfielder	FC BW Linz	23	52	47
3	M. Seidl Defensive midfielder	Rapid Vienna	25	49	47
4	Lee Tae-Seok Defensive midfielder	Austria Vienna	24	48503.8%	499%
5	A. Barry Defensive midfielder	Austria Vienna	26	47	45
6	K. Jørgensen Defensive midfielder	Lask Linz	26	46139.1%	460.9%
7	M. Bogarde Defensive midfielder	Lask Linz	24	44362.5%	485%
8	A. Schöpf Defensive midfielder	Wolfsberger AC	32	42140.3%	2016.2%
9	R. Amané Defensive midfielder	Rapid Vienna	23	4128.2%	4725.9%
10	P. Pomer Defensive midfielder	Ried	28	40	35
11	S. Horvath Defensive midfielder	Lask Linz	29	39	336.7%
12	M. Taferner Defensive midfielder	WSG Wattens	25	38	43
13	J. Gorenc Stankovič Defensive midfielder	Sturm Graz	30	37	29
14	R. Ranftl Defensive midfielder	Austria Vienna	34	37161.7%	1847.7%
15	Boris Matić Defensive midfielder	Wolfsberger AC	21	36	45
16	R. Renner Defensive midfielder	Wolfsberger AC	32	36	21
17	B. Bolla Defensive midfielder	Rapid Vienna	26	34	43
18	A. Briedl Defensive midfielder	FC BW Linz	24	33	42
19	E. Karić Defensive midfielder	Sturm Graz	29	3390.1%	3346%
20	S. Pirkl Defensive midfielder	FC BW Linz	29	30	29
21	Jacob Peter Hödl Defensive midfielder	Sturm Graz	19	27	50
22	M. Bidstrup Defensive midfielder	Red Bull Salzburg	25	2630.5%	4310.5%
23	M. Sulzner Defensive midfielder	Wolfsberger AC	23	24	43
24	Y. Maart Defensive midfielder	Ried	31	23	24
25	J. Naschberger Defensive midfielder	WSG Wattens	26	23	39
26	M. Olesen Defensive midfielder	Grazer AK	25	19185.1%	3728.5%
27	F. Wohlmuth Defensive midfielder	Wolfsberger AC	24	19	40
28	D. Kovacevic Defensive midfielder	TSV Hartberg	21	18	43
29	T. Gulliksen Defensive midfielder	Rapid Vienna	23	1846.7%	411%
30	Mamadou Fofana II Defensive midfielder	FC BW Linz	25	18371.1%	3532.4%
31	T. Chukwuani Defensive midfielder	Sturm Graz	23	1759%	4310.9%
32	A. Malic Defensive midfielder	Sturm Graz	20	17	44
33	Lee Kang-Hee Defensive midfielder	Austria Vienna	24	16	42
34	D. Reiter Defensive midfielder	FC BW Linz	28	16	27
35	D. Bumberger Defensive midfielder	FC BW Linz	27	15	30
36	J. Horn Defensive midfielder	Rapid Vienna	29	14335.5%	278.8%
37	L. Sulzbacher Defensive midfielder	WSG Wattens	26	13	35
38	R. Fosso Defensive midfielder	Sturm Graz	24	1362.3%	4141.9%
39	J. Gazibegović Defensive midfielder	Sturm Graz	26	1214.5%	3733.7%
40	N. Bajlicz Defensive midfielder	Ried	22	12	41
41	I. Coulibaly Defensive midfielder	Lask Linz	25	119.6%	3913.3%
42	Philipp Maybach Defensive midfielder	Austria Vienna	18	11	44
43	I. Dahlqvist Defensive midfielder	FC BW Linz	24	1069.8%	3713.2%
44	S. Fofana Defensive midfielder	Grazer AK	23	1025%	3738.3%
45	M. Rasner Defensive midfielder	Ried	31	8	17
46	E. Agyemang Defensive midfielder	Wolfsberger AC	22	7	39
47	L. Grgić Defensive midfielder	Rapid Vienna	30	5	20