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Most In-Form defensive midfielders This Season in Jupiler Pro League

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

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At a glance

A. Stanković of Club Brugge KV is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Jupiler Pro League, with a Field Insider Rating of 66.3, and R. Yamamoto has been the form player this season, grading 55.6, and M. Aké leads the scoring with 8 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Skóraś has improved his Season rating most, up +44.9 on last season, while N. Saliba's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +15.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, R. Yamamoto of St. Truiden is the most valuable name in this group at 29.4.

Best talent
A. Stanković66.3RTG
Club Brugge KV
In form
R. Yamamoto55.6SsN
St. Truiden
Rising potential
N. Saliba+15.8RTG
Anderlecht · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
M. Skóraś+44.9SsN
Gent · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
M. Aké8goals
Zulte Waregem
Most valuable
R. Yamamoto29.4val
St. Truiden
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PlayerTeam
1R. YamamotoDefensive midfielderSt. Truiden2456331%6425.5%
2F. HammarDefensive midfielderKV Mechelen2547227.8%544.9%
3A. KhalailiDefensive midfielderUnion St. Gilloise2147151.1%657.1%
4J. LiongolaDefensive midfielderRAAL La Louvière26476.9%548.9%
5B. HeynenDefensive midfielderGenk294738.6%4113.2%
6H. VanakenDefensive midfielderClub Brugge KV334710.7%2723.9%
7P. GerkensDefensive midfielderCercle Brugge3147311.5%3314%
8A. StankovićDefensive midfielderClub Brugge KV214666
9A. ZorganeDefensive midfielderUnion St. Gilloise26462.3%589.9%
10A. SissakoDefensive midfielderSt. Truiden284640.1%456.8%
11E. CamaraDefensive midfielderCharleroi2346142%595.6%
12M. SkóraśDefensive midfielderGent2645516.7%
13A. PiedfortDefensive midfielderKVC Westerlo2144136.4%606.9%
14D. HaspolatDefensive midfielderKVC Westerlo264416.3%549.4%
15N. MbambaDefensive midfielderDender21441230.3%6123.2%
16Y. TitraouiDefensive midfielderCharleroi234358.6%608.6%
17Guilherme Henriques da Silva CarvalhoDefensive midfielderUnion St. Gilloise23406188.9%
18N. SalibaDefensive midfielderAnderlecht223998.5%5937%
19Nathan De CatDefensive midfielderAnderlecht183910.3%6229.9%
20T. KoudouDefensive midfielderKV Mechelen213832.1%5913.1%
21T. SomersDefensive midfielderAntwerp273828%4719.1%
22S. SchrijversDefensive midfielderOH Leuven303711.6%3325.5%
23M. AkéDefensive midfielderZulte Waregem25355510.7%
24C. NielsenDefensive midfielderStandard Liege3235458.7%241.6%
25M. ViltardDefensive midfielderDender2334137.2%586.2%
26A. ItoDefensive midfielderGent27347%469.5%
27K. Van de PerreDefensive midfielderUnion St. Gilloise2234177%6010.5%
28S. LahssainiDefensive midfielderRAAL La Louvière273479.1%4816.2%
29T. ClaesDefensive midfielderZulte Waregem223320.1%6021.3%
30Óscar GilDefensive midfielderOH Leuven283277%409.2%
31A. ValenciaDefensive midfielderAntwerp2328205.4%5710.1%
32L. AgyekumDefensive midfielderCercle Brugge222731.2%554.8%
33N. GillotDefensive midfielderRAAL La Louvière232654.4%5625.8%
34Y. CappelleDefensive midfielderZulte Waregem2226123.3%5629.6%
35Leonardo LopesDefensive midfielderGent272696.9%433.4%
36H. TeklabDefensive midfielderOH Leuven27251095.2%444.4%
37D. PraetDefensive midfielderAntwerp3224127.6%253.8%
38O. NiangDefensive midfielderUnion St. Gilloise24233%571.7%
39E. LlansanaDefensive midfielderAnderlecht252068.7%4934%
40W. PaugainDefensive midfielderZulte Waregem24181416.7%5123.5%
41E. LofolomoDefensive midfielderZulte Waregem261729.3%479%
42R. MerlenDefensive midfielderSt. Truiden241762%5312.6%
43N. RôdesDefensive midfielderDender281665.8%4027.1%
44X. DierckxDefensive midfielderAntwerp161654
45I. BangouraDefensive midfielderGenk221511.2%532.9%
46D. OpokuDefensive midfielderOH Leuven18145413.9%
47B. VerstraeteDefensive midfielderOH Leuven321457.7%2234%
48S. GueuletteDefensive midfielderRAAL La Louvière261453.8%45±0%
49B. AntonioDefensive midfielderKV Mechelen231343.5%479.8%
50Darío BenavidesDefensive midfielderRAAL La Louvière23135022.2%