Most in-form defensive midfielders in Super League

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

At a glance

Xu Bin of Qingdao Youth Island is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Super League, with a Field Insider Rating of 33.2, and Wu Xi has been the form player this season, grading 58.6.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Mateus Vital has improved his Season rating most, up +43.9 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Xie Wenneng of Shandong Luneng is the most valuable name in this group at 5.4.

Yunnan Yukun · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Mateus Vital+43.9SsN

SHANGHAI SIPG · 24/25→25/26

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	Wu Xi Defensive midfielder	Shanghai Shenhua	37	59	11
2	Mateus Vital Defensive midfielder	SHANGHAI SIPG	28	53493.3%	2848.3%
3	Xie Wenneng Defensive midfielder	Shandong Luneng	25	42	32
4	Guilherme Madruga Defensive midfielder	Shandong Luneng	25	421818.2%	3241.5%
5	Matheus Índio Defensive midfielder	Qingdao Youth Island	26	415814.3%	3040.7%
6	Gao Tianyi Defensive midfielder	Shanghai Shenhua	28	41	24
7	Liu Yang Defensive midfielder	Shandong Luneng	31	41	18
8	Li Tixiang Defensive midfielder	Hangzhou Greentown	36	38	13
9	Nené Defensive midfielder	Yunnan Yukun	31	37349.4%	1817.6%
10	Li Yuanyi Defensive midfielder	Shandong Luneng	32	37	15
11	Matheus Jussa Defensive midfielder	SHANGHAI SIPG	30	3384.4%	2158.3%
12	Feng Jin Defensive midfielder	SHANGHAI SIPG	32	33	17
13	Xu Bin Defensive midfielder	Qingdao Youth Island	22	32	33
14	Wang Shangyuan Defensive midfielder	Henan Jianye	33	32	14
15	B. Jočić Defensive midfielder	Meizhou Kejia	32	29	14
16	Cheng Jin Defensive midfielder	Hangzhou Greentown	31	28	17
17	Tong Lei Defensive midfielder	Hangzhou Greentown	28	24	23
18	Zhong Haoran Defensive midfielder	Meizhou Kejia	32	21	13
19	Li Ke Defensive midfielder	Shanghai Shenhua	33	20	13
20	Zhong Jinbao Defensive midfielder	Wuhan Three Towns	31	18	12
21	He Chao Defensive midfielder	Henan Jianye	31	17	14
22	Zhang Xiuwei Defensive midfielder	Qingdao Youth Island	30	16	15
23	Lu Yongtao Defensive midfielder	Henan Jianye	26	16	25
24	Zhang Huachen Defensive midfielder	Changchun Yatai	28	15	19
25	Xu Haoyang Defensive midfielder	Shanghai Shenhua	27	15	25
26	Chen Xuhuang Defensive midfielder	Meizhou Kejia	23	13	26
27	Zhao Yuhao Defensive midfielder	Yunnan Yukun	33	10	9
28	Zheng Kaimu Defensive midfielder	Wuhan Three Towns	34	8	7