Most in-form defensive midfielders in Premier League

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

At a glance

H. Ibrahim of El Gouna FC is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 37.5, and Adham Hamed has been the form player this season, grading 49.1.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: D. Miškić has improved his Season rating most, up +7.6 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, H. Ibrahim of El Gouna FC is the most valuable name in this group at 13.5.

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	Adham Hamed Defensive midfielder	Petrojet	26	49	36
2	Ahmed El Agouz Defensive midfielder	Enppi	33	33	14
3	Mohanad Lasheen Defensive midfielder	Pyramids FC	30	32	24
4	Omar El Wahsh Defensive midfielder	El Mokawloon	31	29	18
5	H. Ibrahim Defensive midfielder	El Gouna FC	24	24	38
6	Mohamed Shehata Defensive midfielder	Zamalek SC	25	21	35
7	Mahmoud Hamada Defensive midfielder	AL Masry	32	20	17
8	Mostafa Gamal Defensive midfielder	El Mokawloon	35	20	9
9	W. El Karti Defensive midfielder	Pyramids FC	31	18	18
10	Choe Gyu-hyeon Defensive midfielder	El Mokawloon	25	18	31
11	Ahmed Hashem Defensive midfielder	National Bank of Egypt	26	18	30
12	H. Souissi Defensive midfielder	El Geish	28	17	24
13	M. Makhlouf Defensive midfielder	AL Masry	27	17	27
14	N. Paulikas Defensive midfielder	Ghazl El Mehalla	19	17	37
15	Ibrahim El Bahnasi Defensive midfielder	Wadi Degla	24	16	33
16	Mohamed Naser Defensive midfielder	Enppi	24	15	34
17	Zeyad Kamal Defensive midfielder	Enppi	25	15	34
18	D. Miškić Defensive midfielder	Wadi Degla	32	14113.4%	138.3%
19	Nabil Emad Dunga Defensive midfielder	Zamalek SC	30	14	19
20	M. Touré Defensive midfielder	Ghazl El Mehalla	23	12	35
21	Islam Gaber Defensive midfielder	El Mokawloon	30	11	17
22	S. Simporé Defensive midfielder	National Bank of Egypt	33	11	11
23	Mohamed Hassan Defensive midfielder	Ismaily SC	32	10	13
24	Ahmed El Sageery Defensive midfielder	Masr	28	10	27
25	Mahmoud Nabil Defensive midfielder	Ghazl El Mehalla	28	7	22
26	Karim Nedved Defensive midfielder	Ceramica Cleopatra	28	7	23
27	Islam Adel Kanu Defensive midfielder	Wadi Degla	32	7	13
28	Ahmed Scholes Defensive midfielder	Wadi Degla	28	6	23
29	Reda Salah Defensive midfielder	El Gouna FC	28	5	22
30	Mohamed Sayed Defensive midfielder	Pharco	22	4	30