Most in-form defensive midfielders in Championship

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

At a glance

S. Charles of Southampton is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 74.8, and M. Crooks has been the form player this season, grading 52.2, and J. James leads the scoring with 11 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: H. Amass has improved his Season rating most, up +44.9 on last season, while M. Yalcouyé's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +31.9 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, A. Morris of Middlesbrough is the most valuable name in this group at 91.1.

Swansea · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

H. Amass+44.9SsN

Sheffield Wednesday · 24/25→25/26

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	M. Crooks Defensive midfielder	Hull City	32	5275.8%	3640.2%
2	C. Brannagan Defensive midfielder	Oxford United	30	5233.4%	4216.4%
3	Gonçalo Franco Defensive midfielder	Swansea	25	5114.3%	69±0%
4	H. Amass Defensive midfielder	Sheffield Wednesday	19	491095.1%	704.8%
5	E. Adams Defensive midfielder	Derby	30	4844.7%	4223.3%
6	V. Torp Defensive midfielder	Coventry	26	4892.4%	680.7%
7	A. Matusiwa Defensive midfielder	Ipswich	28	478.8%	5716.9%
8	M. Targett Defensive midfielder	Middlesbrough	30	4622850%	452.6%
9	J. James Defensive midfielder	Leicester	22	46163.2%	701.1%
10	S. Charles Defensive midfielder	Southampton	22	459.2%	752.9%
11	K. McLean Defensive midfielder	Norwich	34	4323.6%	2812.7%
12	A. Randell Defensive midfielder	Bristol City	25	426.1%	695.1%
13	I. Kaboré Defensive midfielder	Wrexham	25	41675.5%	697.6%
14	G. Dobson Defensive midfielder	Wrexham	28	417.6%	529.7%
15	A. McCann Defensive midfielder	Preston	26	4137.3%	594.8%
16	Paik Seung-Ho Defensive midfielder	Birmingham	29	4150.6%	4814.6%
17	R. Slater Defensive midfielder	Hull City	26	4078.6%	651.9%
18	B. Bannan Defensive midfielder	Sheffield Wednesday	36	3914.1%	2312.4%
19	S. Tronstad Defensive midfielder	Blackburn	30	394%	4022.7%
20	M. Grimes Defensive midfielder	Coventry	31	383.5%	4215.6%
21	G. Thomason Defensive midfielder	Wrexham	25	3818.2%	6936.5%
22	C. Brittain Defensive midfielder	Middlesbrough	28	3813.4%	587.8%
23	T. Iwata Defensive midfielder	Birmingham	29	388.5%	5014.1%
24	C. De Norre Defensive midfielder	Millwall	29	3828.6%	4818.5%
25	A. Morris Defensive midfielder	Middlesbrough	24	3817.4%	712.4%
26	M. Stamenić Defensive midfielder	Swansea	24	36538.6%	6884.3%
27	R. McGree Defensive midfielder	Middlesbrough	27	36177.3%	590.9%
28	F. Downes Defensive midfielder	Southampton	27	3521.9%	5723%
29	A. Browne Defensive midfielder	Middlesbrough	31	33205.6%	355.9%
30	A. Dozzell Defensive midfielder	Portsmouth	27	3313.1%	587.6%
31	L. Travis Defensive midfielder	Derby	28	3120.5%	5118.7%
32	R. Hedges Defensive midfielder	Blackburn	31	31±0%	3228%
33	D. Ozoh Defensive midfielder	Derby	21	30156.8%	6912.7%
34	M. James Defensive midfielder	Wrexham	34	302.6%	2220.8%
35	O. Rathbone Defensive midfielder	Wrexham	29	307.8%	409.3%
36	C. Coventry Defensive midfielder	Charlton	26	2929.8%	5813%
37	F. Onyeka Defensive midfielder	Coventry	28	2721.5%	4831.9%
38	H. Winks Defensive midfielder	Leicester	30	2637%	3634.9%
39	O. Skipp Defensive midfielder	Leicester	25	2645.8%	6015.1%
40	H. Clarke Defensive midfielder	Charlton	25	26147.1%	636.7%
41	J. Taylor Defensive midfielder	Ipswich	28	2588%	4819.4%
42	J. Lundstram Defensive midfielder	Hull City	32	2515.9%	277.9%
43	B. Mitchell Defensive midfielder	Millwall	25	24190.5%	659.6%
44	R. Longman Defensive midfielder	Wrexham	25	24119.4%	6236.8%
45	J. Riedewald Defensive midfielder	Sheffield Utd	29	2399.1%	403.6%
46	A. Hadžiahmetović Defensive midfielder	Hull City	29	2271.5%	4214.2%
47	W. Vaulks Defensive midfielder	Oxford United	32	2144.9%	2539%
48	M. Pack Defensive midfielder	Portsmouth	35	1922.4%	1919.4%
49	B. Pearson Defensive midfielder	Stoke City	31	19302.1%	309.5%
50	H. Choudhury Defensive midfielder	Leicester	28	1935%	4124.6%