Most in-form defensive midfielders in League Two

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

At a glance

S. Braybrooke of Chesterfield is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in League Two, with a Field Insider Rating of 35.9, and M. Shelton has been the form player this season, grading 44.3.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Shelton has improved his Season rating most, up +37 on last season, while A. Mayor's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +4.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, J. Evans of Harrogate Town is the most valuable name in this group at 6.1.

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	M. Shelton Defensive midfielder	Barnet	29	44506.8%	246.2%
2	A. Read Defensive midfielder	Colchester	27	44137.1%	301.3%
3	A. Charles Defensive midfielder	Bromley	27	40159%	301.3%
4	L. Kelly Defensive midfielder	Milton Keynes Dons	30	3978.7%	221.3%
5	J. Evans Defensive midfielder	Harrogate Town	25	39	34
6	M. Pinnock Defensive midfielder	Bromley	31	3510.6%	2137.8%
7	S. Braybrooke Defensive midfielder	Chesterfield	22	351404.3%	366.3%
8	L. Young Defensive midfielder	Cheltenham	33	3410.5%	1418%
9	B. Morris Defensive midfielder	Harrogate Town	30	3310.5%	2116.9%
10	A. Little Defensive midfielder	Gillingham	29	3316.8%	2216.7%
11	M. Sanders Defensive midfielder	Crewe	27	3274.6%	297.8%
12	Marcus Lemar Ifill Defensive midfielder	Bromley	22	304200%	3629.1%
13	T. Perry Defensive midfielder	Shrewsbury	25	3044.9%	3125.9%
14	O. Clarke Defensive midfielder	Swindon Town	34	295%	1030.7%
15	P. Brough Defensive midfielder	Tranmere	30	2914500%	1920.6%
16	L. Hoole Defensive midfielder	Shrewsbury	24	2914.3%	3132.6%
17	P. Mpanzu Defensive midfielder	Cambridge United	32	287.3%	1738.5%
18	G. Kilkenny Defensive midfielder	Swindon Town	26	284.8%	318.4%
19	R. McKenzie Defensive midfielder	Gillingham	27	2722.3%	2815.3%
20	T. Leigh Defensive midfielder	Bristol Rovers	26	27280.3%	291.4%
21	H. Neal Defensive midfielder	Fleetwood Town	25	2713.7%	310.6%
22	T. Sang Defensive midfielder	Shrewsbury	27	261.5%	2517.6%
23	L. Bennett Defensive midfielder	Cambridge United	24	2632.3%	3424.7%
24	J. Snowdon Defensive midfielder	Swindon Town	22	25	35
25	D. Ball Defensive midfielder	Cambridge United	30	25123.2%	2036.5%
26	Ismeal Kabia Defensive midfielder	Shrewsbury	20	25	34
27	R. Stirk Defensive midfielder	Chesterfield	25	2524.4%	338.3%
28	D. Love Defensive midfielder	Accrington ST	31	2430.8%	1630.2%
29	B. Kamwa Defensive midfielder	Newport County	26	2424.9%	3013.1%
30	R. Smallwood Defensive midfielder	Tranmere	35	2435.4%	1130%
31	M. Holíček Defensive midfielder	Crewe	21	2311.1%	342.5%
32	C. Evans Defensive midfielder	Newport County	25	235.6%	311.6%
33	Jayden Joseph Defensive midfielder	Tranmere	20	23	32
34	T. Nichols Defensive midfielder	Swindon Town	32	23138.9%	158.6%
35	O. Norburn Defensive midfielder	Notts County	33	22283.9%	1239.3%
36	J. Arthurs Defensive midfielder	Bromley	24	2135.5%	337.3%
37	G. McEachran Defensive midfielder	Grimsby	25	2043.9%	3110.1%
38	A. Mayor Defensive midfielder	Cambridge United	21	20	3515%
39	E. Bishop Defensive midfielder	Colchester	30	1922%	1818%
40	S. Finley Defensive midfielder	Tranmere	33	1927.2%	1131.4%
41	Joel McGregor Defensive midfielder	Swindon Town	20	1953.3%	334.2%
42	E. Coleman Defensive midfielder	Gillingham	26	1896.8%	275.9%
43	C. Thomas Defensive midfielder	Crewe	32	1764.1%	1217.4%
44	V. Harper Defensive midfielder	Walsall	25	177.3%	2927.4%
45	J. Powell Defensive midfielder	Crewe	32	15102.7%	1218.2%
46	B. Stevenson Defensive midfielder	Cheltenham	29	1572.1%	2032.9%
47	A. Hartigan Defensive midfielder	Barnet	26	15	282.2%
48	J. McEachran Defensive midfielder	Bristol Rovers	33	15102.8%	961.6%
49	L. Coyle Defensive midfielder	Accrington ST	26	1422.6%	2613%
50	G. Turi Defensive midfielder	Grimsby	24	14615%	3215.4%