Most in-form defensive midfielders in Ligue 1

The most in-form defensive midfielders in Ligue 1, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

M. Sangaré of Lens is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Ligue 1, with a Field Insider Rating of 87.7, and C. Tolisso has been the form player this season, grading 68.6.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Sangaré has improved his Season rating most, up +55.3 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Sangaré of Lens is the most valuable name in this group at 142.1.

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	C. Tolisso Defensive midfielder	Lyon	31	6967.3%	4913.7%
2	A. Thomasson Defensive midfielder	Lens	32	6812.4%	4314.1%
3	L. Camara Defensive midfielder	Monaco	22	64107.4%	884.5%
4	M. Sangaré Defensive midfielder	Lens	24	62825.4%	8870.6%
5	C. Cásseres Defensive midfielder	Toulouse	26	564.6%	755%
6	P. Lees-Melou Defensive midfielder	Paris FC	33	5676.9%	348.6%
7	A. Dønnum Defensive midfielder	Toulouse	28	5620.1%	666.4%
8	R. Ndiaye Defensive midfielder	Le Havre	24	54177.7%	8224.2%
9	M. Udol Defensive midfielder	Lens	30	522.1%	55±0%
10	P. Højbjerg Defensive midfielder	Marseille	30	52±0%	5415.6%
11	D. Zakaria Defensive midfielder	Monaco	29	5240.4%	5619%
12	Y. Belkhdim Defensive midfielder	Angers	24	5275.4%	768.7%
13	B. André Defensive midfielder	Lille	35	513.1%	3010%
14	V. Barco Defensive midfielder	Strasbourg	21	50132.4%	8612.8%
15	J. Chotard Defensive midfielder	Stade Brestois 29	24	4980.4%	7811.1%
16	K. Kouassi Defensive midfielder	Lorient	21	4592.7%	8739.7%
17	T. Morton Defensive midfielder	Lyon	23	4515.1%	8412.3%
18	D. Sidibé Defensive midfielder	Toulouse	33	4517.2%	3111.6%
19	R. Aguilar Defensive midfielder	Lens	33	4565.7%	3010.2%
20	S. El Mourabet Defensive midfielder	Strasbourg	20	44	80
21	H. Magnetti Defensive midfielder	Stade Brestois 29	28	4347.4%	5914.3%
22	D. Methalie Defensive midfielder	Toulouse	20	43	80
23	J. Teze Defensive midfielder	Monaco	26	41271.2%	714%
24	J. Gbamin Defensive midfielder	Metz	30	403258.3%	4612.9%
25	S. Adingra Defensive midfielder	Monaco	24	40170.5%	801.6%
26	T. Le Bris Defensive midfielder	Lorient	23	3973.4%	7726.8%
27	N. Cadiou Defensive midfielder	Lorient	27	3636.3%	63±0%
28	E. Owusu Defensive midfielder	Auxerre	28	3427.8%	5818.3%
29	A. Bouaddi Defensive midfielder	Lille	18	3463.9%	8714.6%
30	B. Traoré Defensive midfielder	Metz	24	34	706.9%
31	J. Deminguet Defensive midfielder	Metz	28	3313%	538.5%
32	Saud Abdulhamid Defensive midfielder	Lens	26	33741%	716%
33	L. Abergel Defensive midfielder	Lorient	33	3333.5%	3312.2%
34	P. Katseris Defensive midfielder	Lorient	25	3253.1%	7422.4%
35	N. Bentaleb Defensive midfielder	Lille	31	32378.8%	390.5%
36	A. Abdi Defensive midfielder	Nice	32	3118.8%	3029.5%
37	O. El Azzouzi Defensive midfielder	Auxerre	25	317525%	6911.2%
38	R. Matondo Defensive midfielder	Paris FC	18	286875%	8024.7%
39	S. Ebonog Defensive midfielder	Le Havre	21	27682.9%	7594.3%
40	Y. Kechta Defensive midfielder	Le Havre	24	2723.1%	704.9%
41	H. Abdelli Defensive midfielder	Angers	26	2646.3%	6321.8%
42	M. Lopez Defensive midfielder	Paris FC	28	2646.2%	577.9%
43	K. Diatta Defensive midfielder	Monaco	27	23212.2%	5611.7%
44	F. Coquelin Defensive midfielder	Nantes	35	23281.7%	1918.9%
45	A. Bulatović Defensive midfielder	Lens	19	22	76
46	I. Sissoko Defensive midfielder	Nantes	28	2153.9%	5025.9%
47	A. Bamba Defensive midfielder	Monaco	20	18	74
48	A. Vossah Defensive midfielder	Toulouse	18	18	74
49	W. Kamanzi Defensive midfielder	Toulouse	25	160.6%	646.7%
50	A. Vermeeren Defensive midfielder	Marseille	21	1541.6%	748.7%