Most In-Form defensive midfielders This Season in 2. Bundesliga

The most in-form defensive midfielders in 2. Bundesliga, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

M. Baur of SC Paderborn 07 is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in 2. Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 74.2, and L. Curda has been the form player this season, grading 70.4.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: L. Curda has improved his Season rating most, up +47.8 on last season, while N. Aséko Nkili's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +35.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, L. Curda of SC Paderborn 07 is the most valuable name in this group at 44.8.

N. Aséko Nkili+35.4RTG

Hannover 96 · 24/25→25/26

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L. Curda+47.8SsN

SC Paderborn 07 · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	L. Curda Defensive midfielder	SC Paderborn 07	24	70211.5%	7322%
2	M. Baur Defensive midfielder	SC Paderborn 07	22	54562.2%	7470.2%
3	E. Leopold Defensive midfielder	Hannover 96	26	51±0%	644.2%
4	J. Hendrix Defensive midfielder	Preußen Münster	31	474.7%	3323.4%
5	N. Aséko Nkili Defensive midfielder	Hannover 96	20	461917.4%	7395.2%
6	S. Þórðarson Defensive midfielder	Hannover 96	27	4249.3%	5315.8%
7	M. Neubauer Defensive midfielder	Hannover 96	30	4018.4%	4126.6%
8	Ł. Poręba Defensive midfielder	SV Elversberg	26	38231.9%	618.7%
9	A. El Azzouzi Defensive midfielder	Fortuna Düsseldorf	25	368.3%	5819.2%
10	A. Marhiev Defensive midfielder	1. FC Nürnberg	24	36	62
11	Kofi Jeremy Amoako Defensive midfielder	Dynamo Dresden	21	32289.2%	6357%
12	K. Oudenne Defensive midfielder	Hannover 96	24	32193.5%	6365.3%
13	Cajetan Benjamin Lenz Defensive midfielder	VfL Bochum	20	32	65
14	F. Flick Defensive midfielder	Eintracht Braunschweig	26	30107%	516.6%
15	F. Kunze Defensive midfielder	1. FC Kaiserslautern	28	2923%	4910.7%
16	M. Pannewig Defensive midfielder	VfL Bochum	21	28806.5%	621.4%
17	Y. Bouchama Defensive midfielder	Preußen Münster	29	28154.5%	3514.8%
18	A. Condé Defensive midfielder	SV Elversberg	29	27127.7%	4210.6%
19	A. Keller Defensive midfielder	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	22	2515.5%	585.9%
20	N. Schmidt Defensive midfielder	SV Darmstadt 98	28	25678.1%	4420.2%
21	P. Seguin Defensive midfielder	Hertha BSC	31	2534.8%	3316.1%
22	R. Preißinger Defensive midfielder	Preußen Münster	30	24100.8%	3117.5%
23	H. Matsuda Defensive midfielder	Hannover 96	22	24179.8%	6353.3%
24	K. WÃ¤tjen Defensive midfielder	VfL Bochum	20	23420%	6256.1%
25	M. Bero Defensive midfielder	VfL Bochum	30	2358.5%	3441.6%
26	R. Wagner Defensive midfielder	Dynamo Dresden	23	22575%	624.9%
27	T. Baack Defensive midfielder	1. FC Nürnberg	27	1726.1%	43±0%
28	K. Eichhorn Defensive midfielder	Hertha BSC	17	17	60
29	P. Will Defensive midfielder	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	27	16315.8%	446.6%
30	T. Breithaupt Defensive midfielder	Fortuna Düsseldorf	24	1680.5%	527.4%
31	M. Dietz Defensive midfielder	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	24	165.5%	559.6%
32	K. Sessa Defensive midfielder	Hertha BSC	26	121.7%	496.3%
33	S. Asta Defensive midfielder	1. FC Kaiserslautern	25	1018.5%	544.9%
34	M. Heyer Defensive midfielder	Fortuna Düsseldorf	31	970.8%	2337.2%
35	F. Holland Defensive midfielder	SV Darmstadt 98	36	957.8%	1250%
36	M. Meyerhöfer Defensive midfielder	Preußen Münster	30	874%	2639.2%
37	S. Alexandropoulos Defensive midfielder	Fortuna Düsseldorf	24	817.2%	501.4%