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Most In-Form defensive midfielders This Season in Serie A

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

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At a glance

L. da Cunha of Como is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Serie A, with a Field Insider Rating of 87.9, and S. McTominay has been the form player this season, grading 65.6.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: R. Malinovskyi has improved his Season rating most, up +42.6 on last season, while E. İlkhan's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +26.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, W. McKennie of Juventus is the most valuable name in this group at 56.6.

Best talent
L. da Cunha87.9RTG
Como
In form
S. McTominay65.6SsN
Napoli
Rising potential
E. İlkhan+26.6RTG
Torino · 23/24→25/26
Most improved
R. Malinovskyi+42.6SsN
Genoa · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
S. McTominay10goals
Napoli
Most valuable
W. McKennie56.6val
Juventus
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PlayerTeam
1S. McTominayDefensive midfielderNapoli296619.9%6119.4%
2W. McKennieDefensive midfielderJuventus275550.5%757.1%
3L. da CunhaDefensive midfielderComo255441.9%8810.8%
4M. LocatelliDefensive midfielderJuventus285012.8%6415.3%
5A. AttaDefensive midfielderUdinese2350277.9%8618.1%
6A. CambiasoDefensive midfielderJuventus26497.2%785.5%
7R. MalinovskyiDefensive midfielderGenoa3348747.4%3114.7%
8M. PerroneDefensive midfielderComo234881.4%889.2%
9M. KonéDefensive midfielderAS Roma254741.7%875.7%
10K. ThuramDefensive midfielderJuventus25453.4%853%
11M. de RoonDefensive midfielderAtalanta354326.8%3020.6%
12R. GagliardiniDefensive midfielderHellas Verona32421909.5%3516.8%
13B. CristanteDefensive midfielderAS Roma31411.5%4711.4%
14M. FrendrupDefensive midfielderGenoa254113.9%785.2%
15ÉdersonDefensive midfielderAtalanta274012.1%6622.8%
16A. BernedeDefensive midfielderHellas Verona2740304.1%623.3%
17Y. RamadaniDefensive midfielderLecce303938.4%495.4%
18Z. ÇelikDefensive midfielderAS Roma293923.2%5712.1%
19S. SerdarDefensive midfielderHellas Verona293858.6%4915.5%
20C. CasadeiDefensive midfielderTorino2337170.8%7910.5%
21Aarón MartínDefensive midfielderGenoa293715.9%5128.7%
22D. ZappacostaDefensive midfielderAtalanta34364.6%2823.3%
23M. PašalićDefensive midfielderAtalanta3136±0%4125%
24N. ZalewskiDefensive midfielderAtalanta2435120.9%795.5%
25M. PolitanoDefensive midfielderNapoli333523.1%3923.8%
26H. NicolussiDefensive midfielderParma263448.6%7014.5%
27E. HolmDefensive midfielderBologna263158.1%647.5%
28M. PratiDefensive midfielderCagliari2230540.4%7714.1%
29N. PisilliDefensive midfielderAS Roma213040.7%844.2%
30M. EllertssonDefensive midfielderGenoa24305.4%783.5%
31J. Akpa AkproDefensive midfielderHellas Verona33304.2%2528%
32S. LobotkaDefensive midfielderNapoli312910%4618.6%
33V. LazaroDefensive midfielderTorino302815.8%4426.2%
34D. RenschDefensive midfielderAS Roma232714.6%7715%
35I. TouréDefensive midfielderPisa282639.4%5413.5%
36P. MasiniDefensive midfielderGenoa252510%676.8%
37K. EhizibueDefensive midfielderUdinese312524.9%3729.2%
38M. PedersenDefensive midfielderTorino262572%683.6%
39G. GineitisDefensive midfielderTorino22259.9%763.1%
40N. El AynaouiDefensive midfielderAS Roma252431.4%734.6%
41Miguel GutiérrezDefensive midfielderNapoli2524±0%759.5%
42N. MoroDefensive midfielderBologna28214.5%5416.2%
43E. İlkhanDefensive midfielderTorino222048.9%7357.2%
44J. ZemuraDefensive midfielderUdinese26206.9%6511.8%
45D. BradarićDefensive midfielderHellas Verona26197.7%6511.4%
46M. MarinDefensive midfielderPisa271845%5513.3%
47O. NgomDefensive midfielderLecce221728.9%7319.4%
48R. BellanovaDefensive midfielderAtalanta261766.3%6723.4%
49C. OrdoñezDefensive midfielderParma221657.5%7110.8%
50L. MillerDefensive midfielderUdinese191667.1%7746.6%