Most in-form defensive midfielders in Serie A

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

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 59.9.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: R. Gagliardini has improved his Season rating most, up +42.2 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, L. da Cunha of Como is the most valuable name in this group at 151.2.

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	S. McTominay Defensive midfielder	Napoli	29	6012.6%	6119.4%
2	M. Locatelli Defensive midfielder	Juventus	28	5216.5%	6415.3%
3	W. McKennie Defensive midfielder	Juventus	27	5148.6%	757.1%
4	L. da Cunha Defensive midfielder	Como	25	5138%	8810.8%
5	A. Cambiaso Defensive midfielder	Juventus	26	483.5%	785.5%
6	A. Atta Defensive midfielder	Udinese	23	46242.5%	8618.1%
7	M. Perrone Defensive midfielder	Como	23	4674.1%	889.2%
8	M. Koné Defensive midfielder	AS Roma	25	4638.6%	875.7%
9	R. Gagliardini Defensive midfielder	Hellas Verona	32	451455.2%	3512.7%
10	R. Malinovskyi Defensive midfielder	Genoa	33	45709.1%	3114.7%
11	M. de Roon Defensive midfielder	Atalanta	35	4423.3%	3020.6%
12	M. Frendrup Defensive midfielder	Genoa	25	4412%	785.2%
13	K. Thuram Defensive midfielder	Juventus	25	440.5%	853%
14	Y. Ramadani Defensive midfielder	Lecce	30	4244.3%	495.4%
15	B. Cristante Defensive midfielder	AS Roma	31	427.2%	4711.4%
16	Éderson Defensive midfielder	Atalanta	27	409.4%	6622.8%
17	A. Bernede Defensive midfielder	Hellas Verona	27	40313.4%	623.3%
18	Z. Çelik Defensive midfielder	AS Roma	29	3922.2%	5712.1%
19	S. Serdar Defensive midfielder	Hellas Verona	29	3760.6%	4915.5%
20	Aarón Martín Defensive midfielder	Genoa	29	3519.1%	5128.7%
21	C. Casadei Defensive midfielder	Torino	23	35166.9%	7910.5%
22	D. Zappacosta Defensive midfielder	Atalanta	34	344.9%	2823.3%
23	M. Pašalić Defensive midfielder	Atalanta	31	33±0%	4125%
24	N. Zalewski Defensive midfielder	Atalanta	24	33123%	795.5%
25	H. Nicolussi Defensive midfielder	Parma	26	3250.3%	7014.5%
26	M. Politano Defensive midfielder	Napoli	32	3114.7%	3923.8%
27	J. Akpa Akpro Defensive midfielder	Hellas Verona	33	313.4%	2528%
28	M. Prati Defensive midfielder	Cagliari	22	31477.4%	7714.1%
29	M. Ellertsson Defensive midfielder	Genoa	24	302.9%	783.5%
30	E. Holm Defensive midfielder	Bologna	26	3050%	647.5%
31	V. Lazaro Defensive midfielder	Torino	30	2919.6%	4426.2%
32	S. Lobotka Defensive midfielder	Napoli	31	293.2%	4618.6%
33	N. Pisilli Defensive midfielder	AS Roma	21	2938.3%	844.2%
34	I. Touré Defensive midfielder	Pisa	28	2733.7%	5413.5%
35	P. Masini Defensive midfielder	Genoa	25	2712.4%	676.8%
36	G. Gineitis Defensive midfielder	Torino	22	260.8%	763.1%
37	D. Rensch Defensive midfielder	AS Roma	23	2617.8%	7715%
38	K. Ehizibue Defensive midfielder	Udinese	31	2525.2%	3729.2%
39	M. Pedersen Defensive midfielder	Torino	26	2466.4%	683.6%
40	Miguel Gutiérrez Defensive midfielder	Napoli	24	240.8%	776.9%
41	N. El Aynaoui Defensive midfielder	AS Roma	25	2331.5%	734.6%
42	N. Moro Defensive midfielder	Bologna	28	216%	5416.2%
43	J. Zemura Defensive midfielder	Udinese	26	2110.1%	6511.8%
44	M. Marin Defensive midfielder	Pisa	27	2039%	5513.3%
45	D. Bradarić Defensive midfielder	Hellas Verona	26	204.3%	6511.4%
46	E. İlkhan Defensive midfielder	Torino	22	2047.8%	7357.2%
47	O. Ngom Defensive midfielder	Lecce	22	1920.2%	7319.4%
48	R. Bellanova Defensive midfielder	Atalanta	26	1765.7%	6723.4%
49	T. Koopmeiners Defensive midfielder	Juventus	28	1750%	5626.2%
50	C. Ordoñez Defensive midfielder	Parma	21	1657.9%	7212.9%