Most in-form defensive midfielders in Premier League

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

At a glance

M. Kislyak of CSKA Moscow is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 40.8.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: V. Saus has improved his Season rating most, up +27.7 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, R. Litvinov of Spartak Moscow is the most valuable name in this group at 10.8.

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	M. Kislyak Defensive midfielder	CSKA Moscow	20	4671.4%	4116.6%
2	D. Barinov Defensive midfielder	Lokomotiv	29	4248.9%	276.6%
3	N. Umyarov Defensive midfielder	Spartak Moscow	26	3516.5%	337.8%
4	R. Litvinov Defensive midfielder	Spartak Moscow	24	34155.2%	3610.4%
5	A. Karpukas Defensive midfielder	Lokomotiv	24	3339.1%	353%
6	Douglas Augusto Defensive midfielder	FC Krasnodar	29	3336.1%	2364%
7	D. Prutsev Defensive midfielder	Lokomotiv	26	32183.2%	320.9%
8	D. Fomin Defensive midfielder	Dynamo	29	2917.8%	2419.2%
9	S. Babkin Defensive midfielder	Krylia Sovetov	23	2814.6%	334.4%
10	V. Saus Defensive midfielder	Baltika	22	28	3522.8%
11	Du Queiroz Defensive midfielder	FC Orenburg	26	28318.2%	2849.5%
12	Wendel Defensive midfielder	Zenit	28	282.8%	2714.6%
13	Ismael Silva Lima Defensive midfielder	Akhmat	31	2770.4%	187.5%
14	W. Barrios Defensive midfielder	Zenit	32	275.9%	1817.7%
15	Rubens Defensive midfielder	Dynamo	25	2518.1%	3148.6%
16	S. Pryakhin Defensive midfielder	Akhmat	23	2550%	326.2%
17	E. Bolotov Defensive midfielder	FC Orenburg	25	24450%	3119%
18	D. Kabutov Defensive midfielder	Rubin	34	2226%	946.9%
19	Manuel Keliano Defensive midfielder	Akhmat	23	2218.4%	3143%
20	M. Vityugov Defensive midfielder	Krylia Sovetov	28	21294.4%	237%
21	A. Chernikov Defensive midfielder	FC Krasnodar	26	2022.5%	309.6%
22	D. Glebov Defensive midfielder	Dynamo	26	1835.8%	2917.4%
23	Kevin Pina Defensive midfielder	FC Krasnodar	29	1751.7%	2031.9%
24	A. Miranchuk Defensive midfielder	Dynamo	30	1552.1%	1741.5%
25	T. Ibishev Defensive midfielder	Akhmat	24	1145.5%	301%
26	M. Maiga Defensive midfielder	Nizhny Novgorod	31	85%	1229.1%
27	D. Prokhin Defensive midfielder	FC Rostov	25	775.4%	2716.4%