Most In-Form midfielders This Season in 2. Bundesliga

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

Most in-form goalkeepers in 2. Bundesliga Most in-form defenders in 2. Bundesliga Most in-form attackers in 2. Bundesliga Best midfielders in 2. Bundesliga Top-scoring midfielders in 2. Bundesliga Most valuable midfielders in 2. Bundesliga

At a glance

M. Baur of SC Paderborn 07 is the standout for raw talent across midfielders in 2. Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 74.2, and M. Wanitzek has been the form player this season, grading 72.7.

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	M. Wanitzek Central midfielder	Karlsruher SC	33	7313.9%	3123.7%
2	L. Curda Defensive midfielder	SC Paderborn 07	24	70211.5%	7322%
3	L. Petkov Attacking midfielder	SV Elversberg	25	60119.5%	727.8%
4	M. Baur Defensive midfielder	SC Paderborn 07	22	54562.2%	7470.2%
5	F. Hornby Attacking midfielder	SV Darmstadt 98	26	5418%	612.9%
6	S. El-Faouzi Central midfielder	FC Schalke 04	24	5369.8%	7257.5%
7	E. Leopold Defensive midfielder	Hannover 96	26	51±0%	644.2%
8	J. Justvan Attacking midfielder	1. FC Nürnberg	28	4817.2%	5316.2%
9	A. Aouchiche Central midfielder	FC Schalke 04	24	47190.2%	7015.7%
10	J. Hendrix Defensive midfielder	Preußen Münster	31	474.7%	3323.4%
11	N. Aséko Nkili Defensive midfielder	Hannover 96	20	461917.4%	7395.2%
12	M. Corboz Central midfielder	Arminia Bielefeld	31	4587.6%	3624.2%
13	F. Klaus Attacking midfielder	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	33	4543%	2521%
14	L. Ulrich Central midfielder	1. FC Magdeburg	21	45118.6%	6445.5%
15	Max Marie Central midfielder	Eintracht Braunschweig	21	44566.7%	6622.1%
16	S. Þórðarson Defensive midfielder	Hannover 96	27	4249.3%	5315.8%
17	N. Skyttä Attacking midfielder	1. FC Kaiserslautern	24	4215.6%	682.4%
18	T. Zimmerschied Attacking midfielder	SV Elversberg	27	4244.3%	604.2%
19	M. Neubauer Defensive midfielder	Hannover 96	30	4018.4%	4126.6%
20	K. Klefisch Full-back	SV Darmstadt 98	26	3920.4%	593.9%
21	Ł. Poręba Defensive midfielder	SV Elversberg	26	38231.9%	618.7%
22	H. Akiyama Central midfielder	SV Darmstadt 98	25	3711%	6217.1%
23	Francis-Ikechukwu Onyeka Attacking midfielder	VfL Bochum	19	37	68
24	A. El Azzouzi Defensive midfielder	Fortuna Düsseldorf	25	368.3%	5819.2%
25	M. Karbownik Full-back	Hertha BSC	25	36235.2%	6011%
26	A. Marhiev Defensive midfielder	1. FC Nürnberg	24	36	62
27	J. Therkelsen Central midfielder	Holstein Kiel	23	3519%	6339.3%
28	N. Hauptmann Attacking midfielder	Dynamo Dresden	30	358.7%	396%
29	S. Russo Central midfielder	Arminia Bielefeld	26	3540.5%	5424.2%
30	M. Richter Attacking midfielder	SV Darmstadt 98	28	3468.3%	489.4%
31	R. Schallenberg Central midfielder	FC Schalke 04	27	3431.4%	564.1%
32	Kofi Jeremy Amoako Defensive midfielder	Dynamo Dresden	21	32289.2%	6357%
33	S. Şahin Attacking midfielder	1. FC Kaiserslautern	26	3228.3%	615.9%
34	K. Oudenne Defensive midfielder	Hannover 96	24	32193.5%	6365.3%
35	Cajetan Benjamin Lenz Defensive midfielder	VfL Bochum	20	32	65
36	K. Davidsen Central midfielder	Holstein Kiel	21	3233.2%	6242.2%
37	M. Wittek Full-back	VfL Bochum	30	3214.1%	4030.5%
38	R. Obermair Full-back	SC Paderborn 07	30	3123.3%	4223.5%
39	F. Muslija Attacking midfielder	Fortuna Düsseldorf	28	301781.3%	4715%
40	Leon Robinson Full-back	1. FC Kaiserslautern	25	30192.2%	598.4%
41	M. Hansen Full-back	SC Paderborn 07	22	30198%	635.9%
42	J. Rochelt Central midfielder	Arminia Bielefeld	27	3044.9%	4917.3%
43	B. Conté Attacking midfielder	SV Elversberg	23	3061.3%	6711.4%
44	F. Kunze Defensive midfielder	1. FC Kaiserslautern	28	2923%	4910.7%
45	L. Marseiler Central midfielder	SV Darmstadt 98	29	2925%	4017.7%
46	Rafael Lubach Attacking midfielder	1. FC Nürnberg	21	2945.2%	6610.2%
47	J. Lemmer Attacking midfielder	Dynamo Dresden	26	2928.6%	5521.5%
48	M. Pannewig Defensive midfielder	VfL Bochum	21	28806.5%	621.4%
49	Y. Bouchama Defensive midfielder	Preußen Münster	29	28154.5%	3514.8%
50	M. Cuisance Attacking midfielder	Hertha BSC	26	2736.6%	618.8%