Most in-form U21 defensive midfielders

The most in-form U21 defensive midfielders, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

N. Sadiki of Sunderland is the standout for raw talent across U21 defensive midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 95.1, and J. Manzambi has been the form player this season, grading 58.8, and M. Madjed leads the scoring with 7 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Manzambi has improved his Season rating most, up +49.2 on last season, while S. Ebonog's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +36.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, N. Sadiki of Sunderland is the most valuable name in this group at 102.7.

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	J. Manzambi Defensive midfielder	SC Freiburg	20	59512.5%	9017%
2	S. Ouaissa Defensive midfielder	NEC Nijmegen	21	5462.2%	8212.9%
3	V. Barco Defensive midfielder	Strasbourg	21	51144.8%	8612.8%
4	Mathias De Amorim Defensive midfielder	Famalicao	21	49140.5%	7017.8%
5	M. Kislyak Defensive midfielder	CSKA Moscow	20	4886.9%	4116.6%
6	K. Kouassi Defensive midfielder	Lorient	21	48106%	8739.7%
7	H. Amass Defensive midfielder	Sheffield Wednesday	19	481058.5%	704.8%
8	A. Khalaili Defensive midfielder	Union St. Gilloise	21	47151.1%	657.1%
9	A. Stanković Defensive midfielder	Club Brugge KV	20	46	66
10	N. Aséko Nkili Defensive midfielder	Hannover 96	20	461917.4%	7395.2%
11	Findlay Curtis Defensive midfielder	Kilmarnock	19	452257.9%	498.1%
12	K. Smit Defensive midfielder	AZ Alkmaar	20	44416.3%	7919.6%
13	A. Piedfort Defensive midfielder	KVC Westerlo	21	44136.4%	606.9%
14	Rafel Bauzà Defensive midfielder	Mirandes	21	442846.7%	691.9%
15	N. Mbamba Defensive midfielder	Dender	21	441230.3%	6123.2%
16	D. Methalie Defensive midfielder	Toulouse	20	43	80
17	S. El Mourabet Defensive midfielder	Strasbourg	20	43	80
18	G. Diakité Defensive midfielder	Lausanne	20	41	47
19	Justin Janssen Defensive midfielder	FC Nordsjaelland	19	411074.3%	4933.6%
20	V. Dragojević Defensive midfielder	FK Partizan	20	40	45
21	Ante Kavelj Defensive midfielder	HNK Gorica	20	40	40
22	C. Inao OulaÃ¯Defensive midfielder	Trabzonspor	20	39186.8%	555.5%
23	Nathan De Cat Defensive midfielder	Anderlecht	17	3910.3%	6229.9%
24	A. Bah Defensive midfielder	Al-Hazm	20	38	57
25	T. Koudou Defensive midfielder	KV Mechelen	21	3832.1%	5913.1%
26	M. Siltanen Defensive midfielder	Djurgardens IF	19	38	42
27	P. Wanner Defensive midfielder	PSV Eindhoven	20	3810.2%	783.5%
28	M. Madjed Defensive midfielder	Hammarby FF	21	37338.1%	4117.6%
29	Boris Matić Defensive midfielder	Wolfsberger AC	21	36	45
30	T. Chennahi Defensive midfielder	Montpellier	21	361531.8%	644.1%
31	M. Laros Defensive midfielder	Den Bosch	20	3531.7%	593.6%
32	T. Gijselhart Defensive midfielder	De Graafschap	21	354857.1%	606%
33	T. Peters Defensive midfielder	Jong Ajax	19	35	55
34	J. LÃ¤hteenmÃ¤ki Defensive midfielder	FC Nordsjaelland	20	33206.4%	4615.5%
35	M. Amadou Sabo Defensive midfielder	Javor	21	33	43
36	R. Norheim Defensive midfielder	FC Nordsjaelland	21	3314.3%	470.6%
37	Tomás Carbonell Defensive midfielder	Real Sociedad II	21	33	67
38	S. Džodić Defensive midfielder	Almeria	21	33802.8%	689.7%
39	Kofi Jeremy Amoako Defensive midfielder	Dynamo Dresden	21	32289.2%	6357%
40	A. Bouaddi Defensive midfielder	Lille	18	3262.4%	8714.6%
41	Cajetan Benjamin Lenz Defensive midfielder	VfL Bochum	20	32	65
42	José María Andrés Baixauli Defensive midfielder	VfB Stuttgart	21	32	779%
43	N. Sadiki Defensive midfielder	Sunderland	21	3210.3%	9545.6%
44	Paul Michael Junior Okon-Engstler Defensive midfielder	Sydney	21	315116.7%	2249.2%
45	F. Kocaba Defensive midfielder	Zaglebie Lubin	21	31	4127.5%
46	C. Tsawa Defensive midfielder	FC Zurich	19	31	45
47	N. Pisilli Defensive midfielder	AS Roma	21	3040.7%	844.2%
48	D. Ozoh Defensive midfielder	Derby	21	30159.1%	6912.7%
49	A. Kozubal Defensive midfielder	Lech Poznan	21	2921.7%	437%
50	D. Kristjánsson Defensive midfielder	FC Fredericia	20	29	45