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Most Improved defensive midfielders This Season

The most improved defensive midfielders, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

K. Mainoo of Manchester United is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 89, and V. Müller has been the form player this season, grading 59, and L. Haraslín leads the scoring with 13 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: D. Genreau has improved his Season rating most, up +45 on last season, while S. Fusire's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +33.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Caicedo of Chelsea is the most valuable name in this group at 108.6.

Best talent
K. Mainoo89RTG
Manchester United
In form
V. Müller59SsN
WSG Wattens
Rising potential
S. Fusire+33.2RTG
Sheffield Wednesday · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
D. Genreau+45SsN
Melbourne Victory · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
L. Haraslín13goals
Sparta Praha
Most valuable
M. Caicedo108.6val
Chelsea
50 players · ranked by most improvedCustomise →
PlayerTeam
1D. GenreauDefensive midfielderMelbourne Victory27+45
24/25→25/26
481730.8%1870.3%
2Mateus VitalDefensive midfielderSHANGHAI SIPG28+43.9
24/25→25/26
53493.3%2848.3%
3J. LukićDefensive midfielderPhiladelphia Union24+39.7
22/23→25/26
40442.3%
4N. MbambaDefensive midfielderDender21+39.4
24/25→25/26
431193.9%6022.4%
5J. BuckleyDefensive midfielderAl Kholood26+39.1
24/25→25/26
47471.1%5112.7%
6F. WintherDefensive midfielderFC Fredericia26+39
24/25→25/26
44866.7%4121.3%
7L. BertoneDefensive midfielderFC Thun32+38.9
21/22→25/26
55243.1%2438.8%
8V. DaridaDefensive midfielderHradec Králové35+37.4
24/25→25/26
44550%193.9%
9F. RiederDefensive midfielderFC Augsburg24+37.2
24/25→25/26
51265.7%8417.8%
10Max MarieDefensive midfielderEintracht Braunschweig21+36.1
24/25→25/26
43547%6521.2%
11İ. AkdağDefensive midfielderKeçiörengücü35+35.2
23/24→25/26
42558.7%157.5%
12M. BogardeDefensive midfielderLask Linz24+34.8
22/23→25/26
44362.5%485%
13R. FalkDefensive midfielderOdense34+34.7
24/25→25/26
43439.2%1722.1%
14L. HaraslínDefensive midfielderSparta Praha30+33.9
20/21→25/26
361540.9%198.3%
15D. KruseDefensive midfielderIFK Goteborg24+33.8
24/25→25/26
41504.5%3928.6%
16N. CapaldoDefensive midfielderHamburger SV27+33.4
21/22→25/26
42371.1%6229.1%
17F. HammarDefensive midfielderKV Mechelen25+32.8
24/25→25/26
47227.8%544.9%
18D. Jean-JacquesDefensive midfielderPhiladelphia Union26+32.4
24/25→25/26
37720%3914.2%
19S. BraybrookeDefensive midfielderChesterfield22+32.3
24/25→25/26
351404.3%366.3%
20M. CélizDefensive midfielderDeportivo Riestra34+32
24/25→25/26
40421.1%2027.5%
21K. DanoisDefensive midfielderAuxerre22+32
24/25→25/26
49183.9%797.6%
22LizieroDefensive midfielderNacional28+31.4
24/25→25/26
38448.6%4710%
23Álex CorrederaDefensive midfielderSporting Gijon30+31.3
24/25→25/26
45225.2%4294.8%
24J. HaakDefensive midfielderNew York City FC24+30.9
24/25→25/26
41312.1%4617.4%
25T. BouriaudDefensive midfielderNancy29+30.4
24/25→25/26
39375.3%4044.1%
26M. StamenićDefensive midfielderSwansea24+30
24/25→25/26
35588.2%6882.9%
27T. PettDefensive midfielderOldham34+29.9
24/25→25/26
34808.1%1230.9%
28MetinhoDefensive midfielderFC Basel 189323+29.6
24/25→25/26
33870.6%4619.8%
29F. Afena-GyanDefensive midfielderAmed23+29.2
23/24→25/26
293928.5%
30NenéDefensive midfielderYunnan Yukun31+29
24/25→25/26
37349.4%1817.6%
31S. DžodićDefensive midfielderAlmeria21+28.9
24/25→25/26
33802.8%689.7%
32R. ZerroukiDefensive midfielderTwente28+28.8
24/25→25/26
51132.1%581%
33M. ChristensenDefensive midfielderOsters IF28+28.6
24/25→25/26
292423.5%
34A. YusufDefensive midfielderNew England Revolution26+28.6
24/25→25/26
37353.1%4218.6%
35I. SangaréDefensive midfielderNottingham Forest28+28.4
24/25→25/26
40240.7%5812.4%
36W. IgorDefensive midfielderKristiansund BK21+28.2
24/25→25/26
32783.3%4316.3%
37Óliver TorresDefensive midfielderMonterrey31+28.2
23/24→25/26
46163%2749.1%
38Ž. TronteljDefensive midfielderHNK Gorica26+28
24/25→25/26
40239.3%358.1%
39M. VrousaiDefensive midfielderRio Ave28+27.6
24/25→25/26
45155.1%4617.1%
40B. WhitemanDefensive midfielderPreston30+27.3
24/25→25/26
51115.7%442.6%
41S. SissokoDefensive midfielderCukaricki26+27.2
22/23→25/26
30971.4%3429.4%
42K. MasanguDefensive midfielderPatro Eisden26+27.1
24/25→25/26
282258.3%3912.9%
43Z. YoussoufDefensive midfielderAl-Fateh27+26.8
24/25→25/26
48128.8%462.5%
44E. CamaraDefensive midfielderCharleroi23+26.7
24/25→25/26
46142%595.6%
45K. JørgensenDefensive midfielderLask Linz26+26.7
24/25→25/26
46139.1%460.9%
46J. BultelDefensive midfielderBoulogne26+25.8
24/25→25/26
29758.8%5052.4%
47A. PiedfortDefensive midfielderKVC Westerlo21+25.5
24/25→25/26
44136.4%606.9%
48Y. CimignaniDefensive midfielderFC Lugano24+25.5
22/23→25/26
29850%4526.7%
49E. QuarshieDefensive midfielderLe Mans30+25.4
24/25→25/26
33347.9%3651%
50L. FombaDefensive midfielderServette FC28+25.4
24/25→25/26
28846.7%3137.7%