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Most Improved midfielders This Season in Eredivisie

The most improved midfielders in Eredivisie, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

S. Ouaissa of NEC Nijmegen is the standout for raw talent across midfielders in Eredivisie, with a Field Insider Rating of 82, and J. Veerman has been the form player this season, grading 80.7, and I. Saibari leads the scoring with 15 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: G. Zechiël has improved his Season rating most, up +65.8 on last season, while M. Linday's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +32.9 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, I. Saibari of PSV Eindhoven is the most valuable name in this group at 59.9.

Best talent
S. Ouaissa82RTG
NEC Nijmegen
In form
J. Veerman80.7SsN
PSV Eindhoven
Rising potential
M. Linday+32.9RTG
Heerenveen · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
G. Zechiël+65.8SsN
Utrecht · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
I. Saibari15goals
PSV Eindhoven
Most valuable
I. Saibari59.9val
PSV Eindhoven
50 players · ranked by most improvedCustomise →
PlayerTeam
1G. ZechiëlDefensive midfielderUtrecht22+65.8
24/25→25/26
711241.5%8229.7%
2J. VeermanDefensive midfielderPSV Eindhoven27+52.4
24/25→25/26
81185.2%662.9%
3K. HlynssonAttacking midfielderTwente22+43.6
24/25→25/26
51566.2%8030.1%
4Y. TahaAttacking midfielderGroningen23+43.1
24/25→25/26
471026.2%7724.4%
5B. ÖnalDefensive midfielderNEC Nijmegen22+42.9
24/25→25/26
56340.5%7815.8%
6O. TarghallineDefensive midfielderFeyenoord24+42.2
24/25→25/26
53376.8%7311.3%
7S. ResinkAttacking midfielderGroningen23+40.5
24/25→25/26
46698.3%7939.2%
8K. SmitDefensive midfielderAZ Alkmaar20+35.8
24/25→25/26
44416.3%7919.6%
9J. van OvereemDefensive midfielderHeerenveen32+33.9
21/22→25/26
58141.8%3725.5%
10D. MinCentral midfielderUtrecht27+33.5
24/25→25/26
48229.5%641.4%
11M. MeulensteenDefensive midfielderGO Ahead Eagles27+32.1
24/25→25/26
58124.4%6111.3%
12J. KitolanoDefensive midfielderSparta Rotterdam25+30
24/25→25/26
52137%717.1%
13K. de RooijAttacking midfielderPEC Zwolle25+29.7
24/25→25/26
39326.4%679.1%
14R. ZerroukiDefensive midfielderTwente28+28.8
24/25→25/26
51132.1%581%
15K. SowahCentral midfielderNAC Breda26+28.5
24/25→25/26
35419.1%609.2%
16J. TrenskowAttacking midfielderHeerenveen25+27.5
24/25→25/26
5986.8%759.3%
17M. SurayAttacking midfielderGO Ahead Eagles25+26.4
24/25→25/26
52104.3%705.7%
18T. OostingAttacking midfielderPEC Zwolle26+26.4
24/25→25/26
36275%638.4%
19J. SchoutenDefensive midfielderPSV Eindhoven29+25.4
24/25→25/26
45128.9%515.2%
20P. BrittijnDefensive midfielderFortuna Sittard22+25.2
24/25→25/26
5390.3%7224.9%
21N. NaujoksCentral midfielderExcelsior24+24.6
24/25→25/26
6069.9%7014.9%
22R. ThomasDefensive midfielderPEC Zwolle31+24.5
24/25→25/26
43132.4%356.7%
23A. EngwandaDefensive midfielderUtrecht23+22.9
24/25→25/26
39139.6%7410.8%
24I. SaibariAttacking midfielderPSV Eindhoven25+21.7
24/25→25/26
8037.2%782.5%
25M. IhattarenAttacking midfielderFortuna Sittard24+21.6
24/25→25/26
4978.3%716%
26A. Hadj-MoussaAttacking midfielderFeyenoord24+21.5
24/25→25/26
6155.1%818.4%
27K. SanoDefensive midfielderNEC Nijmegen22+20.9
24/25→25/26
5955.3%809.9%
28S. MijnansAttacking midfielderAZ Alkmaar26+20.7
24/25→25/26
6250.1%715.2%
29S. OuaissaDefensive midfielderNEC Nijmegen21+20.7
24/25→25/26
5462.2%8212.9%
30S. TengstedtAttacking midfielderGO Ahead Eagles26+20.5
24/25→25/26
23820%551.4%
31A. HrustićAttacking midfielderHeracles30+19.9
24/25→25/26
30201%4111.5%
32B. LimbombeCentral midfielderHeracles25+19.6
24/25→25/26
20586.7%
33T. de JongeDefensive midfielderGroningen23+18.6
24/25→25/26
4376.2%7214.9%
34Z. BuurmeesterDefensive midfielderPEC Zwolle24+18.2
24/25→25/26
3797.8%661.4%
35Y. RegeerCentral midfielderAjax22+17.9
24/25→25/26
32127%69±0%
36D. de WitAttacking midfielderUtrecht28+17.4
24/25→25/26
4270.7%583.4%
37T. van BergenCentre-forwardGroningen22+17.1
24/25→25/26
4561.1%788.2%
38W. Ould-ChikhAttacking midfielderHeracles26+16.9
24/25→25/26
19938.9%5415%
39I. YegoianCentral midfielderExcelsior22+15.4
24/25→25/26
5440.1%7323.9%
40D. KlaassenCentral midfielderAjax33+14.4
24/25→25/26
5337.7%2630.9%
41M. LindayDefensive midfielderHeerenveen23+14.4
24/25→25/26
4056.5%6991.1%
42S. SchepermanDefensive midfielderHeracles24+14
24/25→25/26
4841.4%621%
43J. HardeveldDefensive midfielderTelstar31+12.8
24/25→25/26
6922.7%411%
44E. BajraktarevicCentral midfielderPSV Eindhoven21+12.8
24/25→25/26
2977.1%7265.4%
45Jamiro MonteiroDefensive midfielderPEC Zwolle32+12.7
24/25→25/26
4935.2%3117%
46J. ModerCentral midfielderFeyenoord27+12.4
24/25→25/26
3166%5812.2%
47T. NoslinDefensive midfielderTelstar23+10
24/25→25/26
4628.2%6915.5%
48G. TilAttacking midfielderPSV Eindhoven28+9.7
24/25→25/26
6816.7%6111.9%
49G. de RegtCentre-forwardExcelsior22+9.6
24/25→25/26
3636.5%7128.5%
50É. MichutDefensive midfielderFortuna Sittard23+8.6
24/25→25/26
2747.5%677.4%