Most valuable defensive midfielders

The most valuable defensive midfielders, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

N. Sadiki of Sunderland is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 95.1, and J. Veerman has been the form player this season, grading 75.3, and L. Haraslín leads the scoring with 13 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: G. Zechiël has improved his Season rating most, up +55.9 on last season, while D. Svensson's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +41.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, R. Gravenberch of Liverpool is the most valuable name in this group at 188.

Borussia Dortmund · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

G. Zechiël+55.9SsN

Utrecht · 24/25→25/26

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#	Player	Team	Age	val	Season	Rating
1	R. Gravenberch Defensive midfielder	Liverpool	24	188	6022.1%	945.9%
2	J. Garner Defensive midfielder	Everton	25	180.4	65178.3%	9016.2%
3	M. Caicedo Defensive midfielder	Chelsea	24	176.6	6118.5%	887.9%
4	A. Scott Defensive midfielder	Bournemouth	22	173.5	47361.4%	9118.6%
5	A. Wharton Defensive midfielder	Crystal Palace	22	171.8	51134.9%	908.9%
6	N. Sadiki Defensive midfielder	Sunderland	21	171.2	344.8%	9545.6%
7	Y. Yarmolyuk Defensive midfielder	Brentford	22	168.2	42128.4%	899.8%
8	A. Onana Defensive midfielder	Aston Villa	24	166	3624.9%	833.2%
9	Pedri Defensive midfielder	Barcelona	23	165	5915.9%	908.4%
10	Nico González Defensive midfielder	Manchester City	24	162.2	246.9%	8123.4%
11	T. Iroegbunam Defensive midfielder	Everton	23	162	33144.1%	816.3%
12	I. Moriba Defensive midfielder	Celta Vigo	23	161	4854.2%	884.8%
13	K. Mainoo Defensive midfielder	Manchester United	21	160.7	2959.1%	899.7%
14	L. Ugochukwu Defensive midfielder	Burnley	22	160.2	41±0%	845.1%
15	C. Baleba Defensive midfielder	Brighton	22	159	2256.7%	848.2%
16	T. Mitchell Defensive midfielder	Crystal Palace	26	158	482.8%	7913.2%
17	Hugo Bueno Defensive midfielder	Wolves	23	157.8	40140.4%	7912.7%
18	João Gomes Defensive midfielder	Wolves	25	157.2	4810.4%	798.4%
19	Jon Gorrotxategi Defensive midfielder	Real Sociedad	23	156.8	468.9%	8514.5%
20	André Defensive midfielder	Wolves	25	156.2	4018.9%	785.3%
21	S. Tonali Defensive midfielder	Newcastle	26	151.6	3035.9%	7615.8%
22	L. da Cunha Defensive midfielder	Como	25	151.2	5138%	8810.8%
23	M. Perrone Defensive midfielder	Como	23	151	4674.1%	889.2%
24	A. Mac Allister Defensive midfielder	Liverpool	27	151	4428%	7619.3%
25	L. Bogarde Defensive midfielder	Aston Villa	22	150.9	1192.7%	794.1%
26	Samú Costa Defensive midfielder	Mallorca	25	149.8	6350.2%	811.9%
27	M. Koné Defensive midfielder	AS Roma	25	149.3	4638.6%	875.7%
28	Mikel Jauregizar Defensive midfielder	Athletic Club	22	148.4	446.6%	852.1%
29	Andrey Santos Defensive midfielder	Chelsea	22	148.4	2156.4%	7811.9%
30	M. Beier Defensive midfielder	Borussia Dortmund	23	147.4	538.1%	894.7%
31	A. Atta Defensive midfielder	Udinese	23	147.2	46242.5%	8618.1%
32	M. Ugarte Defensive midfielder	Manchester United	25	146.2	1656.9%	736.4%
33	K. Thuram Defensive midfielder	Juventus	25	146	440.5%	853%
34	G. Gudmundsson Defensive midfielder	Leeds	27	143.2	329%	721.2%
35	J. Leweling Defensive midfielder	VfB Stuttgart	25	142.8	58286.1%	8615%
36	W. Burger Defensive midfielder	1899 Hoffenheim	25	142.6	6069.7%	8629.6%
37	D. Møller Wolfe Defensive midfielder	Wolves	24	142.2	1366.8%	717.8%
38	M. Sangaré Defensive midfielder	Lens	24	142.1	62825.4%	8870.6%
39	Sergi Altimira Defensive midfielder	Real Betis	24	141.9	286%	774.5%
40	R. Lavia Defensive midfielder	Chelsea	22	141.4	744.4%	7410%
41	T. Adams Defensive midfielder	Bournemouth	27	140.4	4925.7%	7013.9%
42	F. Potts Defensive midfielder	West Ham	22	140.2	1849.2%	742.1%
43	A. Stiller Defensive midfielder	VfB Stuttgart	25	138.9	504.4%	84±0%
44	J. Cardoso Defensive midfielder	Atletico Madrid	24	138.7	2151.5%	7514%
45	F. Rieder Defensive midfielder	FC Augsburg	24	138.6	48249.3%	8417.8%
46	F. Nmecha Defensive midfielder	Borussia Dortmund	25	138.6	4528.8%	847.6%
47	S. Magassa Defensive midfielder	West Ham	22	137.2	207.5%	722.6%
48	Gavi Defensive midfielder	Barcelona	21	137	181.7%	833.6%
49	Florentino Defensive midfielder	Burnley	26	136.6	415.1%	689.3%
50	T. Morton Defensive midfielder	Lyon	23	136.2	4515.1%	8412.3%