Most Valuable defensive midfielders by Market Value in A-League 25/26

The most valuable defensive midfielders in A-League in 25/26, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

E. Alagich of Adelaide United is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in A-League, with a Field Insider Rating of 23.3, and D. Genreau has been the form player this season, grading 47.6.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: D. Genreau has improved his Season rating most, up +45 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, E. Alagich of Adelaide United is the most valuable name in this group at 1.3.

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	Player	Team
1	E. Alagich Defensive midfielder	Adelaide United	22	1.3	46	23
2	J. Valadon Defensive midfielder	Melbourne Victory	23	1.2	28	21
3	Z. Schreiber Defensive midfielder	Newcastle Jets	21	1.1	20	20
4	D. Genreau Defensive midfielder	Melbourne Victory	27	1.1	481730.8%	1870.3%
5	L. D'Arrigo Defensive midfielder	Melbourne Victory	24	1.1	23628.1%	1941.4%
6	Dylan Scicluna Defensive midfielder	Western Sydney Wanderers	22	1.1	27	19
7	C. Donnell Defensive midfielder	Sydney	22	1	17	18
8	J. Hollman Defensive midfielder	Sydney	25	0.9	0	26
9	H. Eames Defensive midfielder	Central Coast Mariners	18	0.8	19	19
10	N. Maieroni Defensive midfielder	Brisbane Roar	20	0.8	16	18
11	A. Hammond Defensive midfielder	Western Sydney Wanderers	22	0.7	13	18
12	R. Youlley Defensive midfielder	Sydney	21	0.6	112525%	1959.8%
13	C. Bracco Defensive midfielder	Newcastle Jets	22	0.6	2	17
14	H. Steele Defensive midfielder	Central Coast Mariners	23	0.6	9	18
15	W. Kamijo Defensive midfielder	Sydney	19	0.6	13	19
16	Lucas Scicluna Defensive midfielder	Perth Glory	20	0.5	3	18
17	X. Stella Defensive midfielder	Melbourne Victory	19	0.5	3	18
18	O. Dragicevic Defensive midfielder	Melbourne Victory	18	0.5	1	17
19	J. Lacey Defensive midfielder	Sydney	19	0.5	0	17
20	O. Randazzo Defensive midfielder	Macarthur	19	0.5	5	18
21	F. Talladira Defensive midfielder	Adelaide United	19	0.5	2	17
22	Besian Kutleshi Defensive midfielder	Melbourne City	16	0.4	7	19
23	Marin France Defensive midfielder	Sydney	18	0.4	0	17
24	Laurence Taylor Defensive midfielder	Central Coast Mariners	17	0.4	0	16
25	M. Burgess Defensive midfielder	Newcastle Jets	31	0.3	30	12
26	S. Ugarković Defensive midfielder	Western Sydney Wanderers	32	0.2	15	9
27	B. O'Neill Defensive midfielder	Perth Glory	32	0.1	557.4%	587%
28	J. O'Shea Defensive midfielder	Brisbane Roar	38	0.1	28	5
29	M. Leckie Defensive midfielder	Melbourne City	35	0.1	11169%	488.7%
30	L. Brattan Defensive midfielder	Macarthur	36	0.1	38	7
31	H. Ishige Defensive midfielder	Wellington Phoenix	31	0.1	2850%	674.6%