Most Valuable defensive midfielders by Market Value in Primera División

The most valuable defensive midfielders in Primera División, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

M. Lugo of O'Higgins is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Primera División, with a Field Insider Rating of 24.4, and J. Leiva has been the form player this season, grading 35.6.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: F. Meza has improved his Season rating most, up +0.9 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Lugo of O'Higgins is the most valuable name in this group at 2.3.

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	Player	Team
1	M. Lugo Defensive midfielder	O'Higgins	25	2.3	24	2443.5%
2	F. Romero Defensive midfielder	Deportes Limache	27	1.9	26	19
3	E. de los Santos Defensive midfielder	Union La Calera	27	1.6	16	18
4	A. Álvarez Defensive midfielder	Union La Calera	25	1.3	10	22
5	T. Alarcón Defensive midfielder	Colo Colo	27	1.3	142150%	1862.7%
6	M. Gómez Defensive midfielder	Deportes Iquique	24	1.2	9	20
7	J. Villagra Defensive midfielder	Colo Colo	25	1.2	10	21
8	N. Meza Defensive midfielder	Palestino	24	1.2	2	20
9	M. Cantero Defensive midfielder	A. Italiano	22	1.1	0	20
10	F. Moya Defensive midfielder	Universidad de Chile	20	1.1	3	22
11	G. Pinto Defensive midfielder	O'Higgins	21	1.1	2	22
12	S. Galani Defensive midfielder	Coquimbo Unido	28	1.1	26	19
13	E. Valencia Defensive midfielder	Nublense	26	1.1	8	20
14	D. Portilla Defensive midfielder	Deportes Limache	22	1.1	4	21
15	Ignacio Andres Pérez Gutierrez Defensive midfielder	U. Catolica	20	1.1	2	22
16	M. Sandoval Defensive midfielder	A. Italiano	18	1	3	23
17	I. Vásquez Defensive midfielder	Universidad de Chile	20	1	1	21
18	M. Jiménez Defensive midfielder	A. Italiano	18	1	3	22
19	P. Rojas Defensive midfielder	Coquimbo Unido	17	0.9	0	22
20	Guido Segura Defensive midfielder	Nublense	17	0.8	0	21
21	J. Salas Defensive midfielder	U. Catolica	0	0.7	1	22
22	S. Cordero Defensive midfielder	Coquimbo Unido	30	0.6	13	13
23	I. Rozas Defensive midfielder	Nublense	28	0.5	3	14
24	J. Leiva Defensive midfielder	O'Higgins	32	0.5	36	13
25	A. Nadruz Defensive midfielder	Union Espanola	30	0.5	10	12
26	P. Vargas Defensive midfielder	Huachipato	32	0.4	11	10
27	D. Orellana Defensive midfielder	Deportes Iquique	33	0.3	17	8
28	C. Fuentes Defensive midfielder	Deportes Iquique	33	0.3	23	9
29	F. Meza Defensive midfielder	Palestino	36	0.2	204.8%	932.5%
30	E. Pavez Defensive midfielder	Colo Colo	36	0.2	12	7
31	G. Medel Defensive midfielder	U. Catolica	39	0.1	121.7%	644.4%
32	A. Camargo Defensive midfielder	Coquimbo Unido	37	0.1	21	6