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

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

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At a glance

K. Aziangbe of SHANGHAI SIPG is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Super League, with a Field Insider Rating of 48.3, and Wu Xi has been the form player this season, grading 58.6.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Mateus Vital has improved his Season rating most, up +43.9 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Xie Wenneng of Shandong Luneng is the most valuable name in this group at 5.4.

Best talent
K. Aziangbe48.3RTG
SHANGHAI SIPG
In form
Wu Xi58.6SsN
Shanghai Shenhua
Rising potential
Nené-3.8RTG
Yunnan Yukun · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
Mateus Vital+43.9SsN
SHANGHAI SIPG · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
Wu Xi9goals
Shanghai Shenhua
Most valuable
Xie Wenneng5.4val
Shandong Luneng
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PlayerTeam
1Xie WennengDefensive midfielderShandong Luneng255.44232
2Guilherme MadrugaDefensive midfielderShandong Luneng255.44232
3K. AziangbeDefensive midfielderSHANGHAI SIPG224.6121266.7%489.5%
4Lu YongtaoDefensive midfielderSHANGHAI SIPG264.21627
5R. MerkiesDefensive midfielderShandong Luneng243.71128
6Chen XuhuangDefensive midfielderChangchun Yatai232.91327
7Mateus VitalDefensive midfielderSHANGHAI SIPG282.853493.3%2848.3%
8Bao ShengxinDefensive midfielderHangzhou Greentown232.6326
9Shi YanDefensive midfielderTianjin Teda242.6226
10Chen ZhexuanDefensive midfielderTianjin Teda222.5026
11Li YongjiaDefensive midfielderTianjin Teda252.5325
12Xu HaoyangDefensive midfielderShanghai Shenhua272.51525
13Gao TianyiDefensive midfielderShanghai Shenhua282.44124
14Chen ZeshiDefensive midfielderShandong Luneng212.4026
15He XiaokeDefensive midfielderQingdao Youth Island222.4125
16Du ZhixuanDefensive midfielderHenan Jianye242.4124
17Mei ShuaijunDefensive midfielderShandong Luneng202.3127
18Tong LeiDefensive midfielderHangzhou Greentown282.32423
19DarlanDefensive midfielderWuhan Three Towns282.2256125%3240.1%
20Dilyimit TudiDefensive midfielderChangchun Yatai271.9219
21Matheus JussaDefensive midfielderChengdu Better City301.83384.4%2257.1%
22Park Jin-SeopDefensive midfielderHangzhou Greentown301.818160.3%1655.3%
23Zhang HuachenDefensive midfielderDalian Zhixing281.51519
24NenéDefensive midfielderYunnan Yukun311.437349.4%1817.6%
25Liu YangDefensive midfielderShandong Luneng311.44118
26Cheng JinDefensive midfielderHangzhou Greentown311.32817
27Zhang XiuweiDefensive midfielderQingdao Youth Island301.31615
28Zhang YufengDefensive midfielderSichuan Jiuniu281.1419
29He ChaoDefensive midfielderHenan Jianye3111714
30Zhong JinbaoDefensive midfielderWuhan Three Towns310.91812
31Feng JinDefensive midfielderDalian Zhixing330.83314
32Wang ShangyuanDefensive midfielderHenan Jianye330.83214
33Li YuanyiDefensive midfielderShandong Luneng330.73715
34Zhou DadiDefensive midfielderChangchun Yatai300.6112
35I. AmadouDefensive midfielderShanghai Shenhua330.5993.8%877.2%
36Zhao YuhaoDefensive midfielderYunnan Yukun330.5109
37Li KeDefensive midfielderShanghai Shenhua330.477
38Li TixiangDefensive midfielderHangzhou Greentown370.43813
39Yang ShiyuanDefensive midfielderSHANGHAI SIPG320.429
40Wu XiDefensive midfielderShanghai Shenhua370.45911
41Wang TongDefensive midfielderShandong Luneng330.488
42Zheng KaimuDefensive midfielderWuhan Three Towns340.387
43Chi ZhongguoDefensive midfielderBeijing Guoan360.246
44Zhang JiaqiDefensive midfielderHangzhou Greentown340.245
45Feng GangDefensive midfielderMeizhou Kejia330.216