Most Valuable defensive midfielders by Market Value in Super League

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

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At a glance

Xu Bin of Qingdao Youth Island is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Super League, with a Field Insider Rating of 33.2, 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.

Yunnan Yukun · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Mateus Vital+43.9SsN

SHANGHAI SIPG · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Xie Wenneng Defensive midfielder	Shandong Luneng	25	5.4	42	32
2	Guilherme Madruga Defensive midfielder	Shandong Luneng	25	5.4	421818.2%	3241.5%
3	Xu Bin Defensive midfielder	Qingdao Youth Island	22	5.1	32	33
4	Matheus Índio Defensive midfielder	Qingdao Youth Island	26	5.1	415814.3%	3040.7%
5	R. Merkies Defensive midfielder	Shandong Luneng	24	2.8	11	28
6	Mateus Vital Defensive midfielder	SHANGHAI SIPG	28	2.8	53493.3%	2848.3%
7	Lu Yongtao Defensive midfielder	Henan Jianye	26	2.6	16	25
8	Bao Shengxin Defensive midfielder	Hangzhou Greentown	23	2.6	3	26
9	Chen Xuhuang Defensive midfielder	Meizhou Kejia	23	2.6	13	26
10	Shi Yan Defensive midfielder	Tianjin Teda	24	2.6	2	26
11	Chen Zhexuan Defensive midfielder	Tianjin Teda	22	2.5	0	26
12	Xu Haoyang Defensive midfielder	Shanghai Shenhua	27	2.5	15	25
13	Li Yongjia Defensive midfielder	Tianjin Teda	25	2.5	3	25
14	Gao Tianyi Defensive midfielder	Shanghai Shenhua	28	2.4	41	24
15	Chen Zeshi Defensive midfielder	Shandong Luneng	21	2.4	0	26
16	He Xiaoke Defensive midfielder	Henan Jianye	22	2.4	1	25
17	Du Zhixuan Defensive midfielder	Henan Jianye	24	2.4	1	24
18	Mei Shuaijun Defensive midfielder	Shandong Luneng	20	2.3	1	27
19	Xu Yue Defensive midfielder	Changchun Yatai	26	2.3	9	23
20	Tong Lei Defensive midfielder	Hangzhou Greentown	28	2.3	24	23
21	Yi Xianlong Defensive midfielder	Meizhou Kejia	25	2.3	1	22
22	Wei Zhiwei Defensive midfielder	Meizhou Kejia	21	2.3	3	25
23	Dilyimit Tudi Defensive midfielder	Changchun Yatai	27	1.9	2	19
24	Matheus Jussa Defensive midfielder	SHANGHAI SIPG	30	1.8	3384.4%	2158.3%
25	Zhang Huachen Defensive midfielder	Changchun Yatai	28	1.5	15	19
26	Liu Yang Defensive midfielder	Shandong Luneng	31	1.4	41	18
27	Nené Defensive midfielder	Yunnan Yukun	31	1.3	37349.4%	1817.6%
28	Cheng Jin Defensive midfielder	Hangzhou Greentown	31	1.3	28	17
29	Zhang Xiuwei Defensive midfielder	Qingdao Youth Island	30	1.3	16	15
30	Zhang Yufeng Defensive midfielder	Yunnan Yukun	28	1.1	4	18
31	Feng Jin Defensive midfielder	SHANGHAI SIPG	32	1.1	33	17
32	Chen Chunxin Defensive midfielder	Qingdao Jonoon	28	1	3	17
33	He Chao Defensive midfielder	Henan Jianye	31	1	17	14
34	Li Yuanyi Defensive midfielder	Shandong Luneng	32	1	37	15
35	Zhong Jinbao Defensive midfielder	Wuhan Three Towns	31	0.9	18	12
36	Zhong Haoran Defensive midfielder	Meizhou Kejia	32	0.9	21	13
37	B. Jočić Defensive midfielder	Meizhou Kejia	32	0.9	29	14
38	Wang Shangyuan Defensive midfielder	Henan Jianye	33	0.8	32	14
39	Li Tixiang Defensive midfielder	Hangzhou Greentown	36	0.7	38	13
40	Zhou Dadi Defensive midfielder	Sichuan Jiuniu	30	0.6	1	12
41	Zhao Yuhao Defensive midfielder	Yunnan Yukun	33	0.5	10	9
42	I. Amadou Defensive midfielder	Shanghai Shenhua	33	0.5	993.8%	877.2%
43	Li Ke Defensive midfielder	Shanghai Shenhua	33	0.4	7	7
44	Wu Xi Defensive midfielder	Shanghai Shenhua	37	0.4	59	11
45	Yang Shiyuan Defensive midfielder	SHANGHAI SIPG	32	0.4	2	9
46	Wang Tong Defensive midfielder	Shandong Luneng	33	0.4	8	8
47	Zheng Kaimu Defensive midfielder	Wuhan Three Towns	34	0.3	8	7
48	Zhang Jiaqi Defensive midfielder	Hangzhou Greentown	34	0.2	4	5
49	Feng Gang Defensive midfielder	Qingdao Youth Island	33	0.2	1	6
50	Chi Zhongguo Defensive midfielder	Beijing Guoan	36	0.2	4	6