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Most Valuable defensive midfielders by Market Value in League One 26/27

The most valuable defensive midfielders in League One in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

T. Noslin of Barnsley is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in League One, with a Field Insider Rating of 68.5, and A. Charles has been the form player this season, grading 44.6.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: A. Charles has improved his Season rating most, up +29 on last season, while S. Fusire's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +33.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, A. Charles of Bromley is the most valuable name in this group at 14.6.

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PlayerTeam
1A. CharlesDefensive midfielderBromley2714.645185.9%301.3%
2S. FusireDefensive midfielderSheffield Wednesday2110.331293.6%62114.1%
3L. BennettDefensive midfielderCambridge United249.91658.5%35±0%
4Karoy AndersonDefensive midfielderBlackpool229.52089.5%431.9%
5K. ContehDefensive midfielderBromley239.41919.1%3410.9%
6A. RobertsonDefensive midfielderCardiff239.41439.7%51±0%
7D. PhillipsDefensive midfielderStevenage259.21243.7%44±0%
8M. SorinolaDefensive midfielderPlymouth258.9865.6%45±0%
9L. FioriniDefensive midfielderStockport County248.9225%42±0%
10T. NoslinDefensive midfielderBarnsley248.81078.9%691.6%
11C. RobertsDefensive midfielderPlymouth228.8468.2%4124.7%
12I. El MizouniDefensive midfielderLeyton Orient268.82132.6%428.3%
13J. NeufvilleDefensive midfielderBradford268.5980.6%47±0%
14Z. NelsonDefensive midfielderAFC Wimbledon218.3662.4%45±0%
15C. GilliganDefensive midfielderBurton Albion248.1191.5%3612.9%
16Jaden HeskeyDefensive midfielderSheffield Wednesday208374.8%60±0%
17W. HondermarckDefensive midfielderBromley257.9583.5%35±0%
18S. RobertsonDefensive midfielderNotts County257.8290.2%29±0%
19Bruno FernandesDefensive midfielderSheffield Wednesday207.7053
20Charlie GrayDefensive midfielderWigan207.7673
21M. SmithDefensive midfielderStevenage267.6291.4%437.7%
22J. MingiDefensive midfielderStockport County267.50100%3710.5%
23Harry AshfieldDefensive midfielderPeterborough207.5441.2%5784.8%
24E. HartmannDefensive midfielderMansfield Town196.9040
25M. SandersDefensive midfielderNotts County276.3294.6%28±0%
26S. BaptisteDefensive midfielderLuton283.4364.9%2647.7%
27A. RinomhotaDefensive midfielderReading293.391050%22±0%
28M. LoweDefensive midfielderSheffield Wednesday292.9385.2%39±0%
29S. McLoughlinDefensive midfielderCambridge United292.8282.7%19±0%
30G. LapslieDefensive midfielderBradford292.7096.5%2915.4%
31J. Dacres-CogleyDefensive midfielderStockport County302.2291.6%27±0%
32J. HoughtonDefensive midfielderStevenage302.1288.2%25±0%
33I. HaydenDefensive midfielderLeyton Orient311.91047.8%29±0%
34G. SavilleDefensive midfielderBromley330.9777.8%17±0%
35L. LeahyDefensive midfielderWycombe330.6099.7%18±0%