Most Valuable defensive midfielders by Market Value in Premier League

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

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At a glance

K. Mainoo of Manchester United is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 89, and M. Caicedo has been the form player this season, grading 54.3.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: I. Sangaré has improved his Season rating most, up +28.4 on last season, while Nico González's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +15.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Caicedo of Chelsea is the most valuable name in this group at 108.6.

Nico González+15.4RTG

Manchester City · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

I. Sangaré+28.4SsN

Nottingham Forest · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	M. Caicedo Defensive midfielder	Chelsea	24	108.6	5410.1%	8610.3%
2	E. Ampadu Defensive midfielder	Leeds	25	101	4510%	8422.2%
3	Y. Yarmolyuk Defensive midfielder	Brentford	22	100.9	41150.3%	899.8%
4	A. Onana Defensive midfielder	Aston Villa	24	97.7	3131.9%	815%
5	Nico González Defensive midfielder	Manchester City	24	97.3	2313.1%	8123.4%
6	T. Iroegbunam Defensive midfielder	Everton	23	96.1	29123.7%	805.1%
7	K. Mainoo Defensive midfielder	Manchester United	21	96.1	2874.5%	899.3%
8	T. Mitchell Defensive midfielder	Crystal Palace	26	94.8	476%	7913.2%
9	João Gomes Defensive midfielder	Wolves	25	93.7	4515.7%	789%
10	C. Baleba Defensive midfielder	Brighton	22	93.3	1766%	8210.3%
11	André Defensive midfielder	Wolves	25	93.1	3722.3%	785.9%
12	Andrey Santos Defensive midfielder	Chelsea	22	89	2059.2%	7811.9%
13	M. Ugarte Defensive midfielder	Manchester United	25	87.7	1460.7%	736.4%
14	F. Potts Defensive midfielder	West Ham	22	83.3	1655%	731.1%
15	S. Magassa Defensive midfielder	West Ham	22	82.1	197.9%	722.8%
16	A. Milambo Defensive midfielder	Brentford	21	75.6	197.9%	709.9%
17	Dário Essugo Defensive midfielder	Chelsea	21	75.1	197.1%	709.6%
18	J. Fletcher Defensive midfielder	Manchester United	19	71.2	2	74
19	M. Kanté Defensive midfielder	West Ham	20	69.1	2400%	6825.4%
20	A. Irving Defensive midfielder	West Ham	26	66.8	210%	5613.9%
21	J. Abbey Defensive midfielder	Wolves	0	48.7	0	68
22	I. Sangaré Defensive midfielder	Nottingham Forest	28	48.2	40240.7%	5812.4%
23	Douglas Luiz Defensive midfielder	Aston Villa	28	38.5	15232.6%	549.9%
24	Y. Tielemans Defensive midfielder	Aston Villa	29	38.2	3545.3%	5627.8%
25	N. Domínguez Defensive midfielder	Nottingham Forest	28	37.3	2426.6%	5229.3%
26	R. Bentancur Defensive midfielder	Tottenham	29	35	325%	5020.4%
27	S. Lukić Defensive midfielder	Fulham	29	33.3	309.8%	5124.9%
28	L. Cook Defensive midfielder	Bournemouth	29	30.3	1667.1%	4637.2%
29	Y. Bissouma Defensive midfielder	Tottenham	29	27.2	774.4%	4132.3%
30	Rodri Defensive midfielder	Manchester City	30	26.8	212871.4%	454.1%
31	J. Laurent Defensive midfielder	Burnley	31	23.3	2642.2%	3623.8%
32	R. Christie Defensive midfielder	Bournemouth	31	19	1953.1%	3536.8%
33	C. Nørgaard Defensive midfielder	Arsenal	32	11.1	198.2%	2358.7%