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Most Valuable defensive midfielders by Market Value in 2. Bundesliga 26/27

The most valuable defensive midfielders in 2. Bundesliga in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

C. Patino of VfL Bochum is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in 2. Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 59.3, and T. Abe has been the form player this season, grading 25.5, and L. Flach leads the scoring with 1 goal.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: C. Patino has improved his Season rating most, up +6.5 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, C. Patino of VfL Bochum is the most valuable name in this group at 22.2.

Best talent
C. Patino59.3RTG
VfL Bochum
In form
T. Abe25.5SsN
Holstein Kiel
Rising potential
C. Patino+4.9RTG
VfL Bochum · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
C. Patino+6.5SsN
VfL Bochum · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
L. Flach1goals
VfL Osnabrück
Most valuable
C. Patino22.2val
VfL Bochum
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PlayerTeam
1C. PatinoDefensive midfielderVfL Bochum2222.29309.5%599%
2M. PapelaDefensive midfielderSV Darmstadt 982519.81910.6%541.6%
3M. PannewigDefensive midfielderVfL Bochum2119.228±0%62±0%
4Kwon Hyeok-KyuDefensive midfielderKarlsruher SC2519376.1%4911.5%
5S. BanséDefensive midfielderSpVgg Greuther Fürth2518.91±0%45±0%
6Tony ReitzDefensive midfielder1. FC Magdeburg2218.5095.8%5129.4%
7Rafael LubachDefensive midfielder1. FC Nürnberg2118.541±0%67±0%
8Y. FurukawaDefensive midfielderSV Darmstadt 982318.37±0%56±0%
9T. CivejaDefensive midfielderKarlsruher SC2418.12212.6%5946.1%
10D. ArifiDefensive midfielderSpVgg Greuther Fürth24188±0%50±0%
11A. KellerDefensive midfielderSpVgg Greuther Fürth221814±0%57±0%
12Leon RobinsonDefensive midfielder1. FC Kaiserslautern251826±0%59±0%
13Samuel KleinDefensive midfielderFC St. Pauli2217.92847.4%82296.1%
14K. DavidsenDefensive midfielderHolstein Kiel2117.532±0%62±0%
15Ł. PorębaDefensive midfielderSV Elversberg2617.438±0%61±0%
16T. AbeDefensive midfielderHolstein Kiel2216.72646
17C. MetcalfeDefensive midfielderFC St. Pauli2616.612±0%56±0%
18F. ChávezDefensive midfielder1. FC Magdeburg1916.31±0%699.5%
19D. KovacevicDefensive midfielderEintracht Braunschweig2215.72144
20M. AvlayiciDefensive midfielderSpVgg Greuther Fürth1915.6149
21T. van den HeuvelDefensive midfielderHannover 962115.5099.4%4515.7%
22Alessandro CrimaldiDefensive midfielderVfL Bochum1815.3052
23S. VäänänenDefensive midfielderKarlsruher SC2415.2868.1%379.4%
24T. MüselDefensive midfielder1. FC Magdeburg2715.22612.4%35±0%
25P. ČovićDefensive midfielderDynamo Dresden19159±0%68±0%
26L. FlachDefensive midfielderVfL Osnabrück2514.21350.4%3415.6%
27S. SchreckDefensive midfielderArminia Bielefeld2714.29±0%41±0%
28T. WieseDefensive midfielderHolstein Kiel1814.1049
29M. WallentowitzDefensive midfielderSpVgg Greuther Fürth1713.88±0%558.7%
30E. YasarDefensive midfielderArminia Bielefeld1713.6151
31L. HerrmannDefensive midfielderDynamo Dresden2713.518±0%43±0%
32D. HofmeisterDefensive midfielder1. FC Kaiserslautern1613.2153
33F. KunzeDefensive midfielder1. FC Kaiserslautern288.829±0%49±0%
34M. RasmussenDefensive midfielderFC St. Pauli288.70100%370.8%
35F. WagnerDefensive midfielderVfL Osnabrück288.519±0%31±0%
36C. SickingerDefensive midfielderSV Darmstadt 98295.92±0%301.6%
37L. JensenDefensive midfielderArminia Bielefeld295.74±0%31±0%
38L. SchnellbacherDefensive midfielderSV Elversberg322.418±0%22±0%