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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

R. Wagner of Dynamo Dresden is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in 2. Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 59.6, and S. Russo has been the form player this season, grading 34.7.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: B. Jacobsen has improved his Season rating most, up +20.9 on last season, while S. Russo's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +10.5 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, R. Wagner of Dynamo Dresden is the most valuable name in this group at 22.4.

Best talent
R. Wagner59.6RTG
Dynamo Dresden
In form
S. Russo34.7SsN
Arminia Bielefeld
Rising potential
S. Russo+10.5RTG
Arminia Bielefeld · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
B. Jacobsen+20.9SsN
VfL Osnabrück · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
R. Wagner1goals
Dynamo Dresden
Most valuable
R. Wagner22.4val
Dynamo Dresden
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PlayerTeam
1R. WagnerDefensive midfielderDynamo Dresden2322.418±0%60±0%
2J. FujitaDefensive midfielderFC St. Pauli2421.446±0%74±0%
3M. MomuluhDefensive midfielderArminia Bielefeld2421.318±0%63±0%
4F. MichelDefensive midfielder1. FC Magdeburg2521.320±0%57±0%
5K. SessaDefensive midfielderHertha BSC2621.112±0%49±0%
6S. BanséDefensive midfielderSpVgg Greuther Fürth2520.91±0%45±0%
7W. TaïbiDefensive midfielderHannover 96242016±0%58±0%
8M. PapelaDefensive midfielderSV Darmstadt 982519.71910.6%541.6%
9S. RussoDefensive midfielderArminia Bielefeld2619.435±0%54±0%
10F. FlickDefensive midfielderEintracht Braunschweig2619.222±0%51±0%
11Leon RobinsonDefensive midfielder1. FC Kaiserslautern251926±0%59±0%
12Kwon Hyeok-KyuDefensive midfielderKarlsruher SC2518.9376.1%4911.5%
13Rafael LubachDefensive midfielder1. FC Nürnberg2118.841±0%67±0%
14Ł. PorębaDefensive midfielderSV Elversberg2618.738±0%61±0%
15M. PannewigDefensive midfielderVfL Bochum2118.628±0%62±0%
16Tony ReitzDefensive midfielder1. FC Magdeburg2218.3096.9%5027.6%
17Y. FurukawaDefensive midfielderSV Darmstadt 982318.27±0%56±0%
18D. ArifiDefensive midfielderSpVgg Greuther Fürth2418.18±0%50±0%
19L. FlachDefensive midfielderVfL Osnabrück2517.713±0%34±0%
20L. KehlDefensive midfielderSV Darmstadt 982417.73012.7%6439.3%
21Selim TelibDefensive midfielderHertha BSC2017.4054
22P. WillDefensive midfielderSpVgg Greuther Fürth2717.216±0%44±0%
23T. AbeDefensive midfielderHolstein Kiel2216.72646
24Olgherto BalliuDefensive midfielderSpVgg Greuther Fürth2016.5051
25I. UgohDefensive midfielderHolstein Kiel2016.36±0%55±0%
26T. MüselDefensive midfielder1. FC Magdeburg2716.22612.4%35±0%
27D. KovacevicDefensive midfielderEintracht Braunschweig2215.72144
28M. AvlayiciDefensive midfielderSpVgg Greuther Fürth1915.7149
29T. van den HeuvelDefensive midfielderHannover 962115.5099.4%4515.7%
30S. VäänänenDefensive midfielderKarlsruher SC2414.9868.1%379.4%
31S. SchreckDefensive midfielderArminia Bielefeld2714.89±0%41±0%
32Alessandro CrimaldiDefensive midfielderVfL Bochum1814.6052
33Jasper ReinholdDefensive midfielderHannover 961814.5151
34E. YasarDefensive midfielderArminia Bielefeld1714.2151
35L. HerrmannDefensive midfielderDynamo Dresden271418±0%43±0%
36M. WallentowitzDefensive midfielderSpVgg Greuther Fürth1713.98±0%558.7%
37D. HofmeisterDefensive midfielder1. FC Kaiserslautern1613.4153
38M. RasmussenDefensive midfielderFC St. Pauli289.40100%370.8%
39F. KunzeDefensive midfielder1. FC Kaiserslautern289.329±0%49±0%
40E. SmithDefensive midfielderFC St. Pauli297.723±0%49±0%
41N. RappDefensive midfielderDynamo Dresden297.423±0%380.8%
42C. SickingerDefensive midfielderSV Darmstadt 98296.12±0%301.6%
43B. JacobsenDefensive midfielderVfL Osnabrück334.224±0%1922.9%
44L. SchnellbacherDefensive midfielderSV Elversberg322.418±0%22±0%