Most Valuable defensive midfielders by Market Value in Serie A

The most valuable defensive midfielders in Serie A, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

M. Keita of Parma is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Serie A, with a Field Insider Rating of 79.9, and M. Locatelli has been the form player this season, grading 49.1, and S. Serdar leads the scoring with 2 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Keita has improved his Season rating most, up +15.4 on last season, while E. Akinsanmiro's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +14 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Keita of Parma is the most valuable name in this group at 49.5.

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	Player	Team
1	M. Keita Defensive midfielder	Parma	24	49.5	4160.9%	808.4%
2	M. Frendrup Defensive midfielder	Genoa	25	47.8	4113.9%	775.9%
3	A. Jashari Defensive midfielder	AC Milan	24	44.8	1266.8%	7222.3%
4	G. Gineitis Defensive midfielder	Torino	22	44.1	2317.2%	754.3%
5	N. Rovella Defensive midfielder	Lazio	24	42	880.1%	6818.8%
6	C. Ordoñez Defensive midfielder	Parma	22	41.4	1657.8%	7010.7%
7	P. Masini Defensive midfielder	Genoa	25	41.2	256.9%	677.2%
8	J. Fazzini Defensive midfielder	Fiorentina	23	40.2	683.5%	6519.1%
9	L. Lipani Defensive midfielder	Sassuolo	21	39.7	1563.3%	7111.4%
10	E. Akinsanmiro Defensive midfielder	Pisa	21	39.6	2246.6%	7124.6%
11	O. Ngom Defensive midfielder	Lecce	22	39.5	964.5%	6710.5%
12	Éderson Defensive midfielder	Atalanta	27	39.5	3621.3%	6424.8%
13	M. Kaba Defensive midfielder	Lecce	24	39.2	52.1%	632%
14	F. Anjorin Defensive midfielder	Torino	24	38.8	379.6%	6314.1%
15	V. Carboni Defensive midfielder	Genoa	21	37.2	6600%	670.6%
16	Alexsandro Amorim Defensive midfielder	Genoa	21	36.9	6	66
17	J. Arizala Defensive midfielder	Udinese	20	35.7	2	68
18	Jesús Santiago Defensive midfielder	Hellas Verona	22	35.4	092.5%	6014.3%
19	Þ. Helgason Defensive midfielder	Lecce	25	35.4	291.4%	5718.4%
20	C. Niasse Defensive midfielder	Hellas Verona	26	35.3	1460%	5712.3%
21	J. Liteta Defensive midfielder	Cagliari	20	35	3	67
22	A. Ghion Defensive midfielder	Sassuolo	26	32.8	097.6%	538.5%
23	M. Marin Defensive midfielder	Pisa	27	32.7	1458.1%	5317.2%
24	C. Frangella Defensive midfielder	Sassuolo	19	32.4	0	66
25	J. Onana Defensive midfielder	Genoa	26	32	175%	5217.1%
26	Fallou Cham Defensive midfielder	Hellas Verona	19	31.7	4	64
27	M. Locatelli Defensive midfielder	Juventus	28	30.4	4910.1%	6316%
28	B. Bettazzi Defensive midfielder	Pisa	17	27.3	0	63
29	Y. Ramadani Defensive midfielder	Lecce	30	20.3	3938.4%	495.4%
30	J. Piotrowski Defensive midfielder	Udinese	28	19.7	26	538.6%
31	S. Lovrić Defensive midfielder	Hellas Verona	28	16.7	1072.5%	4536.7%
32	G. Kastanos Defensive midfielder	Hellas Verona	28	14.7	191.6%	4031.9%
33	S. Serdar Defensive midfielder	Hellas Verona	29	14.4	2016.5%	4226.7%
34	R. Gagliardini Defensive midfielder	Hellas Verona	32	13.3	361595.2%	328.4%
35	A. Sabiri Defensive midfielder	Fiorentina	29	11.7	096.3%	3413.8%
36	A. Deiola Defensive midfielder	Cagliari	31	9.8	2117.6%	3424.9%
37	M. de Roon Defensive midfielder	Atalanta	35	8.8	4032.5%	2824.9%
38	J. Akpa Akpro Defensive midfielder	Hellas Verona	33	8	2320.8%	2236.3%
39	J. Cuadrado Defensive midfielder	Pisa	38	1.7	1027.4%	761.3%