Most Valuable defensive midfielders by Market Value in Liga I 25/26

The most valuable defensive midfielders in Liga I in 25/26, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

C. Petro of FC Botosani is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Liga I, with a Field Insider Rating of 34.9, and João Lameira has been the form player this season, grading 42.6, and I. Vînă leads the scoring with 7 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: R. Odada has improved his Season rating most, up +16.9 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, João Lameira of Oţelul is the most valuable name in this group at 6.3.

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	Player	Team
1	João Lameira Defensive midfielder	Oţelul	27	6.3	4321200%	3128.1%
2	C. Petro Defensive midfielder	FC Botosani	25	6.3	31	35
3	Darío Benavides Defensive midfielder	Dinamo Bucuresti	23	5.8	11	3052.7%
4	V. Dican Defensive midfielder	Farul Constanta	25	5.1	25	32
5	R. Odada Defensive midfielder	Uta Arad	25	4.1	20545.2%	3121.6%
6	C. Hüseynov Defensive midfielder	Petrolul Ploiesti	23	3.9	10	32
7	C. Vulturar Defensive midfielder	Rapid	22	3.7	17	32
8	D. Hrezdac Defensive midfielder	Uta Arad	24	3.7	7	30
9	A. Fică Defensive midfielder	CFR 1907 Cluj	25	3.7	13	30
10	S. Szilágyi Defensive midfielder	Unirea Slobozia	22	3.4	2	29
11	João Paulo Defensive midfielder	FCSB	28	3.3	2047.1%	2451.3%
12	O. Perianu Defensive midfielder	CFR 1907 Cluj	24	3.3	1	27
13	A. Irimia Defensive midfielder	Metaloglobus	20	3.3	8	31
14	Lucas de Vega Defensive midfielder	FC Botosani	26	3.2	2	26
15	Mario Tache Defensive midfielder	Metaloglobus	21	3.2	1	29
16	André Seruca Defensive midfielder	Farul Constanta	25	3.2	161.1%	2636.6%
17	L. Banu Defensive midfielder	Farul Constanta	21	3.2	1	29
18	A. Ciobanu Defensive midfielder	Oţelul	28	3	25	25
19	G. Gheorghe Defensive midfielder	Arges Pitesti	19	2.9	1	28
20	A. Goncear Defensive midfielder	Farul Constanta	16	2.4	2	30
21	S. Vereș Defensive midfielder	Csikszereda	30	2.1	26	21
22	K. Muhar Defensive midfielder	CFR 1907 Cluj	30	2	327.4%	2050%
23	D. Codrea Defensive midfielder	Universitatea Cluj	29	1.9	17	21
24	O. Arad Defensive midfielder	FCSB	28	1.8	4	24
25	I. Vînă Defensive midfielder	Farul Constanta	31	1.8	38	19
26	T. Lungu Defensive midfielder	Oţelul	31	1.7	11	18
27	G. Simion Defensive midfielder	Universitatea Cluj	28	1.7	12	23
28	S. Mino Defensive midfielder	Uta Arad	31	1.3	14	15
29	O. Bic Defensive midfielder	Universitatea Cluj	32	1.3	30	17
30	V. Raţă Defensive midfielder	Arges Pitesti	33	0.9	20	12
31	Denis Ile Defensive midfielder	Uta Arad	0	0.8	0	13
32	E. Papa Defensive midfielder	FC Botosani	33	0.7	19	10
33	A. Mateiu Defensive midfielder	Petrolul Ploiesti	36	0.5	8	8
34	N. Boateng Defensive midfielder	Petrolul Ploiesti	32	0.4	173.3%	962.1%
35	V. Chiricheș Defensive midfielder	FCSB	36	0.2	385.2%	676%
36	Júnior Morais Defensive midfielder	Metaloglobus	40	0.1	192.8%	274.3%