Most Valuable defensive midfielders by Market Value in First League 26/27
The most valuable defensive midfielders in First League in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
A. Ivlev of Nizhny Novgorod is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in First League, with a Field Insider Rating of 31.4.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: A. Ivlev has improved his Season rating most, up +0.5 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, A. Opoku of Nizhny Novgorod is the most valuable name in this group at 2.3.
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| Player | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A. OpokuDefensive midfielder |  Nizhny Novgorod | 21 | 2.3 | 13 | 30 |
| 2 | A. IvlevDefensive midfielder | Nizhny Novgorod | 19 | 1.7 | 133.9% | 31±0% |
| 3 | F. SungatulinDefensive midfielder |  Ural | 24 | 1.5 | 3 | 2219.9% |
| 4 | I. IshkovDefensive midfielder | Ural | 21 | 1.5 | 339.6% | 2311.4% |
| 5 | N. MorozovDefensive midfielder | Ural | 20 | 1.4 | 0 | 231.7% |
| 6 | M. KuzminDefensive midfielder |  FC Sochi | 30 | 1 | 1252.6% | 1632.1% |
| 7 | M. MaigaDefensive midfielder | Nizhny Novgorod | 31 | 0.6 | 74.2% | 1229.1% |
| 8 | A. LomakinDefensive midfielder |  Enisey | 31 | 0.3 | 099.1% | 1049.5% |
| 9 | A. TimofeevDefensive midfielder | Nizhny Novgorod | 32 | 0.2 | 098.4% | 846.5% |