Most Valuable defensive midfielders by Market Value in Premiership 26/27

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

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At a glance

C. Barron of Rangers is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Premiership, with a Field Insider Rating of 47.4, and M. Sylla has been the form player this season, grading 30.9, and Ben Brannan leads the scoring with 1 goal.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Sylla has improved his Season rating most, up +4.3 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, C. Allan of Falkirk is the most valuable name in this group at 12.1.

Rangers · 24/25→25/26

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M. Sylla+4.3SsN

Livingston · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	C. Allan Defensive midfielder	Falkirk	22	12.1	23	47
2	C. Barron Defensive midfielder	Rangers	24	10.5	1921.4%	473.5%
3	R. Finnigan Defensive midfielder	Dundee	22	9.4	1210.9%	4539.8%
4	Yang Hyun-Jun Defensive midfielder	Celtic	24	9.4	28±0%	48±0%
5	J. Mulligan Defensive midfielder	Hibernian	23	9.2	31±0%	47±0%
6	D. Lobban Defensive midfielder	Dunfermline	21	9.1	7	43
7	O. Priestman Defensive midfielder	Motherwell	23	9	6±0%	43±0%
8	D. Tait Defensive midfielder	Dundee Utd	24	9	34±0%	470.8%
9	R. Carr Defensive midfielder	ST Mirren	21	9	8	45
10	M. Baur Defensive midfielder	Celtic	22	8.7	53±0%	740.7%
11	A. Palaversa Defensive midfielder	Aberdeen	26	8.6	869.1%	3620.4%
12	V. Ševelj Defensive midfielder	Dundee Utd	25	8.6	27±0%	45±0%
13	J. Hodge Defensive midfielder	Motherwell	24	8.5	222.3%	552.4%
14	A. Mayor Defensive midfielder	Hibernian	21	8.3	1410.4%	4838.9%
15	Finley Frank Barbrook Defensive midfielder	Falkirk	21	8.1	825.4%	65113.9%
16	Ben Brannan Defensive midfielder	Kilmarnock	19	8.1	10	43
17	Ž. Bešir Defensive midfielder	Dundee	25	8.1	1	36
18	A. Briedl Defensive midfielder	Aberdeen	24	8.1	349.4%	4713.7%
19	M. Ntelo Defensive midfielder	Aberdeen	25	7.8	3±0%	283%
20	N. Cleșcenco Defensive midfielder	Kilmarnock	25	7.7	3±0%	36±0%
21	A. Aremu Defensive midfielder	Aberdeen	26	7.5	12±0%	37±0%
22	V. Dragojević Defensive midfielder	Rangers	20	7.5	425.3%	5521.5%
23	Olly Whyte Defensive midfielder	Motherwell	19	7.1	0	40
24	S. Constable Defensive midfielder	Dundee Utd	19	7	0	40
25	Allan Oyirwoth Defensive midfielder	Dunfermline	19	6.9	5	39
26	L. Thomas Defensive midfielder	ST Mirren	27	6.8	89.9%	3339%
27	C. McLeod Defensive midfielder	Falkirk	19	6.8	1	38
28	M. Booth Defensive midfielder	Motherwell	18	6.8	0	41
29	A. Campbell Defensive midfielder	ST Mirren	28	4.7	743.8%	2724.4%
30	C. Devlin Defensive midfielder	Rangers	28	3.8	38±0%	360.8%
31	L. Mendy Defensive midfielder	Heart Of Midlothian	28	3.7	4	27
32	J. McMillan Defensive midfielder	Falkirk	28	3.3	34±0%	374.3%
33	C. Ronan Defensive midfielder	Aberdeen	28	3.3	357.5%	260.8%
34	M. Sylla Defensive midfielder	Livingston	32	2.9	3116.2%	1927.3%
35	J. McGrath Defensive midfielder	Hibernian	29	2.8	34±0%	34±0%
36	B. Lyons Defensive midfielder	Aberdeen	29	2.7	18±0%	292.8%
37	L. Donnelly Defensive midfielder	ST Mirren	30	2.1	12±0%	20±0%
38	B. Spencer Defensive midfielder	Falkirk	30	2	36±0%	31±0%
39	C. Sibbald Defensive midfielder	Falkirk	31	1.6	29±0%	230.9%
40	S. Armstrong Defensive midfielder	Aberdeen	34	0.5	32±0%	15±0%