Top-Scoring defensive midfielders

The top-scoring defensive midfielders, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

K. Mainoo of Manchester United is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 89, and V. Müller has been the form player this season, grading 59, and L. Haraslín leads the scoring with 13 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: D. Genreau has improved his Season rating most, up +45 on last season, while S. Fusire's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +33.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Caicedo of Chelsea is the most valuable name in this group at 108.6.

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	Player	Team
1	L. Haraslín Defensive midfielder	Sparta Praha	30	13	361540.9%	198.3%
2	I. Chochev Defensive midfielder	Ludogorets	33	12	41	12
3	L. Bertone Defensive midfielder	FC Luzern	32	11	55243.1%	2438.8%
4	V. Darida Defensive midfielder	Hradec Králové	36	10	44550%	193.9%
5	V. Müller Defensive midfielder	WSG Wattens	27	10	59	42
6	D. Moreno Defensive midfielder	Amed	31	10	47	23
7	Adham Hamed Defensive midfielder	Petrojet	26	9	52	36
8	Wu Xi Defensive midfielder	Shanghai Shenhua	37	9	59	11
9	H. Ahl Defensive midfielder	FK Jablonec	24	8	37	33
10	S. Seidl Defensive midfielder	Sturm Graz	23	8	52	47
11	G. Diakité Defensive midfielder	Red Bull Salzburg	20	7	41	47
12	K. Jørgensen Defensive midfielder	Lask Linz	26	7	46139.1%	460.9%
13	J. Mercado Defensive midfielder	Sparta Praha	24	7	2713.9%	297%
14	I. Vînă Defensive midfielder	Farul Constanta	31	7	38	19
15	A. Grgić Defensive midfielder	FC Lugano	29	7	52	36
16	F. Rieder Defensive midfielder	FC Augsburg	24	6	51265.7%	8417.8%
17	K. Spadanuda Defensive midfielder	FC Zurich	29	6	2579.7%	2656.7%
18	A. Schöpf Defensive midfielder	Lask Linz	32	5	42140.3%	2016.2%
19	C. McCann Defensive midfielder	Cheltenham	24	5	3210.9%	319.8%
20	B. Rovira Defensive midfielder	Deportes Tolima	29	5	31	20
21	Mateus Vital Defensive midfielder	SHANGHAI SIPG	28	5	53493.3%	2848.3%
22	P. Kasami Defensive midfielder	FC Winterthur	34	5	26344.1%	1140.7%
23	M. Vitális Defensive midfielder	Gyori ETO FC	24	5	29	37
24	U. Bislimi Defensive midfielder	FC Lugano	26	5	42	44
25	M. Allende Defensive midfielder	Mamelodi Sundowns	27	5	26	2
26	Matheus Índio Defensive midfielder	JEF United Chiba	26	5	415814.3%	3040.7%
27	O. Kričfaluši Defensive midfielder	Union St. Gilloise	22	5	27	2
28	Jefferson Defensive midfielder	Keçiörengücü	32	5	40125.7%	1954.9%
29	F. Afena-Gyan Defensive midfielder	Iğdır FK	23	5	29	3928.5%
30	Jesús Rivas Defensive midfielder	Junior	29	4	19	18
31	Xie Wenneng Defensive midfielder	Shandong Luneng	25	4	42	32
32	M. Lixandru Defensive midfielder	Al-Fateh	25	4	30	34
33	A. Barry Defensive midfielder	Red Bull Salzburg	26	4	47	45
34	E. López Defensive midfielder	Envigado	26	4	28	24
35	L. Flores Defensive midfielder	Bucaramanga	31	4	24	14
36	Ahmed El Agouz Defensive midfielder	Enppi	33	4	35	14
37	Guilherme Madruga Defensive midfielder	Shandong Luneng	25	4	421818.2%	3241.5%
38	D. Douline Defensive midfielder	Servette FC	33	4	5419.3%	1961.1%
39	B. Bolla Defensive midfielder	Rapid Vienna	26	4	34	43
40	M. Trávník Defensive midfielder	Slovácko	32	4	2510.7%	197.9%
41	R. Milosavljević Defensive midfielder	Radnicki NIS	34	4	414962.5%	156.6%
42	N. Petrović Defensive midfielder	Vojvodina	27	4	392685.7%	3640.4%
43	João Lameira Defensive midfielder	Oţelul	27	4	4321200%	3128.1%
44	A. Ciobanu Defensive midfielder	Oţelul	28	4	25	25
45	P. Blahút Defensive midfielder	Slovácko	28	4	22	1
46	S. Nebyla Defensive midfielder	FK Jablonec	24	4	25	2
47	B. Bogojević Defensive midfielder	HNK Gorica	28	4	24	25
48	M. Seidl Defensive midfielder	Rapid Vienna	25	4	49	47
49	P. Pomer Defensive midfielder	Ried	29	4	40	35
50	E. Dost Defensive midfielder	Lokomotiv Sofia	27	4	25	27