Top-Scoring defensive midfielders

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

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At a glance

A. Bouaddi of Manchester City is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 90.5, and Wu Xi has been the form player this season, grading 58.6, and I. Chochev leads the scoring with 12 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: N. Mbamba has improved his Season rating most, up +45.1 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 119.4.

Sheffield Wednesday · 24/25→25/26

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Lorient · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	I. Chochev Defensive midfielder	Ludogorets	33	12	41	12
2	L. Bertone Defensive midfielder	FC Luzern	32	11	55243.1%	2438.8%
3	V. Darida Defensive midfielder	Hradec Králové	36	10	44550%	193.9%
4	Wu Xi Defensive midfielder	Shanghai Shenhua	37	9	59	11
5	Adham Hamed Defensive midfielder	Petrojet	26	9	52	36
6	S. Seidl Defensive midfielder	Sturm Graz	23	8	52	47
7	H. Ahl Defensive midfielder	FK Jablonec	24	8	29	2
8	G. Diakité Defensive midfielder	Red Bull Salzburg	20	7	41	49
9	K. Jørgensen Defensive midfielder	Lask Linz	26	7	46139.1%	460.9%
10	A. Grgić Defensive midfielder	FC Lugano	29	7	52	36
11	I. Vînă Defensive midfielder	Farul Constanta	31	7	38	19
12	J. Mercado Defensive midfielder	Sparta Praha	24	7	2713.9%	297%
13	F. Rieder Defensive midfielder	FC Augsburg	24	6	5137.6%	842.3%
14	K. Spadanuda Defensive midfielder	FC Zurich	29	6	2579.7%	2656.7%
15	A. Schöpf Defensive midfielder	Lask Linz	32	5	42140.3%	2016.2%
16	M. Allende Defensive midfielder	Mamelodi Sundowns	27	5	26	2
17	Mateus Vital Defensive midfielder	SHANGHAI SIPG	28	5	53493.3%	2848.3%
18	U. Bislimi Defensive midfielder	FC Lugano	26	5	42	44
19	B. Rovira Defensive midfielder	Deportes Tolima	29	5	31	20
20	Jesús Rivas Defensive midfielder	Junior	29	4	19	18
21	Xie Wenneng Defensive midfielder	Shandong Luneng	25	4	42	32
22	A. Barry Defensive midfielder	Red Bull Salzburg	26	4	47	45
23	J. Florentín Defensive midfielder	Independ. Rivadavia	30	4	5113.8%	341.5%
24	R. Milosavljević Defensive midfielder	Radnicki NIS	34	4	414962.5%	156.6%
25	João Lameira Defensive midfielder	Oţelul	27	4	4321200%	3128.1%
26	B. Bogojević Defensive midfielder	HNK Gorica	28	4	24	24
27	T. Mokoena Defensive midfielder	Mamelodi Sundowns	29	4	24	1
28	Ahmed El Agouz Defensive midfielder	Enppi	33	4	35	14
29	S. Nebyla Defensive midfielder	FK Jablonec	24	4	25	2
30	Guilherme Madruga Defensive midfielder	Shandong Luneng	25	4	42	32
31	D. Douline Defensive midfielder	Servette FC	33	4	5419.3%	1961.1%
32	M. Trávník Defensive midfielder	Slovácko	32	4	2510.7%	197.9%
33	B. Bolla Defensive midfielder	Rapid Vienna	26	4	34	43
34	M. Seidl Defensive midfielder	Rapid Vienna	25	4	49	47
35	P. Pomer Defensive midfielder	Ried	29	4	40	32
36	E. Dost Defensive midfielder	Lokomotiv Sofia	27	4	25	27
37	N. Petrović Defensive midfielder	Vojvodina	27	4	392685.7%	3640.4%
38	P. Blahút Defensive midfielder	Slovácko	28	4	22	1
39	S. PirgiÄDefensive midfielder	Plzen	23	4	27	43
40	A. Ciobanu Defensive midfielder	Oţelul	28	4	25	25
41	L. Flores Defensive midfielder	Bucaramanga	31	4	24	14
42	J. Nieto Defensive midfielder	Once Caldas	33	4	29	12
43	E. Alagich Defensive midfielder	Adelaide United	22	4	46	23
44	R. Merkies Defensive midfielder	Shandong Luneng	24	3	11	28
45	H. Landry Defensive midfielder	Charleston Battery	25	3	27	34
46	D. Jean-Jacques Defensive midfielder	Philadelphia Union	26	3	4522.2%	426.9%
47	M. Benítez Defensive midfielder	Boca Juniors	22	3	251370.6%	5619.3%
48	M. Caicedo Defensive midfielder	Chelsea	24	3	54±0%	86±0%
49	A. Traoré Defensive midfielder	Amed	31	3	28100.7%	2152.9%
50	J. Williams Defensive midfielder	Crawley Town	25	3	28445.1%	3122.1%