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Top-Scoring defensive midfielders

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

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At a glance

Jon Gorrotxategi of Real Sociedad II is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 85.8, 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: D. Genreau has improved his Season rating most, up +45 on last season, while S. Ebonog's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +33.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, A. Onana of Aston Villa is the most valuable name in this group at 98.8.

Best talent
Jon Gorrotxategi85.8RTG
Real Sociedad II
In form
Wu Xi58.6SsN
Shanghai Shenhua
Rising potential
S. Ebonog+33.6RTG
Le Havre · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
D. Genreau+45SsN
Melbourne Victory · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
I. Chochev12goals
Ludogorets
Most valuable
A. Onana98.8val
Aston Villa
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PlayerTeam
1I. ChochevDefensive midfielderLudogorets33124112
2L. BertoneDefensive midfielderFC Luzern321155243.1%2438.8%
3V. DaridaDefensive midfielderHradec Králové361044550%193.9%
4Adham HamedDefensive midfielderPetrojet2695236
5Wu XiDefensive midfielderShanghai Shenhua3795911
6N. VerkooijenDefensive midfielderJong PSV U212085274%6714.7%
7H. AhlDefensive midfielderFK Jablonec258292
8S. SeidlDefensive midfielderSturm Graz2485247
9G. DiakitéDefensive midfielderRed Bull Salzburg2174149
10K. JørgensenDefensive midfielderLask Linz26746139.1%460.9%
11J. MercadoDefensive midfielderSparta Praha2472713.9%297%
12I. VînăDefensive midfielderFarul Constanta3173819
13A. GrgićDefensive midfielderFC Lugano2975236
14K. SpadanudaDefensive midfielderFC Zurich2962579.7%2656.7%
15A. SchöpfDefensive midfielderLask Linz32542140.3%2016.2%
16P. KasamiDefensive midfielderFC Winterthur34526344.1%1140.7%
17M. AllendeDefensive midfielderMamelodi Sundowns275262
18Mateus VitalDefensive midfielderSHANGHAI SIPG28553493.3%2848.3%
19B. RoviraDefensive midfielderDeportes Tolima2953120
20U. BislimiDefensive midfielderFC Lugano2754244
21Jesús RivasDefensive midfielderJunior2941918
22Xie WennengDefensive midfielderShandong Luneng2544232
23A. BarryDefensive midfielderRed Bull Salzburg2644745
24João LameiraDefensive midfielderOţelul2744321200%3128.1%
25M. TrávníkDefensive midfielderSlovácko3242510.7%197.9%
26R. MilosavljevićDefensive midfielderRadnicki NIS344414962.5%156.6%
27D. DoulineDefensive midfielderServette FC3345419.3%1961.1%
28B. BollaDefensive midfielderRapid Vienna2643443
29N. PetrovićDefensive midfielderVojvodina274392685.7%3640.4%
30T. MokoenaDefensive midfielderMamelodi Sundowns294241
31E. DostDefensive midfielderLokomotiv Sofia2742527
32J. NietoDefensive midfielderOnce Caldas3342912
33L. FloresDefensive midfielderBucaramanga3142414
34Ahmed El AgouzDefensive midfielderEnppi3343514
35Guilherme MadrugaDefensive midfielderShandong Luneng2544232
36A. CiobanuDefensive midfielderOţelul2842525
37S. PirgićDefensive midfielderPlzen2342743
38P. BlahútDefensive midfielderSlovácko294221
39S. NebylaDefensive midfielderFK Jablonec244252
40B. BogojevićDefensive midfielderHNK Gorica2842424
41M. SeidlDefensive midfielderRapid Vienna2544947
42P. PomerDefensive midfielderRied2944032
43E. AlagichDefensive midfielderAdelaide United2244623
44R. MerkiesDefensive midfielderShandong Luneng2431128
45C. SouaréDefensive midfielderPlzen243206500%297.3%
46V. SavićevićDefensive midfielderVojvodina3232894.4%1839.6%
47F. ÁngelDefensive midfielderJunior253142443%
48Ž. TronteljDefensive midfielderDunajska Streda26339230.8%358.1%
49F. WintherDefensive midfielderFC Fredericia26345897.8%4122.2%
50MetinhoDefensive midfielderFC Basel 189323333870.6%4619.8%