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Top-Scoring defensive midfielders in Jupiler Pro League

The top-scoring defensive midfielders in Jupiler Pro League, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

A. Stanković of Club Brugge KV is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Jupiler Pro League, with a Field Insider Rating of 65.8, and R. Yamamoto has been the form player this season, grading 55.6, and M. Aké leads the scoring with 8 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Skóraś has improved his Season rating most, up +44.9 on last season, while N. Saliba's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +15.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, R. Yamamoto of St. Truiden is the most valuable name in this group at 29.4.

Best talent
A. Stanković65.8RTG
Club Brugge KV
In form
R. Yamamoto55.6SsN
St. Truiden
Rising potential
N. Saliba+15.8RTG
Anderlecht · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
M. Skóraś+44.9SsN
Gent · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
M. Aké8goals
Zulte Waregem
Most valuable
R. Yamamoto29.4val
St. Truiden
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PlayerTeam
1M. AkéDefensive midfielderZulte Waregem258355510.7%
2H. VanakenDefensive midfielderClub Brugge KV3374710.7%2723.9%
3A. StankovićDefensive midfielderClub Brugge KV2164666
4P. GerkensDefensive midfielderCercle Brugge31647311.5%3314%
5C. NielsenDefensive midfielderStandard Liege32535458.7%241.6%
6R. YamamotoDefensive midfielderSt. Truiden24556331%6425.5%
7Y. TitraouiDefensive midfielderCharleroi2354358.6%608.6%
8T. KoudouDefensive midfielderKV Mechelen2153832.1%5913.1%
9Guilherme Henriques da Silva CarvalhoDefensive midfielderUnion St. Gilloise234406188.9%
10A. ValenciaDefensive midfielderAntwerp23428205.4%5710.1%
11A. ItoDefensive midfielderGent274347%469.5%
12A. ZorganeDefensive midfielderUnion St. Gilloise264462.3%589.9%
13T. SomersDefensive midfielderAntwerp2743828%4719.1%
14B. HeynenDefensive midfielderGenk2944738.6%4113.2%
15N. SalibaDefensive midfielderAnderlecht2233998.5%5937%
16H. TeklabDefensive midfielderOH Leuven273251095.2%444.4%
17R. MerlenDefensive midfielderSt. Truiden2431762%5312.6%
18A. PiedfortDefensive midfielderKVC Westerlo21344136.4%606.9%
19S. SchrijversDefensive midfielderOH Leuven3033711.6%3325.5%
20A. KhalailiDefensive midfielderUnion St. Gilloise21347151.1%657.1%
21A. SissakoDefensive midfielderSt. Truiden2824640.1%456.8%
22M. SkóraśDefensive midfielderGent26245516.7%
23E. CamaraDefensive midfielderCharleroi23246142%595.6%
24Óscar GilDefensive midfielderOH Leuven2823277%409.2%
25Nathan De CatDefensive midfielderAnderlecht1823910.3%6229.9%
26N. GillotDefensive midfielderRAAL La Louvière2322654.4%5625.8%
27J. LiongolaDefensive midfielderRAAL La Louvière262476.9%548.9%
28T. ClaesDefensive midfielderZulte Waregem2223320.1%6021.3%
29N. MbambaDefensive midfielderDender212441230.3%6123.2%
30O. NiangDefensive midfielderUnion St. Gilloise242233%571.7%
31R. OratmangoenDefensive midfielderDender281864.6%3418.6%
32Leonardo LopesDefensive midfielderGent2712696.9%433.4%
33T. Van den KeybusDefensive midfielderKVC Westerlo2511158.8%4818.7%
34D. HaspolatDefensive midfielderKVC Westerlo2614416.3%549.4%
35A. Beka BekaDefensive midfielderRAAL La Louvière251525.8%4631.6%
36S. LahssainiDefensive midfielderRAAL La Louvière2713479.1%4816.2%
37W. PaugainDefensive midfielderZulte Waregem241181416.7%5123.5%
38F. HammarDefensive midfielderKV Mechelen25147227.8%544.9%
39S. UjkaDefensive midfielderZulte Waregem2711340
40M. ViltardDefensive midfielderDender23134137.2%586.2%
41B. AntonioDefensive midfielderKV Mechelen2311343.5%479.8%
42Y. CappelleDefensive midfielderZulte Waregem22126123.3%5629.6%
43X. DierckxDefensive midfielderAntwerp1611654