Top-Scoring defensive midfielders in HNL

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

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At a glance

Ante Kavelj of HNK Gorica is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in HNL, with a Field Insider Rating of 40, and Iker Pozo has been the form player this season, grading 48.8.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Ž. Trontelj has improved his Season rating most, up +28 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Iker Pozo of HNK Gorica is the most valuable name in this group at 8.8.

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	Player	Team
1	Iker Pozo Defensive midfielder	HNK Gorica	26	4	4959%	3930.9%
2	B. Bogojević Defensive midfielder	HNK Gorica	28	4	24	25
3	Ž. Trontelj Defensive midfielder	HNK Gorica	26	3	40239.3%	358.1%
4	Ante Kavelj Defensive midfielder	HNK Gorica	20	3	40	40
5	B. Boskovic Defensive midfielder	NK Lokomotiva Zagreb	23	3	30	37
6	V. Bubanja Defensive midfielder	NK Osijek	27	2	20	27
7	A. Maurić Defensive midfielder	Istra 1961	22	2	20	36
8	H. Babec Defensive midfielder	NK Osijek	27	1	15	25
9	M. Agbekpornu Defensive midfielder	NK Slaven Belupo	27	1	17	26
10	M. Jovicic Defensive midfielder	NK Osijek	19	1	7	33
11	I. Bennacer Defensive midfielder	Dinamo Zagreb	28	1	155.6%	2558.7%
12	D. Puclin Defensive midfielder	NK Varazdin	34	1	1223.7%	870.7%
13	O. Bakić Defensive midfielder	HNK Gorica	23	1	15	33
14	J. Gurlica Defensive midfielder	Vukovar	22	1	14	32
15	A. Borsic Defensive midfielder	NK Varazdin	30	1	20	21
16	T. Duvnjak Defensive midfielder	NK Varazdin	23	1	31	39
17	M. Marina Defensive midfielder	NK Varazdin	37	1	19	10
18	M. Caimacov Defensive midfielder	NK Slaven Belupo	28	1	109.5%	2315.4%
19	A. Husic Defensive midfielder	HNK Rijeka	25	1	1825.9%	3319.1%
20	A. Pajaziti Defensive midfielder	HNK Hajduk Split	23	1	22317%	381%
21	F. Krovinović Defensive midfielder	HNK Hajduk Split	30	1	174.6%	2263.9%
22	V. Čaić Defensive midfielder	Vukovar	21	1	17	34
23	I. Ayuma Defensive midfielder	Istra 1961	20	1	10	34