Top-Scoring defensive midfielders in HNL 25/26
The top-scoring defensive midfielders in HNL in 25/26, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
Alberto del Moral of HNK Hajduk Split is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in HNL, with a Field Insider Rating of 49.1, and Ante Kavelj has been the form player this season, grading 39.5, and B. Bogojević leads the scoring with 4 goals.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: A. Pajaziti has improved his Season rating most, up +16.8 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, Ante Kavelj of HNK Gorica is the most valuable name in this group at 8.1.
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| Player | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B. BogojevićDefensive midfielder |  HNK Gorica | 28 | 4 | 24 | 24 |
| 2 | Ante KaveljDefensive midfielder | HNK Gorica | 21 | 3 | 40 | 40 |
| 3 | A. MaurićDefensive midfielder |  Istra 1961 | 22 | 2 | 20 | 36 |
| 4 | A. HusicDefensive midfielder |  HNK Rijeka | 25 | 1 | 1825.9% | 3319.1% |
| 5 | T. DuvnjakDefensive midfielder |  NK Varazdin | 23 | 1 | 31 | 39 |
| 6 | M. JovicicDefensive midfielder |  NK Osijek | 19 | 1 | 7 | 33 |
| 7 | A. PajazitiDefensive midfielder |  HNK Hajduk Split | 23 | 1 | 22317% | 381% |
| 8 | O. BakićDefensive midfielder | HNK Gorica | 23 | 1 | 15 | 33 |
| 9 | V. ČaićDefensive midfielder | NK Osijek | 21 | 1 | 17 | 34 |
| 10 | D. PuclinDefensive midfielder | NK Varazdin | 34 | 1 | 1223.7% | 870.7% |
| 11 | M. CaimacovDefensive midfielder |  NK Slaven Belupo | 28 | 1 | 109.5% | 2315.4% |
| 12 | M. MarinaDefensive midfielder | NK Varazdin | 37 | 1 | 19 | 7 |
| 13 | J. GurlicaDefensive midfielder |  Vukovar | 22 | 1 | 14 | 34 |