Top-Scoring defensive midfielders in Championship 26/27
The top-scoring defensive midfielders in Championship in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
S. Magassa of West Ham is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 72, and Gonçalo Franco has been the form player this season, grading 50.8.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: N. Asiimwe has improved his Season rating most, up +21.4 on last season, while L. Le Roux's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +17.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, Gonçalo Franco of Swansea is the most valuable name in this group at 39.9.
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| Player | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gonçalo FrancoDefensive midfielder |  Swansea | 25 | 3 | 5117.1% | 69±0% |
| 2 | C. JanderDefensive midfielder |  Southampton | 23 | 2 | 390.5% | 702% |
| 3 | M. BaradjiDefensive midfielder |  Blackburn | 25 | 2 | 21 | 57 |
| 4 | N. AsiimweDefensive midfielder |  Charlton | 21 | 1 | 28324.2% | 4853.4% |
| 5 | J. BaptisteDefensive midfielder | Sheffield Utd | 22 | 1 | 3029500% | 4620.9% |
| 6 | S. MagassaDefensive midfielder |  West Ham | 22 | 1 | 197.9% | 722.8% |
| 7 | G. DochertyDefensive midfielder | Charlton | 29 | 1 | 369% | 435.6% |