Top-Scoring defensive midfielders in League Two 26/27
The top-scoring defensive midfielders in League Two in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
B. Sarpong-Wiredu of Salford City is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in League Two, with a Field Insider Rating of 39.8, and G. Kilkenny has been the form player this season, grading 31.3, and K. Dempsey leads the scoring with 1 goal.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: G. Kilkenny has improved his Season rating most, up +2.4 on last season, while B. Sarpong-Wiredu's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +7.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, G. Kilkenny of Swindon Town is the most valuable name in this group at 5.5.
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| Player | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K. DempseyDefensive midfielder |  Port Vale | 31 | 1 | 761.1% | 2832.5% |
| 2 | B. Sarpong-WireduDefensive midfielder |  Salford City | 26 | 1 | 1246.7% | 40±0% |
| 3 | G. KilkennyDefensive midfielder |  Swindon Town | 26 | 1 | 318.3% | 318.4% |
| 4 | T. ConlonDefensive midfielder |  Tranmere | 30 | 1 | 822.4% | 1815.5% |
| 5 | O. ClarkeDefensive midfielder | Swindon Town | 34 | 1 | 1258.9% | 10±0% |
| 6 | O. AshleyDefensive midfielder |  Rotherham | 26 | 1 | 1122.2% | 287.2% |
| 7 | C. MolaDefensive midfielder |  Bristol Rovers | 25 | 1 | 211.4% | 31±0% |
| 8 | Brandon Ashley CoverDefensive midfielder | Rotherham | 23 | 1 | 13274.3% | 382.1% |
| 9 | O. GallagherDefensive midfielder |  Barnet | 21 | 1 | 12 | 28 |
| 10 | K. DrummondDefensive midfielder |  Oldham | 25 | 1 | 1334.5% | 32±0% |
| 11 | Isaac MooreDefensive midfielder |  Walsall | 20 | 1 | 11 | 32 |
| 12 | M. HolíčekDefensive midfielder |  Crewe | 21 | 1 | 963.1% | 34±0% |