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Top-Scoring defensive midfielders in Bundesliga

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

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At a glance

J. Manzambi of SC Freiburg is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 90.3, and Álex Grimaldo has been the form player this season, grading 73.2, and M. Beier leads the scoring with 9 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Leweling has improved his Season rating most, up +49.8 on last season, while D. Svensson's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +41.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, J. Leweling of VfB Stuttgart is the most valuable name in this group at 65.1.

Best talent
J. Manzambi90.3RTG
SC Freiburg
In form
Álex Grimaldo73.2SsN
Bayer Leverkusen
Rising potential
D. Svensson+41.4RTG
Borussia Dortmund · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
J. Leweling+49.8SsN
VfB Stuttgart · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
M. Beier9goals
Borussia Dortmund
Most valuable
J. Leweling65.1val
VfB Stuttgart
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PlayerTeam
1M. BeierDefensive midfielderBorussia Dortmund2396017.3%894.7%
2Álex GrimaldoDefensive midfielderBayer Leverkusen30873149%5319.4%
3J. LewelingDefensive midfielderVfB Stuttgart25765319.2%8311.5%
4F. RiederDefensive midfielderFC Augsburg24651265.7%8417.8%
5J. ManzambiDefensive midfielderSC Freiburg20559512.5%9017%
6A. Sambi LokongaDefensive midfielderHamburger SV26544159.1%686.4%
7L. GoretzkaDefensive midfielderBayern München3154749.8%4311.6%
8W. BurgerDefensive midfielder1899 Hoffenheim2546386.4%8629.6%
9José María Andrés BaixauliDefensive midfielderVfB Stuttgart21332779%
10J. NiehuesDefensive midfielder1. FC Heidenheim253272900%6713.9%
11J. SchöppnerDefensive midfielder1. FC Heidenheim2734717.5%6416.1%
12R. FellhauerDefensive midfielderFC Augsburg283488.9%61±0%
13M. EggesteinDefensive midfielderSC Freiburg2934614%5716.9%
14Aleix GarcíaDefensive midfielderBayer Leverkusen29356119.2%589.1%
15A. PavlovićDefensive midfielderBayern München2233157.6%801.6%
16Y. EngelhardtDefensive midfielderBorussia Mönchengladbach25244125.1%768%
17M. DahoudDefensive midfielderEintracht Frankfurt30221200%3822.7%
18A. StillerDefensive midfielderVfB Stuttgart252515.7%813.3%
19D. SvenssonDefensive midfielderBorussia Dortmund24238174.1%82103.2%
20F. NmechaDefensive midfielderBorussia Dortmund2524727.3%847.6%
21A. ZehnterDefensive midfielderVfL Wolfsburg2122227.3%762%
22K. JakićDefensive midfielderFC Augsburg2923211.7%4920.8%
23D. GiannoulisDefensive midfielderFC Augsburg3024613%4625.3%
24H. MassengoDefensive midfielderFC Augsburg25240291.1%7511.9%
25J. KimmichDefensive midfielderBayern München312525.9%4526.7%
26A. Castro-MontesDefensive midfielder1. FC Köln2912222.5%426.7%
27A. GrønbækDefensive midfielderHamburger SV2512414%6751%
28M. CulbreathDefensive midfielderBayer Leverkusen1811476
29Fabio Amadu Uri BaldéDefensive midfielderHamburger SV211123.4%7215.9%
30Lucas VázquezDefensive midfielderBayer Leverkusen3512153.7%1845.1%
31M. SabitzerDefensive midfielderBorussia Dortmund3213363.7%3614.4%
32L. OppieDefensive midfielderFC St. Pauli2411822.2%6744.8%
33J. FujitaDefensive midfielderFC St. Pauli241477.1%7521.8%
34J. SandsDefensive midfielderFC St. Pauli2614114.3%6751.6%
35M. SaliakasDefensive midfielderFC St. Pauli291318.4%4429.6%
36Í. Bergmann JóhannessonDefensive midfielder1. FC Köln2312941.2%721.1%
37A. BeckDefensive midfielder1. FC Heidenheim2911649.7%3933%
38M. WolfDefensive midfielderFC Augsburg3111847.6%3139.7%
39B. JattaDefensive midfielderHamburger SV28122200%490.6%