Top-Scoring defensive midfielders in Serie A 26/27
The top-scoring defensive midfielders in Serie A in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
E. Akinsanmiro of Monza is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Serie A, with a Field Insider Rating of 71.8, and M. de Roon has been the form player this season, grading 40, and S. Serdar leads the scoring with 2 goals.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Braunöder has improved his Season rating most, up +24.5 on last season, while E. Akinsanmiro's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +14.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, M. Kaba of Lecce is the most valuable name in this group at 44.8.
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| Player | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S. SerdarDefensive midfielder |  Hellas Verona | 29 | 2 | 2016.5% | 4226.7% |
| 2 | Pedro ObiangDefensive midfielder |  Monza | 34 | 2 | 3375.4% | 2115.2% |
| 3 | F. GrillitschDefensive midfielder | Frosinone | 31 | 1 | 19324.4% | 3130% |
| 4 | A. El AzzouziDefensive midfielder | Frosinone | 25 | 1 | 377.6% | 5819.2% |
| 5 | O. El AzzouziDefensive midfielder |  Bologna | 25 | 1 | 151.3% | 698% |
| 6 | M. de RoonDefensive midfielder |  Atalanta | 35 | 1 | 4032.5% | 2824.9% |
| 7 | CharlysDefensive midfielder | Hellas Verona | 22 | 1 | 3561.2% | 593.7% |