Top-Scoring defensive midfielders in Eredivisie

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

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At a glance

S. Ouaissa of NEC Nijmegen is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Eredivisie, with a Field Insider Rating of 82, and J. Veerman has been the form player this season, grading 80.7, and G. Zechiël leads the scoring with 9 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: G. Zechiël has improved his Season rating most, up +65.8 on last season, while M. Linday's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +32.9 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, G. Zechiël of Utrecht is the most valuable name in this group at 51.9.

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	Player	Team
1	G. Zechiël Defensive midfielder	Utrecht	22	9	711241.5%	8229.7%
2	J. Veerman Defensive midfielder	PSV Eindhoven	27	8	81185.2%	662.9%
3	B. Önal Defensive midfielder	NEC Nijmegen	22	7	56340.5%	7815.8%
4	J. Breum Defensive midfielder	GO Ahead Eagles	22	6	492.1%	745%
5	J. Hardeveld Defensive midfielder	Telstar	31	6	6922.7%	411%
6	S. Ouaissa Defensive midfielder	NEC Nijmegen	21	6	5462.2%	8212.9%
7	M. Meulensteen Defensive midfielder	GO Ahead Eagles	27	6	58124.4%	6111.3%
8	T. van den Belt Defensive midfielder	Twente	25	5	466.9%	714.4%
9	J. Kitolano Defensive midfielder	Sparta Rotterdam	25	5	52137%	717.1%
10	L. Brouwers Defensive midfielder	Heerenveen	28	5	4418.8%	5213.5%
11	D. Nejašmić Defensive midfielder	NEC Nijmegen	27	4	48	60
12	P. Brittijn Defensive midfielder	Fortuna Sittard	22	4	5390.3%	7224.9%
13	R. Zerrouki Defensive midfielder	Twente	28	4	51132.1%	581%
14	P. Wanner Defensive midfielder	PSV Eindhoven	20	3	3810.2%	783.5%
15	K. Sano Defensive midfielder	NEC Nijmegen	22	3	5955.3%	809.9%
16	K. Smit Defensive midfielder	AZ Alkmaar	20	3	44416.3%	7919.6%
17	T. de Jonge Defensive midfielder	Groningen	23	3	4376.2%	7214.9%
18	Z. Buurmeester Defensive midfielder	PEC Zwolle	24	2	3797.8%	661.4%
19	P. Koopmeiners Defensive midfielder	AZ Alkmaar	26	2	4132.2%	6217%
20	T. Noslin Defensive midfielder	Telstar	23	2	4628.2%	6915.5%
21	Jamiro Monteiro Defensive midfielder	PEC Zwolle	32	2	4935.2%	3117%
22	P. Clement Defensive midfielder	Sparta Rotterdam	30	2	3114.2%	3918.6%
23	J. van Overeem Defensive midfielder	Heerenveen	32	2	58141.8%	3725.5%
24	O. Targhalline Defensive midfielder	Feyenoord	24	2	53376.8%	7311.3%
25	J. Clasie Defensive midfielder	AZ Alkmaar	35	1	3011.4%	219.9%
26	G. Offerhaus Defensive midfielder	Telstar	25	1	4020.9%	6815.1%
27	K. Fitz-Jim Defensive midfielder	Ajax	23	1	1532.4%	6211%
28	R. Thomas Defensive midfielder	PEC Zwolle	31	1	43132.4%	356.7%
29	J. Schouten Defensive midfielder	PSV Eindhoven	29	1	45128.9%	515.2%
30	M. Linday Defensive midfielder	Heerenveen	23	1	4056.5%	6991.1%
31	S. Scheperman Defensive midfielder	Heracles	24	1	4841.4%	621%
32	A. Santos Defensive midfielder	Sparta Rotterdam	21	1	27	66