Top-Scoring defensive midfielders in Liga I 25/26
The top-scoring defensive midfielders in Liga I in 25/26, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
C. Petro of FC Botosani is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Liga I, with a Field Insider Rating of 34.9, and João Lameira has been the form player this season, grading 42.6, and I. Vînă leads the scoring with 7 goals.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: R. Odada has improved his Season rating most, up +16.9 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, João Lameira of Oţelul is the most valuable name in this group at 6.3.
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| Player | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I. VînăDefensive midfielder |  Farul Constanta | 31 | 7 | 38 | 19 |
| 2 | João LameiraDefensive midfielder | Oţelul | 27 | 4 | 4321200% | 3128.1% |
| 3 | A. CiobanuDefensive midfielder |  Oţelul | 28 | 4 | 25 | 25 |
| 4 | K. MuharDefensive midfielder |  CFR 1907 Cluj | 30 | 2 | 327.4% | 2050% |
| 5 | C. VulturarDefensive midfielder |  Rapid | 22 | 2 | 17 | 32 |
| 6 | R. OdadaDefensive midfielder |  Uta Arad | 25 | 2 | 20545.2% | 3121.6% |
| 7 | V. DicanDefensive midfielder | Farul Constanta | 25 | 2 | 25 | 32 |
| 8 | O. AradDefensive midfielder |  FCSB | 28 | 1 | 4 | 24 |
| 9 | João PauloDefensive midfielder | FCSB | 28 | 1 | 2047.1% | 2451.3% |
| 10 | E. PapaDefensive midfielder |  FC Botosani | 33 | 1 | 19 | 10 |
| 11 | A. FicăDefensive midfielder | CFR 1907 Cluj | 25 | 1 | 13 | 30 |
| 12 | D. CodreaDefensive midfielder |  Universitatea Cluj | 29 | 1 | 17 | 21 |
| 13 | S. VereșDefensive midfielder |  Csikszereda | 30 | 1 | 26 | 21 |
| 14 | C. PetroDefensive midfielder | FC Botosani | 25 | 1 | 31 | 35 |
| 15 | O. BicDefensive midfielder | Universitatea Cluj | 32 | 1 | 30 | 17 |