Top-Scoring defensive midfielders in Premier League
The top-scoring defensive midfielders in Premier League, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
A. Karpukas of Lokomotiv is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 34.5, and K. Pechenin has been the form player this season, grading 36.4, and Fernando Costanza leads the scoring with 3 goals.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: V. Saus has improved his Season rating most, up +25.1 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, N. Umyarov of Spartak Moscow is the most valuable name in this group at 5.9.
13 players · ranked by top scorersCustomise →
| Player | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fernando CostanzaDefensive midfielder |  Krylia Sovetov | 27 | 3 | 3610.2% | 2811.2% |
| 2 | Douglas AugustoDefensive midfielder |  FC Krasnodar | 29 | 2 | 3043.6% | 2265.1% |
| 3 | H. MrezigueDefensive midfielder |  Dinamo Makhachkala | 26 | 2 | 3424.3% | 307.8% |
| 4 | M. BeveevDefensive midfielder |  Baltika | 30 | 2 | 36117.6% | 217.1% |
| 5 | M. MukhinDefensive midfielder |  FC Sochi | 24 | 2 | 2140.4% | 299.3% |
| 6 | Manuel KelianoDefensive midfielder |  Akhmat | 23 | 1 | 2223.3% | 3143% |
| 7 | K. KuchaevDefensive midfielder |  FC Rostov | 28 | 1 | 2159.4% | 2312.1% |
| 8 | Douglas SantosDefensive midfielder |  Zenit | 32 | 1 | 2463.6% | 1632.3% |
| 9 | Kevin PinaDefensive midfielder | FC Krasnodar | 29 | 1 | 1654.9% | 2032.2% |
| 10 | A. KarpukasDefensive midfielder |  Lokomotiv | 24 | 1 | 3335.8% | 353% |
| 11 | S. BabkinDefensive midfielder | Krylia Sovetov | 23 | 1 | 2715.1% | 325% |
| 12 | K. PecheninDefensive midfielder | Krylia Sovetov | 29 | 1 | 36118% | 245.6% |
| 13 | V. SausDefensive midfielder | Baltika | 23 | 1 | 25 | 3418.2% |