Top-Scoring defensive midfielders in Premiership 26/27
The top-scoring defensive midfielders in Premiership in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
P. Nsio of ST Mirren is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Premiership, with a Field Insider Rating of 50.3, and C. Allan has been the form player this season, grading 34.3, and M. Baur leads the scoring with 1 goal.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: A. Campbell has improved his Season rating most, up +15 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, L. Fadinger of Motherwell is the most valuable name in this group at 12.9.
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| Player | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M. BaurDefensive midfielder |  Celtic | 22 | 1 | 2552.2% | 4834.2% |
| 2 | A. MayorDefensive midfielder |  Hibernian | 21 | 1 | 25101.6% | 4633.3% |
| 3 | M. SyllaDefensive midfielder |  Livingston | 32 | 1 | 3116.2% | 1927.3% |
| 4 | C. AllanDefensive midfielder |  Falkirk | 22 | 1 | 34 | 48 |
| 5 | Ben BrannanDefensive midfielder |  Kilmarnock | 19 | 1 | 22 | 46 |
| 6 | L. FadingerDefensive midfielder |  Motherwell | 26 | 1 | 2924.8% | 419.1% |
| 7 | P. NsioDefensive midfielder |  ST Mirren | 20 | 1 | 32 | 5020.6% |