Best Defensive midfielders by Season Rating in Ligue 1
The best defensive midfielders in Ligue 1, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
Senny Mayulu of Paris Saint Germain is the standout for raw talent across midfielders in Ligue 1, with a Field Insider Rating of 86.9, and V. Rongier has been the form player this season, grading 57.9, and P. Šulc leads the scoring with 11 goals.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Sangaré has improved his Season rating most, up +50.4 on last season, while S. Ebonog's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +34.9 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, M. Sangaré of Lens is the most valuable name in this group at 55.8.
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