Best Defensive midfielders by Season Rating in Major League Soccer

The best defensive midfielders in Major League Soccer, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

D. Luna of Real Salt Lake is the standout for raw talent across midfielders in Major League Soccer, with a Field Insider Rating of 47.4, and Evander has been the form player this season, grading 68.8, and T. Baribo leads the scoring with 18 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: P. Zinckernagel has improved his Season rating most, up +44.9 on last season, while O. Valakari's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +10.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Arfsten of Columbus Crew is the most valuable name in this group at 14.4.

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