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Defensive midfielders with the Best Potential in Bundesliga

The highest-potential defensive midfielders in Bundesliga, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

J. Manzambi of SC Freiburg is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 90.3, and Álex Grimaldo has been the form player this season, grading 73.2, and M. Beier leads the scoring with 9 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Leweling has improved his Season rating most, up +49.8 on last season, while D. Svensson's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +41.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, J. Leweling of VfB Stuttgart is the most valuable name in this group at 65.1.

Best talent
J. Manzambi90.3RTG
SC Freiburg
In form
Álex Grimaldo73.2SsN
Bayer Leverkusen
Rising potential
D. Svensson+41.4RTG
Borussia Dortmund · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
J. Leweling+49.8SsN
VfB Stuttgart · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
M. Beier9goals
Borussia Dortmund
Most valuable
J. Leweling65.1val
VfB Stuttgart
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PlayerTeam
1J. ManzambiDefensive midfielderSC Freiburg2059512.5%9017%
2M. BeierDefensive midfielderBorussia Dortmund236017.3%894.7%
3L. AvdullahuDefensive midfielder1899 Hoffenheim223086
4W. BurgerDefensive midfielder1899 Hoffenheim256386.4%8629.6%
5F. RiederDefensive midfielderFC Augsburg2451265.7%8417.8%
6F. NmechaDefensive midfielderBorussia Dortmund254727.3%847.6%
7J. LewelingDefensive midfielderVfB Stuttgart2565319.2%8311.5%
8J. BellinghamDefensive midfielderBorussia Dortmund202837.3%826.2%
9D. SvenssonDefensive midfielderBorussia Dortmund2438174.1%82103.2%
10A. StillerDefensive midfielderVfB Stuttgart25515.7%813.3%
11A. PavlovićDefensive midfielderBayern München223157.6%801.6%
12José María Andrés BaixauliDefensive midfielderVfB Stuttgart2132779%
13A. KemleinDefensive midfielderUnion Berlin2227120.8%779.6%
14A. ZehnterDefensive midfielderVfL Wolfsburg212227.3%762%
15M. CulbreathDefensive midfielderBayer Leverkusen181476
16Y. EngelhardtDefensive midfielderBorussia Mönchengladbach2544125.1%768%
17H. MassengoDefensive midfielderFC Augsburg2540291.1%7511.9%
18A. PyrkaDefensive midfielderFC St. Pauli232842.5%75101.9%
19J. FujitaDefensive midfielderFC St. Pauli24477.1%7521.8%
20W. MikelbrencisDefensive midfielderHamburger SV22263.2%7410.6%
21N. RembergDefensive midfielderHamburger SV263926.5%730.7%
22Í. Bergmann JóhannessonDefensive midfielder1. FC Köln232941.2%721.1%
23E. FernándezDefensive midfielderBayer Leverkusen242049.5%7018.7%
24A. Sambi LokongaDefensive midfielderHamburger SV2644159.1%686.4%
25T. KraußDefensive midfielder1. FC Köln253546.1%686.3%
26J. SandsDefensive midfielderFC St. Pauli264114.3%6751.6%
27L. OppieDefensive midfielderFC St. Pauli241822.2%6744.8%
28J. NiehuesDefensive midfielder1. FC Heidenheim25272900%6713.9%
29J. SchöppnerDefensive midfielder1. FC Heidenheim274717.5%6416.1%
30S. LynenDefensive midfielderWerder Bremen273614%6418.1%
31J. RyersonDefensive midfielderBorussia Dortmund2858132.3%6413.9%
32M. MuheimDefensive midfielderHamburger SV2846±0%622.5%
33E. PalaciosDefensive midfielderBayer Leverkusen27248.2%6214.5%
34L. AssignonDefensive midfielderVfB Stuttgart261172%6123.8%
35R. FellhauerDefensive midfielderFC Augsburg28488.9%61±0%
36Vinicius SouzaDefensive midfielderVfL Wolfsburg272332.4%5912.2%
37Aleix GarcíaDefensive midfielderBayer Leverkusen2956119.2%589.1%
38M. EggesteinDefensive midfielderSC Freiburg294614%5716.9%
39N. DorschDefensive midfielder1. FC Heidenheim2829175%5413%
40Álex GrimaldoDefensive midfielderBayer Leverkusen3073149%5319.4%
41A. KarazorDefensive midfielderVfB Stuttgart292649%5026.4%
42K. JakićDefensive midfielderFC Augsburg293211.7%4920.8%
43B. JattaDefensive midfielderHamburger SV2822200%490.6%
44D. GiannoulisDefensive midfielderFC Augsburg304613%4625.3%
45L. RitzkaDefensive midfielderFC St. Pauli281441%4522.3%
46J. KimmichDefensive midfielderBayern München31525.9%4526.7%
47M. SaliakasDefensive midfielderFC St. Pauli29318.4%4429.6%
48L. GoretzkaDefensive midfielderBayern München314749.8%4311.6%
49A. Castro-MontesDefensive midfielder1. FC Köln292222.5%426.7%
50A. BeckDefensive midfielder1. FC Heidenheim291649.7%3933%