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Defensive midfielders with the Best Potential in Serie A

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

Best goalkeepers in Serie ABest defenders in Serie ABest midfielders in Serie ABest attackers in Serie AMost in-form defensive midfielders in Serie ATop-scoring defensive midfielders in Serie A

At a glance

L. da Cunha of Como is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Serie A, with a Field Insider Rating of 87.9, and S. McTominay has been the form player this season, grading 65.6.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: R. Malinovskyi has improved his Season rating most, up +42.6 on last season, while E. İlkhan's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +26.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, W. McKennie of Juventus is the most valuable name in this group at 56.6.

Best talent
L. da Cunha87.9RTG
Como
In form
S. McTominay65.6SsN
Napoli
Rising potential
E. İlkhan+26.6RTG
Torino · 23/24→25/26
Most improved
R. Malinovskyi+42.6SsN
Genoa · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
S. McTominay10goals
Napoli
Most valuable
W. McKennie56.6val
Juventus
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PlayerTeam
1L. da CunhaDefensive midfielderComo255441.9%8810.8%
2M. PerroneDefensive midfielderComo234881.4%889.2%
3M. KonéDefensive midfielderAS Roma254741.7%875.7%
4A. AttaDefensive midfielderUdinese2350277.9%8618.1%
5K. ThuramDefensive midfielderJuventus25453.4%853%
6N. PisilliDefensive midfielderAS Roma213040.7%844.2%
7N. ZalewskiDefensive midfielderAtalanta2435120.9%795.5%
8C. CasadeiDefensive midfielderTorino2337170.8%7910.5%
9A. CambiasoDefensive midfielderJuventus26497.2%785.5%
10M. EllertssonDefensive midfielderGenoa24305.4%783.5%
11M. FrendrupDefensive midfielderGenoa254113.9%785.2%
12M. PratiDefensive midfielderCagliari2230540.4%7714.1%
13L. MillerDefensive midfielderUdinese191667.1%7746.6%
14D. RenschDefensive midfielderAS Roma232714.6%7715%
15G. GineitisDefensive midfielderTorino22259.9%763.1%
16W. McKennieDefensive midfielderJuventus275550.5%757.1%
17Miguel GutiérrezDefensive midfielderNapoli2524±0%759.5%
18N. El AynaouiDefensive midfielderAS Roma252431.4%734.6%
19E. İlkhanDefensive midfielderTorino222048.9%7357.2%
20O. NgomDefensive midfielderLecce221728.9%7319.4%
21A. JashariDefensive midfielderAC Milan241266.8%7222.3%
22Y. MusahDefensive midfielderAtalanta23947.2%7110.5%
23C. OrdoñezDefensive midfielderParma221657.5%7110.8%
24H. NicolussiDefensive midfielderParma263448.6%7014.5%
25M. PedersenDefensive midfielderTorino262572%683.6%
26P. MasiniDefensive midfielderGenoa252510%676.8%
27R. BellanovaDefensive midfielderAtalanta261766.3%6723.4%
28ÉdersonDefensive midfielderAtalanta274012.1%6622.8%
29D. BradarićDefensive midfielderHellas Verona26197.7%6511.4%
30D. OyegokeDefensive midfielderHellas Verona23850.6%6545.8%
31J. ZemuraDefensive midfielderUdinese26206.9%6511.8%
32E. HolmDefensive midfielderBologna263158.1%647.5%
33M. LocatelliDefensive midfielderJuventus285012.8%6415.3%
34A. BernedeDefensive midfielderHellas Verona2740304.1%623.3%
35S. McTominayDefensive midfielderNapoli296619.9%6119.4%
36C. NiasseDefensive midfielderHellas Verona261574.1%5811.5%
37Z. ÇelikDefensive midfielderAS Roma293923.2%5712.1%
38T. KoopmeinersDefensive midfielderJuventus281557.7%5626.2%
39M. MarinDefensive midfielderPisa271845%5513.3%
40N. MoroDefensive midfielderBologna28214.5%5416.2%
41I. TouréDefensive midfielderPisa282639.4%5413.5%
42Aarón MartínDefensive midfielderGenoa293715.9%5128.7%
43Y. RamadaniDefensive midfielderLecce303938.4%495.4%
44S. SerdarDefensive midfielderHellas Verona293858.6%4915.5%
45B. CristanteDefensive midfielderAS Roma31411.5%4711.4%
46S. LobotkaDefensive midfielderNapoli312910%4618.6%
47V. LazaroDefensive midfielderTorino302815.8%4426.2%
48M. PašalićDefensive midfielderAtalanta3136±0%4125%
49M. PolitanoDefensive midfielderNapoli333523.1%3923.8%
50K. EhizibueDefensive midfielderUdinese312524.9%3729.2%