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Defensive midfielders with the Best Potential in Serie B

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

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At a glance

C. Favasuli of Catanzaro is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Serie B, with a Field Insider Rating of 72.4, and Paulo Azzi has been the form player this season, grading 52.4, and N. Mosti leads the scoring with 8 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Pessina has improved his Season rating most, up +38.6 on last season, while C. Favasuli'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, F. Ranocchia of Palermo is the most valuable name in this group at 31.8.

Best talent
C. Favasuli72.4RTG
Catanzaro
In form
Paulo Azzi52.4SsN
Monza
Rising potential
C. Favasuli+10.2RTG
Catanzaro · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
M. Pessina+38.6SsN
Monza · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
N. Mosti8goals
Juve Stabia
Most valuable
F. Ranocchia31.8val
Palermo
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PlayerTeam
1C. FavasuliDefensive midfielderCatanzaro2248129.3%7216.4%
2S. TrimboliDefensive midfielderMantova244457%6911.1%
3A. CacciamaniDefensive midfielderJuve Stabia1926671.7%
4F. RanocchiaDefensive midfielderPalermo254866.2%676.7%
5L. ColomboDefensive midfielderMonza211964
6Fabio RispoliDefensive midfielderCatanzaro19157600%6414.9%
7A. BakouneDefensive midfielderMonza201663
8M. BesaggioDefensive midfielderAvellino243185.7%639.5%
9R. KoudaDefensive midfielderMantova243468.2%631%
10G. LeoneDefensive midfielderJuve Stabia253397.6%633.8%
11O. CorreiaDefensive midfielderJuve Stabia264062
12F. ArtioliDefensive midfielderMantova2523418.2%6117.4%
13J. HarderDefensive midfielderPadova202061
14G. AlesiDefensive midfielderCatanzaro22156113.8%
15M. FrancesconiDefensive midfielderCesena2223172.3%611.5%
16Gerard YepesDefensive midfielderEmpoli232797.1%603.8%
17A. SersantiDefensive midfielderModena241848.6%5811%
18J. MartiniDefensive midfielderSudtirol2116168.9%583.6%
19M. BraunöderDefensive midfielderBari2427907.4%5812.6%
20T. MaggioniDefensive midfielderMantova24126.9%583.7%
21S. BirindelliDefensive midfielderMonza2740550%5713.7%
22D. WieserDefensive midfielderMantova241664.9%572.5%
23C. PierobonDefensive midfielderJuve Stabia241652.7%5716.4%
24G. OlzerDefensive midfielderPescara2535132.2%573.9%
25T. ReinhartDefensive midfielderReggiana263426.1%563.8%
26Tomás EstevesDefensive midfielderBari241143.7%5513.9%
27L. BelardinelliDefensive midfielderReggiana257143.3%554.2%
28K. BozhanajDefensive midfielderCarrarese251030.1%5211.2%
29N. MostiDefensive midfielderJuve Stabia2847143.2%518.1%
30M. PompettiDefensive midfielderCatanzaro26873.6%5021.5%
31M. RicciardiDefensive midfielderJuve Stabia26750.7%4914.4%
32F. CaligaraDefensive midfielderPescara2624548.6%499.1%
33M. PessinaDefensive midfielderMonza2945567.6%483.6%
34S. PontissoDefensive midfielderCatanzaro2945106.4%483.6%
35M. BertagnoliDefensive midfielderReggiana273140.5%4713.4%
36M. SalaDefensive midfielderAvellino2716139.7%4724.6%
37J. SegreDefensive midfielderPalermo294236.3%469.7%
38K. PiscopoDefensive midfielderBari283141.5%4615.5%
39L. CarissoniDefensive midfielderJuve Stabia29457.2%468.7%
40G. MaggioreDefensive midfielderBari282738%4318.9%
41M. VerrethDefensive midfielderBari282734.2%4227.9%
42E. AdamoDefensive midfielderSpezia281922.6%4025.6%
43T. AugelloDefensive midfielderPalermo313230.1%3831.3%
44L. PalmieroDefensive midfielderAvellino30284.9%3831.9%
45L. ValzaniaDefensive midfielderPescara3034145.7%3614%
46Paulo AzziDefensive midfielderMonza3252163.3%351.4%
47D. SounasDefensive midfielderAvellino314132.7%3430.4%
48A. BlinDefensive midfielderPalermo29566.4%3427.6%
49S. BastoniDefensive midfielderCesena291447.8%3433.4%
50J. PetriccioneDefensive midfielderCatanzaro313016%3224.6%