Defensive midfielders with the Best Potential in Allsvenskan

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

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At a glance

M. Karlsson of Hammarby FF is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Allsvenskan, with a Field Insider Rating of 41.8, and S. Andersen has been the form player this season, grading 43.2.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: D. Kruse has improved his Season rating most, up +33.8 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, D. Kruse of IFK Goteborg is the most valuable name in this group at 8.4.

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	Player	Team
1	M. Karlsson Defensive midfielder	Hammarby FF	22	3966.4%	427.2%
2	M. Siltanen Defensive midfielder	Djurgardens IF	19	37	42
3	D. Kruse Defensive midfielder	IFK Goteborg	24	41504.5%	3928.6%
4	M. Heier Defensive midfielder	Sirius	25	3411.6%	374.4%
5	S. Andersen Defensive midfielder	BK Hacken	22	4372.8%	3727.2%
6	Á. Csongvai Defensive midfielder	AIK Stockholm	25	40	36
7	K. Holmén Defensive midfielder	Gais	24	2712.7%	3615.7%
8	T. Ayari Defensive midfielder	AIK Stockholm	21	1688.4%	35±0%
9	K. Ackermann Defensive midfielder	IF Brommapojkarna	25	2436%	343.7%
10	M. Lindberg Defensive midfielder	Sirius	26	4380.2%	330.9%
11	S. Jansson Defensive midfielder	BK Hacken	20	72333.3%	326.3%
12	A. Boman Defensive midfielder	Halmstad	24	1210.5%	329.2%
13	N. Söderberg Defensive midfielder	Osters IF	24	1224.4%	3111%
14	M. Christensen Defensive midfielder	Osters IF	28	29	2423.5%
15	J. Magnússon Defensive midfielder	IF Elfsborg	28	2051.5%	2344%
16	A. Salétros Defensive midfielder	AIK Stockholm	30	389.4%	2225.1%
17	J. Gustavsson Defensive midfielder	Mjallby AIF	31	234.2%	2121.1%
18	D. Stensson Defensive midfielder	Djurgardens IF	29	827.2%	2027.7%
19	N. Girmai Netabay Defensive midfielder	Degerfors IF	31	38196.1%	185.2%
20	D. Beširović Defensive midfielder	AIK Stockholm	32	3275.4%	1712.6%
21	E. Lindell Defensive midfielder	Degerfors IF	30	1322.8%	1620.9%
22	O. Johansson Defensive midfielder	Hammarby FF	31	1172.8%	1545.1%
23	K. Antonsen Defensive midfielder	IFK Varnamo	31	1071.8%	1356.6%
24	S. Martinsson Ngouali Defensive midfielder	IF Brommapojkarna	34	22115.7%	1013%
25	R. Schüller Defensive midfielder	Djurgardens IF	35	20120.9%	94.2%