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Most In-Form defensive midfielders This Season

The most in-form defensive midfielders, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

N. Sadiki of Sunderland is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 95.1, and J. Veerman has been the form player this season, grading 80.7, and L. Haraslín leads the scoring with 13 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: G. Zechiël has improved his Season rating most, up +65.8 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. Garner of Everton is the most valuable name in this group at 131.4.

Best talent
N. Sadiki95.1RTG
Sunderland
In form
J. Veerman80.7SsN
PSV Eindhoven
Rising potential
D. Svensson+41.4RTG
Borussia Dortmund · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
G. Zechiël+65.8SsN
Utrecht · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
L. Haraslín13goals
Sparta Praha
Most valuable
J. Garner131.4val
Everton
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PlayerTeam
1J. VeermanDefensive midfielderPSV Eindhoven2781185.2%662.9%
2CasemiroDefensive midfielderManchester United3477174.5%348.7%
3Bruno GuimarãesDefensive midfielderNewcastle287618.3%7121%
4C. TolissoDefensive midfielderLyon327679.8%4323.1%
5Álex GrimaldoDefensive midfielderBayer Leverkusen3073149%5319.4%
6G. ZechiëlDefensive midfielderUtrecht22711241.5%8229.7%
7A. ThomassonDefensive midfielderLens327112.9%4314.1%
8L. CurdaDefensive midfielderSC Paderborn 072470211.5%7322%
9J. HardeveldDefensive midfielderTelstar316922.7%411%
10S. InagakiDefensive midfielderNagoya Grampus346827.5%2315.8%
11L. WingDefensive midfielderReading316816.7%3022.3%
12L. CamaraDefensive midfielderMonaco2266107.2%884.5%
13J. GarnerDefensive midfielderEverton2566195.9%9016.2%
14S. McTominayDefensive midfielderNapoli296619.9%6119.4%
15J. LewelingDefensive midfielderVfB Stuttgart2565319.2%8311.5%
16Samú CostaDefensive midfielderMallorca256565.6%811.9%
17O. NorwoodDefensive midfielderStockport County356464.3%213.5%
18J. LarssonDefensive midfielderFC Copenhagen2963112.4%339.3%
19W. BurgerDefensive midfielder1899 Hoffenheim256386.4%8629.6%
20M. SangaréDefensive midfielderLens2463798.6%8870.6%
21PedriDefensive midfielderBarcelona236317.2%908.4%
22A. BoakyeDefensive midfielderSaint Etienne2562376.2%695.5%
23D. MuñozDefensive midfielderCrystal Palace30623.5%5623.1%
24R. GravenberchDefensive midfielderLiverpool246228.9%945.9%
25M. CaicedoDefensive midfielderChelsea246021.1%887.9%
26M. BeierDefensive midfielderBorussia Dortmund236017.3%894.7%
27João PalhinhaDefensive midfielderTottenham3159785.1%431.7%
28J. BenetDefensive midfielderGrenoble315911.1%3420.9%
29V. MüllerDefensive midfielderWSG Wattens275942
30J. ManzambiDefensive midfielderSC Freiburg2059512.5%9017%
31S. BerhalterDefensive midfielderVancouver Whitecaps2559109.6%4913.5%
32K. SanoDefensive midfielderNEC Nijmegen225955.3%809.9%
33Wu XiDefensive midfielderShanghai Shenhua375911
34A. DønnumDefensive midfielderToulouse285923.7%666.4%
35J. RyersonDefensive midfielderBorussia Dortmund2858132.3%6413.9%
36M. MeulensteenDefensive midfielderGO Ahead Eagles2758124.4%6111.3%
37J. van OvereemDefensive midfielderHeerenveen3258141.8%3725.5%
38Luís EstevesDefensive midfielderGIL Vicente285887.9%544.8%
39I. ZhelizkoDefensive midfielderLechia Gdansk2557122.8%4010.3%
40C. CásseresDefensive midfielderToulouse26566.8%755%
41I. GueyeDefensive midfielderEverton36564.7%334%
42R. NdiayeDefensive midfielderLe Havre2456197.9%8224.2%
43Aleix GarcíaDefensive midfielderBayer Leverkusen2956119.2%589.1%
44P. Lees-MelouDefensive midfielderParis FC335671.9%348.6%
45N. RaskinDefensive midfielderRangers255656.2%530.7%
46R. YamamotoDefensive midfielderSt. Truiden2456331%6425.5%
47B. ÖnalDefensive midfielderNEC Nijmegen2256340.5%7815.8%
48P. HøjbjergDefensive midfielderMarseille31555.1%4824.7%
49L. BertoneDefensive midfielderFC Thun3255243.1%2438.8%
50W. McKennieDefensive midfielderJuventus275550.5%757.1%