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Most In-Form defensive midfielders This Season in League One

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

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At a glance

B. Mumba of Plymouth is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in League One, with a Field Insider Rating of 52.2, and L. Wing has been the form player this season, grading 67.7.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: K. Lofthouse has improved his Season rating most, up +36.2 on last season, while B. Khela's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +17.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, K. Lofthouse of Burton Albion is the most valuable name in this group at 17.3.

Best talent
B. Mumba52.2RTG
Plymouth
In form
L. Wing67.7SsN
Reading
Rising potential
B. Khela+17.1RTG
Peterborough · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
K. Lofthouse+36.2SsN
Burton Albion · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
L. Wing11goals
Reading
Most valuable
K. Lofthouse17.3val
Burton Albion
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PlayerTeam
1L. WingDefensive midfielderReading316816.7%3022.3%
2O. NorwoodDefensive midfielderStockport County356464.3%213.5%
3F. MurrayDefensive midfielderWigan275251.9%447.6%
4K. LofthouseDefensive midfielderBurton Albion2546354.9%5224%
5R. LedsonDefensive midfielderHuddersfield2846202%3922.7%
6J. NeufvilleDefensive midfielderBradford2645104.5%4731.2%
7C. McGrandlesDefensive midfielderLincoln3045102.3%345.3%
8A. CollinsDefensive midfielderPeterborough264439.8%46±0%
9L. ConnellDefensive midfielderBarnsley254126.2%463.6%
10J. BrownDefensive midfielderBlackpool253826.7%491%
11L. ReedDefensive midfielderMansfield Town293626%3216.3%
12B. OsbornDefensive midfielderStockport County3236136.8%2729%
13A. SmithDefensive midfielderAFC Wimbledon27366.8%409.5%
14R. WintleDefensive midfielderCardiff2935254%3524.2%
15A. RobertsonDefensive midfielderCardiff23347.4%5125.1%
16O. BaileyDefensive midfielderStockport County2634264.5%476.1%
17L. WalshDefensive midfielderLuton2834164.6%3629%
18B. MumbaDefensive midfielderPlymouth243396.4%5221.4%
19J. SheehanDefensive midfielderBolton31322.9%2621.2%
20I. TourayDefensive midfielderBradford313116%2818.1%
21M. PowerDefensive midfielderBradford33311230.4%2365.4%
22L. SørensenDefensive midfielderHuddersfield263068.9%453.3%
23A. MorleyDefensive midfielderWycombe262979.3%436.9%
24G. EvansDefensive midfielderBurton Albion3129243%
25B. KhelaDefensive midfielderPeterborough2129181.6%5052%
26T. BaylissDefensive midfielderLincoln27293.6%4012.2%
27C. WebsterDefensive midfielderBurton Albion22282.2%481.3%
28J. ColwillDefensive midfielderCardiff212848.7%5047.9%
29T. TaylorDefensive midfielderNorthampton252789.5%442.1%
30T. BakinsonDefensive midfielderLeyton Orient2727525.6%369.8%
31J. ArmerDefensive midfielderBurton Albion25261.9%445.2%
32Daniel GoreDefensive midfielderRotherham21261322.2%4610%
33Armando QuitirnaDefensive midfielderWycombe262613.8%408.5%
34M. SmithDefensive midfielderWigan252642.5%441.2%
35J. WeirDefensive midfielderWigan2425114.5%463.1%
36Jonathan BlandDefensive midfielderBarnsley202448
37D. TurnbullDefensive midfielderCardiff2723158.9%3828.9%
38O. MoxonDefensive midfielderStockport County2823219.4%347.6%
39E. ErhahonDefensive midfielderBolton25210.5%452.8%
40Vimal YoganathanDefensive midfielderBarnsley20212871.4%4614.1%
41D. PhillipsDefensive midfielderStevenage25215.1%445.4%
42Kyle James McAdamDefensive midfielderNorthampton212044
43T. AllenDefensive midfielderWycombe261937.2%414.1%
44J. McKiernanDefensive midfielderBurton Albion24199.3%421.4%
45J. Doyle-HayesDefensive midfielderExeter City2718345.2%
46K. SpenceDefensive midfielderRotherham251841.9%4022.2%
47A. AbdulaiDefensive midfielderLeyton Orient231852.9%428.1%
48K. ChaukeDefensive midfielderBurton Albion231822.6%47±0%
49X. SimonsDefensive midfielderBolton231812.4%4625.7%
50I. VarfolomeevDefensive midfielderLincoln22184741.8%