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Most In-Form defensive midfielders This Season in Bundesliga

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

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At a glance

J. Manzambi of SC Freiburg is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 90.3, and Álex Grimaldo has been the form player this season, grading 73.2, and M. Beier leads the scoring with 9 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Leweling has improved his Season rating most, up +49.8 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. Leweling of VfB Stuttgart is the most valuable name in this group at 65.1.

Best talent
J. Manzambi90.3RTG
SC Freiburg
In form
Álex Grimaldo73.2SsN
Bayer Leverkusen
Rising potential
D. Svensson+41.4RTG
Borussia Dortmund · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
J. Leweling+49.8SsN
VfB Stuttgart · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
M. Beier9goals
Borussia Dortmund
Most valuable
J. Leweling65.1val
VfB Stuttgart
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PlayerTeam
1Álex GrimaldoDefensive midfielderBayer Leverkusen3073149%5319.4%
2J. LewelingDefensive midfielderVfB Stuttgart2565319.2%8311.5%
3W. BurgerDefensive midfielder1899 Hoffenheim256386.4%8629.6%
4M. BeierDefensive midfielderBorussia Dortmund236017.3%894.7%
5J. ManzambiDefensive midfielderSC Freiburg2059512.5%9017%
6J. RyersonDefensive midfielderBorussia Dortmund2858132.3%6413.9%
7Aleix GarcíaDefensive midfielderBayer Leverkusen2956119.2%589.1%
8J. KimmichDefensive midfielderBayern München31525.9%4526.7%
9A. StillerDefensive midfielderVfB Stuttgart25515.7%813.3%
10F. RiederDefensive midfielderFC Augsburg2451265.7%8417.8%
11R. FellhauerDefensive midfielderFC Augsburg28488.9%61±0%
12J. FujitaDefensive midfielderFC St. Pauli24477.1%7521.8%
13L. GoretzkaDefensive midfielderBayern München314749.8%4311.6%
14J. SchöppnerDefensive midfielder1. FC Heidenheim274717.5%6416.1%
15F. NmechaDefensive midfielderBorussia Dortmund254727.3%847.6%
16M. MuheimDefensive midfielderHamburger SV2846±0%622.5%
17D. GiannoulisDefensive midfielderFC Augsburg304613%4625.3%
18M. EggesteinDefensive midfielderSC Freiburg294614%5716.9%
19A. Sambi LokongaDefensive midfielderHamburger SV2644159.1%686.4%
20Y. EngelhardtDefensive midfielderBorussia Mönchengladbach2544125.1%768%
21J. SandsDefensive midfielderFC St. Pauli264114.3%6751.6%
22H. MassengoDefensive midfielderFC Augsburg2540291.1%7511.9%
23N. RembergDefensive midfielderHamburger SV263926.5%730.7%
24D. SvenssonDefensive midfielderBorussia Dortmund2438174.1%82103.2%
25S. LynenDefensive midfielderWerder Bremen273614%6418.1%
26T. KraußDefensive midfielder1. FC Köln253546.1%686.3%
27M. SabitzerDefensive midfielderBorussia Dortmund323363.7%3614.4%
28K. JakićDefensive midfielderFC Augsburg293211.7%4920.8%
29José María Andrés BaixauliDefensive midfielderVfB Stuttgart2132779%
30A. PavlovićDefensive midfielderBayern München223157.6%801.6%
31M. SaliakasDefensive midfielderFC St. Pauli29318.4%4429.6%
32L. AvdullahuDefensive midfielder1899 Hoffenheim223086
33J. IrvineDefensive midfielderFC St. Pauli332939.6%2638.6%
34Í. Bergmann JóhannessonDefensive midfielder1. FC Köln232941.2%721.1%
35N. DorschDefensive midfielder1. FC Heidenheim2829175%5413%
36J. BellinghamDefensive midfielderBorussia Dortmund202837.3%826.2%
37A. PyrkaDefensive midfielderFC St. Pauli232842.5%75101.9%
38J. NiehuesDefensive midfielder1. FC Heidenheim25272900%6713.9%
39A. KemleinDefensive midfielderUnion Berlin2227120.8%779.6%
40W. MikelbrencisDefensive midfielderHamburger SV22263.2%7410.6%
41A. KarazorDefensive midfielderVfB Stuttgart292649%5026.4%
42E. PalaciosDefensive midfielderBayer Leverkusen27248.2%6214.5%
43Vinicius SouzaDefensive midfielderVfL Wolfsburg272332.4%5912.2%
44A. ZehnterDefensive midfielderVfL Wolfsburg212227.3%762%
45A. Castro-MontesDefensive midfielder1. FC Köln292222.5%426.7%
46B. JattaDefensive midfielderHamburger SV2822200%490.6%
47M. DahoudDefensive midfielderEintracht Frankfurt3021200%3822.7%
48E. FernándezDefensive midfielderBayer Leverkusen242049.5%7018.7%
49L. OppieDefensive midfielderFC St. Pauli241822.2%6744.8%
50M. WolfDefensive midfielderFC Augsburg311847.6%3139.7%