Most In-Form midfielders This Season in 2. Bundesliga

The most in-form midfielders in 2. Bundesliga, ranked on Field Insider.

Most in-form goalkeepers in 2. Bundesliga Most in-form defenders in 2. Bundesliga Most in-form attackers in 2. Bundesliga Best midfielders in 2. Bundesliga Top-scoring midfielders in 2. Bundesliga Most valuable midfielders in 2. Bundesliga

At a glance

M. Baur of SC Paderborn 07 is the standout for raw talent across midfielders in 2. Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 74.2, and M. Wanitzek has been the form player this season, grading 72.7.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: L. Curda has improved his Season rating most, up +47.8 on last season, while N. Aséko Nkili's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +35.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, L. Curda of SC Paderborn 07 is the most valuable name in this group at 44.8.

N. Aséko Nkili+35.4RTG

Hannover 96 · 24/25→25/26

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L. Curda+47.8SsN

SC Paderborn 07 · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	M. Wanitzek Attacking midfielder	Karlsruher SC	33	622.7%	3124%
2	L. Petkov Winger	SV Elversberg	25	60119.5%	715.9%
3	F. Hornby Attacking midfielder	SV Darmstadt 98	26	5418%	612.9%
4	S. El-Faouzi Central midfielder	FC Schalke 04	24	5369.8%	7257.5%
5	M. Baur Central midfielder	SC Paderborn 07	22	53542.7%	7367.9%
6	E. Leopold Central midfielder	Hannover 96	26	51±0%	644.8%
7	J. Justvan Attacking midfielder	1. FC Nürnberg	28	4817.2%	5315.6%
8	J. Hendrix Central midfielder	Preußen Münster	31	474.7%	3323.4%
9	Berkay Yilmaz Central midfielder	1. FC Nürnberg	21	47168.8%	7116.3%
10	N. Aséko Nkili Central midfielder	Hannover 96	20	461917.4%	7293.8%
11	L. Curda Attacking midfielder	SC Paderborn 07	24	46104.9%	7220.3%
12	R. Obermair Central midfielder	SC Paderborn 07	30	4616%	4026.8%
13	S. Şahin Central midfielder	1. FC Kaiserslautern	26	4683.7%	615.3%
14	M. Corboz Central midfielder	Arminia Bielefeld	31	4587.6%	3624.2%
15	F. Klaus Attacking midfielder	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	33	4543%	2521%
16	M. Wittek Central midfielder	VfL Bochum	30	4563.2%	3931.9%
17	M. Cuisance Central midfielder	Hertha BSC	26	454.2%	628.2%
18	L. Ulrich Central midfielder	1. FC Magdeburg	21	45118.6%	6445.5%
19	Max Marie Defensive midfielder	Eintracht Braunschweig	21	43547%	6521.2%
20	N. Skyttä Attacking midfielder	1. FC Kaiserslautern	24	4215.6%	682.4%
21	T. Zimmerschied Attacking midfielder	SV Elversberg	27	4244.3%	604.2%
22	F. Muslija Central midfielder	Fortuna Düsseldorf	28	422518.7%	4714.6%
23	A. Nollenberger Central midfielder	1. FC Magdeburg	29	4154.7%	4119.3%
24	Rafael Lubach Central midfielder	1. FC Nürnberg	21	41104.5%	6711.4%
25	P. Joly Central midfielder	1. FC Kaiserslautern	26	4047.8%	5713.6%
26	M. Neubauer Central midfielder	Hannover 96	30	4018.4%	4027.1%
27	Ł. Poręba Central midfielder	SV Elversberg	26	38231.9%	618%
28	A. El Azzouzi Defensive midfielder	Fortuna Düsseldorf	25	368.3%	5819.2%
29	F. Becker Central midfielder	1. FC Nürnberg	26	36241.5%	607.3%
30	Francis-Ikechukwu Onyeka Attacking midfielder	VfL Bochum	19	35	67
31	N. Hauptmann Attacking midfielder	Dynamo Dresden	30	358.7%	396%
32	S. Russo Central midfielder	Arminia Bielefeld	26	3540.5%	5424.2%
33	M. Richter Attacking midfielder	SV Darmstadt 98	28	3468.3%	489.4%
34	R. Schallenberg Defensive midfielder	FC Schalke 04	27	3431.4%	573.7%
35	R. Heußer Central midfielder	Eintracht Braunschweig	28	33167.2%	4312.5%
36	Kofi Jeremy Amoako Defensive midfielder	Dynamo Dresden	21	32289.2%	6357%
37	A. Marhiev Defensive midfielder	1. FC Nürnberg	24	32	61
38	K. Oudenne Central midfielder	Hannover 96	24	32193.5%	6263.9%
39	Cajetan Benjamin Lenz Central midfielder	VfL Bochum	20	32	64
40	K. Davidsen Central midfielder	Holstein Kiel	21	3233.2%	6242.2%
41	K. Klefisch Central midfielder	SV Darmstadt 98	26	314.3%	582.8%
42	J. Tolkin Central midfielder	Holstein Kiel	24	3010.6%	5928.7%
43	B. Conté Attacking midfielder	SV Elversberg	23	3061.3%	6711.4%
44	J. Dehm Central midfielder	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	30	3079.9%	3413.8%
45	S. Appelkamp Central midfielder	Fortuna Düsseldorf	25	2922.1%	568.8%
46	F. Kunze Defensive midfielder	1. FC Kaiserslautern	28	2923%	4910.7%
47	L. Marseiler Central midfielder	SV Darmstadt 98	29	2925%	4017.7%
48	J. Lemmer Attacking midfielder	Dynamo Dresden	26	2928.6%	5521.5%
49	M. Pannewig Defensive midfielder	VfL Bochum	21	28806.5%	621.4%
50	Y. Bouchama Central midfielder	Preußen Münster	29	28154.5%	3514.8%