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Most Improved defensive midfielders This Season

The most improved defensive midfielders, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Jon Gorrotxategi of Real Sociedad II is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 85.8, and Wu Xi has been the form player this season, grading 58.6, and I. Chochev leads the scoring with 12 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: D. Genreau has improved his Season rating most, up +45 on last season, while S. Ebonog's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +33.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, A. Onana of Aston Villa is the most valuable name in this group at 98.8.

Best talent
Jon Gorrotxategi85.8RTG
Real Sociedad II
In form
Wu Xi58.6SsN
Shanghai Shenhua
Rising potential
S. Ebonog+33.6RTG
Le Havre · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
D. Genreau+45SsN
Melbourne Victory · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
I. Chochev12goals
Ludogorets
Most valuable
A. Onana98.8val
Aston Villa
50 players · ranked by most improvedCustomise →
PlayerTeam
1D. GenreauDefensive midfielderMelbourne Victory27+45
24/25→25/26
481730.8%1870.3%
2Mateus VitalDefensive midfielderSHANGHAI SIPG28+43.9
24/25→25/26
53493.3%2848.3%
3F. WintherDefensive midfielderFC Fredericia26+40.4
24/25→25/26
45897.8%4122.2%
4L. BertoneDefensive midfielderFC Luzern32+38.9
21/22→25/26
55243.1%2438.8%
5V. DaridaDefensive midfielderHradec Králové36+37.4
24/25→25/26
44550%193.9%
6L. BlondelDefensive midfielderHuracan30+35.1
24/25→25/26
48196.9%3332.3%
7M. BogardeDefensive midfielderLask Linz24+34.8
22/23→25/26
44362.5%485%
8W. IgorDefensive midfielderKristiansund BK21+34.1
24/25→25/26
3818.6%431.6%
9D. EdvardssonDefensive midfielderTromso24+33.9
24/25→25/26
4520.2%485.5%
10F. HammarDefensive midfielderKV Mechelen25+32.8
24/25→25/26
47±0%552.6%
11K. DanoisDefensive midfielderAuxerre22+32
24/25→25/26
49±0%79±0%
12R. ÁrcigaDefensive midfielderClub Tijuana22+30.7
24/25→25/26
31±0%5010.5%
13A. KurtulanDefensive midfielderGöztepe23+30.5
24/25→25/26
45±0%53±0%
14MetinhoDefensive midfielderFC Basel 189323+29.6
24/25→25/26
33870.6%4619.8%
15NenéDefensive midfielderYunnan Yukun31+29
24/25→25/26
37349.4%1817.6%
16A. CharlesDefensive midfielderBromley27+29
24/25→25/26
45185.9%301.3%
17Y. YamadaDefensive midfielderKashiwa Reysol26+28.5
24/25→25/26
49141.8%462.7%
18S. SissokoDefensive midfielderCukaricki26+27.2
22/23→25/26
30971.4%3429.4%
19M. ChristensenDefensive midfielderOsters IF29+27.1
24/25→25/26
271842.3%
20VitinhoDefensive midfielderBotafogo27+27.1
24/25→25/26
4321.6%591.3%
21S. ChristiansenDefensive midfielderSarpsborg 08 FF25+27.1
24/25→25/26
3659.4%412.2%
22Ž. TronteljDefensive midfielderDunajska Streda26+27
24/25→25/26
39230.8%358.1%
23K. JørgensenDefensive midfielderLask Linz27+26.7
24/25→25/26
46139.1%460.9%
24J. LukićDefensive midfielderPhiladelphia Union24+25.8
22/23→25/26
2635%424.5%
25Y. CimignaniDefensive midfielderFC Lugano24+25.5
22/23→25/26
29850%4526.7%
26E. QuarshieDefensive midfielderLe Mans31+25.4
24/25→25/26
33347.9%3651%
27L. FombaDefensive midfielderServette FC28+25.4
24/25→25/26
28846.7%3137.7%
28JuanpeDefensive midfielderGamba Osaka30+25
24/25→25/26
31390.6%3213.9%
29A. MendelDefensive midfielderBaltika31+24.8
24/25→25/26
25206.2%1620.5%
30A. SchöpfDefensive midfielderLask Linz32+24.7
24/25→25/26
42140.3%2016.2%
31N. AcevedoDefensive midfielderNew York City FC27+24.1
24/25→25/26
2710.4%3828.4%
32Lucas SashaDefensive midfielderFortaleza EC36+24.1
24/25→25/26
41147%2345.6%
33S. SpieringsDefensive midfielderReal Salt Lake30+23.6
24/25→25/26
2855.4%236.6%
34C. ZabalaDefensive midfielderSarmiento Junin28+23
22/23→25/26
39147.4%4115.2%
35S. FusireDefensive midfielderSheffield Wednesday21+22.9
24/25→25/26
31293.6%62114.1%
36A. EngwandaDefensive midfielderUtrecht23+22.9
24/25→25/26
39139.6%7310.1%
37T. LeoniDefensive midfielderReims26+22.9
24/25→25/26
46±0%59±0%
38R. RanftlDefensive midfielderAustria Vienna34+22.8
21/22→25/26
37161.7%1847.7%
39Antonio BlancoDefensive midfielderAlaves26+22.6
24/25→25/26
55±0%75±0%
40H. AmassDefensive midfielderManchester United19+22.2
24/25→25/26
26541.5%721.9%
41J. SørensenDefensive midfielderBrann28+22
24/25→25/26
3271%3112.7%
42A. AslanDefensive midfielderBodrum FK25+21.9
24/25→25/26
38137.7%403.8%
43M. GalarzaDefensive midfielderTalleres Cordoba24+21.5
24/25→25/26
2927.6%5410.6%
44C. GustafssonDefensive midfielderKalmar FF26+21.4
23/24→25/26
271136.4%2931.1%
45G. MagnéeDefensive midfielderCercle Brugge27+20.9
24/25→25/26
41±0%565.1%
46B. JacobsenDefensive midfielderVfL Osnabrück33+20.9
24/25→25/26
24±0%1922.9%
47S. EbonogDefensive midfielderLe Havre22+20.6
24/25→25/26
25±0%72±0%
48P. KasamiDefensive midfielderFC Winterthur34+20.3
24/25→25/26
26344.1%1140.7%
49K. FujiwaraDefensive midfielderJubilo Iwata22+20.3
24/25→25/26
26362.5%3034.3%
50M. CarlierDefensive midfielderNancy29+19.8
24/25→25/26
30202%3937%