Most Valuable defensive midfielders by Market Value in League Two

The most valuable defensive midfielders in League Two, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

S. Braybrooke of Chesterfield is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in League Two, with a Field Insider Rating of 35.9, and A. Charles has been the form player this season, grading 40.4, and C. McCann leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: S. Braybrooke has improved his Season rating most, up +32.3 on last season, while T. Pett's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +2.9 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, S. Braybrooke of Chesterfield is the most valuable name in this group at 5.9.

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	Player	Team
1	S. Braybrooke Defensive midfielder	Chesterfield	22	5.9	351404.3%	366.3%
2	J. Evans Defensive midfielder	Harrogate Town	25	5.8	39	32
3	C. McCann Defensive midfielder	Barrow	24	5.6	3210.9%	319.8%
4	E. Bonds Defensive midfielder	Fleetwood Town	26	5.5	3523.8%	308.2%
5	A. Charles Defensive midfielder	Bromley	27	5.4	40159%	301.3%
6	T. Perry Defensive midfielder	Shrewsbury	25	5.4	3044.9%	3125.9%
7	L. Hoole Defensive midfielder	Shrewsbury	24	5.2	2914.3%	3132.6%
8	Marcus Lemar Ifill Defensive midfielder	Bromley	22	5.1	304200%	3629.1%
9	J. Williams Defensive midfielder	Crawley Town	25	5	28445.1%	3122.1%
10	G. Kilkenny Defensive midfielder	Swindon Town	26	4.9	284.8%	318.4%
11	H. Neal Defensive midfielder	Fleetwood Town	25	4.8	2713.7%	310.6%
12	R. Stirk Defensive midfielder	Chesterfield	25	4.4	2524.4%	338.3%
13	J. Arthurs Defensive midfielder	Bromley	25	3.7	2135.5%	329.8%
14	G. McEachran Defensive midfielder	Grimsby	25	3.6	2043.9%	3110.1%
15	G. Turi Defensive midfielder	Grimsby	24	3.4	14615%	3215.4%
16	E. Coleman Defensive midfielder	Gillingham	26	3.3	1896.8%	275.9%
17	V. Harper Defensive midfielder	Walsall	25	3.2	177.3%	2927.4%
18	N. Kenneh Defensive midfielder	Tranmere	23	3.1	1430.3%	2932.7%
19	G. Hoddle Defensive midfielder	Cambridge United	21	3	5	3120.8%
20	J. Matete Defensive midfielder	Milton Keynes Dons	25	2.9	194.7%	2742%
21	J. Hinchy Defensive midfielder	Notts County	23	2.9	098.2%	2712.4%
22	Zak Gilsenan Defensive midfielder	Grimsby	23	2.9	0	2750.7%
23	O. Ashley Defensive midfielder	Salford City	26	2.9	972.2%	2720.7%
24	M. Dibley-Dias Defensive midfielder	Chesterfield	22	2.9	1140%	2826%
25	Logan Pye Defensive midfielder	Accrington ST	22	2.8	2	27
26	J. Hollman Defensive midfielder	Walsall	24	2.8	0	26
27	R. Howley Defensive midfielder	Bristol Rovers	22	2.8	226.1%	2730.1%
28	Z. Brunt Defensive midfielder	Barnet	24	2.8	1	26
29	L. Coyle Defensive midfielder	Accrington ST	26	2.8	1422.6%	2613%
30	L. Jamieson Defensive midfielder	Newport County	24	2.7	184.4%	2540.1%
31	Louie George Copley Defensive midfielder	Crawley Town	20	2.7	6	29
32	J. Mingi Defensive midfielder	Crewe	25	2.7	169.7%	2538.6%
33	M. Smith Defensive midfielder	Newport County	26	2.7	11±0%	2536.7%
34	A. Papadopoulos Defensive midfielder	Crawley Town	23	2.7	1	25
35	Ben Perry Defensive midfielder	Colchester	21	2.7	275.3%	2835.2%
36	J. Ferizaj Defensive midfielder	Crawley Town	21	2.6	1	27
37	F. Willcox Defensive midfielder	Cheltenham	20	2.6	3550%	281.1%
38	C. Oduor Defensive midfielder	Grimsby	27	2.4	521.9%	2322.1%
39	P. Brough Defensive midfielder	Tranmere	30	1.7	2914500%	1920.6%
40	B. Stevenson Defensive midfielder	Cheltenham	29	1.5	1572.1%	2032.9%
41	B. Fox Defensive midfielder	Harrogate Town	28	1.3	729.5%	1921.2%
42	B. Comley Defensive midfielder	Walsall	30	1.2	14277.8%	189.6%
43	K. Scott Defensive midfielder	Crawley Town	28	1.2	4223.1%	1942.9%
44	S. Sprangler Defensive midfielder	Newport County	31	1.1	1447.6%	1356.5%
45	T. Nichols Defensive midfielder	Swindon Town	32	1.1	22133.7%	159.9%
46	J. Ball Defensive midfielder	Swindon Town	30	0.8	97.5%	1526.5%
47	L. Kinsella Defensive midfielder	Cheltenham	30	0.8	673.9%	1439.7%
48	T. Pett Defensive midfielder	Oldham	34	0.7	34808.1%	1230.9%
49	O. Norburn Defensive midfielder	Notts County	33	0.7	22283.9%	1239.3%
50	A. Gilliead Defensive midfielder	Shrewsbury	30	0.7	196%	1263.5%