Most Valuable defensive midfielders by Market Value in Ligue 1

The most valuable defensive midfielders in Ligue 1, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

A. Bouaddi of Lille is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Ligue 1, with a Field Insider Rating of 85.4, and C. Cásseres has been the form player this season, grading 53, and K. Danois leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: K. Danois has improved his Season rating most, up +32 on last season, while A. Bouaddi's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +9.9 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, C. Cásseres of Toulouse is the most valuable name in this group at 51.5.

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	Player	Team
1	C. Cásseres Defensive midfielder	Toulouse	26	51.5	530.6%	736.6%
2	J. Chotard Defensive midfielder	Stade Brestois 29	24	46.3	4883.8%	7811.1%
3	K. Danois Defensive midfielder	Auxerre	22	45.6	49183.9%	797.6%
4	J. Lepenant Defensive midfielder	Nantes	23	42.7	3438.2%	732.9%
5	Y. Belkhdim Defensive midfielder	Angers	24	42.6	4347.9%	734.1%
6	A. Avom Defensive midfielder	Lorient	21	41.3	3820.1%	7910.5%
7	M. Bard Defensive midfielder	Nice	25	41.2	4223.9%	718.5%
8	S. El Mourabet Defensive midfielder	Strasbourg	20	39.6	42	80
9	T. Nnadi Defensive midfielder	Marseille	23	39.4	645.7%	6856.2%
10	D. Cissé Defensive midfielder	Rennes	22	39.1	1142.7%	71±0%
11	A. Vermeeren Defensive midfielder	Marseille	21	38.8	1443.7%	749%
12	D. Methalie Defensive midfielder	Toulouse	20	38.5	37	78
13	B. Traoré Defensive midfielder	Metz	24	38.3	22	66±0%
14	J. Mvuka Defensive midfielder	Lorient	23	37.5	772.2%	641.5%
15	R. Messali Defensive midfielder	Toulouse	23	37.4	638.8%	647.1%
16	A. Bouaddi Defensive midfielder	Lille	18	37.4	3052.8%	8513.1%
17	O. El Azzouzi Defensive midfielder	Auxerre	25	37	153675%	641.9%
18	H. Abdelli Defensive midfielder	Angers	26	35.6	2158.8%	6124.4%
19	A. Francis Defensive midfielder	Toulouse	25	35.6	775.8%	619.9%
20	M. de Carvalho Defensive midfielder	Lyon	21	35.6	4	68
21	D. Semedo Defensive midfielder	Lorient	22	33.9	0	61
22	Nouhoum Kamissoko Defensive midfielder	Marseille	21	33.7	1	64
23	M. Amougou Defensive midfielder	Strasbourg	20	33.4	544.2%	670.7%
24	F. Sylla Defensive midfielder	Lens	20	33	2	67
25	I. Guerti Defensive midfielder	Metz	22	32.1	1200%	5810.5%
26	R. Nzingoula Defensive midfielder	Strasbourg	20	31.7	198.4%	6411.3%
27	K. Diatta Defensive midfielder	Monaco	27	31.4	17156.1%	5415.1%
28	B. Deuff Defensive midfielder	Nantes	20	31.1	3	63
29	J. Bourgault Defensive midfielder	Stade Brestois 29	20	30.7	0±0%	629.4%
30	G. Bernardeau Defensive midfielder	Nice	20	30.2	1	6178.1%
31	N. Nsoki Defensive midfielder	Paris Saint Germain	18	29.6	0	68
32	D. Mosengo Defensive midfielder	Le Havre	19	29.2	1	63
33	T. Mmadi Defensive midfielder	Marseille	18	29	1	66
34	Pape Cabral Defensive midfielder	Monaco	18	28.7	1	66
35	Bane Diatta Defensive midfielder	Angers	18	27.5	0	63
36	Elias Legendre Quiñonez Defensive midfielder	Rennes	17	26.9	1	66
37	Y. Ndayishimiye Defensive midfielder	Nice	27	25.8	198.1%	4442.2%
38	D. Coulibaly Defensive midfielder	Nice	17	25.4	2	62
39	Tyrese Noubissie Defensive midfielder	Strasbourg	16	24.7	1	65
40	H. Magnetti Defensive midfielder	Stade Brestois 29	28	24.2	4247.7%	5914.3%
41	B. Munongo Defensive midfielder	Metz	15	22.6	5	65
42	D. Zakaria Defensive midfielder	Monaco	29	20.4	38±0%	5027.8%
43	E. Owusu Defensive midfielder	Auxerre	28	19.3	2644.4%	5522.3%
44	A. Camara Defensive midfielder	Paris FC	29	18.1	3422.4%	5010.5%
45	P. Akouokou Defensive midfielder	Lyon	28	15.1	2400%	4317.7%
46	A. Dioussé Defensive midfielder	Auxerre	28	14.2	360.8%	4128.1%
47	L. Tousart Defensive midfielder	Stade Brestois 29	29	12.8	1646.2%	4021.9%
48	H. Belkebla Defensive midfielder	Angers	32	10.8	284.1%	394.5%
49	P. Lees-Melou Defensive midfielder	Paris FC	33	9.5	4022.8%	2824.9%
50	B. André Defensive midfielder	Lille	36	8	4510.8%	2816.9%