Most Valuable defensive midfielders by Market Value in Ligue 2

The most valuable defensive midfielders in Ligue 2, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

T. Chennahi of Montpellier is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Ligue 2, with a Field Insider Rating of 63.9, and T. Leoni has been the form player this season, grading 45.7, and E. Quarshie leads the scoring with 2 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: T. Bouriaud has improved his Season rating most, up +30.4 on last season, while J. Bultel's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +17.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, T. Leoni of Reims is the most valuable name in this group at 28.5.

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	Player	Team
1	T. Leoni Defensive midfielder	Reims	26	28.5	46100.4%	599.4%
2	N. Binet Defensive midfielder	Boulogne	22	22.1	36	62
3	I. Fofana Defensive midfielder	Amiens	23	21.8	35131.3%	585.2%
4	I. Miladinović Defensive midfielder	Saint Etienne	23	21.7	216966.7%	582.5%
5	T. Chennahi Defensive midfielder	Montpellier	21	21.5	361531.8%	644.1%
6	J. Janneh Defensive midfielder	Bastia	23	20.6	245.2%	558.3%
7	T. Ducrocq Defensive midfielder	Bastia	26	20.2	3238.2%	5220.5%
8	M. Veillon Defensive midfielder	Annecy	24	20	10	53
9	Y. Mouanga Defensive midfielder	Montpellier	21	19.9	13124.6%	5911.1%
10	A. Ackra Defensive midfielder	Clermont Foot	22	19.1	1832.4%	541.1%
11	L. Etoga Defensive midfielder	Bastia	23	19.1	825.7%	5111.3%
12	L. Bernadou Defensive midfielder	Grenoble	25	18.9	19198.4%	5144.6%
13	W. Benard Defensive midfielder	Laval	23	18.8	7	5060.2%
14	J. Bultel Defensive midfielder	Boulogne	26	18.8	29758.8%	5052.4%
15	B. Pierret Defensive midfielder	RED Star FC 93	26	18.6	164.7%	5029%
16	J. Vercruysse Defensive midfielder	Le Mans	26	18.6	1248.9%	5011.7%
17	S. Renel Defensive midfielder	RED Star FC 93	24	18.3	196.6%	4919.3%
18	Nabil Homssa Defensive midfielder	Montpellier	23	18.2	1	49
19	L. Raillot Defensive midfielder	Boulogne	22	17.6	372.6%	4922.3%
20	S. Keita Defensive midfielder	Boulogne	20	15.6	1	49
21	Marco Decherf Defensive midfielder	Dunkerque	19	15.2	0	51
22	Messy Manitu Defensive midfielder	Amiens	20	15.2	120%	489.5%
23	O. Aïssat Defensive midfielder	Amiens	19	14.6	1	49
24	Ilies Abdelkrim Defensive midfielder	Amiens	19	14.5	1	49
25	Ilan Daf Defensive midfielder	Amiens	19	14.4	0	485.3%
26	Diogo Queirós Defensive midfielder	Dunkerque	27	13.9	287.4%	3730.5%
27	T. Bouriaud Defensive midfielder	Nancy	29	13.2	39375.3%	4044.1%
28	Enzo Somon Defensive midfielder	Amiens	17	12.9	1	49
29	M. Carlier Defensive midfielder	Nancy	29	10.2	30202%	3937%
30	E. Quarshie Defensive midfielder	Le Mans	30	10.2	33347.9%	3651%
31	C. Suljic Defensive midfielder	Nancy	29	6.4	11660%	3121.6%
32	C. Mandouki Defensive midfielder	Laval	34	3.9	30293.4%	2139.9%
33	H. Saivet Defensive midfielder	Clermont Foot	35	3	2338.5%	1629.8%
34	V. Jacob Defensive midfielder	Annecy	32	2.9	1079.6%	1923.3%
35	B. Camara Defensive midfielder	Nancy	32	2.2	1	158.7%
36	T. Boros Defensive midfielder	Annecy	38	1.2	15	8