Most Valuable defensive midfielders by Market Value in 2. Bundesliga 26/27

The most valuable defensive midfielders in 2. Bundesliga in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

C. Patino of VfL Bochum is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in 2. Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 59.3, and T. Abe has been the form player this season, grading 25.5, and L. Flach leads the scoring with 1 goal.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: C. Patino has improved his Season rating most, up +6.5 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, C. Patino of VfL Bochum is the most valuable name in this group at 22.2.

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	Player	Team
1	C. Patino Defensive midfielder	VfL Bochum	22	22.2	9±0%	59±0%
2	M. Papela Defensive midfielder	SV Darmstadt 98	25	19.8	1910.6%	541.6%
3	M. Pannewig Defensive midfielder	VfL Bochum	21	19.2	28±0%	62±0%
4	Kwon Hyeok-Kyu Defensive midfielder	Karlsruher SC	25	19	376.1%	4911.5%
5	S. Bansé Defensive midfielder	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	25	18.9	1±0%	45±0%
6	Tony Reitz Defensive midfielder	1. FC Magdeburg	22	18.5	095.8%	5129.4%
7	Rafael Lubach Defensive midfielder	1. FC Nürnberg	21	18.5	41±0%	67±0%
8	Y. Furukawa Defensive midfielder	SV Darmstadt 98	23	18.3	7±0%	56±0%
9	T. Civeja Defensive midfielder	Karlsruher SC	24	18.1	2212.6%	5946.1%
10	D. Arifi Defensive midfielder	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	24	18	8±0%	50±0%
11	A. Keller Defensive midfielder	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	22	18	14±0%	57±0%
12	Leon Robinson Defensive midfielder	1. FC Kaiserslautern	25	18	26±0%	59±0%
13	Samuel Klein Defensive midfielder	FC St. Pauli	22	17.9	2847.4%	82296.1%
14	K. Davidsen Defensive midfielder	Holstein Kiel	21	17.5	32±0%	62±0%
15	Ł. Poręba Defensive midfielder	SV Elversberg	26	17.4	38±0%	61±0%
16	T. Abe Defensive midfielder	Holstein Kiel	22	16.7	26	46
17	C. Metcalfe Defensive midfielder	FC St. Pauli	26	16.6	12±0%	56±0%
18	F. Chávez Defensive midfielder	1. FC Magdeburg	19	16.3	1±0%	699.5%
19	N. Verkooijen Defensive midfielder	SV Darmstadt 98	20	16.1	325%	6714.7%
20	D. Kovacevic Defensive midfielder	Eintracht Braunschweig	22	15.7	21	44
21	M. Avlayici Defensive midfielder	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	19	15.6	1	49
22	T. van den Heuvel Defensive midfielder	Hannover 96	21	15.5	099.4%	4515.7%
23	Alessandro Crimaldi Defensive midfielder	VfL Bochum	18	15.3	0	52
24	S. Väänänen Defensive midfielder	Karlsruher SC	24	15.2	868.1%	379.4%
25	T. Müsel Defensive midfielder	1. FC Magdeburg	27	15.2	2612.4%	35±0%
26	P. Čović Defensive midfielder	Dynamo Dresden	19	15	9±0%	68±0%
27	L. Flach Defensive midfielder	VfL Osnabrück	25	14.2	1350.4%	3415.6%
28	S. Schreck Defensive midfielder	Arminia Bielefeld	27	14.2	9±0%	41±0%
29	T. Wiese Defensive midfielder	Holstein Kiel	18	14.1	0	49
30	M. Wallentowitz Defensive midfielder	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	17	13.8	8±0%	558.7%
31	E. Yasar Defensive midfielder	Arminia Bielefeld	17	13.6	1	51
32	L. Herrmann Defensive midfielder	Dynamo Dresden	27	13.5	18±0%	43±0%
33	D. Hofmeister Defensive midfielder	1. FC Kaiserslautern	16	13.2	1	53
34	F. Kunze Defensive midfielder	1. FC Kaiserslautern	28	8.8	29±0%	49±0%
35	M. Rasmussen Defensive midfielder	FC St. Pauli	28	8.7	0100%	370.8%
36	F. Wagner Defensive midfielder	VfL Osnabrück	29	6.8	19±0%	31±0%
37	C. Sickinger Defensive midfielder	SV Darmstadt 98	29	5.9	2±0%	301.6%
38	L. Jensen Defensive midfielder	Arminia Bielefeld	29	5.7	4±0%	31±0%
39	L. Schnellbacher Defensive midfielder	SV Elversberg	32	2.4	18±0%	22±0%