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Most Valuable defensive midfielders by Market Value in 2. Bundesliga

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

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At a glance

M. Baur of SC Paderborn 07 is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in 2. Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 74.2, and L. Curda has been the form player this season, grading 70.4.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: L. Curda has improved his Season rating most, up +47.8 on last season, while N. Aséko Nkili's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +35.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, L. Curda of SC Paderborn 07 is the most valuable name in this group at 44.8.

Best talent
M. Baur74.2RTG
SC Paderborn 07
In form
L. Curda70.4SsN
SC Paderborn 07
Rising potential
N. Aséko Nkili+35.4RTG
Hannover 96 · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
L. Curda+47.8SsN
SC Paderborn 07 · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
L. Curda7goals
SC Paderborn 07
Most valuable
L. Curda44.8val
SC Paderborn 07
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PlayerTeam
1L. CurdaDefensive midfielderSC Paderborn 072444.870211.5%7322%
2M. BaurDefensive midfielderSC Paderborn 072232.854562.2%7470.2%
3E. LeopoldDefensive midfielderHannover 962632.751±0%644.2%
4S. ÞórðarsonDefensive midfielderHannover 9627274249.3%5315.8%
5N. Aséko NkiliDefensive midfielderHannover 962025.1461917.4%7395.2%
6K. OudenneDefensive midfielderHannover 96242432193.5%6365.3%
7Ł. PorębaDefensive midfielderSV Elversberg2623.838231.9%618.7%
8A. MarhievDefensive midfielder1. FC Nürnberg2423.63662
9R. WagnerDefensive midfielderDynamo Dresden2323.522575%624.9%
10A. El AzzouziDefensive midfielderFortuna Düsseldorf2523.2368.3%5819.2%
11H. MatsudaDefensive midfielderHannover 962222.824179.8%6353.3%
12Kofi Jeremy AmoakoDefensive midfielderDynamo Dresden2121.632289.2%6357%
13Y. FurukawaDefensive midfielderSV Darmstadt 982321.2926.4%5648.3%
14M. PannewigDefensive midfielderVfL Bochum2121.228806.5%621.4%
15M. DietzDefensive midfielderSpVgg Greuther Fürth2421.1165.5%559.6%
16Cajetan Benjamin LenzDefensive midfielderVfL Bochum2020.93265
17A. KellerDefensive midfielderSpVgg Greuther Fürth2220.82515.5%585.9%
18S. AstaDefensive midfielder1. FC Kaiserslautern2520.51018.5%544.9%
19K. WätjenDefensive midfielderVfL Bochum2020.223420%6256.1%
20D. ArifiDefensive midfielderSpVgg Greuther Fürth24201652
21T. BreithauptDefensive midfielderFortuna Düsseldorf2419.71680.5%527.4%
22P. KlemensDefensive midfielderHertha BSC2119.6861.7%579.5%
23F. FlickDefensive midfielderEintracht Braunschweig2619.530107%516.6%
24Kwon Hyeok-KyuDefensive midfielderKarlsruher SC2519.3653.6%5116.3%
25R. NzingoulaDefensive midfielder1. FC Nürnberg2019.31467%6017.2%
26M. WäschenbachDefensive midfielderKarlsruher SC22196531.9%
27C. JanderDefensive midfielder1. FC Nürnberg2318.9393.1%4928.1%
28S. AlexandropoulosDefensive midfielderFortuna Düsseldorf2418.9817.2%501.4%
29K. SessaDefensive midfielderHertha BSC2618.8121.7%496.3%
30J. FernandezDefensive midfielder1. FC Nürnberg1917.5757
31S. BanséDefensive midfielderSpVgg Greuther Fürth2517192.2%4517.7%
32P. WillDefensive midfielderSpVgg Greuther Fürth2716.716315.8%446.6%
33D. SchrammDefensive midfielder1. FC Kaiserslautern1916.7255
34T. RaschlDefensive midfielderPreußen Münster2616.48333.3%4313.8%
35T. BaackDefensive midfielder1. FC Nürnberg2716.31726.1%43±0%
36K. EichhornDefensive midfielderHertha BSC1716.11760
37S. SchreckDefensive midfielderArminia Bielefeld2715.695.6%412.2%
38M. AvlayiciDefensive midfielderSpVgg Greuther Fürth1915.1149
39R. RöschDefensive midfielderVfL Bochum2714.9292.7%3929.9%
40K. SauckDefensive midfielderFortuna Düsseldorf1814.2050
41E. YasarDefensive midfielderArminia Bielefeld1713.6151
42D. HofmeisterDefensive midfielder1. FC Kaiserslautern1613.2153
43Marko SoldicDefensive midfielder1. FC Nürnberg1613152
44M. NeubauerDefensive midfielderHannover 963012.64018.4%4126.6%
45S. GouramDefensive midfielderHertha BSC012.1053
46F. KunzeDefensive midfielder1. FC Kaiserslautern2811.12923%4910.7%
47N. SchmidtDefensive midfielderSV Darmstadt 982810.125678.1%4420.2%
48Y. BouchamaDefensive midfielderPreußen Münster299.828154.5%3514.8%
49A. CondéDefensive midfielderSV Elversberg299.527127.7%4210.6%
50J. HendrixDefensive midfielderPreußen Münster319.5474.7%3323.4%