Most Valuable defensive midfielders by Market Value in Bundesliga

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

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At a glance

F. Rieder of FC Augsburg is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 83.5.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: F. Rieder has improved his Season rating most, up +37.2 on last season, while J. Sands's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +18.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, F. Rieder of FC Augsburg is the most valuable name in this group at 51.

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	Player	Team
1	F. Rieder Defensive midfielder	FC Augsburg	24	51	51265.7%	8417.8%
2	R. Reitz Defensive midfielder	Borussia Mönchengladbach	24	48.5	4713.7%	817.1%
3	N. Seiwald Defensive midfielder	RB Leipzig	25	48.2	4382.8%	813.7%
4	K. Sano Defensive midfielder	FSV Mainz 05	25	47.2	4441.5%	797.1%
5	E. Martel Defensive midfielder	1. FC Köln	24	45.6	464.2%	758.1%
6	J. Fujita Defensive midfielder	FC St. Pauli	24	45.3	463.9%	7421%
7	N. Remberg Defensive midfielder	Hamburger SV	26	43	3926.5%	721%
8	N. Capaldo Defensive midfielder	Hamburger SV	27	42.2	42371.1%	6229.1%
9	E. Fernández Defensive midfielder	Bayer Leverkusen	24	41.1	1658.5%	6916%
10	E. Banzuzi Defensive midfielder	RB Leipzig	21	39.7	1170.8%	7423.6%
11	S. Lynen Defensive midfielder	Werder Bremen	27	38.1	3614%	6418.9%
12	J. Sands Defensive midfielder	FC St. Pauli	26	37.4	3016%	6341%
13	E. Ben Seghir Defensive midfielder	Bayer Leverkusen	21	36.7	392.6%	6819.7%
14	Cameron Puertas Defensive midfielder	Werder Bremen	27	35.1	3529.6%	581.2%
15	A. Schäfer Defensive midfielder	Union Berlin	27	34.8	315.4%	5813.8%
16	S. Alvero Defensive midfielder	Werder Bremen	24	34.2	183.3%	5712.1%
17	M. Culbreath Defensive midfielder	Bayer Leverkusen	18	33.9	14	76
18	Vinicius Souza Defensive midfielder	VfL Wolfsburg	27	33.6	2234.5%	5616.5%
19	Y. Keitel Defensive midfielder	FC Augsburg	26	32.2	317.1%	5413.5%
20	Bence Dárdai Defensive midfielder	VfL Wolfsburg	20	31.1	098.1%	6117.5%
21	Erblin Osmani Defensive midfielder	Bayern München	16	26.5	0	68
22	P. Sander Defensive midfielder	Borussia Mönchengladbach	28	25.6	4391.1%	588.1%
23	A. Castro-Montes Defensive midfielder	1. FC Köln	29	13.7	2222.5%	426.7%
24	K. Stöger Defensive midfielder	Borussia Mönchengladbach	32	9.4	2435.8%	2834%
25	J. Irvine Defensive midfielder	FC St. Pauli	33	8.1	2352.1%	2345.2%