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

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

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At a glance

M. Culbreath of Bayer Leverkusen is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 75.7, and K. Eichhorn has been the form player this season, grading 18.8, and L. Engelns leads the scoring with 1 goal.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: L. Engelns has improved his Season rating most, up +10.8 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Culbreath of Bayer Leverkusen is the most valuable name in this group at 40.

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	Player	Team
1	M. Culbreath Defensive midfielder	Bayer Leverkusen	19	40	14	76
2	S. El-Faouzi Defensive midfielder	FC Schalke 04	24	38.7	53±0%	72±0%
3	Y. Regeer Defensive midfielder	Werder Bremen	23	38.5	33±0%	67±0%
4	S. Tanaka Defensive midfielder	FC Schalke 04	24	37.8	335.9%	577%
5	E. Ben Seghir Defensive midfielder	Bayer Leverkusen	21	37.4	392.6%	6819.7%
6	R. Onyedika Defensive midfielder	Eintracht Frankfurt	25	37.1	2213.3%	7539.8%
7	C. Chukwuemeka Defensive midfielder	Borussia Dortmund	22	36.8	18±0%	76±0%
8	N. Seiwald Defensive midfielder	RB Leipzig	25	36.7	43±0%	81±0%
9	J. Dina Ebimbe Defensive midfielder	FC Schalke 04	25	36.5	220.5%	702.6%
10	W. Burger Defensive midfielder	1899 Hoffenheim	25	36	58±0%	84±0%
11	S. Alvero Defensive midfielder	Werder Bremen	24	35.9	183.3%	5712.1%
12	T. Breithaupt Defensive midfielder	FC Augsburg	24	34.4	1797.7%	527.4%
13	L. Reis Defensive midfielder	Werder Bremen	26	34.1	1±0%	5226.7%
14	O. Batista Meier Defensive midfielder	SC Paderborn 07	25	33.9	35±0%	59±0%
15	Bence Dárdai Defensive midfielder	VfL Wolfsburg	20	33.5	0±0%	61±0%
16	K. Eichhorn Defensive midfielder	Bayer Leverkusen	17	30.3	19	60
17	L. Vozar Defensive midfielder	FC Schalke 04	18	28.9	0	55
18	A. Maier Defensive midfielder	FC Augsburg	27	28.7	276.6%	2264.9%
19	S. Lynen Defensive midfielder	Werder Bremen	27	28.1	36±0%	64±0%
20	A. Schäfer Defensive midfielder	Union Berlin	27	27.8	31±0%	58±0%
21	R. Schallenberg Defensive midfielder	FC Schalke 04	27	27.8	34±0%	57±0%
22	T. Baack Defensive midfielder	SC Paderborn 07	27	27.4	17±0%	43±0%
23	Erblin Osmani Defensive midfielder	Bayern München	16	26.4	0	68
24	L. Lemke Defensive midfielder	Hamburger SV	16	24.7	0	63±0%
25	L. Engelns Defensive midfielder	1899 Hoffenheim	19	20.9	15240%	4423.9%
26	E. Rexhbeçaj Defensive midfielder	VfL Wolfsburg	28	16.8	18±0%	484.2%
27	P. Sander Defensive midfielder	Borussia Mönchengladbach	28	15.4	43±0%	58±0%
28	R. Obermair Defensive midfielder	SC Paderborn 07	30	10	46±0%	40±0%
29	R. Andrich Defensive midfielder	Bayer Leverkusen	32	4.8	38±0%	43±0%
30	J. Haberer Defensive midfielder	Union Berlin	32	4.7	19±0%	31±0%