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. Reis 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, J. Bellingham of Borussia Dortmund is the most valuable name in this group at 41.5.

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	Player	Team
1	J. Bellingham Defensive midfielder	Borussia Dortmund	21	41.5	6±0%	800.9%
2	S. Castañeda Defensive midfielder	SC Paderborn 07	22	40.3	19±0%	66±0%
3	M. Culbreath Defensive midfielder	Bayer Leverkusen	19	40.2	14	76
4	H. Massengo Defensive midfielder	FC Augsburg	25	40	40±0%	75±0%
5	Y. Regeer Defensive midfielder	Werder Bremen	23	39.9	33±0%	67±0%
6	L. Curda Defensive midfielder	SC Paderborn 07	25	39.8	46±0%	72±0%
7	S. El-Faouzi Defensive midfielder	FC Schalke 04	24	39.1	53±0%	72±0%
8	R. Onyedika Defensive midfielder	Eintracht Frankfurt	25	38.5	2213.3%	7539.8%
9	S. Tanaka Defensive midfielder	FC Schalke 04	24	38.2	335.9%	577%
10	C. Chukwuemeka Defensive midfielder	Borussia Dortmund	23	37.9	18±0%	76±0%
11	E. Ben Seghir Defensive midfielder	Bayer Leverkusen	21	37.7	392.6%	6819.7%
12	T. Krauß Defensive midfielder	1. FC Köln	25	37.6	29±0%	68±0%
13	L. Reis Defensive midfielder	Werder Bremen	26	36.9	1±0%	5226.7%
14	Ł. Poręba Defensive midfielder	SV Elversberg	26	36.6	38±0%	61±0%
15	S. Alvero Defensive midfielder	Werder Bremen	24	35.9	183.3%	5712.1%
16	J. Dina Ebimbe Defensive midfielder	FC Schalke 04	25	35.9	220.5%	702.6%
17	T. Breithaupt Defensive midfielder	FC Augsburg	24	34.4	1797.7%	527.4%
18	Kofi Jeremy Amoako Defensive midfielder	Hamburger SV	21	34.1	359.3%	63±0%
19	O. Batista Meier Defensive midfielder	SC Paderborn 07	25	33.1	35±0%	59±0%
20	K. Eichhorn Defensive midfielder	Bayer Leverkusen	17	30.3	19	60
21	A. Schäfer Defensive midfielder	Union Berlin	27	29.7	31±0%	58±0%
22	L. Maloney Defensive midfielder	FSV Mainz 05	27	28.4	5±0%	5611.8%
23	S. Lynen Defensive midfielder	Werder Bremen	27	28.1	36±0%	64±0%
24	L. Vozar Defensive midfielder	FC Schalke 04	18	28.1	0	55
25	A. Maier Defensive midfielder	FC Augsburg	27	27.5	276.6%	2264.9%
26	T. Baack Defensive midfielder	SC Paderborn 07	27	26.8	17±0%	43±0%
27	L. Lemke Defensive midfielder	Hamburger SV	16	26.7	0	63±0%
28	Erblin Osmani Defensive midfielder	Bayern München	16	26.5	0	68
29	L. Engelns Defensive midfielder	1899 Hoffenheim	19	20.9	1523.4%	4412.6%
30	P. Sander Defensive midfielder	Borussia Mönchengladbach	28	15.8	43±0%	58±0%
31	R. Obermair Defensive midfielder	SC Paderborn 07	30	10.3	46±0%	40±0%
32	A. Karazor Defensive midfielder	VfB Stuttgart	30	9	23±0%	4810.5%
33	L. Schnellbacher Defensive midfielder	SV Elversberg	32	4.7	18±0%	22±0%
34	J. Hofmann Defensive midfielder	Bayer Leverkusen	34	1.9	16±0%	19±0%