Most Valuable defensive midfielders by Market Value in Serie A

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

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At a glance

L. da Cunha of Como is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Serie A, with a Field Insider Rating of 87.9, and S. McTominay has been the form player this season, grading 65.6.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: R. Malinovskyi has improved his Season rating most, up +42.6 on last season, while E. İlkhan's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +26.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, W. McKennie of Juventus is the most valuable name in this group at 56.6.

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	Player	Team
1	W. McKennie Defensive midfielder	Juventus	27	56.6	5550.5%	757.1%
2	L. da Cunha Defensive midfielder	Como	25	55.9	5441.9%	8810.8%
3	M. Perrone Defensive midfielder	Como	23	54.4	4881.4%	889.2%
4	M. Koné Defensive midfielder	AS Roma	25	53.7	4741.7%	875.7%
5	A. Atta Defensive midfielder	Udinese	23	53	50277.9%	8618.1%
6	K. Thuram Defensive midfielder	Juventus	25	52.6	453.4%	853%
7	A. Cambiaso Defensive midfielder	Juventus	26	50.8	497.2%	785.5%
8	N. Zalewski Defensive midfielder	Atalanta	24	49	35120.9%	795.5%
9	C. Casadei Defensive midfielder	Torino	23	48.9	37170.8%	7910.5%
10	M. Ellertsson Defensive midfielder	Genoa	24	48.1	305.4%	783.5%
11	M. Frendrup Defensive midfielder	Genoa	25	48.1	4113.9%	785.2%
12	D. Rensch Defensive midfielder	AS Roma	23	47.5	2714.6%	7715%
13	N. Pisilli Defensive midfielder	AS Roma	21	46.6	3040.7%	844.2%
14	Miguel Gutiérrez Defensive midfielder	Napoli	25	46.2	24±0%	759.5%
15	N. El Aynaoui Defensive midfielder	AS Roma	25	45.4	2431.4%	734.6%
16	M. Prati Defensive midfielder	Cagliari	22	45.2	30540.4%	7714.1%
17	A. Jashari Defensive midfielder	AC Milan	24	44.8	1266.8%	7222.3%
18	G. Gineitis Defensive midfielder	Torino	22	44.7	259.9%	763.1%
19	Y. Musah Defensive midfielder	Atalanta	23	44	947.2%	7110.5%
20	H. Nicolussi Defensive midfielder	Parma	26	43.3	3448.6%	7014.5%
21	E. İlkhan Defensive midfielder	Torino	22	43	2048.9%	7357.2%
22	O. Ngom Defensive midfielder	Lecce	22	42.6	1728.9%	7319.4%
23	M. Pedersen Defensive midfielder	Torino	26	42	2572%	683.6%
24	C. Ordoñez Defensive midfielder	Parma	22	41.5	1657.5%	7110.8%
25	P. Masini Defensive midfielder	Genoa	25	41.4	2510%	676.8%
26	R. Bellanova Defensive midfielder	Atalanta	26	41.4	1766.3%	6723.4%
27	Éderson Defensive midfielder	Atalanta	27	41.3	4012.1%	6622.8%
28	A. Bernede Defensive midfielder	Hellas Verona	27	40.9	40304.1%	623.3%
29	J. Fazzini Defensive midfielder	Fiorentina	23	40.6	780.9%	6618.3%
30	F. Loyola Defensive midfielder	Pisa	25	40.1	1864.9%	6513.5%
31	D. Oyegoke Defensive midfielder	Hellas Verona	23	40	850.6%	6545.8%
32	D. Bradarić Defensive midfielder	Hellas Verona	26	40	197.7%	6511.4%
33	E. Holm Defensive midfielder	Bologna	26	39.9	3158.1%	647.5%
34	J. Zemura Defensive midfielder	Udinese	26	39.9	206.9%	6511.8%
35	F. Anjorin Defensive midfielder	Torino	24	39.2	473.7%	6313.3%
36	Alexsandro Amorim Defensive midfielder	Genoa	21	38.9	12	70
37	L. Miller Defensive midfielder	Udinese	19	38	1667.1%	7746.6%
38	V. Carboni Defensive midfielder	Genoa	21	37.2	6600%	670.6%
39	C. Niasse Defensive midfielder	Hellas Verona	26	35.6	1574.1%	5811.5%
40	Þ. Helgason Defensive midfielder	Lecce	25	35.4	291.4%	5718.4%
41	J. Liteta Defensive midfielder	Cagliari	20	35.3	4	67
42	S. McTominay Defensive midfielder	Napoli	29	34.9	6619.9%	6119.4%
43	M. Marin Defensive midfielder	Pisa	27	34.2	1845%	5513.3%
44	C. Frangella Defensive midfielder	Sassuolo	19	32.4	0	66
45	J. Onana Defensive midfielder	Genoa	26	32.1	166.7%	5217%
46	Fallou Cham Defensive midfielder	Hellas Verona	19	31.7	4	64
47	M. Locatelli Defensive midfielder	Juventus	28	30.4	4910.1%	6316%
48	B. Bettazzi Defensive midfielder	Pisa	17	27.3	0	63
49	Z. Çelik Defensive midfielder	AS Roma	29	21.9	3923.2%	5712.1%
50	S. Serdar Defensive midfielder	Hellas Verona	29	21.3	3858.6%	4915.5%