Most Valuable defensive midfielders by Market Value in Eerste Divisie

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

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At a glance

T. Gijselhart of De Graafschap is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Eerste Divisie, with a Field Insider Rating of 59.8, and M. Esajas has been the form player this season, grading 40.2, and M. van Rooijen leads the scoring with 2 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: G. Yah has improved his Season rating most, up +18.6 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Esajas of FC OSS is the most valuable name in this group at 19.8.

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	Player	Team
1	M. Esajas Defensive midfielder	FC OSS	24	19.8	405.2%	513.6%
2	T. Gijselhart Defensive midfielder	De Graafschap	21	15.9	354857.1%	606%
3	G. Yah Defensive midfielder	FC Volendam	22	15.2	32135.8%	5414.8%
4	M. Laros Defensive midfielder	Den Bosch	20	14.8	3531.7%	593.6%
5	Ricardo-Felipe Schwarz Defensive midfielder	Vitesse	22	14.3	26	51
6	D. van Vianen Defensive midfielder	Dordrecht	23	14	1471.3%	4720%
7	Luuk Verheij Defensive midfielder	VVV Venlo	21	14	2448.1%	530.8%
8	D. Dorenbosch Defensive midfielder	FC Eindhoven	23	13.9	877.8%	4717.9%
9	G. Roemeratoe Defensive midfielder	Waalwijk	26	13.9	2217%	4719.9%
10	Daan Visser Defensive midfielder	Cambuur	21	13.8	84000%	529.2%
11	T. Peters Defensive midfielder	Jong Ajax	19	13.6	35	55
12	X. Blomme Defensive midfielder	FC Eindhoven	24	13.5	9210.7%	463.2%
13	M. Witteveen Defensive midfielder	Waalwijk	23	13.5	327.3%	4623.5%
14	N. Bukala Defensive midfielder	FC Volendam	20	13.5	32	5423.2%
15	I. Jenner Defensive midfielder	Jong Utrecht	22	13.4	1132.3%	486.3%
16	M. Odriss Defensive midfielder	VVV Venlo	21	13.4	165366.7%	5114%
17	M. Kleinen Defensive midfielder	MVV	25	13.2	1850%	4516.8%
18	F. Dicke Defensive midfielder	MVV	21	12.8	1115.3%	4810.3%
19	N. Munsters Defensive midfielder	FC Eindhoven	24	12.8	3420%	435.1%
20	Denzel Eijken Defensive midfielder	De Graafschap	22	12.8	2	46±0%
21	Anass Zarrouk Defensive midfielder	Willem II	20	12.7	813.5%	516.5%
22	Gerald Alders Defensive midfielder	Jong Ajax	21	12.5	955.5%	479.6%
23	Jordy Bawuah Defensive midfielder	Jong PSV U21	19	12.5	1950.6%	530.8%
24	Ethan Apkakou Defensive midfielder	Cambuur	19	12.4	8	53
25	Joey Brandt Defensive midfielder	ADO Den Haag	21	12.4	0100%	47±0%
26	T. Rhein Defensive midfielder	Emmen	23	12.4	198.3%	4231.6%
27	L. Denk Defensive midfielder	Emmen	23	12.3	1	42
28	Bohdan Budko Defensive midfielder	Jong AZ	20	12.1	19	48
29	T. van den Heuvel Defensive midfielder	Jong PSV U21	21	12	099.4%	4515.7%
30	Ties Oostra Defensive midfielder	Emmen	22	11.9	1	43
31	J. van Ommeren Defensive midfielder	Jong Utrecht	18	11.9	20	5423.7%
32	T. Codinha Defensive midfielder	FC Volendam	21	11.8	0	44
33	Bae Seung-Gyun Defensive midfielder	Dordrecht	18	11.7	19	53
34	Y. Hamdi Defensive midfielder	Jong AZ	21	11.4	1400%	435.7%
35	M. Ludwig Defensive midfielder	Helmond Sport	21	11.4	2433.3%	433.6%
36	D. van der Vaart Defensive midfielder	Jong Ajax	19	11.1	7	47
37	M. van Rooijen Defensive midfielder	FC OSS	27	11	1622.5%	3723.5%
38	B. Mulders Defensive midfielder	Jong PSV U21	19	11	11200%	476.4%
39	B. Khaderi Defensive midfielder	Jong PSV U21	19	10.9	0	46
40	E. Mastoras Defensive midfielder	Jong AZ	20	10.9	185.9%	4414.8%
41	S. Vugts Defensive midfielder	Dordrecht	18	10.7	4	48
42	K. Dyer Defensive midfielder	FC Volendam	19	10.7	0	45
43	D. Look Defensive midfielder	Cambuur	18	10.6	0	48
44	M. Verkuijl Defensive midfielder	Jong Ajax	19	10.6	3	45
45	Raf Vullers Defensive midfielder	VVV Venlo	18	10.4	3	47
46	J. Déom Defensive midfielder	Roda	27	10.4	482.6%	3519.3%
47	A. Boushaba Defensive midfielder	Den Bosch	18	10.2	1	46
48	Y. Ouallil Defensive midfielder	Vitesse	18	10	2	45
49	A. Mansala Mpudi Defensive midfielder	MVV	18	9.7	1	44
50	A. Beydts Defensive midfielder	MVV	17	9.4	3	46