Most Valuable defensive midfielders by Market Value in Eredivisie

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

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At a glance

S. Ouaissa of NEC Nijmegen is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Eredivisie, with a Field Insider Rating of 82, and J. Veerman has been the form player this season, grading 80.7, and G. Zechiël leads the scoring with 9 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: G. Zechiël has improved his Season rating most, up +65.8 on last season, while M. Linday's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +32.9 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, G. Zechiël of Utrecht is the most valuable name in this group at 51.9.

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	Player	Team
1	P. Brittijn Defensive midfielder	Fortuna Sittard	22	37.6	5284.9%	7124%
2	D. Nejašmić Defensive midfielder	NEC Nijmegen	27	35.6	46	60
3	T. Noslin Defensive midfielder	Telstar	23	34.9	4628.2%	6915.5%
4	A. Engwanda Defensive midfielder	Utrecht	23	33.7	39139.6%	7310.1%
5	M. Linday Defensive midfielder	Heerenveen	23	31.6	3952.2%	6990%
6	É. Michut Defensive midfielder	Fortuna Sittard	23	28.9	193.9%	630.6%
7	Z. Buurmeester Defensive midfielder	PEC Zwolle	24	28.6	2745.7%	626.5%
8	L. Hartjes Defensive midfielder	Excelsior	23	28.5	2224.6%	627.1%
9	P. Koopmeiners Defensive midfielder	AZ Alkmaar	26	28.5	3738.2%	6118.8%
10	K. Fitz-Jim Defensive midfielder	Ajax	23	28.1	1247.6%	6112.5%
11	J. Baas Defensive midfielder	Sparta Rotterdam	24	28	1410.5%	611.1%
12	A. Santos Defensive midfielder	Sparta Rotterdam	21	27.4	27	66
13	J. Žambůrek Defensive midfielder	Heracles	25	26.6	2248%	580.7%
14	Zidane Iqbal Defensive midfielder	Utrecht	23	26.2	382.5%	5715.5%
15	N. Fichtinger Defensive midfielder	PEC Zwolle	22	26.1	1733.1%	603.9%
16	S. Scheperman Defensive midfielder	Heracles	24	25.7	2429.3%	5611.4%
17	A. Carlén Defensive midfielder	Excelsior	26	24.2	1815.6%	5362.5%
18	T. Kraaijeveld Defensive midfielder	Feyenoord	19	24	8	65
19	I. Hansen-Aarøen Defensive midfielder	NEC Nijmegen	21	23.9	090.9%	5844.4%
20	Jan Faberski Defensive midfielder	PEC Zwolle	20	23.8	1251%	617.2%
21	J. McConnell Defensive midfielder	Ajax	21	23.8	2	5722.6%
22	R. Zerrouki Defensive midfielder	Twente	28	23.3	51132.1%	581%
23	Stijn Middendorp Defensive midfielder	Excelsior	21	22.9	2950%	5516.9%
24	E. Reijnders Defensive midfielder	PEC Zwolle	25	22.4	197.1%	4919.8%
25	Isaiah Ahmed Defensive midfielder	Heerenveen	20	22.1	0±0%	561.4%
26	Sam de Laat Defensive midfielder	NEC Nijmegen	19	21.7	0	59
27	Giulliano Cairo Defensive midfielder	Excelsior	20	21.4	0	55
28	N. Courtens Defensive midfielder	Heerenveen	19	21.1	1	57
29	M. Kerkez Defensive midfielder	Fortuna Sittard	26	20.9	0100%	4545.7%
30	Moussa Gbemou Defensive midfielder	Fortuna Sittard	18	19.6	1	57
31	I. Grootfaam Defensive midfielder	Feyenoord	16	17.9	0	60
32	Ganni Buyukhan Defensive midfielder	Fortuna Sittard	16	16.9	0	57
33	J. Schouten Defensive midfielder	PSV Eindhoven	29	16.4	3997.5%	4810.2%
34	R. Thomas Defensive midfielder	PEC Zwolle	31	11.4	38104.9%	3311.3%
35	D. Mertens Defensive midfielder	Telstar	31	4.8	631.8%	2323%
36	J. Toornstra Defensive midfielder	Sparta Rotterdam	37	1.5	869.6%	854.6%
37	J. de Guzmán Defensive midfielder	Sparta Rotterdam	38	0.4	1333.3%	459.8%