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

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

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At a glance

A. Engwanda of Utrecht is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Eredivisie, with a Field Insider Rating of 73.2, and R. Zerrouki has been the form player this season, grading 50.6, and Bae Seung-Gyun leads the scoring with 1 goal.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: R. Zerrouki has improved his Season rating most, up +28.8 on last season, while A. Engwanda's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +6.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, A. Engwanda of Utrecht is the most valuable name in this group at 32.1.

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	Player	Team
1	A. Engwanda Defensive midfielder	Utrecht	23	32.1	39139.6%	7310.1%
2	T. de Jonge Defensive midfielder	Groningen	23	28.4	37±0%	70±0%
3	P. Koopmeiners Defensive midfielder	AZ Alkmaar	26	27.5	37±0%	61±0%
4	J. Kilo Defensive midfielder	ADO Den Haag	24	27.3	37±0%	63±0%
5	Daan Visser Defensive midfielder	Cambuur	21	26.8	84000%	52147.6%
6	Jan Faberski Defensive midfielder	Ajax	20	24.4	772.8%	629.9%
7	Anass Zarrouk Defensive midfielder	Willem II	20	24.3	813.5%	516.5%
8	M. Jiménez Defensive midfielder	ADO Den Haag	23	24.1	22±0%	52±0%
9	Eric Emanuel da Silva Moreira Defensive midfielder	Excelsior	20	24.1	0100%	51±0%
10	N. Fichtinger Defensive midfielder	PEC Zwolle	22	23.5	17±0%	60±0%
11	M. Šín Defensive midfielder	ADO Den Haag	22	23.2	11±0%	64±0%
12	J. Žambůrek Defensive midfielder	ADO Den Haag	25	22.7	22±0%	58±0%
13	K. Boogaard Defensive midfielder	Willem II	20	22.3	31±0%	6413.8%
14	Giulliano Cairo Defensive midfielder	Excelsior	20	22.3	0±0%	55±0%
15	T. van den Elshout Defensive midfielder	Feyenoord	19	21.9	6±0%	65±0%
16	G. Reiziger Defensive midfielder	PEC Zwolle	20	21.6	4±0%	59±0%
17	A. Thomas Defensive midfielder	NEC Nijmegen	19	21.4	2514.3%	593%
18	Gerald Alders Defensive midfielder	Ajax	21	20.8	1226.6%	506.6%
19	Bae Seung-Gyun Defensive midfielder	Feyenoord	18	20.7	19	60
20	Sam de Laat Defensive midfielder	NEC Nijmegen	19	20.7	0	59
21	Ethan Apkakou Defensive midfielder	Cambuur	19	20.6	8±0%	53±0%
22	K. van Burgsteden Defensive midfielder	Fortuna Sittard	18	20.1	1	58
23	D. Look Defensive midfielder	Cambuur	18	19.4	0	48
24	J. Schouten Defensive midfielder	PSV Eindhoven	29	19.1	3997.5%	4810.2%
25	I. Grootfaam Defensive midfielder	Feyenoord	16	17.9	0	60
26	Gilles van der Wal Defensive midfielder	PEC Zwolle	17	17.7	0	55
27	Jordy Bawuah Defensive midfielder	Twente	19	17.6	19±0%	53±0%
28	R. Zerrouki Defensive midfielder	Twente	28	13	51±0%	582.7%
29	C. Vanhoutte Defensive midfielder	Feyenoord	28	12.2	28±0%	5711.2%
30	D. Geiger Defensive midfielder	NEC Nijmegen	28	10.2	1620%	28±0%
31	Y. Bissouma Defensive midfielder	Ajax	30	9	774.4%	4132.3%
32	Wiebe van der Heide Defensive midfielder	Cambuur	0	5.6	0	24
33	R. Thomas Defensive midfielder	PEC Zwolle	31	5.2	38±0%	33±0%
34	M. Maertens Defensive midfielder	Cambuur	31	4.5	19±0%	235%
35	Jamiro Monteiro Defensive midfielder	NEC Nijmegen	32	3.8	18±0%	26±0%
36	J. van Overeem Defensive midfielder	Utrecht	32	3.3	37±0%	37±0%
37	Tom Majerus Defensive midfielder	Willem II	34	1.2	0	7