Most Valuable defensive midfielders by Market Value in Eliteserien

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

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At a glance

W. Igor of Kristiansund BK is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Eliteserien, with a Field Insider Rating of 42.7, and E. Saunes has been the form player this season, grading 38.4, and K. Krasniqi leads the scoring with 2 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: W. Igor has improved his Season rating most, up +28.2 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, E. Saunes of Bryne is the most valuable name in this group at 10.5.

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	Player	Team
1	E. Saunes Defensive midfielder	Bryne	27	10.5	38114.5%	354.1%
2	W. Igor Defensive midfielder	Kristiansund BK	21	8.6	32783.3%	4316.3%
3	L. Sødal Defensive midfielder	Bryne	24	7.3	2050%	4010.7%
4	A. Sher Defensive midfielder	Sarpsborg 08 FF	23	7.3	2130.6%	417.9%
5	S. Väänänen Defensive midfielder	Rosenborg	24	7.3	2461.9%	411.5%
6	K. Krasniqi Defensive midfielder	Stromsgodset	25	6.7	2258.9%	3711.1%
7	M. Enggård Defensive midfielder	Molde	22	6.3	432.3%	377.1%
8	J. Christensen Defensive midfielder	Molde	25	6	411.8%	3345%
9	S. Skeide Defensive midfielder	Kristiansund BK	21	6	716.1%	379.5%
10	H. Sletsjøe Defensive midfielder	Kristiansund BK	26	5.9	1649.8%	336.2%
11	J. Bárðarson Defensive midfielder	Rosenborg	22	5.9	0	34
12	A. Traore Defensive midfielder	Haugesund	22	5.6	1	33
13	Y. Paintsil Defensive midfielder	Tromso	26	5.6	283.3%	3119.2%
14	T. Sørås Defensive midfielder	Ham-Kam	28	5.5	3031%	3115%
15	M. Alvsaker Defensive midfielder	Haugesund	21	5.3	1	33
16	E. Gojani Defensive midfielder	Ham-Kam	19	5	1	35
17	E. Slørdal Defensive midfielder	Rosenborg	18	4.9	0	36
18	M. Johnsgård Defensive midfielder	Ham-Kam	27	4.8	352.7%	2719.9%
19	Eirik Granaas Defensive midfielder	Fredrikstad	16	4.2	1	36
20	J. Sørensen Defensive midfielder	Brann	28	3.3	1989.8%	2847.4%
21	M. Møller Dæhli Defensive midfielder	Molde	31	2.9	295.5%	2126%
22	Bruno Leite Defensive midfielder	Haugesund	31	2.4	2037%	1833.8%
23	O. Selnæs Defensive midfielder	Rosenborg	32	2.3	276.9%	1924.7%
24	R. Thellufsen Defensive midfielder	Bryne	29	2	412.8%	2042.9%