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Most Valuable defensive midfielders by Market Value in Premier League 26/27

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

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At a glance

I. Eremeev of Lokomotiv is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 33.8, and A. Mendel has been the form player this season, grading 24.8, and K. Sidibé leads the scoring with 1 goal.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: A. Mendel has improved his Season rating most, up +24.8 on last season, while E. Bolotov's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +5 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, N. Umyarov of Spartak Moscow is the most valuable name in this group at 3.7.

Best talent
I. Eremeev33.8RTG
Lokomotiv
In form
A. Mendel24.8SsN
Baltika
Rising potential
E. Bolotov+5RTG
FC Orenburg · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
A. Mendel+24.8SsN
Baltika · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
K. Sidibé1goals
Akhmat
Most valuable
N. Umyarov3.7val
Spartak Moscow
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PlayerTeam
1N. UmyarovDefensive midfielderSpartak Moscow263.71943.8%309.5%
2E. BolotovDefensive midfielderFC Orenburg253.41728.6%311.7%
3RubensDefensive midfielderDynamo253.31553.3%311%
4K. SidibéDefensive midfielderAkhmat273.31357.2%2350.9%
5M. AzziDefensive midfielderCSKA Moscow243.21458%306.3%
6Y. MikhaylovDefensive midfielderFC Rostov233.28295.1%
7I. BelikovDefensive midfielderBaltika223.1680.6%2912.9%
8P. GorelovDefensive midfielderFC Orenburg232.9289.5%277%
9D. GlebovDefensive midfielderDynamo272.91136.1%291.8%
10Aleksa Đurasović IDefensive midfielderAkron232.9551.9%275.6%
11V. SausDefensive midfielderSpartak Moscow232.9197.6%2721.1%
12P. GadioDefensive midfielderAkhmat252.8928
13D. ZorinDefensive midfielderSpartak Moscow222.8095.5%278.1%
14D. GodyaevDefensive midfielderLokomotiv222.841700%271.1%
15I. EremeevDefensive midfielderLokomotiv182.81534
16A. GadzhievDefensive midfielderAkhmat222.7285.6%2712.5%
17A. BaranovskiyDefensive midfielderFC Orenburg212.71±0%271.9%
18Abdulpasha DzhabrailovDefensive midfielderDinamo Makhachkala212.74±0%28±0%
19S. GadzhievDefensive midfielderDinamo Makhachkala212.6127
20A. KovalevDefensive midfielderFakel262.66771.4%246%
21R. FishchenkoDefensive midfielderRodina Moskva262.6925
22V. YakimovDefensive midfielderFakel282.52423
23R. MejíaDefensive midfielderFC Orenburg262.54100%205.2%
24U. IwuDefensive midfielderRubin272.5952.3%268.5%
25K. UshatovDefensive midfielderRodina Moskva262.4350%2213.1%
26O. MinatulaevDefensive midfielderFC Orenburg192.4128
27A. AshurovDefensive midfielderDinamo Makhachkala182.3028
28L. MusaevDefensive midfielderRodina Moskva272.3921
29E. BurkinDefensive midfielderFC Krasnodar172.2029
30Douglas AugustoDefensive midfielderFC Krasnodar2922227%213.2%
31D. FominDefensive midfielderDynamo291.71450.7%2013.5%
32Júlio RomãoDefensive midfielderAkhmat281.615448.1%227.7%
33A. MendelDefensive midfielderBaltika311.325206.2%1620.5%
34D. MakarovDefensive midfielderKrylia Sovetov281.2542.4%1929%
35K. KhosonovDefensive midfielderAkron281.2576.4%1816.7%
36D. IvanisenyaDefensive midfielderKrylia Sovetov320.4415.6%932.4%