Most Valuable defensive midfielders by Market Value in Premier League
The most valuable defensive midfielders in Premier League, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
A. Ryabov of LNZ Cherkasy is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 39.6.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: A. Ryabov has improved his Season rating most, up +19.2 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, A. Ryabov of LNZ Cherkasy is the most valuable name in this group at 6.3.
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| Player | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A. RyabovDefensive midfielder |  LNZ Cherkasy | 25 | 6.3 | 24408.5% | 4011.5% |
| 2 | V. BrazhkoDefensive midfielder |  Dynamo Kyiv | 24 | 5.6 | 951.1% | 3516.4% |
| 3 | P. TandaDefensive midfielder |  Karpaty | 24 | 5.4 | 71.5% | 3427.3% |
| 4 | B. TomandzotoDefensive midfielder |  Polessya | 23 | 5.2 | 1 | 333% |
| 5 | D. ChernyshDefensive midfielder |  Oleksandria | 21 | 4.4 | 1 | 313.7% |
| 6 | N. ProkopenkoDefensive midfielder | Oleksandria | 21 | 4.4 | 0 | 31 |
| 7 | M. ChekhDefensive midfielder |  Obolon'-Brovar | 27 | 4.3 | 14152.6% | 279% |
| 8 | Tymur ButenkoDefensive midfielder |  Kryvbas KR | 19 | 4.2 | 0 | 343.7% |
| 9 | V. AdeoyeDefensive midfielder |  Kudrivka | 19 | 4.1 | 0 | 32 |
| 10 | V. VakulaDefensive midfielder |  Zorya Luhansk | 27 | 3.9 | 1 | 2421.8% |
| 11 | A. DumanyukDefensive midfielder | Kudrivka | 29 | 3.2 | 22205.5% | 2311.7% |
| 12 | Nil CochDefensive midfielder |  Epitsentr Dunayivtsi | 28 | 2.7 | 17 | 25 |
| 13 | D. PlakhtyrDefensive midfielder |  SK Poltava | 30 | 1.4 | 850.6% | 1730.2% |
| 14 | I. KharatinDefensive midfielder |  Veres Rivne | 31 | 1.1 | 1034.2% | 1632.1% |
| 15 | R. BabenkoDefensive midfielder | Polessya | 34 | 0.9 | 140.7% | 1139% |