Most Valuable midfielders by Market Value in 2. Bundesliga

The most valuable midfielders in 2. Bundesliga, ranked on Field Insider.

Most valuable goalkeepers in 2. Bundesliga Most valuable defenders in 2. Bundesliga Most valuable attackers in 2. Bundesliga Best midfielders in 2. Bundesliga Most in-form midfielders in 2. Bundesliga Top-scoring midfielders in 2. Bundesliga

At a glance

M. Baur of SC Paderborn 07 is the standout for raw talent across midfielders in 2. Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 74.2, and M. Wanitzek has been the form player this season, grading 72.7.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: L. Curda has improved his Season rating most, up +47.8 on last season, while N. Aséko Nkili's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +35.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, L. Curda of SC Paderborn 07 is the most valuable name in this group at 44.8.

N. Aséko Nkili+35.4RTG

Hannover 96 · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

L. Curda+47.8SsN

SC Paderborn 07 · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	L. Curda Defensive midfielder	SC Paderborn 07	24	44.8	70211.5%	7322%
2	L. Petkov Attacking midfielder	SV Elversberg	25	38	60119.5%	727.8%
3	F. Hornby Attacking midfielder	SV Darmstadt 98	26	34.2	5418%	612.9%
4	S. El-Faouzi Central midfielder	FC Schalke 04	24	33.6	5369.8%	7257.5%
5	M. Baur Defensive midfielder	SC Paderborn 07	22	32.8	54562.2%	7470.2%
6	E. Leopold Defensive midfielder	Hannover 96	26	32.7	51±0%	644.2%
7	A. Aouchiche Central midfielder	FC Schalke 04	24	30.1	47190.2%	7015.7%
8	S. Þórðarson Defensive midfielder	Hannover 96	27	27	4249.3%	5315.8%
9	N. Skyttä Attacking midfielder	1. FC Kaiserslautern	24	26.9	4215.6%	682.4%
10	T. Zimmerschied Attacking midfielder	SV Elversberg	27	26.7	4244.3%	604.2%
11	B. Conté Attacking midfielder	SV Elversberg	23	25.7	3061.3%	6711.4%
12	L. Ulrich Central midfielder	1. FC Magdeburg	21	25.5	45118.6%	6445.5%
13	Max Marie Central midfielder	Eintracht Braunschweig	21	25.2	44566.7%	6622.1%
14	N. Aséko Nkili Defensive midfielder	Hannover 96	20	25.1	461917.4%	7395.2%
15	K. Klefisch Full-back	SV Darmstadt 98	26	24.7	3920.4%	593.9%
16	Berkay Yilmaz Full-back	1. FC Nürnberg	21	24.4	2755.5%	7117.2%
17	K. Oudenne Defensive midfielder	Hannover 96	24	24	32193.5%	6365.3%
18	J. Therkelsen Central midfielder	Holstein Kiel	23	23.9	3519%	6339.3%
19	H. Akiyama Central midfielder	SV Darmstadt 98	25	23.8	3711%	6217.1%
20	Ł. Poręba Defensive midfielder	SV Elversberg	26	23.8	38231.9%	618.7%
21	A. Marhiev Defensive midfielder	1. FC Nürnberg	24	23.6	36	62
22	R. Wagner Defensive midfielder	Dynamo Dresden	23	23.5	22575%	624.9%
23	M. Cuisance Attacking midfielder	Hertha BSC	26	23.4	2736.6%	618.8%
24	S. Şahin Attacking midfielder	1. FC Kaiserslautern	26	23.2	3228.3%	615.9%
25	A. El Azzouzi Defensive midfielder	Fortuna Düsseldorf	25	23.2	368.3%	5819.2%
26	F. Schmahl Central midfielder	SV Elversberg	23	23.1	2576.4%	611.3%
27	M. Karbownik Full-back	Hertha BSC	25	23	36235.2%	6011%
28	H. Matsuda Defensive midfielder	Hannover 96	22	22.8	24179.8%	6353.3%
29	M. Hansen Full-back	SC Paderborn 07	22	22.7	30198%	635.9%
30	F. Becker Attacking midfielder	1. FC Nürnberg	26	22.6	24129.2%	598.1%
31	Rafael Lubach Attacking midfielder	1. FC Nürnberg	21	22.6	2945.2%	6610.2%
32	J. Tolkin Full-back	Holstein Kiel	24	22.6	270.7%	5930%
33	S. Castañeda Central midfielder	SC Paderborn 07	21	22.6	1930%	662.8%
34	Leon Robinson Full-back	1. FC Kaiserslautern	25	22.6	30192.2%	598.4%
35	S. Russo Central midfielder	Arminia Bielefeld	26	22.1	3540.5%	5424.2%
36	L. Rosenboom Full-back	Holstein Kiel	24	21.8	2442.8%	5719.1%
37	P. Joly Attacking midfielder	1. FC Kaiserslautern	26	21.7	2410.7%	5714.2%
38	L. Egloff Attacking midfielder	Karlsruher SC	23	21.7	16105.3%	57±0%
39	Kofi Jeremy Amoako Defensive midfielder	Dynamo Dresden	21	21.6	32289.2%	6357%
40	W. Taïbi Centre-forward	Hannover 96	24	21.6	1669.4%	5714.5%
41	J. Eitschberger Full-back	Hertha BSC	22	21.5	2685.5%	5922.8%
42	R. Schallenberg Central midfielder	FC Schalke 04	27	21.5	3431.4%	564.1%
43	I. Pherai Attacking midfielder	SV Elversberg	25	21.5	1018.2%	561.2%
44	F. Michel Central midfielder	1. FC Magdeburg	25	21.4	20188.6%	561.3%
45	S. Appelkamp Attacking midfielder	Fortuna Düsseldorf	25	21.3	228.8%	569.1%
46	K. Davidsen Central midfielder	Holstein Kiel	21	21.3	3233.2%	6242.2%
47	M. Pannewig Defensive midfielder	VfL Bochum	21	21.2	28806.5%	621.4%
48	J. Lemmer Attacking midfielder	Dynamo Dresden	26	21.1	2928.6%	5521.5%
49	Cajetan Benjamin Lenz Defensive midfielder	VfL Bochum	20	20.9	32	65
50	C. Rasmussen Centre-forward	Fortuna Düsseldorf	23	20.8	19365%	5513.3%