Top-Scoring defensive midfielders in Championship 26/27
The top-scoring defensive midfielders in Championship in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
S. Magassa of West Ham is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 72, and C. McGrandles has been the form player this season, grading 44.5, and M. Baradji leads the scoring with 2 goals.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: C. McGrandles has improved his Season rating most, up +22.5 on last season, while H. Kyprianou's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +12.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, C. Jander of Southampton is the most valuable name in this group at 36.8.
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| Player | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M. BaradjiDefensive midfielder |  Blackburn | 25 | 2 | 21 | 57 |
| 2 | C. JanderDefensive midfielder |  Southampton | 23 | 2 | 390.5% | 702% |
| 3 | M. YeoDefensive midfielder |  Swansea | 22 | 1 | 2424% | 454.6% |
| 4 | A. MorrisDefensive midfielder |  Middlesbrough | 24 | 1 | 35±0% | 71±0% |
| 5 | S. MagassaDefensive midfielder |  West Ham | 22 | 1 | 197.9% | 722.8% |
| 6 | G. DochertyDefensive midfielder |  Charlton | 30 | 1 | 369% | 435.6% |
| 7 | Kristi MontgomeryDefensive midfielder | Blackburn | 22 | 1 | 7±0% | 57±0% |