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Top-Scoring defensive midfielders in League One

The top-scoring defensive midfielders in League One, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

B. Mumba of Plymouth is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in League One, with a Field Insider Rating of 52.2, and L. Wing has been the form player this season, grading 67.7.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: K. Lofthouse has improved his Season rating most, up +36.2 on last season, while B. Khela's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +17.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, K. Lofthouse of Burton Albion is the most valuable name in this group at 17.3.

Best talent
B. Mumba52.2RTG
Plymouth
In form
L. Wing67.7SsN
Reading
Rising potential
B. Khela+17.1RTG
Peterborough · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
K. Lofthouse+36.2SsN
Burton Albion · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
L. Wing11goals
Reading
Most valuable
K. Lofthouse17.3val
Burton Albion
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PlayerTeam
1L. WingDefensive midfielderReading31116816.7%3022.3%
2O. NorwoodDefensive midfielderStockport County3586464.3%213.5%
3R. LedsonDefensive midfielderHuddersfield28746202%3922.7%
4A. RobertsonDefensive midfielderCardiff236347.4%5125.1%
5Armando QuitirnaDefensive midfielderWycombe2662613.8%408.5%
6C. WebsterDefensive midfielderBurton Albion226282.2%481.3%
7F. MurrayDefensive midfielderWigan2755251.9%447.6%
8K. LofthouseDefensive midfielderBurton Albion25546354.9%5224%
9J. ColwillDefensive midfielderCardiff2152848.7%5047.9%
10O. BaileyDefensive midfielderStockport County26434264.5%476.1%
11L. ConnellDefensive midfielderBarnsley2544126.2%463.6%
12L. SørensenDefensive midfielderHuddersfield2643068.9%453.3%
13J. SheehanDefensive midfielderBolton313322.9%2621.2%
14O. MoxonDefensive midfielderStockport County28323219.4%347.6%
15Vimal YoganathanDefensive midfielderBarnsley203212871.4%4614.1%
16T. BaylissDefensive midfielderLincoln273293.6%4012.2%
17J. NeufvilleDefensive midfielderBradford26345104.5%4731.2%
18B. KhelaDefensive midfielderPeterborough21329181.6%5052%
19G. EvansDefensive midfielderBurton Albion31229243%
20B. OsbornDefensive midfielderStockport County32236136.8%2729%
21A. MorleyDefensive midfielderWycombe2622979.3%436.9%
22K. SpenceDefensive midfielderRotherham2521841.9%4022.2%
23D. TurnbullDefensive midfielderCardiff27223158.9%3828.9%
24X. SimonsDefensive midfielderBolton2321812.4%4625.7%
25J. WeirDefensive midfielderWigan24225114.5%463.1%
26T. BakinsonDefensive midfielderLeyton Orient27227525.6%369.8%
27L. ReedDefensive midfielderMansfield Town2923626%3216.3%
28J. ArmerDefensive midfielderBurton Albion252261.9%445.2%
29A. CollinsDefensive midfielderPeterborough2624439.8%46±0%
30A. SmithDefensive midfielderAFC Wimbledon272366.8%409.5%
31I. VarfolomeevDefensive midfielderLincoln221184741.8%
32J. ScowenDefensive midfielderWycombe331677.9%1060%
33W. AlvesDefensive midfielderHuddersfield211635.2%4429.4%
34M. SmithDefensive midfielderWigan2512642.5%441.2%
35E. HendersonDefensive midfielderWycombe2611745.2%4028.3%
36R. WaltersDefensive midfielderPort Vale20114439.9%
37D. PhillipsDefensive midfielderStevenage251215.1%445.4%
38G. ByersDefensive midfielderPort Vale301166.5%215.8%
39L. FraserDefensive midfielderReading2811322.2%3112.6%
40C. McGrandlesDefensive midfielderLincoln30145102.3%345.3%
41A. AbdulaiDefensive midfielderLeyton Orient2311852.9%428.1%
42K. McDonaldDefensive midfielderExeter City371690.9%451.3%
43T. AllenDefensive midfielderWycombe2611937.2%414.1%
44J. BrownDefensive midfielderBlackpool2513826.7%491%
45R. WintleDefensive midfielderCardiff29135254%3524.2%
46L. WalshDefensive midfielderLuton28134164.6%3629%
47J. McKiernanDefensive midfielderBurton Albion241199.3%421.4%
48H. RobertsDefensive midfielderReading2411756.5%4530.9%