Top-Scoring defensive midfielders in Ligue 1
The top-scoring defensive midfielders in Ligue 1, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
A. Bouaddi of Lille is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Ligue 1, with a Field Insider Rating of 85.4, and C. Cásseres has been the form player this season, grading 53, and K. Danois leads the scoring with 3 goals.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: K. Danois has improved his Season rating most, up +32 on last season, while A. Bouaddi's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +9.9 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, C. Cásseres of Toulouse is the most valuable name in this group at 51.5.
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| Player | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K. DanoisDefensive midfielder |  Auxerre | 22 | 3 | 49183.9% | 797.6% |
| 2 | J. ChotardDefensive midfielder |  Stade Brestois 29 | 24 | 2 | 4883.8% | 7811.1% |
| 3 | H. AbdelliDefensive midfielder |  Angers | 26 | 2 | 2158.8% | 6124.4% |
| 4 | C. CásseresDefensive midfielder |  Toulouse | 26 | 2 | 530.6% | 736.6% |
| 5 | D. MethalieDefensive midfielder | Toulouse | 20 | 2 | 37 | 78 |
| 6 | M. BardDefensive midfielder |  Nice | 25 | 2 | 4223.9% | 718.5% |
| 7 | D. ZakariaDefensive midfielder |  Monaco | 29 | 2 | 38±0% | 5027.8% |
| 8 | B. AndréDefensive midfielder |  Lille | 36 | 2 | 4510.8% | 2816.9% |
| 9 | A. AvomDefensive midfielder |  Lorient | 21 | 2 | 3820.1% | 7910.5% |
| 10 | Y. BelkhdimDefensive midfielder | Angers | 24 | 2 | 4347.9% | 734.1% |
| 11 | L. TousartDefensive midfielder | Stade Brestois 29 | 29 | 1 | 1646.2% | 4021.9% |
| 12 | O. El AzzouziDefensive midfielder | Auxerre | 25 | 1 | 153675% | 641.9% |
| 13 | S. El MourabetDefensive midfielder |  Strasbourg | 20 | 1 | 42 | 80 |
| 14 | B. TraoréDefensive midfielder |  Metz | 24 | 1 | 22 | 66±0% |
| 15 | P. Lees-MelouDefensive midfielder |  Paris FC | 33 | 1 | 4022.8% | 2824.9% |
| 16 | H. MagnettiDefensive midfielder | Stade Brestois 29 | 28 | 1 | 4247.7% | 5914.3% |
| 17 | A. CamaraDefensive midfielder | Paris FC | 29 | 1 | 3422.4% | 5010.5% |