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Top-Scoring defensive midfielders in 2. Bundesliga

The top-scoring defensive midfielders in 2. Bundesliga, ranked on Field Insider.

Top-scoring defenders in 2. BundesligaTop-scoring midfielders in 2. BundesligaTop-scoring attackers in 2. BundesligaBest defensive midfielders in 2. BundesligaMost in-form defensive midfielders in 2. BundesligaMost valuable defensive midfielders in 2. Bundesliga

At a glance

M. Baur of SC Paderborn 07 is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in 2. Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 74.2, and L. Curda has been the form player this season, grading 70.4.

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.

Best talent
M. Baur74.2RTG
SC Paderborn 07
In form
L. Curda70.4SsN
SC Paderborn 07
Rising potential
N. Aséko Nkili+35.4RTG
Hannover 96 · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
L. Curda+47.8SsN
SC Paderborn 07 · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
L. Curda7goals
SC Paderborn 07
Most valuable
L. Curda44.8val
SC Paderborn 07
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PlayerTeam
1L. CurdaDefensive midfielderSC Paderborn 0724770211.5%7322%
2J. HendrixDefensive midfielderPreußen Münster314474.7%3323.4%
3M. BaurDefensive midfielderSC Paderborn 0722454562.2%7470.2%
4S. ÞórðarsonDefensive midfielderHannover 962734249.3%5315.8%
5N. Aséko NkiliDefensive midfielderHannover 96203461917.4%7395.2%
6K. OudenneDefensive midfielderHannover 9624332193.5%6365.3%
7H. MatsudaDefensive midfielderHannover 9622324179.8%6353.3%
8E. LeopoldDefensive midfielderHannover 9626351±0%644.2%
9K. WätjenDefensive midfielderVfL Bochum20323420%6256.1%
10M. NeubauerDefensive midfielderHannover 963024018.4%4126.6%
11A. KellerDefensive midfielderSpVgg Greuther Fürth2222515.5%585.9%
12Y. BouchamaDefensive midfielderPreußen Münster29228154.5%3514.8%
13Cajetan Benjamin LenzDefensive midfielderVfL Bochum2023265
14Y. FurukawaDefensive midfielderSV Darmstadt 98232926.4%5648.3%
15M. PannewigDefensive midfielderVfL Bochum21228806.5%621.4%
16D. ArifiDefensive midfielderSpVgg Greuther Fürth2411652
17R. NzingoulaDefensive midfielder1. FC Nürnberg2011467%6017.2%
18A. CondéDefensive midfielderSV Elversberg29127127.7%4210.6%
19Ł. PorębaDefensive midfielderSV Elversberg26138231.9%618.7%
20F. FlickDefensive midfielderEintracht Braunschweig26130107%516.6%
21N. SchmidtDefensive midfielderSV Darmstadt 9828125678.1%4420.2%
22P. SeguinDefensive midfielderHertha BSC3112534.8%3316.1%
23A. MarhievDefensive midfielder1. FC Nürnberg2413662
24T. RaschlDefensive midfielderPreußen Münster2618333.3%4313.8%
25S. AstaDefensive midfielder1. FC Kaiserslautern2511018.5%544.9%
26Kofi Jeremy AmoakoDefensive midfielderDynamo Dresden21132289.2%6357%
27T. BaackDefensive midfielder1. FC Nürnberg2711726.1%43±0%
28A. El AzzouziDefensive midfielderFortuna Düsseldorf251368.3%5819.2%
29S. SchreckDefensive midfielderArminia Bielefeld27195.6%412.2%
30K. EichhornDefensive midfielderHertha BSC1711760
31P. KlemensDefensive midfielderHertha BSC211861.7%579.5%