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Top-Scoring defensive midfielders in Serie A

The top-scoring defensive midfielders in Serie A, ranked on Field Insider.

Top-scoring defenders in Serie ATop-scoring midfielders in Serie ATop-scoring attackers in Serie ABest defensive midfielders in Serie AMost in-form defensive midfielders in Serie AMost valuable defensive midfielders in Serie A

At a glance

L. da Cunha of Como is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Serie A, with a Field Insider Rating of 87.9, and S. McTominay has been the form player this season, grading 65.6.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: R. Malinovskyi has improved his Season rating most, up +42.6 on last season, while E. İlkhan's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +26.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, W. McKennie of Juventus is the most valuable name in this group at 56.6.

Best talent
L. da Cunha87.9RTG
Como
In form
S. McTominay65.6SsN
Napoli
Rising potential
E. İlkhan+26.6RTG
Torino · 23/24→25/26
Most improved
R. Malinovskyi+42.6SsN
Genoa · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
S. McTominay10goals
Napoli
Most valuable
W. McKennie56.6val
Juventus
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PlayerTeam
1S. McTominayDefensive midfielderNapoli29106619.9%6119.4%
2C. CasadeiDefensive midfielderTorino23637170.8%7910.5%
3R. MalinovskyiDefensive midfielderGenoa33648747.4%3114.7%
4L. da CunhaDefensive midfielderComo2565441.9%8810.8%
5A. AttaDefensive midfielderUdinese23550277.9%8618.1%
6W. McKennieDefensive midfielderJuventus2755550.5%757.1%
7M. PašalićDefensive midfielderAtalanta31336±0%4125%
8A. CambiasoDefensive midfielderJuventus263497.2%785.5%
9K. ThuramDefensive midfielderJuventus253453.4%853%
10M. PerroneDefensive midfielderComo2334881.4%889.2%
11D. ZappacostaDefensive midfielderAtalanta343364.6%2823.3%
12S. SerdarDefensive midfielderHellas Verona2923858.6%4915.5%
13K. EhizibueDefensive midfielderUdinese3122524.9%3729.2%
14M. PolitanoDefensive midfielderNapoli3323523.1%3923.8%
15M. KonéDefensive midfielderAS Roma2524741.7%875.7%
16B. CristanteDefensive midfielderAS Roma312411.5%4711.4%
17N. ZalewskiDefensive midfielderAtalanta24235120.9%795.5%
18ÉdersonDefensive midfielderAtalanta2724012.1%6622.8%
19N. PisilliDefensive midfielderAS Roma2123040.7%844.2%
20M. PratiDefensive midfielderCagliari22130540.4%7714.1%
21C. OrdoñezDefensive midfielderParma2211657.5%7110.8%
22F. LoyolaDefensive midfielderPisa2511864.9%6513.5%
23S. LobotkaDefensive midfielderNapoli3112910%4618.6%
24A. BernedeDefensive midfielderHellas Verona27140304.1%623.3%
25E. HolmDefensive midfielderBologna2613158.1%647.5%
26J. Akpa AkproDefensive midfielderHellas Verona331304.2%2528%
27R. GagliardiniDefensive midfielderHellas Verona321421909.5%3516.8%
28Z. ÇelikDefensive midfielderAS Roma2913923.2%5712.1%
29N. MoroDefensive midfielderBologna281214.5%5416.2%
30D. RenschDefensive midfielderAS Roma2312714.6%7715%
31N. El AynaouiDefensive midfielderAS Roma2512431.4%734.6%
32Y. MusahDefensive midfielderAtalanta231947.2%7110.5%
33M. LocatelliDefensive midfielderJuventus2815012.8%6415.3%
34E. İlkhanDefensive midfielderTorino2212048.9%7357.2%
35M. PedersenDefensive midfielderTorino2612572%683.6%
36M. EllertssonDefensive midfielderGenoa241305.4%783.5%
37Y. RamadaniDefensive midfielderLecce3013938.4%495.4%
38Aarón MartínDefensive midfielderGenoa2913715.9%5128.7%
39M. FrendrupDefensive midfielderGenoa2514113.9%785.2%
40I. TouréDefensive midfielderPisa2812639.4%5413.5%
41J. CuadradoDefensive midfielderPisa381145.9%852.4%
42M. de RoonDefensive midfielderAtalanta3514326.8%3020.6%
43Miguel GutiérrezDefensive midfielderNapoli25124±0%759.5%