Top-Scoring defensive midfielders in Premiership

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

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At a glance

N. Raskin of Rangers is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Premiership, with a Field Insider Rating of 53.2, and Findlay Curtis leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: E. Watt has improved his Season rating most, up +28.5 on last season, while C. Jones's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +9.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, N. Raskin of Rangers is the most valuable name in this group at 19.8.

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	Player	Team
1	Findlay Curtis Defensive midfielder	Kilmarnock	19	6	452257.9%	498.1%
2	N. Raskin Defensive midfielder	Rangers	25	6	5656.2%	530.7%
3	E. Watt Defensive midfielder	Motherwell	26	6	52120.8%	476.3%
4	Luca Stephenson Defensive midfielder	Dundee Utd	22	5	4131%	52±0%
5	A. Engels Defensive midfielder	Celtic	22	5	3312.1%	536.7%
6	W. Ferry Defensive midfielder	Dundee Utd	25	4	5128.5%	506.2%
7	T. Keskinen Defensive midfielder	Aberdeen	23	3	240.8%	477.5%
8	D. Tait Defensive midfielder	Falkirk	24	3	34	48
9	L. Fadinger Defensive midfielder	Motherwell	25	3	39	49
10	F. Passlack Defensive midfielder	Hibernian	28	2	4167.9%	3745.8%
11	A. Oxlade-Chamberlain Defensive midfielder	Celtic	32	2	1654.7%	1727.3%
12	S. Kingsley Defensive midfielder	Heart Of Midlothian	32	2	19160.6%	199.1%
13	R. Hatate Defensive midfielder	Celtic	28	2	2144.9%	3331.2%
14	C. McGregor Defensive midfielder	Celtic	33	2	3821.1%	2225.6%
15	E. Hamilton Defensive midfielder	Dundee	27	1	28125.6%	394.2%
16	H. Cartwright Defensive midfielder	Falkirk	20	1	6	43
17	M. Frame Defensive midfielder	Aberdeen	20	1	13	46
18	J. Newell Defensive midfielder	Hibernian	33	1	757.1%	1051.2%
19	M. Chaiwa Defensive midfielder	Hibernian	22	1	18	47
20	R. Strain Defensive midfielder	Dundee Utd	29	1	1931.5%	2929%
21	D. Polvara Defensive midfielder	Aberdeen	26	1	13415.4%	366.5%
22	N. Devlin Defensive midfielder	Aberdeen	32	1	2012.7%	2029.7%
23	S. Heltne Nilsen Defensive midfielder	Aberdeen	34	1	1045.9%	956.4%
24	D. John Defensive midfielder	ST Mirren	31	1	26167.3%	2414.1%
25	J. Obita Defensive midfielder	Hibernian	32	1	2426%	2030.2%
26	C. Jones Defensive midfielder	Dundee	25	1	1442.7%	4030.4%
27	S. Arfield Defensive midfielder	Falkirk	37	1	9877.8%	621.4%
28	M. Diomandé Defensive midfielder	Rangers	24	1	2517.6%	4813%
29	M. Sylla Defensive midfielder	Livingston	32	1	3116.2%	1927.3%
30	Ben Brannan Defensive midfielder	Kilmarnock	19	1	10	43
31	L. Polworth Defensive midfielder	Kilmarnock	31	1	196.6%	2027.1%
32	A. Aremu Defensive midfielder	Aberdeen	26	1	1274.3%	3729.1%