Top-Scoring defensive midfielders in 1. Lig

The top-scoring defensive midfielders in 1. Lig, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

B. Baiye of Erzurumspor FK is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in 1. Lig, with a Field Insider Rating of 45.1, and D. Moreno has been the form player this season, grading 47.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: İ. Akdağ has improved his Season rating most, up +35.2 on last season, while B. Baiye's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +2.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, B. Baiye of Erzurumspor FK is the most valuable name in this group at 10.5.

Erzurumspor FK · 24/25→25/26

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İ. Akdağ+35.2SsN

Keçiörengücü · 23/24→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	D. Moreno Defensive midfielder	Amed	31	10	47	23
2	F. Afena-Gyan Defensive midfielder	Amed	23	5	29	3928.5%
3	Jefferson Defensive midfielder	Vanspor FK	32	5	40125.7%	1954.9%
4	B. Baiye Defensive midfielder	Erzurumspor FK	25	4	42106.5%	456.4%
5	I. Karaogul Defensive midfielder	Keçiörengücü	24	3	38	39
6	A. Traoré Defensive midfielder	Amed	31	3	28100.7%	2152.9%
7	F. Yazgan Defensive midfielder	Çorum FK	33	3	242511.1%	1340.4%
8	D. Liço Defensive midfielder	Boluspor	26	3	312142.9%	3433.3%
9	E. Terzi Defensive midfielder	Serik Spor	22	2	25512.5%	3719.9%
10	M. Okyar Defensive midfielder	Esenler Erokspor	27	2	36	34
11	B. Touré Defensive midfielder	Manisa F.K.	34	2	22481.6%	1144.4%
12	A. Parmak Defensive midfielder	Hatayspor	31	2	231.3%	1834.1%
13	M. Özcan Defensive midfielder	Vanspor FK	27	2	36	31
14	E. Seçgin Defensive midfielder	Vanspor FK	26	2	27	33
15	Mário Balbúrdia Defensive midfielder	Boluspor	28	2	27147.7%	2836.2%
16	A. Aslan Defensive midfielder	Bodrum FK	25	2	33108.8%	403.8%
17	M. Nalepa Defensive midfielder	Serik Spor	31	1	17286.7%	1640.7%
18	Ö. Beyaz Defensive midfielder	Esenler Erokspor	22	1	1158.6%	3620.5%
19	R. Jack Defensive midfielder	Esenler Erokspor	34	1	12169.8%	949.2%
20	M. Fofana Defensive midfielder	Sakaryaspor	21	1	10	34
21	M. Gönülaçar Defensive midfielder	Hatayspor	31	1	17	15
22	M. Cissokho Defensive midfielder	Manisa F.K.	25	1	23	36
23	J. Lindseth Defensive midfielder	Manisa F.K.	30	1	41133%	2531.7%
24	B. Ceylan Defensive midfielder	Serik Spor	22	1	34	38
25	A. Koç Defensive midfielder	Serik Spor	31	1	536.3%	1466.2%
26	A. Güneren Defensive midfielder	Iğdır FK	26	1	1344.9%	3032.2%
27	İ. Akdağ Defensive midfielder	Keçiörengücü	35	1	42558.7%	157.5%
28	K. Fidan Defensive midfielder	Sivasspor	23	1	23	38
29	S. Kurt Defensive midfielder	Amed	31	1	2574.6%	2146.1%
30	Pedrinho Defensive midfielder	Çorum FK	33	1	348.3%	1735.3%
31	Ş. Özcan Defensive midfielder	Serik Spor	30	1	15	18
32	R. Mulumba Defensive midfielder	Bandırmaspor	33	1	2731.9%	1567.8%
33	M. Gümüşkaya Defensive midfielder	Bandırmaspor	25	1	3416700%	3814.2%
34	D. Yildiz Defensive midfielder	Boluspor	18	1	2	34
35	Gokdeniz Tunc Defensive midfielder	Adana Demirspor	19	1	20	380.8%