Best Defensive Midfielders

Top-rated defensive midfielders (CDM, RDM, LDM) — FC 24

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Declan Rice87+1

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Joshua Kimmich87+0

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Lena Oberdorf86+3

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Keira Walsh85+3

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N'Golo Kanté85+0

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Aurélien Tchouaméni84+5

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Georgia Stanway84+5

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Ismaël Bennacer84+3

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Rúben Neves84+2

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Koke84+0

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Granit Xhaka84+0

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Thomas Partey84+0

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Amandine Henry84+0

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Damaris Egurrola83+5

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Yui Hasegawa83+3

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Konrad Laimer83+1

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Sergio Busquets83+0

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Marcelo Brozović83+0

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Guido Rodríguez83+0

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Sherida Spitse83+0

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Manuel Locatelli82+4

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Boubacar Kamara82+3

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Gabriela García82+3

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Franck Yannick Kessié82+2

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Robert Andrich82+0

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Lucas Torreira82+0

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Martina Rosucci82+0

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Emily van Egmond82+0

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Desiree Scott82+0

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Emily Sonnett82+0

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Katie Zelem82+0

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Manuel Ugarte81+5

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Janina Minge81+5

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Edson Álvarez81+3

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Leire Baños81+3

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Xaver Schlager81+2

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Jordan Henderson81+0

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William Carvalho81+0

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Pierre-Emile Højbjerg81+0

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Ellyes Skhiri81+0

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Melanie Leupolz81+0

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André-Franck Zambo Anguissa81+0

#	Player	Position	Nation	Team	OVR	POT	Growth
1	Rodri	CDM	Spain	Manchester City	90	92	+2
2	Declan Rice	CDM	England	Arsenal	87	88	+1
3	Joshua Kimmich	CDM	Germany	Bayern München	87	87	+0
4	Lena Oberdorf	CDM	Germany	VfL Wolfsburg	86	89	+3
5	Keira Walsh	CDM	England	FC Barcelona	85	88	+3
6	Casemiro	CDM	Brazil	Manchester United	85	85	+0
7	N'Golo Kanté	CDM	France	Al Ittihad	85	85	+0
8	Aurélien Tchouaméni	CDM	France	Real Madrid	84	89	+5
9	Georgia Stanway	CDM	England	Bayern München	84	89	+5
10	Ismaël Bennacer	CDM	Algeria	Milan	84	87	+3
11	Rúben Neves	CDM	Portugal	Al Hilal	84	86	+2
12	Palhinha	CDM	Portugal	Fulham	84	85	+1
13	Koke	CDM	Spain	Atlético de Madrid	84	84	+0
14	Granit Xhaka	CDM	Switzerland	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	84	84	+0
15	Thomas Partey	CDM	Ghana	Arsenal	84	84	+0
16	Amandine Henry	CDM	France	France Women	84	84	+0
17	Damaris Egurrola	CDM	Netherlands	Olympique Lyonnais	83	88	+5
18	Yui Hasegawa	CDM	Japan	Manchester City	83	86	+3
19	Konrad Laimer	CDM	Austria	Bayern München	83	84	+1
20	Sergio Busquets	CDM	Spain	Inter Miami	83	83	+0
21	Jorginho	CDM	Italy	Arsenal	83	83	+0
22	Fabinho	CDM	Brazil	Al Ittihad	83	83	+0
23	Marcelo Brozović	CDM	Croatia	Al Nassr	83	83	+0
24	Guido Rodríguez	CDM	Argentina	Real Betis Balompié	83	83	+0
25	Sherida Spitse	CDM	Netherlands	Ajax	83	83	+0
26	Lia Wälti	CDM	Switzerland	Arsenal	83	83	+0
27	Manuel Locatelli	CDM	Italy	Juventus	82	86	+4
28	Boubacar Kamara	CDM	France	Aston Villa	82	85	+3
29	Gabriela García	CDM	Venezuela	Atlético de Madrid	82	85	+3
30	Franck Yannick Kessié	CDM	Ivory Coast	Al Ahli	82	84	+2
31	Emre Can	CDM	Germany	Borussia Dortmund	82	82	+0
32	Robert Andrich	CDM	Germany	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	82	82	+0
33	Lucas Torreira	CDM	Uruguay	Galatasaray	82	82	+0
34	Martina Rosucci	CDM	Italy	Juventus	82	82	+0
35	Emily van Egmond	CDM	Australia	San Diego Wave FC	82	82	+0
36	Desiree Scott	CDM	Canada	Kansas City Current	82	82	+0
37	Emily Sonnett	CDM	United States	NJ / NY Gotham FC	82	82	+0
38	Katie Zelem	CDM	England	Manchester United	82	82	+0
39	Zubimendi	CDM	Spain	Real Sociedad	81	86	+5
40	Manuel Ugarte	CDM	Uruguay	Paris Saint-Germain	81	86	+5
41	Janina Minge	CDM	Germany	SC Freiburg	81	86	+5
42	Edson Álvarez	CDM	Mexico	West Ham United	81	84	+3
43	Leire Baños	CDM	Spain	Levante UD	81	84	+3
44	Xaver Schlager	CDM	Austria	RB Leipzig	81	83	+2
45	Jordan Henderson	CDM	England	Ajax	81	81	+0
46	William Carvalho	CDM	Portugal	Real Betis Balompié	81	81	+0
47	Pierre-Emile Højbjerg	CDM	Denmark	Tottenham Hotspur	81	81	+0
48	Ellyes Skhiri	CDM	Tunisia	Eintracht Frankfurt	81	81	+0
49	Melanie Leupolz	CDM	Germany	Chelsea	81	81	+0
50	André-Franck Zambo Anguissa	CDM	Cameroon	Napoli	81	81	+0