Best Defensive Midfielders

Top-rated defensive midfielders (CDM, RDM, LDM) — FC 25

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Patri Guijarro88+2

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Joshua Kimmich88+0

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Declan Rice87+1

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Granit Xhaka86+0

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Hakan Çalhanoğlu86+0

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Georgia Stanway85+3

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Lena Oberdorf85+3

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Moisés Caicedo85+3

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Sandro Tonali85+2

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Keira Walsh85+1

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Yui Hasegawa85+1

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Bruno Guimarães85+1

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N'Golo Kanté85+0

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Sjoeke Nüsken84+6

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Aurélien Tchouaméni84+3

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Ryan Gravenberch84+3

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Rúben Neves84+1

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Manuel Locatelli83+3

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Boubacar Kamara83+2

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Thomas Partey83+0

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Robert Andrich83+0

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Lucas Torreira83+0

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Morten Hjulmand82+4

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Mattéo Guendouzi82+3

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Gabriela García82+1

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Marcel Sabitzer82+0

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Marcelo Brozović82+0

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Daphne Corboz82+0

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Katie Zelem82+0

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Felix Nmecha81+5

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Youssouf Fofana81+4

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Angelo Stiller81+3

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Ismaël Bennacer81+2

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Xaver Schlager81+2

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Rodrigo Bentancur81+1

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Denis Zakaria81+1

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Franck Yannick Kessié81+1

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Sergio Busquets81+0

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Remo Freuler81+0

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Pierre-Emile Højbjerg81+0

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Melanie Leupolz81+0

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Sophie Schmidt81+0

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Rosival Dourado81+0

#	Player	Position	Nation	Team	OVR	POT	Growth
1	Rodri	CDM	Spain	Manchester City	91	91	+0
2	Patri Guijarro	CDM	Spain	FC Barcelona	88	90	+2
3	Joshua Kimmich	CDM	Germany	Bayern München	88	88	+0
4	Declan Rice	CDM	England	Arsenal	87	88	+1
5	Granit Xhaka	CDM	Switzerland	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	86	86	+0
6	Hakan Çalhanoğlu	CDM	Türkiye	Inter	86	86	+0
7	Georgia Stanway	CDM	England	Bayern München	85	88	+3
8	Lena Oberdorf	CDM	Germany	Bayern München	85	88	+3
9	Moisés Caicedo	CDM	Ecuador	Chelsea	85	88	+3
10	Sandro Tonali	CDM	Italy	Newcastle United	85	87	+2
11	Keira Walsh	CDM	England	Chelsea	85	86	+1
12	Yui Hasegawa	CDM	Japan	Manchester City	85	86	+1
13	Bruno Guimarães	CDM	Brazil	Newcastle United	85	86	+1
14	N'Golo Kanté	CDM	France	Al Ittihad	85	85	+0
15	Sjoeke Nüsken	CDM	Germany	Chelsea	84	90	+6
16	Aurélien Tchouaméni	CDM	France	Real Madrid	84	87	+3
17	Ryan Gravenberch	CDM	Netherlands	Liverpool	84	87	+3
18	Rúben Neves	CDM	Portugal	Al Hilal	84	85	+1
19	Manuel Locatelli	CDM	Italy	Juventus	83	86	+3
20	Boubacar Kamara	CDM	France	Aston Villa	83	85	+2
21	Thomas Partey	CDM	Ghana	Arsenal	83	83	+0
22	Robert Andrich	CDM	Germany	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	83	83	+0
23	Lucas Torreira	CDM	Uruguay	Galatasaray	83	83	+0
24	Palhinha	CDM	Portugal	Bayern München	83	83	+0
25	Lia Wälti	CDM	Switzerland	Arsenal	83	83	+0
26	Morten Hjulmand	CDM	Denmark	Sporting CP	82	86	+4
27	Zubimendi	CDM	Spain	Real Sociedad	82	86	+4
28	Mattéo Guendouzi	CDM	France	Lazio	82	85	+3
29	Gabriela García	CDM	Venezuela	Atlético de Madrid	82	83	+1
30	Marcel Sabitzer	CDM	Austria	Borussia Dortmund	82	82	+0
31	Marcelo Brozović	CDM	Croatia	Al Nassr	82	82	+0
32	Daphne Corboz	CDM	France	Paris FC	82	82	+0
33	Katie Zelem	CDM	England	Angel City FC	82	82	+0
34	Felix Nmecha	CDM	Germany	Borussia Dortmund	81	86	+5
35	Youssouf Fofana	CDM	France	Milano FC	81	85	+4
36	Angelo Stiller	CDM	Germany	VfB Stuttgart	81	84	+3
37	Ismaël Bennacer	CDM	Algeria	Olympique de Marseille	81	83	+2
38	Xaver Schlager	CDM	Austria	RB Leipzig	81	83	+2
39	Rodrigo Bentancur	CDM	Uruguay	Tottenham Hotspur	81	82	+1
40	Denis Zakaria	CDM	Switzerland	AS Monaco	81	82	+1
41	Franck Yannick Kessié	CDM	Ivory Coast	Al Ahli	81	82	+1
42	Sergio Busquets	CDM	Spain	Inter Miami	81	81	+0
43	Casemiro	CDM	Brazil	Manchester United	81	81	+0
44	Remo Freuler	CDM	Switzerland	Bologna	81	81	+0
45	Jorginho	CDM	Italy	Arsenal	81	81	+0
46	Fabinho	CDM	Brazil	Al Ittihad	81	81	+0
47	Pierre-Emile Højbjerg	CDM	Denmark	Olympique de Marseille	81	81	+0
48	Melanie Leupolz	CDM	Germany	Real Madrid	81	81	+0
49	Sophie Schmidt	CDM	Canada	Houston Dash	81	81	+0
50	Rosival Dourado	CDM	Brazil	Corinthians	81	81	+0