Best Defensive Midfielders

Top-rated defensive midfielders (CDM, RDM, LDM) — FIFA 06

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1

Patrick Vieira89+-8

2

Claude Makélelé88+-17

3

Ruben Baraja86+-1

4

Javier Mascherano85+-3

5

Esteban Matías Cambiasso85+-5

6

Xavi84+1

7

Dietmar Hamann84+-7

8

David Albelda83+-8

9

Massimo Ambrosini82+-6

10

Aggelos Basinas81+4

11

Torsten Frings81+-1

12

Papa Bouba Diop81+-3

13

Simone Perrotta81+-5

14

Owen Hargreaves81+-21

15

Alessio Tacchinardi80+-5

16

Phil Neville80+-8

17

Sunday Oliseh80+-8

18

Zvonimir Soldo80+-9

19

20

Iván Campo79+-3

21

Pablo García79+-4

22

Nicky Butt79+-9

23

Olivier Dacourt79+-11

24

Frank Baumann79+-11

25

Kerimoglu Tugay78+-2

26

Daniele De Rossi78+-2

27

Matteo Brighi78+-4

28

Juan Sebastián Verón77+6

29

Petit77+-2

30

Miroslav Karhan77+-4

31

Igor Biscan77+-5

32

Gonzalo De los Santos77+-5

33

Rio Antonio Mavuba77+-5

34

Gonzalo Colsa77+-6

35

Amdy Faye77+-10

36

Zlatan Bajramovic76+2

37

38

Cláudio Andrés Maldonado76+-2

39

Modeste M'Bami76+-3

40

Sabri Lamouchi76+-4

41

Fábio Simplício76+-4

42

Marcelo Fabián Sosa76+-4

43

Hanno Balitsch76+-5

44

Sebastian Kehl76+-6

45

Raphael Wicky76+-9

46

Jérémy Toulalan76+-11

47

Christian Nerlinger75+2

48

Philippe Violeau75+0

49

Marco Engelhardt75+0

50

José Ignacio75+0

#	Player	Position	Nation	Team	OVR	POT	Growth
1	Patrick Vieira	CDM	France	Juventus	89	81	+-8
2	Claude Makélelé	CDM	France	Chelsea	88	71	+-17
3	Ruben Baraja	CDM	Spain	Valencia	86	85	+-1
4	Javier Mascherano	CDM	Argentina	Corinthians	85	82	+-3
5	Esteban Matías Cambiasso	CDM	Argentina	Inter Milan	85	80	+-5
6	Xavi	CDM	Spain	FC Barcelona	84	85	+1
7	Dietmar Hamann	CDM	Germany	Liverpool	84	77	+-7
8	David Albelda	CDM	Spain	Valencia	83	75	+-8
9	Massimo Ambrosini	CDM	Italy	AC Milan	82	76	+-6
10	Aggelos Basinas	CDM	Greece	Panathinaikos	81	85	+4
11	Torsten Frings	CDM	Germany	SV Werder Bremen	81	80	+-1
12	Papa Bouba Diop	CDM	Senegal	Fulham	81	78	+-3
13	Simone Perrotta	CDM	Italy	AS Roma	81	76	+-5
14	Owen Hargreaves	CDM	England	Bayern Munich	81	60	+-21
15	Alessio Tacchinardi	CDM	Italy	Villarreal	80	75	+-5
16	Phil Neville	CDM	England	Everton	80	72	+-8
17	Sunday Oliseh	CDM	Nigeria	KRC Genk	80	72	+-8
18	Zvonimir Soldo	CDM	Croatia	VfB Stuttgart	80	71	+-9
19	Movilla	CDM	Spain	Real Zaragoza	79	77	+-2
20	Iván Campo	CDM	Spain	Bolton Wanderers	79	76	+-3
21	Pablo García	CDM	Uruguay	Real Madrid	79	75	+-4
22	Nicky Butt	CDM	England	Birmingham City	79	70	+-9
23	Olivier Dacourt	CDM	France	AS Roma	79	68	+-11
24	Frank Baumann	CDM	Germany	SV Werder Bremen	79	68	+-11
25	Kerimoglu Tugay	CDM	Türkiye	Blackburn Rovers	78	76	+-2
26	Daniele De Rossi	CDM	Italy	AS Roma	78	76	+-2
27	Matteo Brighi	CDM	Italy	Chievo Verona	78	74	+-4
28	Juan Sebastián Verón	CDM	Argentina	Inter Milan	77	83	+6
29	Petit	CDM	Portugal	Benfica	77	75	+-2
30	Miroslav Karhan	CDM	Slovakia	VfL Wolfsburg	77	73	+-4
31	Igor Biscan	CDM	Croatia	Panathinaikos	77	72	+-5
32	Gonzalo De los Santos	CDM	Uruguay	Uruguay	77	72	+-5
33	Rio Antonio Mavuba	CDM	France	Bordeaux	77	72	+-5
34	Gonzalo Colsa	CDM	Spain	Atlético Madrid	77	71	+-6
35	Amdy Faye	CDM	Senegal	Newcastle United	77	67	+-10
36	Zlatan Bajramovic	CDM	Bosnia & Herzegovina	FC Schalke 04	76	78	+2
37	Sergio	CDM	Spain	RC Deportivo La Coruna	76	78	+2
38	Cláudio Andrés Maldonado	CDM	Chile	Cruzeiro	76	74	+-2
39	Modeste M'Bami	CDM	Cameroon	Paris Saint-Germain	76	73	+-3
40	Sabri Lamouchi	CDM	France	Marseille	76	72	+-4
41	Fábio Simplício	CDM	Brazil	Parma	76	72	+-4
42	Marcelo Fabián Sosa	CDM	Uruguay	Osasuna	76	72	+-4
43	Hanno Balitsch	CDM	Germany	Hannover 96	76	71	+-5
44	Sebastian Kehl	CDM	Germany	Borussia Dortmund	76	70	+-6
45	Raphael Wicky	CDM	Switzerland	Hamburger Sport Verein	76	67	+-9
46	Jérémy Toulalan	CDM	France	FC Nantes	76	65	+-11
47	Christian Nerlinger	CDM	Germany	FC Kaiserslautern	75	77	+2
48	Philippe Violeau	CDM	France	AJ Auxerre	75	75	+0
49	Marco Engelhardt	CDM	Germany	FC Kaiserslautern	75	75	+0
50	José Ignacio	CDM	Spain	RC Celta Vigo	75	75	+0