Best Defensive Midfielders

Top-rated defensive midfielders (CDM, RDM, LDM) — FIFA 07

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Henning Drill87+12

2

Mahamadou Diarra86+6

3

Torsten Frings86+2

4

Patrick Vieira85+4

5

6

Esteban Cambiasso83+3

7

Jean Makoun82+7

8

Simon Rolfes82+4

9

Jérémy Toulalan81+11

10

Claude Makélelé81+7

11

Gennaro Gattuso81+6

12

Owen Hargreaves81+5

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14

Benoît Pedretti81+5

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Emerse Faé80+10

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18

Seydou Keita80+8

19

Daniele De Rossi80+7

20

Mohamed Sissoko80+6

21

22

George Boateng80+0

23

Didier Zokora80+-1

24

Javier Mascherano79+12

25

Nigel de Jong79+9

26

Fabian Ernst79+8

27

Cláudio Andrés Maldonado79+7

28

Matteo Brighi79+5

29

Papa Bouba Diop79+4

30

Massimo Ambrosini79+4

31

32

Paulo Assunção79+1

33

Alou Diarra78+13

34

Rio Antonio Mavuba78+13

35

Dietmar Hamann78+5

36

Frank Baumann78+4

37

Jaroslav Plasil78+3

38

Fábio Simplício78+2

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Sabri Lamouchi78+0

41

Phil Neville78+-1

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Sebastian Kehl77+11

44

Rasmus Würtz77+10

45

Zlatan Bajramovic77+9

46

Christian Poulsen77+9

47

Konstantinos Katsouranis77+6

48

Kerimoglu Tugay77+3

49

Andrea Zanchetta77+3

50

Petr Hlinka77+2

#	Player	Position	Nation	Team	OVR	POT	Growth
1	Henning Drill	CDM	Switzerland		87	99	+12
2	Mahamadou Diarra	CDM	Mali	Real Madrid C.F.	86	92	+6
3	Torsten Frings	CDM	Germany	SV Werder Bremen	86	88	+2
4	Patrick Vieira	CDM	France	Inter Milan	85	89	+4
5	Emerson	CDM	Brazil	Real Madrid C.F.	84	89	+5
6	Esteban Cambiasso	CDM	Argentina	Inter Milan	83	86	+3
7	Jean Makoun	CDM	Cameroon	Lille Osc	82	89	+7
8	Simon Rolfes	CDM	Germany	Bayer Leverkusen	82	86	+4
9	Jérémy Toulalan	CDM	France	Olympique Lyonnais	81	92	+11
10	Claude Makélelé	CDM	France	Chelsea	81	88	+7
11	Gennaro Gattuso	CDM	Italy	AC Milan	81	87	+6
12	Owen Hargreaves	CDM	England	Bayern Munich	81	86	+5
13	Edmilson	CDM	Brazil	F.C. Barcelona	81	86	+5
14	Benoît Pedretti	CDM	France	Olympique Lyonnais	81	86	+5
15	Kim Nam Il	CDM	Republic of Korea	Suwon Bluewings	81	83	+2
16	Emerse Faé	CDM	Ivory Coast	FC Nantes	80	90	+10
17	Mineiro	CDM	Brazil	São Paulo	80	89	+9
18	Seydou Keita	CDM	Mali	RC Lens	80	88	+8
19	Daniele De Rossi	CDM	Italy	AS Roma	80	87	+7
20	Mohamed Sissoko	CDM	Mali	Liverpool	80	86	+6
21	Albelda	CDM	Spain	Valencia	80	83	+3
22	George Boateng	CDM	Netherlands	Middlesbrough	80	80	+0
23	Didier Zokora	CDM	Ivory Coast	Tottenham Hotspur	80	79	+-1
24	Javier Mascherano	CDM	Argentina	Corinthians	79	91	+12
25	Nigel de Jong	CDM	Netherlands	Hamburger Sport Verein	79	88	+9
26	Fabian Ernst	CDM	Germany	FC Schalke 04	79	87	+8
27	Cláudio Andrés Maldonado	CDM	Chile	Santos	79	86	+7
28	Matteo Brighi	CDM	Italy	Chievo Verona	79	84	+5
29	Papa Bouba Diop	CDM	Senegal	Fulham	79	83	+4
30	Massimo Ambrosini	CDM	Italy	AC Milan	79	83	+4
31	Puñal	CDM	Spain	Osasuna	79	82	+3
32	Paulo Assunção	CDM	Brazil	F.C. Porto	79	80	+1
33	Alou Diarra	CDM	France	Olympique Lyonnais	78	91	+13
34	Rio Antonio Mavuba	CDM	France	Bordeaux	78	91	+13
35	Dietmar Hamann	CDM	Germany	Manchester City	78	83	+5
36	Frank Baumann	CDM	Germany	SV Werder Bremen	78	82	+4
37	Jaroslav Plasil	CDM	Czechia	AS Monaco	78	81	+3
38	Fábio Simplício	CDM	Brazil	Palermo	78	80	+2
39	Movilla	CDM	Spain	Real Zaragoza	78	79	+1
40	Sabri Lamouchi	CDM	France	Marseille	78	78	+0
41	Phil Neville	CDM	England	Everton	78	77	+-1
42	Jan Polak	CDM	Czechia	FC Nürnberg	77	89	+12
43	Sebastian Kehl	CDM	Germany	Borussia Dortmund	77	88	+11
44	Rasmus Würtz	CDM	Denmark	Aalborg Boldklub	77	87	+10
45	Zlatan Bajramovic	CDM	Bosnia & Herzegovina	FC Schalke 04	77	86	+9
46	Christian Poulsen	CDM	Denmark	Sevilla F.C.	77	86	+9
47	Konstantinos Katsouranis	CDM	Greece	Benfica	77	83	+6
48	Kerimoglu Tugay	CDM	Türkiye	Blackburn Rovers	77	80	+3
49	Andrea Zanchetta	CDM	Italy	Chievo Verona	77	80	+3
50	Petr Hlinka	CDM	Slovakia	SK Rapid Wien	77	79	+2