Best Defensive Midfielders

Top-rated defensive midfielders (CDM, RDM, LDM) — FIFA 10

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1

Edgardo Alberto Goñi Mendaza87+1

2

Esteban Cambiasso86+2

3

Daniele De Rossi85+4

4

Javier Mascherano85+3

5

Zé Roberto84+2

6

Anatoliy Tymoschuk84+1

7

Gennaro Ivan Gattuso83+6

8

Jérémy Toulalan83+5

9

Yaya Gnegneri Touré83+4

10

Gareth Barry83+2

11

Massimo Ambrosini82+7

12

Jake Penford82+5

13

Torsten Frings82+4

14

Seydou Keita82+3

15

Owen Hargreaves82+3

16

Felipe Melo82+3

17

Lassana Diarra82+3

18

19

Iñaqui Pinilla82+0

20

Sebastien Negret82+0

21

Jose Ignacio Rubio Pérez81+7

22

John Obi Mikel81+5

23

Thiago Motta81+4

24

René Dospel81+2

25

Claude Makélelé80+9

26

Benoît Cheyrou80+8

27

Mahamadou Diarra80+7

28

29

Marouane Fellaini80+7

30

Alou Diarra80+5

31

Sebastian Kehl80+4

32

Mark van Bommel80+4

33

Jermaine Jones80+4

34

Simon Rolfes80+4

35

Angelo Palombo80+1

36

Patrick Vieira79+8

37

Jean II Makoun79+7

38

Mohamed Lamine Sissoko79+7

39

Alexandre Song79+7

40

Gilberto Silva79+6

41

42

Fabian Ernst79+5

43

Nigel de Jong79+5

44

Konstantinos Katsouranis79+5

45

Mathieu Bodmer79+4

46

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Dudu Cearense79+3

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Sami Khedira78+9

50

Stéphane M'Bia78+8

#	Player	Position	Nation	Team	OVR	POT	Growth
1	Edgardo Alberto Goñi Mendaza	CDM	Spain		87	88	+1
2	Esteban Cambiasso	CDM	Argentina	Inter	86	88	+2
3	Daniele De Rossi	CDM	Italy	Roma	85	89	+4
4	Javier Mascherano	CDM	Argentina	Liverpool	85	88	+3
5	Zé Roberto	CDM	Brazil	Hamburger SV	84	86	+2
6	Anatoliy Tymoschuk	CDM	Ukraine	Bayern München	84	85	+1
7	Gennaro Ivan Gattuso	CDM	Italy	Milan	83	89	+6
8	Jérémy Toulalan	CDM	France	Olympique Lyonnais	83	88	+5
9	Yaya Gnegneri Touré	CDM	Ivory Coast	F.C. Barcelona	83	87	+4
10	Gareth Barry	CDM	England	Manchester City	83	85	+2
11	Massimo Ambrosini	CDM	Italy	Milan	82	89	+7
12	Jake Penford	CDM	Mali		82	87	+5
13	Torsten Frings	CDM	Germany	Werder Bremen	82	86	+4
14	Seydou Keita	CDM	Mali	F.C. Barcelona	82	85	+3
15	Owen Hargreaves	CDM	England	Manchester United	82	85	+3
16	Felipe Melo	CDM	Brazil	Juventus	82	85	+3
17	Lassana Diarra	CDM	France	Real Madrid C.F.	82	85	+3
18	Josué	CDM	Brazil	VfL Wolfsburg	82	84	+2
19	Iñaqui Pinilla	CDM	Brazil		82	82	+0
20	Sebastien Negret	CDM	France		82	82	+0
21	Jose Ignacio Rubio Pérez	CDM	Spain		81	88	+7
22	John Obi Mikel	CDM	Nigeria	Chelsea	81	86	+5
23	Thiago Motta	CDM	Brazil	Inter	81	85	+4
24	René Dospel	CDM	Netherlands		81	83	+2
25	Claude Makélelé	CDM	France	Paris Saint-Germain	80	89	+9
26	Benoît Cheyrou	CDM	France	Olympique de Marseille	80	88	+8
27	Mahamadou Diarra	CDM	Mali	Real Madrid C.F.	80	87	+7
28	Lorik Cana	CDM	Albania	Sunderland	80	87	+7
29	Marouane Fellaini	CDM	Belgium	Everton	80	87	+7
30	Alou Diarra	CDM	France	Girondins de Bordeaux	80	85	+5
31	Sebastian Kehl	CDM	Germany	Borussia Dortmund	80	84	+4
32	Mark van Bommel	CDM	Netherlands	Bayern München	80	84	+4
33	Jermaine Jones	CDM	United States	FC Schalke 04	80	84	+4
34	Simon Rolfes	CDM	Germany	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	80	84	+4
35	Angelo Palombo	CDM	Italy	Sampdoria	80	81	+1
36	Patrick Vieira	CDM	France	Inter	79	87	+8
37	Jean II Makoun	CDM	Cameroon	Olympique Lyonnais	79	86	+7
38	Mohamed Lamine Sissoko	CDM	Mali	Juventus	79	86	+7
39	Alexandre Song	CDM	Cameroon	Arsenal	79	86	+7
40	Gilberto Silva	CDM	Brazil	Panathinaikos FC	79	85	+6
41	Fernando	CDM	Brazil	FC Porto	79	85	+6
42	Fabian Ernst	CDM	Germany	Beşiktaş JK	79	84	+5
43	Nigel de Jong	CDM	Netherlands	Manchester City	79	84	+5
44	Konstantinos Katsouranis	CDM	Greece	Panathinaikos FC	79	84	+5
45	Mathieu Bodmer	CDM	France	Olympique Lyonnais	79	83	+4
46	Bob Mogg	CDM	Cameroon		79	83	+4
47	Dudu Cearense	CDM	Brazil	Olympiakos CFP	79	82	+3
48	Joe Basham	CDM	Scotland		79	79	+0
49	Sami Khedira	CDM	Germany	VfB Stuttgart	78	87	+9
50	Stéphane M'Bia	CDM	Cameroon	Olympique de Marseille	78	86	+8