Best Defensive Midfielders

Top-rated defensive midfielders (CDM, RDM, LDM) — FIFA 11

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Javier Mascherano84+4

Esteban Cambiasso84+3

Jérémy Toulalan83+5

Yaya Touré83+4

Daniele De Rossi83+3

Alexandre Song82+4

John Obi Mikel82+4

Gareth Barry82+3

Lassana Diarra82+3

Mark van Bommel82+2

Marouane Fellaini81+6

Torsten Frings81+5

Seydou Keita81+4

Owen Hargreaves81+4

Sergio Busquets Burgos81+3

Didier Zokora81+1

Angelo Palombo81+1

Massimo Ambrosini80+9

Rafael Márquez80+7

Jean II Makoun80+6

Stéphane M'Bia80+6

Sami Khedira80+6

Alou Diarra80+5

Nigel De Jong80+4

Sebastian Kehl80+3

Mathieu Bodmer80+3

Josué Anunciato de Oliveira80+2

Javier Martínez Aginaga80+1

Mohamed Sissoko79+8

Fernando Francisco Reges79+6

Fabian Ernst79+5

Arturo Vidal79+5

Gilberto Silva79+4

Anatoliy Tymoschuk79+4

Francisco Javier García Fernández79+4

Simon Rolfes79+3

Benoît Cheyrou78+10

Patrick Vieira78+9

Mahamadou Diarra78+9

Miguel Luís Pinto Veloso78+8

Maxime Gonalons78+8

Anthony Annan78+7

Benoît Pedretti78+6

Konstantinos Katsouranis78+6

Jermaine Jones78+5

Felipe Melo de Carvalho78+5

Walter Gargano78+5

Lorik Cana78+4

Alexandro Silva da Souza78+4

David Albelda Aliqués78+3

#	Player	Position	Nation	Team	OVR	POT	Growth
1	Javier Mascherano	CDM	Argentina	FC Barcelona	84	88	+4
2	Esteban Cambiasso	CDM	Argentina	Inter	84	87	+3
3	Jérémy Toulalan	CDM	France	Olympique Lyonnais	83	88	+5
4	Yaya Touré	CDM	Ivory Coast	Manchester City	83	87	+4
5	Daniele De Rossi	CDM	Italy	Roma	83	86	+3
6	Alexandre Song	CDM	Cameroon	Arsenal	82	86	+4
7	John Obi Mikel	CDM	Nigeria	Chelsea	82	86	+4
8	Gareth Barry	CDM	England	Manchester City	82	85	+3
9	Lassana Diarra	CDM	France	Real Madrid	82	85	+3
10	Mark van Bommel	CDM	Netherlands	Bayern München	82	84	+2
11	Marouane Fellaini	CDM	Belgium	Everton	81	87	+6
12	Torsten Frings	CDM	Germany	Werder Bremen	81	86	+5
13	Seydou Keita	CDM	Mali	FC Barcelona	81	85	+4
14	Owen Hargreaves	CDM	England	Manchester United	81	85	+4
15	Sergio Busquets Burgos	CDM	Spain	FC Barcelona	81	84	+3
16	Didier Zokora	CDM	Ivory Coast	Sevilla FC	81	82	+1
17	Angelo Palombo	CDM	Italy	Sampdoria	81	82	+1
18	Massimo Ambrosini	CDM	Italy	Milan	80	89	+9
19	Rafael Márquez	CDM	Mexico	New York Red Bulls	80	87	+7
20	Jean II Makoun	CDM	Cameroon	Olympique Lyonnais	80	86	+6
21	Stéphane M'Bia	CDM	Cameroon	Olympique de Marseille	80	86	+6
22	Sami Khedira	CDM	Germany	Real Madrid	80	86	+6
23	Alou Diarra	CDM	France	FC Girondins de Bordeaux	80	85	+5
24	Nigel De Jong	CDM	Netherlands	Manchester City	80	84	+4
25	Sebastian Kehl	CDM	Germany	Borussia Dortmund	80	83	+3
26	Mathieu Bodmer	CDM	France	Paris Saint-Germain	80	83	+3
27	Josué Anunciato de Oliveira	CDM	Brazil	VfL Wolfsburg	80	82	+2
28	Javier Martínez Aginaga	CDM	Spain	Athletic Club de Bilbao	80	81	+1
29	Mohamed Sissoko	CDM	Mali	Juventus	79	87	+8
30	Fernando Francisco Reges	CDM	Brazil	FC Porto	79	85	+6
31	Fabian Ernst	CDM	Germany	Beşiktaş JK	79	84	+5
32	Arturo Vidal	CDM	Chile	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	79	84	+5
33	Gilberto Silva	CDM	Brazil	Panathinaikos FC	79	83	+4
34	Anatoliy Tymoschuk	CDM	Ukraine	Bayern München	79	83	+4
35	Francisco Javier García Fernández	CDM	Spain	SL Benfica	79	83	+4
36	Simon Rolfes	CDM	Germany	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	79	82	+3
37	Benoît Cheyrou	CDM	France	Olympique de Marseille	78	88	+10
38	Patrick Vieira	CDM	France	Manchester City	78	87	+9
39	Mahamadou Diarra	CDM	Mali	Real Madrid	78	87	+9
40	Miguel Luís Pinto Veloso	CDM	Portugal	Genoa	78	86	+8
41	Maxime Gonalons	CDM	France	Olympique Lyonnais	78	86	+8
42	Anthony Annan	CDM	Ghana	Rosenborg BK	78	85	+7
43	Benoît Pedretti	CDM	France	AJ Auxerre	78	84	+6
44	Konstantinos Katsouranis	CDM	Greece	Panathinaikos FC	78	84	+6
45	Jermaine Jones	CDM	United States	FC Schalke 04	78	83	+5
46	Felipe Melo de Carvalho	CDM	Brazil	Juventus	78	83	+5
47	Walter Gargano	CDM	Uruguay	Napoli	78	83	+5
48	Lorik Cana	CDM	Albania	Galatasaray SK	78	82	+4
49	Alexandro Silva da Souza	CDM	Brazil	Olympiacos CFP	78	82	+4
50	David Albelda Aliqués	CDM	Spain	Valencia CF	78	81	+3