Best Defensive Midfielders

Top-rated defensive midfielders (CDM, RDM, LDM) — FIFA 12

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1

Sergio Busquets Burgos85+2

2

Daniele De Rossi84+2

3

Esteban Cambiasso84+0

4

Arturo Vidal83+5

5

Javier Martínez Aginaga82+4

6

Yann M'Vila82+4

7

Alexandre Song82+3

8

Sami Khedira82+3

9

Jérémy Toulalan82+1

10

Gareth Barry82+0

11

Mark van Bommel82+0

12

Rio Antonio Mavuba81+3

13

Sven Bender81+3

14

Thiago Motta81+2

15

Nigel de Jong81+2

16

Lassana Diarra81+2

17

Javier Zanetti81+0

18

Benoît Cheyrou81+0

19

Simon Rolfes81+0

20

Stéphane M'Bia80+6

21

Lars Bender80+4

22

Bruno Soriano Llido80+4

23

Fran. Javier García Fernández80+3

24

John Obi Mikel80+3

25

Lucas Pezzini Leiva80+3

26

Luiz Gustavo Dias80+3

27

Igor Denisov80+2

28

Felipe Melo de Carvalho80+1

29

Seydou Keita80+0

30

Anatoliy Tymoshchuk80+0

31

Sandro R. G. Cordeiro79+5

32

Walter Gargano79+3

33

Miguel Luís Pinto Veloso79+2

34

Roberto Carlos Da Silva Junior79+0

35

Didier Zokora79+0

36

Massimo Ambrosini79+0

37

Mohamed Sissoko78+7

38

Serigne Kara78+6

39

Fernando Reges78+4

40

Maxime Gonalons78+4

41

42

Fabián Rinaudo78+3

43

Mehmet Topal78+2

44

William Kvist78+2

45

Sebastian Kehl78+0

46

Owen Hargreaves78+0

47

Alou Diarra78+0

48

Pablo Guiñazú78+0

49

Etienne Capoue77+7

50

Rafael de Souza Pereira77+7

#	Player	Position	Nation	Team	OVR	POT	Growth
1	Sergio Busquets Burgos	CDM	Spain	FC Barcelona	85	87	+2
2	Daniele De Rossi	CDM	Italy	Roma	84	86	+2
3	Esteban Cambiasso	CDM	Argentina	Inter	84	84	+0
4	Arturo Vidal	CDM	Chile	Juventus	83	88	+5
5	Javier Martínez Aginaga	CDM	Spain	Athletic Bilbao	82	86	+4
6	Yann M'Vila	CDM	France	Stade Rennes	82	86	+4
7	Alexandre Song	CDM	Cameroon	Arsenal	82	85	+3
8	Sami Khedira	CDM	Germany	Real Madrid	82	85	+3
9	Jérémy Toulalan	CDM	France	Málaga CF	82	83	+1
10	Gareth Barry	CDM	England	Manchester City	82	82	+0
11	Mark van Bommel	CDM	Netherlands	Milan	82	82	+0
12	Rio Antonio Mavuba	CDM	France	LOSC Lille	81	84	+3
13	Sven Bender	CDM	Germany	Bor. Dortmund	81	84	+3
14	Thiago Motta	CDM	Italy	Inter	81	83	+2
15	Nigel de Jong	CDM	Netherlands	Manchester City	81	83	+2
16	Lassana Diarra	CDM	France	Real Madrid	81	83	+2
17	Javier Zanetti	CDM	Argentina	Inter	81	81	+0
18	Benoît Cheyrou	CDM	France	Marseille	81	81	+0
19	Simon Rolfes	CDM	Germany	Bay. Leverkusen	81	81	+0
20	Stéphane M'Bia	CDM	Cameroon	Marseille	80	86	+6
21	Lars Bender	CDM	Germany	Bay. Leverkusen	80	84	+4
22	Bruno Soriano Llido	CDM	Spain	Villarreal CF	80	84	+4
23	Fran. Javier García Fernández	CDM	Spain	SL Benfica	80	83	+3
24	John Obi Mikel	CDM	Nigeria	Chelsea	80	83	+3
25	Lucas Pezzini Leiva	CDM	Brazil	Liverpool	80	83	+3
26	Luiz Gustavo Dias	CDM	Brazil	Bayern München	80	83	+3
27	Igor Denisov	CDM	Russia	Zenit	80	82	+2
28	Felipe Melo de Carvalho	CDM	Brazil	Galatasaray SK	80	81	+1
29	Seydou Keita	CDM	Mali	FC Barcelona	80	80	+0
30	Anatoliy Tymoshchuk	CDM	Ukraine	Bayern München	80	80	+0
31	Sandro R. G. Cordeiro	CDM	Brazil	Spurs	79	84	+5
32	Walter Gargano	CDM	Uruguay	Napoli	79	82	+3
33	Miguel Luís Pinto Veloso	CDM	Portugal	Genoa	79	81	+2
34	Roberto Carlos Da Silva Junior	CDM	Brazil	A. Makhachkala	79	79	+0
35	Didier Zokora	CDM	Ivory Coast	Côte d'Ivoire	79	79	+0
36	Massimo Ambrosini	CDM	Italy	Milan	79	79	+0
37	Mohamed Sissoko	CDM	Mali	PSG	78	85	+7
38	Serigne Kara	CDM	Senegal	Tromsø IL	78	84	+6
39	Fernando Reges	CDM	Brazil	FC Porto	78	82	+4
40	Maxime Gonalons	CDM	France	Olympique Lyon	78	82	+4
41	Gary Medel	CDM	Chile	Sevilla FC	78	82	+4
42	Fabián Rinaudo	CDM	Argentina	Sporting CP	78	81	+3
43	Mehmet Topal	CDM	Türkiye	Valencia CF	78	80	+2
44	William Kvist	CDM	Denmark	VfB Stuttgart	78	80	+2
45	Sebastian Kehl	CDM	Germany	Bor. Dortmund	78	78	+0
46	Owen Hargreaves	CDM	England	Manchester City	78	78	+0
47	Alou Diarra	CDM	France	Marseille	78	78	+0
48	Pablo Guiñazú	CDM	Argentina	I. Porto Alegre	78	78	+0
49	Etienne Capoue	CDM	France	Toulouse FC	77	84	+7
50	Rafael de Souza Pereira	CDM	Brazil	Spartak Moskva	77	84	+7