Best Defensive Midfielders

Top-rated defensive midfielders (CDM, RDM, LDM) — FIFA 13

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Yaya Touré86+0

Sergio Busquets Burgos85+2

Daniele De Rossi85+0

Sami Khedira84+2

Javier Martínez Aginaga83+3

Alexandre Song83+1

Rio Antonio Mavuba82+2

Lars Bender82+2

Jérémy Toulalan82+0

Sven Bender81+3

Sandro R. G. Cordeiro81+3

Igor Denisov81+2

Blaise Matuidi81+2

Miguel Luís Pinto Veloso81+2

Luiz Gustavo Dias81+2

Lucas Pezzini Leiva81+1

Michaël Essien81+0

Thiago Motta81+0

Nigel de Jong81+0

José Paulo Bezerra M. Júnior80+5

Nemanja Matić80+5

Lassana Diarra80+3

Cheick Tioté80+3

Fernando Reges80+3

Gareth Barry80+0

Scott Parker80+0

Mark van Bommel80+0

Paul Pogba79+8

Yann M'Vila79+7

Etienne Capoue79+5

Bruno Soriano Llido79+5

Fran. Javier García Fernández79+3

John Obi Mikel79+3

Fernando Gago79+1

Sebastian Kehl79+0

Simon Rolfes79+0

Felipe Melo de Carvalho79+0

Esteban Cambiasso79+0

Mario Suárez Mata78+5

Rasmus Elm78+4

Fabián Rinaudo78+4

Maxime Gonalons78+4

Gary Medel78+4

Ognjen Vukojević78+2

Claudio Yacob78+2

Elias Mendes Trindade78+2

Ignacio Camacho Barnola78+2

William Kvist78+1

José Alberto Cañas Ruíz-Herrera78+1

Javier Fuego Martínez78+0

#	Player	Position	Nation	Team	OVR	POT	Growth
1	Yaya Touré	CDM	Ivory Coast	Manchester City	86	86	+0
2	Sergio Busquets Burgos	CDM	Spain	FC Barcelona	85	87	+2
3	Daniele De Rossi	CDM	Italy	Roma	85	85	+0
4	Sami Khedira	CDM	Germany	Real Madrid	84	86	+2
5	Javier Martínez Aginaga	CDM	Spain	Bayern München	83	86	+3
6	Alexandre Song	CDM	Cameroon	FC Barcelona	83	84	+1
7	Rio Antonio Mavuba	CDM	France	LOSC Lille	82	84	+2
8	Lars Bender	CDM	Germany	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	82	84	+2
9	Jérémy Toulalan	CDM	France	Málaga CF	82	82	+0
10	Sven Bender	CDM	Germany	Borussia Dortmund	81	84	+3
11	Sandro R. G. Cordeiro	CDM	Brazil	Tottenham Hotspur	81	84	+3
12	Igor Denisov	CDM	Russia	Zenit St. Petersburg	81	83	+2
13	Blaise Matuidi	CDM	France	Paris Saint-Germain	81	83	+2
14	Miguel Luís Pinto Veloso	CDM	Portugal	Portugal	81	83	+2
15	Luiz Gustavo Dias	CDM	Brazil	Bayern München	81	83	+2
16	Lucas Pezzini Leiva	CDM	Brazil	Liverpool	81	82	+1
17	Michaël Essien	CDM	Ghana	Real Madrid	81	81	+0
18	Thiago Motta	CDM	Italy	Paris Saint-Germain	81	81	+0
19	Nigel de Jong	CDM	Netherlands	Milan	81	81	+0
20	José Paulo Bezerra M. Júnior	CDM	Brazil	Corinthians	80	85	+5
21	Nemanja Matić	CDM	Serbia	SL Benfica	80	85	+5
22	Lassana Diarra	CDM	France	Real Madrid	80	83	+3
23	Cheick Tioté	CDM	Ivory Coast	Newcastle United	80	83	+3
24	Fernando Reges	CDM	Brazil	FC Porto	80	83	+3
25	Gareth Barry	CDM	England	Manchester City	80	80	+0
26	Scott Parker	CDM	England	Tottenham Hotspur	80	80	+0
27	Mark van Bommel	CDM	Netherlands	PSV	80	80	+0
28	Paul Pogba	CDM	France	Juventus	79	87	+8
29	Yann M'Vila	CDM	France	Stade Rennais	79	86	+7
30	Etienne Capoue	CDM	France	Toulouse FC	79	84	+5
31	Bruno Soriano Llido	CDM	Spain	Villarreal CF	79	84	+5
32	Fran. Javier García Fernández	CDM	Spain	Manchester City	79	82	+3
33	John Obi Mikel	CDM	Nigeria	Chelsea	79	82	+3
34	Fernando Gago	CDM	Argentina	Valencia CF	79	80	+1
35	Sebastian Kehl	CDM	Germany	Borussia Dortmund	79	79	+0
36	Simon Rolfes	CDM	Germany	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	79	79	+0
37	Felipe Melo de Carvalho	CDM	Brazil	Galatasaray SK	79	79	+0
38	Esteban Cambiasso	CDM	Argentina	Inter	79	79	+0
39	Mario Suárez Mata	CDM	Spain	Atlético de Madrid	78	83	+5
40	Rasmus Elm	CDM	Sweden	CSKA Moskva	78	82	+4
41	Fabián Rinaudo	CDM	Argentina	Sporting CP	78	82	+4
42	Maxime Gonalons	CDM	France	Olympique Lyonnais	78	82	+4
43	Gary Medel	CDM	Chile	Sevilla FC	78	82	+4
44	Ognjen Vukojević	CDM	Croatia	Spartak Moskva	78	80	+2
45	Claudio Yacob	CDM	Argentina	West Bromwich Albion	78	80	+2
46	Elias Mendes Trindade	CDM	Brazil	Sporting CP	78	80	+2
47	Ignacio Camacho Barnola	CDM	Spain	Málaga CF	78	80	+2
48	William Kvist	CDM	Denmark	VfB Stuttgart	78	79	+1
49	José Alberto Cañas Ruíz-Herrera	CDM	Spain	Real Betis Balompié	78	79	+1
50	Javier Fuego Martínez	CDM	Spain	Rayo Vallecano	78	78	+0