Best Defensive Midfielders

Top-rated defensive midfielders (CDM, RDM, LDM) — FIFA 14

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1

Philipp Lahm87+0

2

Sergio Busquets Burgos85+4

3

Xabier Alonso Olano85+0

4

Daniele De Rossi85+0

5

Sami Khedira84+2

6

Jérémy Toulalan84+0

7

Blaise Matuidi83+3

8

Alexandre Song83+2

9

Thiago Motta83+0

10

Felipe Melo de Carvalho83+0

11

Lassana Diarra82+1

12

Nemanja Matić81+4

13

Sven Bender81+3

14

Sandro R. G. Cordeiro81+3

15

Luiz Gustavo Dias81+2

16

Ramires Santos do Nascimen.81+1

17

Rio Antonio Mavuba81+0

18

Riccardo Montolivo80+4

19

Miguel Luís Pinto Veloso80+3

20

Lucas Pezzini Leiva80+2

21

Marouane Fellaini80+2

22

Gareth Barry80+0

23

Mikel Arteta Amatriain80+0

24

Igor Denisov80+0

25

Bruno Soriano Llido80+0

26

Fernando Reges79+4

27

28

Maxime Gonalons79+3

29

Fran. Javier García Fernández79+1

30

John Obi Mikel79+1

31

Mathieu Flamini79+0

32

Gökhan Inler79+0

33

Valon Behrami79+0

34

Yann M'Vila78+8

35

William Silva de Carvalho78+7

36

Nigel de Jong78+6

37

Etienne Capoue78+5

38

Elias Mendes Trindade78+5

39

Ander Iturraspe Derteano78+4

40

Morgan Schneiderlin78+3

41

Steven N'Zonzi78+3

42

Ignacio Camacho Barnola78+3

43

Mehmet Topal78+2

44

Cheick Tioté78+2

45

Claudio Yacob78+2

46

Stefan Reinartz78+2

47

Sebastian Kehl78+0

48

Cristian Ledesma78+0

49

Simon Rolfes78+0

50

Esteban Cambiasso78+0

#	Player	Position	Nation	Team	OVR	POT	Growth
1	Philipp Lahm	CDM	Germany	FC Bayern	87	87	+0
2	Sergio Busquets Burgos	CDM	Spain	FC Barcelona	85	89	+4
3	Xabier Alonso Olano	CDM	Spain	Real Madrid	85	85	+0
4	Daniele De Rossi	CDM	Italy	Roma	85	85	+0
5	Sami Khedira	CDM	Germany	Real Madrid	84	86	+2
6	Jérémy Toulalan	CDM	France	AS Monaco	84	84	+0
7	Blaise Matuidi	CDM	France	PSG	83	86	+3
8	Alexandre Song	CDM	Cameroon	FC Barcelona	83	85	+2
9	Thiago Motta	CDM	Italy	PSG	83	83	+0
10	Felipe Melo de Carvalho	CDM	Brazil	Galatasaray SK	83	83	+0
11	Lassana Diarra	CDM	France	Lokomotiv	82	83	+1
12	Nemanja Matić	CDM	Serbia	Chelsea	81	85	+4
13	Sven Bender	CDM	Germany	Bor. Dortmund	81	84	+3
14	Sandro R. G. Cordeiro	CDM	Brazil	Spurs	81	84	+3
15	Luiz Gustavo Dias	CDM	Brazil	VfL Wolfsburg	81	83	+2
16	Ramires Santos do Nascimen.	CDM	Brazil	Chelsea	81	82	+1
17	Rio Antonio Mavuba	CDM	France	LOSC Lille	81	81	+0
18	Riccardo Montolivo	CDM	Italy	Milan	80	84	+4
19	Miguel Luís Pinto Veloso	CDM	Portugal	Portugal	80	83	+3
20	Lucas Pezzini Leiva	CDM	Brazil	Liverpool	80	82	+2
21	Marouane Fellaini	CDM	Belgium	Everton	80	82	+2
22	Gareth Barry	CDM	England	Everton	80	80	+0
23	Mikel Arteta Amatriain	CDM	Spain	Arsenal	80	80	+0
24	Igor Denisov	CDM	Russia	Dinamo Moskou	80	80	+0
25	Bruno Soriano Llido	CDM	Spain	Villarreal CF	80	80	+0
26	Fernando Reges	CDM	Brazil	FC Porto	79	83	+4
27	Rasmus Elm	CDM	Sweden	CSKA Moskou	79	82	+3
28	Maxime Gonalons	CDM	France	Olympique Lyon	79	82	+3
29	Fran. Javier García Fernández	CDM	Spain	Manchester City	79	80	+1
30	John Obi Mikel	CDM	Nigeria	Chelsea	79	80	+1
31	Mathieu Flamini	CDM	France	Arsenal	79	79	+0
32	Gökhan Inler	CDM	Switzerland	Napoli	79	79	+0
33	Valon Behrami	CDM	Switzerland	Napoli	79	79	+0
34	Yann M'Vila	CDM	France	Rubin Kazan	78	86	+8
35	William Silva de Carvalho	CDM	Portugal	Sporting CP	78	85	+7
36	Nigel de Jong	CDM	Netherlands	Milan	78	84	+6
37	Etienne Capoue	CDM	France	Spurs	78	83	+5
38	Elias Mendes Trindade	CDM	Brazil	Flamengo	78	83	+5
39	Ander Iturraspe Derteano	CDM	Spain	Athletic Bilbao	78	82	+4
40	Morgan Schneiderlin	CDM	France	Southampton	78	81	+3
41	Steven N'Zonzi	CDM	France	Stoke City	78	81	+3
42	Ignacio Camacho Barnola	CDM	Spain	Málaga CF	78	81	+3
43	Mehmet Topal	CDM	Türkiye	Turkey	78	80	+2
44	Cheick Tioté	CDM	Ivory Coast	Newcastle Utd	78	80	+2
45	Claudio Yacob	CDM	Argentina	West Brom	78	80	+2
46	Stefan Reinartz	CDM	Germany	Bayer 04	78	80	+2
47	Sebastian Kehl	CDM	Germany	Bor. Dortmund	78	78	+0
48	Cristian Ledesma	CDM	Italy	Lazio	78	78	+0
49	Simon Rolfes	CDM	Germany	Bayer 04	78	78	+0
50	Esteban Cambiasso	CDM	Argentina	Inter	78	78	+0