Best Defensive Midfielders

Top-rated defensive midfielders (CDM, RDM, LDM) — FIFA 15

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1

Philipp Lahm87+0

2

Sergio Busquets Burgos85+3

3

Xabier Alonso Olano85+0

4

Sami Khedira84+2

5

Nemanja Matić83+3

6

Blaise Matuidi83+2

7

Daniele De Rossi83+0

8

Jérémy Toulalan82+0

9

Morgan Schneiderlin81+4

10

Maxime Gonalons81+3

11

Luiz Gustavo Dias81+1

12

Steven Gerrard81+0

13

Thiago Motta81+0

14

Ramires Santos do Nascimen.81+0

15

Grzegorz Krychowiak80+4

16

Ignacio Camacho Barnola80+3

17

James McCarthy80+3

18

Sven Bender80+2

19

20

Igor Denisov80+0

21

Alexandre Song80+0

22

Lucas Biglia80+0

23

Miguel Luís Pinto Veloso80+0

24

William Silva de Carvalho79+7

25

Daley Blind79+4

26

27

Fran. Javier García Fernández79+1

28

Gareth Barry79+0

29

Mikel Arteta Amatriain79+0

30

Nigel de Jong79+0

31

Felipe Melo de Carvalho79+0

32

Javier Fuego Martínez79+0

33

Rio Antonio Mavuba79+0

34

Gökhan Inler79+0

35

Lassana Diarra79+0

36

Lucas Pezzini Leiva79+0

37

Johannes Geis78+7

38

Steven N'Zonzi78+4

39

Sebastian Rode78+4

40

Andreas Samaris78+4

41

Yann M'Vila78+3

42

Allan Marques Loureiro78+3

43

Vicente Iborra de la Fuente78+2

44

Ander Iturraspe Derteano78+2

45

Etienne Capoue78+1

46

Sebastian Kehl78+0

47

Seydou Keita78+0

48

Simon Rolfes78+0

49

Daniel Baier78+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	88	+3
3	Xabier Alonso Olano	CDM	Spain	FC Bayern	85	85	+0
4	Sami Khedira	CDM	Germany	Real Madrid	84	86	+2
5	Nemanja Matić	CDM	Serbia	Chelsea	83	86	+3
6	Blaise Matuidi	CDM	France	PSG	83	85	+2
7	Daniele De Rossi	CDM	Italy	Roma	83	83	+0
8	Jérémy Toulalan	CDM	France	AS Monaco	82	82	+0
9	Morgan Schneiderlin	CDM	France	Southampton	81	85	+4
10	Maxime Gonalons	CDM	France	Olympique Lyon	81	84	+3
11	Luiz Gustavo Dias	CDM	Brazil	VfL Wolfsburg	81	82	+1
12	Steven Gerrard	CDM	England	Liverpool	81	81	+0
13	Thiago Motta	CDM	Italy	PSG	81	81	+0
14	Ramires Santos do Nascimen.	CDM	Brazil	Chelsea	81	81	+0
15	Grzegorz Krychowiak	CDM	Poland	Sevilla FC	80	84	+4
16	Ignacio Camacho Barnola	CDM	Spain	Málaga CF	80	83	+3
17	James McCarthy	CDM	Republic of Ireland	Everton	80	83	+3
18	Sven Bender	CDM	Germany	Bor. Dortmund	80	82	+2
19	Gary Medel	CDM	Chile	Inter	80	82	+2
20	Igor Denisov	CDM	Russia	Dinamo Moskva	80	80	+0
21	Alexandre Song	CDM	Cameroon	West Ham	80	80	+0
22	Lucas Biglia	CDM	Argentina	Lazio	80	80	+0
23	Miguel Luís Pinto Veloso	CDM	Portugal	Portugal	80	80	+0
24	William Silva de Carvalho	CDM	Portugal	Sporting CP	79	86	+7
25	Daley Blind	CDM	Netherlands	Manchester Utd	79	83	+4
26	Rasmus Elm	CDM	Sweden	CSKA Moskva	79	82	+3
27	Fran. Javier García Fernández	CDM	Spain	Zenit	79	80	+1
28	Gareth Barry	CDM	England	Everton	79	79	+0
29	Mikel Arteta Amatriain	CDM	Spain	Arsenal	79	79	+0
30	Nigel de Jong	CDM	Netherlands	Milan	79	79	+0
31	Felipe Melo de Carvalho	CDM	Brazil	Galatasaray SK	79	79	+0
32	Javier Fuego Martínez	CDM	Spain	Valencia CF	79	79	+0
33	Rio Antonio Mavuba	CDM	France	LOSC Lille	79	79	+0
34	Gökhan Inler	CDM	Switzerland	Napoli	79	79	+0
35	Lassana Diarra	CDM	France	Lokomotiv	79	79	+0
36	Lucas Pezzini Leiva	CDM	Brazil	Liverpool	79	79	+0
37	Johannes Geis	CDM	Germany	1. FSV Mainz 05	78	85	+7
38	Steven N'Zonzi	CDM	France	Stoke City	78	82	+4
39	Sebastian Rode	CDM	Germany	FC Bayern	78	82	+4
40	Andreas Samaris	CDM	Greece	SL Benfica	78	82	+4
41	Yann M'Vila	CDM	France	Inter	78	81	+3
42	Allan Marques Loureiro	CDM	Brazil	Udinese	78	81	+3
43	Vicente Iborra de la Fuente	CDM	Spain	Sevilla FC	78	80	+2
44	Ander Iturraspe Derteano	CDM	Spain	Athletic Bilbao	78	80	+2
45	Etienne Capoue	CDM	France	Spurs	78	79	+1
46	Sebastian Kehl	CDM	Germany	Bor. Dortmund	78	78	+0
47	Seydou Keita	CDM	Mali	Roma	78	78	+0
48	Simon Rolfes	CDM	Germany	Bayer 04	78	78	+0
49	Daniel Baier	CDM	Germany	FC Augsburg	78	78	+0
50	Esteban Cambiasso	CDM	Argentina	Leicester City	78	78	+0