Best Defensive Midfielders

Top-rated defensive midfielders (CDM, RDM, LDM) — FIFA 17

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1

Amandine Henry88+2

2

Sergio Busquets Burgos86+0

3

Blaise Matuidi85+0

4

Carlos Henrique Venancio Casimiro84+4

5

Nemanja Matić84+0

6

Danilo Luís Hélio Pereira83+3

7

William Silva de Carvalho83+3

8

Daniele De Rossi83+0

9

Steven N'Zonzi83+0

10

Granit Xhaka82+4

11

Jordan Henderson82+2

12

Grzegorz Krychowiak82+2

13

Morgan Schneiderlin82+1

14

Lars Bender82+1

15

Idrissa Gueye82+1

16

Sherida Spitse82+1

17

Michael Carrick82+0

18

Xabier Alonso Olano82+0

19

Fernando Luiz Rosa82+0

20

Lucas Biglia82+0

21

Luiz Gustavo Dias82+0

22

Vicente Iborra de la Fuente82+0

23

24

Roque Mesa Quevedo82+0

25

Lena Goeßling82+0

26

Desiree Scott82+0

27

Morgan Sanson81+6

28

Julian Weigl81+6

29

Fábio Henrique Tavares81+5

30

Ignacio Camacho Barnola81+3

31

James McCarthy81+3

32

Elise Kellond-Knight81+3

33

Thiago Motta81+0

34

Ljubomir Fejsa81+0

35

Victor Wanyama80+4

36

37

Josuha Guilavogui80+2

38

Maxime Gonalons80+1

39

Taras Stepanenko80+1

40

Gareth Barry80+0

41

Jérémy Toulalan80+0

42

Mehmet Topal80+0

43

Atiba Hutchinson80+0

44

Daniel Baier80+0

45

Lucas Pezzini Leiva80+0

46

Fernando Lucas Martins79+6

47

Tiémoué Bakayoko79+6

48

Yann M'Vila79+3

49

Daniel Garcia Carrillo79+2

50

William Vainqueur79+1

#	Player	Position	Nation	Team	OVR	POT	Growth
1	Amandine Henry	CDM	France	France Women	88	90	+2
2	Sergio Busquets Burgos	CDM	Spain	FC Barcelona	86	86	+0
3	Blaise Matuidi	CDM	France	Paris Saint-Germain	85	85	+0
4	Carlos Henrique Venancio Casimiro	CDM	Brazil	Real Madrid	84	88	+4
5	Nemanja Matić	CDM	Serbia	Chelsea	84	84	+0
6	Danilo Luís Hélio Pereira	CDM	Portugal	FC Porto	83	86	+3
7	William Silva de Carvalho	CDM	Portugal	Sporting CP	83	86	+3
8	Daniele De Rossi	CDM	Italy	Roma	83	83	+0
9	Steven N'Zonzi	CDM	France	Sevilla FC	83	83	+0
10	Granit Xhaka	CDM	Switzerland	Arsenal	82	86	+4
11	Jordan Henderson	CDM	England	Liverpool	82	84	+2
12	Grzegorz Krychowiak	CDM	Poland	Paris Saint-Germain	82	84	+2
13	Morgan Schneiderlin	CDM	France	Everton	82	83	+1
14	Lars Bender	CDM	Germany	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	82	83	+1
15	Idrissa Gueye	CDM	Senegal	Everton	82	83	+1
16	Sherida Spitse	CDM	Netherlands	Holland Women	82	83	+1
17	Michael Carrick	CDM	England	Manchester United	82	82	+0
18	Xabier Alonso Olano	CDM	Spain	Bayern München	82	82	+0
19	Fernando Luiz Rosa	CDM	Brazil	Manchester City	82	82	+0
20	Lucas Biglia	CDM	Argentina	Lazio	82	82	+0
21	Luiz Gustavo Dias	CDM	Brazil	VfL Wolfsburg	82	82	+0
22	Vicente Iborra de la Fuente	CDM	Spain	Sevilla FC	82	82	+0
23	Gary Medel	CDM	Chile	Inter	82	82	+0
24	Roque Mesa Quevedo	CDM	Spain	UD Las Palmas	82	82	+0
25	Lena Goeßling	CDM	Germany	Germany Women	82	82	+0
26	Desiree Scott	CDM	Canada	Canada Women	82	82	+0
27	Morgan Sanson	CDM	France	Montpellier HSC	81	87	+6
28	Julian Weigl	CDM	Germany	Borussia Dortmund	81	87	+6
29	Fábio Henrique Tavares	CDM	Brazil	AS Monaco	81	86	+5
30	Ignacio Camacho Barnola	CDM	Spain	Málaga CF	81	84	+3
31	James McCarthy	CDM	Republic of Ireland	Everton	81	84	+3
32	Elise Kellond-Knight	CDM	Australia	Australia Women	81	84	+3
33	Thiago Motta	CDM	Italy	Paris Saint-Germain	81	81	+0
34	Ljubomir Fejsa	CDM	Serbia	SL Benfica	81	81	+0
35	Victor Wanyama	CDM	Kenya	Tottenham Hotspur	80	84	+4
36	Jade Moore	CDM	England	England Women	80	83	+3
37	Josuha Guilavogui	CDM	France	VfL Wolfsburg	80	82	+2
38	Maxime Gonalons	CDM	France	Olympique Lyonnais	80	81	+1
39	Taras Stepanenko	CDM	Ukraine	Shakhtar Donetsk	80	81	+1
40	Gareth Barry	CDM	England	Everton	80	80	+0
41	Jérémy Toulalan	CDM	France	Girondins de Bordeaux	80	80	+0
42	Mehmet Topal	CDM	Türkiye	Fenerbahçe	80	80	+0
43	Atiba Hutchinson	CDM	Canada	Beşiktaş	80	80	+0
44	Daniel Baier	CDM	Germany	FC Augsburg	80	80	+0
45	Lucas Pezzini Leiva	CDM	Brazil	Liverpool	80	80	+0
46	Fernando Lucas Martins	CDM	Brazil	Spartak Moskva	79	85	+6
47	Tiémoué Bakayoko	CDM	France	AS Monaco	79	85	+6
48	Yann M'Vila	CDM	France	Rubin Kazan	79	82	+3
49	Daniel Garcia Carrillo	CDM	Spain	SD Eibar	79	81	+2
50	William Vainqueur	CDM	France	Roma	79	80	+1