Best Defensive Midfielders

Top-rated defensive midfielders (CDM, RDM, LDM) — FIFA 20

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Amandine Henry91+0

N'Golo Kanté89+0

Carlos Henrique Venancio Casimiro88+1

Julie Ertz88+1

Sergio Busquets Burgos88+0

Joshua Kimmich87+3

Fábio Henrique Tavares86+2

Rodrigo Hernández Cascante85+4

Axel Witsel85+0

Wilfred Ndidi84+4

Blaise Matuidi84+0

Lucas Pezzini Leiva84+0

Idrissa Gueye84+0

Sherida Spitse84+0

Marcelo Brozović83+2

Elise Kellond-Knight83+0

Desiree Scott83+0

Denis Zakaria82+4

Thomas Delaney82+1

Daniele De Rossi82+0

Javier Martínez Aginaga82+0

Fernando Reges82+0

Asier Illarramendi82+0

Danilo Luís Hélio Pereira82+0

William Silva de Carvalho82+0

Jade Moore82+0

Rosberto J. Dourado Santos82+0

Lucas Torreira81+5

Marcos Llorente Moreno81+5

Tomáš Souček81+5

Luiz Gustavo Dias81+0

Rebeca Lia Saudera Peixoto81+0

Konrad Laimer80+5

Abdoulaye Doucouré80+3

Frederico R. de Paula Santos80+2

Tiemoué Bakayoko80+2

Granit Xhaka80+1

Marcelo Díaz80+0

Marco Parolo80+0

Benjamin André80+0

Nemanja Matić80+0

Enzo Pérez80+0

Josuha Guilavogui80+0

Taras Stepanenko80+0

Matias Vecino80+0

Everton Jorge Andrade Zanon80+0

Matías David Baldona80+0

Sander Berge79+8

Lisandro Martínez79+7

Roman Zobnin79+5

#	Player	Position	Nation	Team	OVR	POT	Growth
1	Amandine Henry	CDM	France	France Women	91	91	+0
2	N'Golo Kanté	CDM	France	Chelsea	89	89	+0
3	Carlos Henrique Venancio Casimiro	CDM	Brazil	Real Madrid	88	89	+1
4	Julie Ertz	CDM	United States	United States Women	88	89	+1
5	Sergio Busquets Burgos	CDM	Spain	FC Barcelona	88	88	+0
6	Joshua Kimmich	CDM	Germany	Bayern München	87	90	+3
7	Fábio Henrique Tavares	CDM	Brazil	Liverpool	86	88	+2
8	Rodrigo Hernández Cascante	CDM	Spain	Manchester City	85	89	+4
9	Axel Witsel	CDM	Belgium	Borussia Dortmund	85	85	+0
10	Wilfred Ndidi	CDM	Nigeria	Leicester City	84	88	+4
11	Blaise Matuidi	CDM	France	Juventus	84	84	+0
12	Lucas Pezzini Leiva	CDM	Brazil	Lazio	84	84	+0
13	Idrissa Gueye	CDM	Senegal	Paris Saint-Germain	84	84	+0
14	Sherida Spitse	CDM	Netherlands	Holland Women	84	84	+0
15	Marcelo Brozović	CDM	Croatia	Inter	83	85	+2
16	Elise Kellond-Knight	CDM	Australia	Australia Women	83	83	+0
17	Desiree Scott	CDM	Canada	Canada Women	83	83	+0
18	Denis Zakaria	CDM	Switzerland	Borussia M'gladbach	82	86	+4
19	Thomas Delaney	CDM	Denmark	Borussia Dortmund	82	83	+1
20	Daniele De Rossi	CDM	Italy	Boca Juniors	82	82	+0
21	Javier Martínez Aginaga	CDM	Spain	Bayern München	82	82	+0
22	Fernando Reges	CDM	Brazil	Sevilla FC	82	82	+0
23	Asier Illarramendi	CDM	Spain	Real Sociedad	82	82	+0
24	Danilo Luís Hélio Pereira	CDM	Portugal	FC Porto	82	82	+0
25	William Silva de Carvalho	CDM	Portugal	Real Betis Balompié	82	82	+0
26	Jade Moore	CDM	England	England Women	82	82	+0
27	Rosberto J. Dourado Santos	CDM	Brazil	Atlético Mineiro	82	82	+0
28	Lucas Torreira	CDM	Uruguay	Arsenal	81	86	+5
29	Marcos Llorente Moreno	CDM	Spain	Atlético de Madrid	81	86	+5
30	Tomáš Souček	CDM	Czechia	West Ham United	81	86	+5
31	Luiz Gustavo Dias	CDM	Brazil	Olympique de Marseille	81	81	+0
32	Rebeca Lia Saudera Peixoto	CDM	Brazil	Brazil Women	81	81	+0
33	Konrad Laimer	CDM	Austria	RB Leipzig	80	85	+5
34	Abdoulaye Doucouré	CDM	France	Watford	80	83	+3
35	Frederico R. de Paula Santos	CDM	Brazil	Manchester United	80	82	+2
36	Tiemoué Bakayoko	CDM	France	Chelsea	80	82	+2
37	Granit Xhaka	CDM	Switzerland	Arsenal	80	81	+1
38	Marcelo Díaz	CDM	Chile	Racing Club de Avellaneda	80	80	+0
39	Marco Parolo	CDM	Italy	Lazio	80	80	+0
40	Benjamin André	CDM	France	LOSC Lille	80	80	+0
41	Nemanja Matić	CDM	Serbia	Manchester United	80	80	+0
42	Enzo Pérez	CDM	Argentina	River Plate	80	80	+0
43	Josuha Guilavogui	CDM	France	VfL Wolfsburg	80	80	+0
44	Taras Stepanenko	CDM	Ukraine	Shakhtar Donetsk	80	80	+0
45	Matias Vecino	CDM	Uruguay	Inter	80	80	+0
46	Everton Jorge Andrade Zanon	CDM	Brazil	Fluminense	80	80	+0
47	Matías David Baldona	CDM	Uruguay	Uruguay	80	80	+0
48	Sander Berge	CDM	Norway	Genk	79	87	+8
49	Lisandro Martínez	CDM	Argentina	Ajax	79	86	+7
50	Roman Zobnin	CDM	Russia	Spartak Moskva	79	84	+5