Best Defensive Midfielders

Top-rated defensive midfielders (CDM, RDM, LDM) — FIFA 21

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Amandine Henry91+0

Joshua Kimmich89+1

Carlos Henrique Venancio Casimiro89+0

Julie Ertz89+0

N'Golo Kanté88+0

Fábio Henrique Tavares87+2

Rodrigo Hernández Cascante86+3

Jordan Henderson86+0

Sergio Busquets Burgos86+0

Wilfred Ndidi84+3

Fernando Luiz Rosa84+0

Marcelo Brozović84+0

Sherida Spitse84+0

Pierre-Emile Højbjerg83+4

Lucas Pezzini Leiva83+0

Axel Witsel83+0

Fernando Reges83+0

João Maria Palhinha Gonçalves82+5

Tomáš Souček82+4

Thomas Delaney82+0

Idrissa Gueye82+0

Desiree Scott82+0

Denis Zakaria81+6

Declan Rice81+5

Konrad Laimer81+4

Franck Yannick Kessié81+4

Leandro Paredes81+3

Jordan Veretout81+1

Maximilian Arnold81+1

Frederico de Paula Santos81+1

Sami Khedira81+0

Charles Aránguiz81+0

Danilo Luís Hélio Pereira81+0

Marten de Roon81+0

Elise Kellond-Knight81+0

Rosberto J. Dourado Santos81+0

Rebeca Lia Saudera Peixoto81+0

Manuel Locatelli80+6

Boubacar Kamara80+6

Mauro Arambarri80+5

Scott McTominay80+5

Lucas Torreira80+4

Asier Illarramendi80+0

Benjamin André80+0

Enzo Pérez80+0

Grzegorz Krychowiak80+0

Matías David Baldona80+0

Keira Walsh79+9

Bruno Guimarães Moura79+6

Nemanja Maksimović79+5

#	Player	Position	Nation	Team	OVR	POT	Growth
1	Amandine Henry	CDM	France	France Women	91	91	+0
2	Joshua Kimmich	CDM	Germany	Bayern München	89	90	+1
3	Carlos Henrique Venancio Casimiro	CDM	Brazil	Real Madrid	89	89	+0
4	Julie Ertz	CDM	United States	United States Women	89	89	+0
5	N'Golo Kanté	CDM	France	Chelsea	88	88	+0
6	Fábio Henrique Tavares	CDM	Brazil	Liverpool	87	89	+2
7	Rodrigo Hernández Cascante	CDM	Spain	Manchester City	86	89	+3
8	Jordan Henderson	CDM	England	Liverpool	86	86	+0
9	Sergio Busquets Burgos	CDM	Spain	FC Barcelona	86	86	+0
10	Wilfred Ndidi	CDM	Nigeria	Leicester City	84	87	+3
11	Fernando Luiz Rosa	CDM	Brazil	Manchester City	84	84	+0
12	Marcelo Brozović	CDM	Croatia	Inter	84	84	+0
13	Sherida Spitse	CDM	Netherlands	Holland Women	84	84	+0
14	Pierre-Emile Højbjerg	CDM	Denmark	Tottenham Hotspur	83	87	+4
15	Lucas Pezzini Leiva	CDM	Brazil	Lazio	83	83	+0
16	Axel Witsel	CDM	Belgium	Borussia Dortmund	83	83	+0
17	Fernando Reges	CDM	Brazil	Sevilla FC	83	83	+0
18	João Maria Palhinha Gonçalves	CDM	Portugal	Sporting CP	82	87	+5
19	Tomáš Souček	CDM	Czechia	West Ham United	82	86	+4
20	Thomas Delaney	CDM	Denmark	Borussia Dortmund	82	82	+0
21	Idrissa Gueye	CDM	Senegal	Paris Saint-Germain	82	82	+0
22	Desiree Scott	CDM	Canada	Canada Women	82	82	+0
23	Denis Zakaria	CDM	Switzerland	Borussia M'gladbach	81	87	+6
24	Declan Rice	CDM	England	West Ham United	81	86	+5
25	Konrad Laimer	CDM	Austria	RB Leipzig	81	85	+4
26	Franck Yannick Kessié	CDM	Ivory Coast	Milan	81	85	+4
27	Leandro Paredes	CDM	Argentina	Paris Saint-Germain	81	84	+3
28	Jordan Veretout	CDM	France	AS Roma	81	82	+1
29	Maximilian Arnold	CDM	Germany	VfL Wolfsburg	81	82	+1
30	Frederico de Paula Santos	CDM	Brazil	Manchester United	81	82	+1
31	Sami Khedira	CDM	Germany	Juventus	81	81	+0
32	Charles Aránguiz	CDM	Chile	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	81	81	+0
33	Danilo Luís Hélio Pereira	CDM	Portugal	Paris Saint-Germain	81	81	+0
34	Marten de Roon	CDM	Netherlands	Atalanta	81	81	+0
35	Elise Kellond-Knight	CDM	Australia	Australia Women	81	81	+0
36	Rosberto J. Dourado Santos	CDM	Brazil	Atlético Mineiro	81	81	+0
37	Rebeca Lia Saudera Peixoto	CDM	Brazil	Brazil Women	81	81	+0
38	Manuel Locatelli	CDM	Italy	Sassuolo	80	86	+6
39	Boubacar Kamara	CDM	France	Olympique de Marseille	80	86	+6
40	Mauro Arambarri	CDM	Uruguay	Getafe CF	80	85	+5
41	Scott McTominay	CDM	Scotland	Manchester United	80	85	+5
42	Lucas Torreira	CDM	Uruguay	Arsenal	80	84	+4
43	Asier Illarramendi	CDM	Spain	Real Sociedad	80	80	+0
44	Benjamin André	CDM	France	LOSC Lille	80	80	+0
45	Enzo Pérez	CDM	Argentina	River Plate	80	80	+0
46	Grzegorz Krychowiak	CDM	Poland	Lokomotiv Moskva	80	80	+0
47	Matías David Baldona	CDM	Uruguay	Uruguay	80	80	+0
48	Keira Walsh	CDM	England	England Women	79	88	+9
49	Bruno Guimarães Moura	CDM	Brazil	Olympique Lyonnais	79	85	+6
50	Nemanja Maksimović	CDM	Serbia	Getafe CF	79	84	+5