Best Defensive Midfielders

Top-rated defensive midfielders (CDM, RDM, LDM) — FIFA 22

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N'Golo Kanté90+0

Amandine Henry90+0

Joshua Kimmich89+1

Carlos Henrique Venancio Casimiro89+0

Julie Ertz88+0

Rodrigo Hernández Cascante87+2

Fábio Henrique Tavares87+1

Wilfred Ndidi84+2

Franck Yannick Kessié84+2

Fernando Reges84+0

Sergio Busquets Burgos84+0

Thomas Partey84+0

Marcelo Brozović84+0

Declan Rice83+5

Pierre-Emile Højbjerg83+2

Sherida Spitse83+0

Sandro Tonali82+8

Manuel Locatelli82+4

João Maria Palhinha Gonçalves82+3

Konrad Laimer82+2

Tomáš Souček82+2

Idrissa Gueye82+0

Desiree Scott82+0

Denis Selva Esser81+5

Tahvon Bissouma81+5

Kalvin Phillips81+4

Ismaël Bennacer81+4

Scott McTominay81+3

Fernando Luiz Rosa81+0

Thomas Delaney81+0

Allan Marques Loureiro81+0

Rosberto J. Dourado Santos81+0

Rebeca Lia Saudera Peixoto81+0

Grace Geyoro80+9

Boubacar Kamara80+6

Mauro Arambarri80+5

Xaver Schlager80+4

Maximilian Arnold80+1

Leandro Paredes80+1

Axel Witsel80+0

Benjamin André80+0

Grzegorz Krychowiak80+0

Charles Aránguiz80+0

Danilo Luís Hélio Pereira80+0

Jordan Veretout80+0

Marten HoJin80+0

Elise Kellond-Knight80+0

Ibrahim Sangaré79+6

Keira Walsh79+6

Maxence Caqueret79+6

#	Player	Position	Nation	Team	OVR	POT	Growth
1	N'Golo Kanté	CDM	France	Chelsea	90	90	+0
2	Amandine Henry	CDM	France	France Women	90	90	+0
3	Joshua Kimmich	CDM	Germany	Bayern München	89	90	+1
4	Carlos Henrique Venancio Casimiro	CDM	Brazil	Real Madrid	89	89	+0
5	Julie Ertz	CDM	United States	United States Women	88	88	+0
6	Rodrigo Hernández Cascante	CDM	Spain	Manchester City	87	89	+2
7	Fábio Henrique Tavares	CDM	Brazil	Liverpool	87	88	+1
8	Wilfred Ndidi	CDM	Nigeria	Leicester City	84	86	+2
9	Franck Yannick Kessié	CDM	Ivory Coast	Milan	84	86	+2
10	Fernando Reges	CDM	Brazil	Sevilla FC	84	84	+0
11	Sergio Busquets Burgos	CDM	Spain	FC Barcelona	84	84	+0
12	Thomas Partey	CDM	Ghana	Arsenal	84	84	+0
13	Marcelo Brozović	CDM	Croatia	Inter	84	84	+0
14	Declan Rice	CDM	England	West Ham United	83	88	+5
15	Pierre-Emile Højbjerg	CDM	Denmark	Tottenham Hotspur	83	85	+2
16	Sherida Spitse	CDM	Netherlands	Holland Women	83	83	+0
17	Sandro Tonali	CDM	Italy	Milan	82	90	+8
18	Manuel Locatelli	CDM	Italy	Juventus	82	86	+4
19	João Maria Palhinha Gonçalves	CDM	Portugal	Sporting CP	82	85	+3
20	Konrad Laimer	CDM	Austria	RB Leipzig	82	84	+2
21	Tomáš Souček	CDM	Czechia	West Ham United	82	84	+2
22	Idrissa Gueye	CDM	Senegal	Paris Saint-Germain	82	82	+0
23	Desiree Scott	CDM	Canada	Canada Women	82	82	+0
24	Denis Selva Esser	CDM	Switzerland	Borussia M'gladbach	81	86	+5
25	Tahvon Bissouma	CDM	Mali	Brighton & Hove Albion	81	86	+5
26	Kalvin Phillips	CDM	England	Leeds United	81	85	+4
27	Ismaël Bennacer	CDM	Algeria	Milan	81	85	+4
28	Scott McTominay	CDM	Scotland	Manchester United	81	84	+3
29	Fernando Luiz Rosa	CDM	Brazil	Manchester City	81	81	+0
30	Thomas Delaney	CDM	Denmark	Sevilla FC	81	81	+0
31	Allan Marques Loureiro	CDM	Brazil	Everton	81	81	+0
32	Rosberto J. Dourado Santos	CDM	Brazil	Corinthians	81	81	+0
33	Rebeca Lia Saudera Peixoto	CDM	Brazil	Brazil Women	81	81	+0
34	Grace Geyoro	CDM	France	France Women	80	89	+9
35	Boubacar Kamara	CDM	France	Olympique de Marseille	80	86	+6
36	Mauro Arambarri	CDM	Uruguay	Getafe CF	80	85	+5
37	Xaver Schlager	CDM	Austria	VfL Wolfsburg	80	84	+4
38	Maximilian Arnold	CDM	Germany	VfL Wolfsburg	80	81	+1
39	Leandro Paredes	CDM	Argentina	Paris Saint-Germain	80	81	+1
40	Axel Witsel	CDM	Belgium	Borussia Dortmund	80	80	+0
41	Benjamin André	CDM	France	LOSC Lille	80	80	+0
42	Grzegorz Krychowiak	CDM	Poland	AEK	80	80	+0
43	Charles Aránguiz	CDM	Chile	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	80	80	+0
44	Danilo Luís Hélio Pereira	CDM	Portugal	Paris Saint-Germain	80	80	+0
45	Jordan Veretout	CDM	France	Roma FC	80	80	+0
46	Marten HoJin	CDM	Netherlands	Atalanta	80	80	+0
47	Elise Kellond-Knight	CDM	Australia	Australia Women	80	80	+0
48	Ibrahim Sangaré	CDM	Ivory Coast	PSV	79	85	+6
49	Keira Walsh	CDM	England	England Women	79	85	+6
50	Maxence Caqueret	CDM	France	Olympique Lyonnais	79	85	+6