Best Defensive Midfielders

Top-rated defensive midfielders (CDM, RDM, LDM) — FIFA 23

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Joshua Kimmich89+1

Carlos Henrique Venancio Casimiro89+0

Lena Oberdorf87+4

Rodrigo Hernández Cascante87+2

N'Golo Kanté87+0

Sergio Busquets Burgos85+0

Fábio Henrique Tavares85+0

Thomas Partey85+0

Amandine Henry85+0

Keira Walsh84+5

Declan Rice84+3

Sandro Tonali84+3

Pierre-Emile Højbjerg84+2

Franck Yannick Kessié84+2

Marcelo Brozović84+0

Desiree Scott84+0

Aurélien Tchouaméni83+6

Ismaël Bennacer83+4

Rúben Diogo da Silva Neves83+3

Konrad Laimer83+1

Fernando Reges Mouta83+0

Emre Can83+0

Rosucci83+0

Sophie Vaysse83+0

Lia Wälti83+0

Roy Kent83+0

Manuel Locatelli82+4

João Maria Palhinha Gonçalves82+3

Lucas Torreira82+2

André-Franck Zambo Anguissa82+1

van Egmond82+0

Sherida Spitse82+0

Charlotte Bilbault82+0

Eduardo Camavinga81+8

Ibrahim Sangaré81+5

Lena Lattwein81+5

Xaver Schlager81+3

Andi Sullivan81+3

Ali Musrati81+3

Katie Zelem81+3

Robert Andrich81+1

Guido Rodríguez81+1

Wilfred Ndidi81+1

Maximilian Arnold81+0

William Silva de Carvalho81+0

Rosival Jailson Dourado Santos81+0

Rebeca Lia Saudera Peixoto81+0

Hayley Ladd81+0

Damaris Berta Egurrola Wienke80+7

Boubacar Kamara80+6

#	Player	Position	Nation	Team	OVR	POT	Growth
1	Joshua Kimmich	CDM	Germany	Bayern München	89	90	+1
2	Carlos Henrique Venancio Casimiro	CDM	Brazil	Manchester United	89	89	+0
3	Lena Oberdorf	CDM	Germany	VfL Wolfsburg	87	91	+4
4	Rodrigo Hernández Cascante	CDM	Spain	Manchester City	87	89	+2
5	N'Golo Kanté	CDM	France	Chelsea	87	87	+0
6	Sergio Busquets Burgos	CDM	Spain	FC Barcelona	85	85	+0
7	Fábio Henrique Tavares	CDM	Brazil	Liverpool	85	85	+0
8	Thomas Partey	CDM	Ghana	Arsenal	85	85	+0
9	Amandine Henry	CDM	France	Olympique Lyonnais	85	85	+0
10	Keira Walsh	CDM	England	Manchester City	84	89	+5
11	Declan Rice	CDM	England	West Ham United	84	87	+3
12	Sandro Tonali	CDM	Italy	Milan	84	87	+3
13	Pierre-Emile Højbjerg	CDM	Denmark	Tottenham Hotspur	84	86	+2
14	Franck Yannick Kessié	CDM	Ivory Coast	FC Barcelona	84	86	+2
15	Marcelo Brozović	CDM	Croatia	Inter	84	84	+0
16	Desiree Scott	CDM	Canada	Kansas City Current	84	84	+0
17	Aurélien Tchouaméni	CDM	France	Real Madrid	83	89	+6
18	Ismaël Bennacer	CDM	Algeria	Milan	83	87	+4
19	Rúben Diogo da Silva Neves	CDM	Portugal	Wolverhampton Wanderers	83	86	+3
20	Konrad Laimer	CDM	Austria	RB Leipzig	83	84	+1
21	Fernando Reges Mouta	CDM	Brazil	Sevilla FC	83	83	+0
22	Emre Can	CDM	Germany	Borussia Dortmund	83	83	+0
23	Rosucci	CDM	Italy	Juventus	83	83	+0
24	Sophie Vaysse	CDM	France	Paris FC	83	83	+0
25	Lia Wälti	CDM	Switzerland	Arsenal	83	83	+0
26	Roy Kent	CDM	England	AFC Richmond	83	83	+0
27	Manuel Locatelli	CDM	Italy	Juventus	82	86	+4
28	João Maria Palhinha Gonçalves	CDM	Portugal	Fulham	82	85	+3
29	Lucas Torreira	CDM	Uruguay	Galatasaray	82	84	+2
30	André-Franck Zambo Anguissa	CDM	Cameroon	Napoli	82	83	+1
31	van Egmond	CDM	Australia	San Diego Wave FC	82	82	+0
32	Sherida Spitse	CDM	Netherlands	Holland Women	82	82	+0
33	Charlotte Bilbault	CDM	France	Montpellier HSC	82	82	+0
34	Eduardo Camavinga	CDM	France	Real Madrid	81	89	+8
35	Ibrahim Sangaré	CDM	Ivory Coast	PSV	81	86	+5
36	Lena Lattwein	CDM	Germany	VfL Wolfsburg	81	86	+5
37	Xaver Schlager	CDM	Austria	RB Leipzig	81	84	+3
38	Andi Sullivan	CDM	United States	Washington Spirit	81	84	+3
39	Ali Musrati	CDM	Libya	Braga	81	84	+3
40	Katie Zelem	CDM	England	Manchester United	81	84	+3
41	Robert Andrich	CDM	Germany	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	81	82	+1
42	Guido Rodríguez	CDM	Argentina	Real Betis Balompié	81	82	+1
43	Wilfred Ndidi	CDM	Nigeria	Leicester City	81	82	+1
44	Maximilian Arnold	CDM	Germany	VfL Wolfsburg	81	81	+0
45	William Silva de Carvalho	CDM	Portugal	Real Betis Balompié	81	81	+0
46	Rosival Jailson Dourado Santos	CDM	Brazil	Corinthians	81	81	+0
47	Rebeca Lia Saudera Peixoto	CDM	Brazil	Brazil Women	81	81	+0
48	Hayley Ladd	CDM	Wales	Manchester United	81	81	+0
49	Damaris Berta Egurrola Wienke	CDM	Netherlands	Olympique Lyonnais	80	87	+7
50	Boubacar Kamara	CDM	France	Aston Villa	80	86	+6