Defensive Midfield

DM · Midfielder · Top 100 by rating

Zone: Midfielder · Top 100 players by DM rating, across all positions

# Player Club League / Nation Nationality Natural Position Age Rating
1 Matthias Sammer Borussia Dortmund 🇩🇪 German Bundesliga 1 🇩🇪 German SW 28 86
2 Paul Ince Internazionale 🇮🇹 Italian Serie A 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English DM 28 86
3 Roy Keane Manchester United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Premier League 🇮🇪 Irish AM 24 84
4 Laurent Blanc FC Barcelona 🇪🇸 Spain 🇫🇷 French SW 30 84
5 Fredy Rincon Spare 🇨🇴 Colombian AM 29 84
6 Mark Bergan EA All Stars 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English AM 25 84
7 Joubert Beto Napoli 🇮🇹 Italian Serie A 🇧🇷 Brazilian DM 21 83
8 John Collins Monaco 🇫🇷 French Division 1 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish LM 28 83
9 Fernando Hierro Real Madrid 🇪🇸 Spain 🇪🇸 Spanish DM 28 82
10 Alexei Mikhailichenko Spare 🇺🇦 Ukranian DM 33 82
11 Julian Glover EA All Stars 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English LWB 22 82
12 Patrick Vieira Arsenal 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Premier League 🇫🇷 French DM 20 81
13 Stefan Effenberg Borussia Mönchengladbach 🇩🇪 German Bundesliga 1 🇩🇪 German AM 27 81
14 Zinedine Zidane Juventus 🇮🇹 Italian Serie A 🇫🇷 French AM 24 81
15 Demetrio Albertini AC Milan 🇮🇹 Italian Serie A 🇮🇹 Italian RM 24 81
16 Neil Lennon Leicester City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Premier League 🇮🇪 Irish AM 25 81
17 Matinez Luis Enrique FC Barcelona 🇪🇸 Spain 🇪🇸 Spanish RM 26 81
18 Matthew Price EA All Stars 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English RWB 24 81
19 Dan Petrescu Chelsea 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Premier League 🇷🇴 Romanian RWB 28 80
20 Franck Leboeuf Chelsea 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Premier League 🇫🇷 French SW 28 80
21 Stig-Inge Bjornbye Liverpool 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Premier League 🇳🇴 Norwegian LWB 26 80
22 Christian Ziege Bayern München 🇩🇪 German Bundesliga 1 🇩🇪 German LWB 24 80
23 Manuel Rui Costa Fiorentina 🇮🇹 Italian Serie A 🇵🇹 Portuguese LW 24 80
24 Marcel Desailly AC Milan 🇮🇹 Italian Serie A 🇫🇷 French DM 27 80
25 Paul Gascoigne Rangers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Premier League 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English AM 29 80
26 Gheorghe Popescu FC Barcelona 🇪🇸 Spain 🇷🇴 Romanian DM 28 80
27 Michael Laudrup Spare 🇩🇰 Danish AM 32 80
28 John Barnes Liverpool 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Premier League 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English DM 32 79
29 David Beckham Manchester United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Premier League 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English RM 21 79
30 Robert Lee Newcastle United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Premier League 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English AM 30 79
31 Christian Karembeu Sampdoria 🇮🇹 Italian Serie A 🇫🇷 French RM 25 79
32 Enzo Scifo Monaco 🇫🇷 French Division 1 🇧🇪 Belgian AM 30 79
33 Laurent Fournier Paris Saint-Germain 🇫🇷 French Division 1 🇫🇷 French DM 31 79
34 Arthur Numan PSV Eindhoven 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇳🇱 Dutch LM 26 79
35 Jamie Redknapp Liverpool 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Premier League 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English AM 23 78
36 Rob Jones Liverpool 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Premier League 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English RWB 24 78
37 Paulo Sousa Borussia Dortmund 🇩🇪 German Bundesliga 1 🇵🇹 Portuguese DM 25 78
38 Dieter Eilts Werder Bremen 🇩🇪 German Bundesliga 1 🇩🇪 German DM 31 78
39 Rui Barros Porto 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇵🇹 Portuguese RM 30 78
40 Jose Maria Bakero Spare 🇪🇸 Spanish DM 33 78
41 Bill Lusty EA All Stars 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English AM 26 78
42 Roberto Di Matteo Chelsea 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Premier League 🇮🇹 Italian DM 26 77
43 Eric Cantona Manchester United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Premier League 🇫🇷 French FOR 30 77
44 Nicky Butt Manchester United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Premier League 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English AM 21 77
45 Jörg Heinrich Borussia Dortmund 🇩🇪 German Bundesliga 1 🇩🇪 German LWB 26 77
46 Aron Winter Internazionale 🇮🇹 Italian Serie A 🇳🇱 Dutch DM 29 77
47 Javier Zanetti Internazionale 🇮🇹 Italian Serie A 🇦🇷 Argentinian RM 22 77
48 Vladimir Jugovic Juventus 🇮🇹 Italian Serie A Yugoslavian RW 26 77
49 Omari Tetradze Roma 🇮🇹 Italian Serie A 🇷🇺 Russian RM 28 77
50 Emmanuel Petit Monaco 🇫🇷 French Division 1 🇫🇷 French DM 25 77
51 Clarence Seedorf Real Madrid 🇪🇸 Spain 🇳🇱 Dutch AM 20 77
52 Frank De Boer Ajax 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇳🇱 Dutch SW 26 77
53 Robert Prosinecki Spare 🇭🇷 Croatian DM 27 77
54 Roberto Donadoni Spare 🇮🇹 Italian RM 32 77
55 Ruud Gullit Chelsea 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Premier League 🇳🇱 Dutch AM 33 76
56 Claus Thomsen Everton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Premier League 🇩🇰 Danish DM 26 76
57 Steve McManaman Liverpool 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Premier League 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English AM 24 76
58 Teddy Sheringham Tottenham Hotspur 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Premier League 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English FOR 30 76
59 Mario Basler Bayern München 🇩🇪 German Bundesliga 1 🇩🇪 German DM 27 76
60 Michael Zorc Borussia Dortmund 🇩🇪 German Bundesliga 1 🇩🇪 German DM 33 76
61 René Tretschok Borussia Dortmund 🇩🇪 German Bundesliga 1 🇩🇪 German LM 27 76
62 Laurent Viaud Monaco 🇫🇷 French Division 1 🇫🇷 French DM 26 76
63 Stuart McCall Rangers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Premier League 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish DM 32 76
64 Ljubimko Drulovic Porto 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇵🇹 Portuguese AM 27 76
65 Zlatko Zahovic Porto 🇵🇹 Portugal Yugoslavian LM 25 76
66 Hristo Stoïchkov FC Barcelona 🇪🇸 Spain 🇧🇬 Bulgarian FOR 30 76
67 Johann Vogel Grasshoppers 🇨🇭 Switzerland 🇨🇭 Swiss AM 19 76
68 Oleg Suslov Spare 🇷🇺 Russian DM 27 76
69 Rob Charlish EA All Stars 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Welsh DM 20 76
70 Dennis Wise Chelsea 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Premier League 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English DM 29 75
71 Eddie Newton Chelsea 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Premier League 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English DM 24 75
72 Jason McAteer Liverpool 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Premier League 🇮🇪 Irish RWB 25 75
73 Benito Carbone Sheffield Wednesday 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Premier League 🇮🇹 Italian RM 24 75
74 Frank Gerster Bayern München 🇩🇪 German Bundesliga 1 🇩🇪 German DM 20 75
75 Stefan Reuter Borussia Dortmund 🇩🇪 German Bundesliga 1 🇩🇪 German RWB 29 75
76 Olaf Thon FC Schalke 04 🇩🇪 German Bundesliga 1 🇩🇪 German SW 30 75
77 Krassimir Balakov VfB Stuttgart 🇩🇪 German Bundesliga 1 🇧🇬 Bulgarian RM 30 75
78 Roberto Baggio AC Milan 🇮🇹 Italian Serie A 🇮🇹 Italian FOR 29 75
79 Dejan Savicevic AC Milan 🇮🇹 Italian Serie A Yugoslavian AM 29 75
80 Roberto Mancini Sampdoria 🇮🇹 Italian Serie A 🇮🇹 Italian AM 31 75
81 Johan Micoud Bordeaux 🇫🇷 French Division 1 🇫🇷 French DM 23 75
82 Chris Waddle Sunderland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Premier League 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English LM 35 75
83 Barroso Porto 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇵🇹 Portuguese DM 25 75
84 Vito Rivaldo Deportivo La Coruña 🇪🇸 Spain 🇧🇷 Brazilian DM 24 75
85 Phillip Cocu PSV Eindhoven 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇳🇱 Dutch AM 25 75
86 Eldur Gudjohnsen PSV Eindhoven 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇮🇸 Icelandic DM 17 75
87 Mirdzhaloi Kasymov Alania Vladikavkaz 🇷🇺 Russia 🇷🇺 Russian LM 24 75
88 Iulian Sebastian Filipescu Galatasaray 🇹🇷 Turkey 🇷🇴 Romanian SW 22 75
89 Robin Green EA All Stars 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English LM 25 75
90 David Platt Arsenal 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Premier League 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English AM 30 74
91 Lee Bowyer Leeds United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Premier League 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English RM 19 74
92 Robbie Fowler Liverpool 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Premier League 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English FOR 21 74
93 Emerson Middlesbrough 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Premier League 🇧🇷 Brazilian DM 26 74
94 Oswaldo Juninho Middlesbrough 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Premier League 🇧🇷 Brazilian AM 23 74
95 Bryan Robson Middlesbrough 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Premier League 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English AM 39 74
96 David Howells Tottenham Hotspur 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Premier League 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English AM 28 74
97 Robbie Earle Wimbledon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Premier League 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English AM 31 74
98 Lothar Matthäus Bayern München 🇩🇪 German Bundesliga 1 🇩🇪 German SW 35 74
99 Paul Lambert Borussia Dortmund 🇩🇪 German Bundesliga 1 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish AM 26 74
100 Martin Braun 1. FC Köln 🇩🇪 German Bundesliga 1 🇩🇪 German RWB 27 74