Want to know who the best Defensive Midfielders in Football Manager 26 are? We've got a shortlist of all the best Defensive Midfielders with the highest ratings in FM26.
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- Best Defensive Midfielders in FM26
These are the best Defensive Midfielders in Football Manager 26 as rated by their current ability. Each Defensive Midfielder has a perfect dm rating meaning they are naturals at playing as a Defensive Midfielder. However not all of them will improve, if you want players that have the potential to improve still check out the list of wonderkid Defensive Midfielders below.
| Name | Age | Position | Wage | Value | Cost | Expires | Rating | Potential | |
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Rodri | 29 | D C, DM | £165k | £146m | £300m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Joshua Kimmich | 30 | D/WB R, DM | £315k | £122m | £300m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Vitinha | 25 | DM | £108k | £202m | £300m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Moisés Caicedo | 23 | DM | £140k | £178m | £300m | 30-06-2031 | ||
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Sandro Tonali | 25 | DM | £165k | £89m | £221m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Aurélien Tchouaméni | 25 | D C, DM | £207k | £69m | £156m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Eduardo Camavinga | 22 | D L, DM | £138k | £98m | £219m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Hakan Çalhanoğlu | 31 | DM | £185k | £300m | 30-06-2027 | |||
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Martín Zubimendi | 26 | DM | £0 | £73m | £160m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Granit Xhaka | 32 | DM | £115k | £300m | 30-06-2028 | |||
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Boubacar Kamara | 25 | DM | £150k | £66m | £86m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Manu Koné | 24 | DM | £86k | £59m | £126m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Stanislav Lobotka | 30 | DM | £60k | £22m | £46m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Exequiel Palacios | 26 | DM | £124k | £76m | £162m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Manuel Locatelli | 27 | DM | £102k | £43m | £90m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Tyler Adams | 26 | DM | £60k | £54m | £67m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Angelo Stiller | 24 | DM | £83k | £27m | £34m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Amadou Onana | 23 | DM | £110k | £70m | £86m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Elliot Anderson | 22 | DM, AM LC | £70k | £59m | £73m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Lucas Torreira | 29 | DM | £93k | £34m | £69m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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João Palhinha | 30 | DM | £199k | £21m | £20m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Rúben Neves | 28 | DM | £414k | £59m | £72m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Xaver Schlager | 27 | DM | £83k | £17m | £17m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Morten Hjulmand | 26 | DM | £33k | £65m | £132m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Youssouf Fofana | 26 | DM | £92k | £27m | £56m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Aleksandar Pavlović | 21 | DM | £116k | £64m | £154m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Marten de Roon | 34 | D C, DM | £31k | £300m | 30-06-2027 | |||
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Wataru Endo | 32 | D C, DM | £95k | £21m | £20m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Bryan Cristante | 30 | DM | £86k | £29m | £58m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Aleix García | 28 | DM, AM C | £83k | £43m | £86m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Nicolò Rovella | 23 | DM | £61k | £300m | 30-06-2028 | |||
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Denis Zakaria | 28 | DM | £65k | £35m | £71m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Anton Stach | 26 | D C, DM | £75k | £48m | £58m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Ibrahim Sangaré | 27 | DM | £80k | £43m | £52m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Pape Guèye | 26 | DM | £0 | £62m | £124m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Adam Wharton | 21 | DM | £45k | £64m | £77m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Lewis Cook | 28 | D R, DM | £60k | £46m | £55m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Robert Andrich | 30 | D C, DM | £91k | £23m | £46m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Ismaël Bennacer | 27 | DM | £117k | £20m | £18m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Remo Freuler | 33 | DM | £31k | £7m | £8m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Casemiro | 33 | DM | £300k | £11m | £23m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Samú | 24 | DM | £0 | £22m | £26m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Christian Nørgaard | 31 | DM | £100k | £17m | £15m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Marc Casadó | 21 | DM | £19k | £68m | £160m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Samuele Ricci | 23 | DM | £77k | £26m | £42m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Billy Gilmour | 24 | DM | £55k | £16m | £36m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Mats Wieffer | 25 | D RC, DM | £55k | £43m | £51m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Iván Martín | 26 | DM, AM C | £28k | £17m | £21m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Carlos Baleba | 21 | DM | £26k | £60m | £72m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Jerdy Schouten | 28 | D C, DM | £17k | £31m | £31m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Ross Barkley | 31 | DM, AM C | £90k | £21m | £25m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Nicolas Seiwald | 24 | DM | £66k | £20m | £27m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Wouter Burger | 24 | DM | £25k | £16m | £19m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Corentin Tolisso | 30 | DM, AM C | £89k | £300m | 30-06-2027 | |||
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Quinn | 29 | DM | £692 | £46k | £4k | 31-12-2026 | ||
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Thomas Partey | 32 | DM | £0 | £19m | £37m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Hidemasa Morita | 30 | DM | £25k | £15m | £30m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Rolando Mandragora | 28 | DM | £49k | £14m | £14m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Maximilian Eggestein | 28 | DM | £37k | £11m | £13m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Danilo Cataldi | 30 | DM | £46k | £300m | 30-06-2027 | |||
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Yves Bissouma | 28 | DM | £88k | £29m | £56m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Maximilian Arnold | 31 | DM | £75k | £300m | 30-06-2028 | |||
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Douglas Luiz | 27 | DM | £138k | £13m | £12m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Nicolás Domínguez | 27 | DM | £60k | £36m | £42m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Patrick Berg | 27 | DM | £7k | £9m | £11m | 31-07-2028 | ||
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Alan Varela | 24 | DM | £29k | £34m | £42m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Ethan Ampadu | 24 | D C, DM | £35k | £36m | £42m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Pathé Ciss | 31 | DM | £15k | £300m | 30-06-2027 | |||
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James Milner | 39 | WB RL, DM | £70k | £3m | £3m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Jorginho | 33 | DM | £91k | £300m | 31-07-2028 | |||
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Idrissa Gueye | 35 | DM | £140k | £3m | £4m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Kaishu Sano | 24 | DM | £20k | £11m | £13m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Beñat Prados | 24 | D C, DM | £3k | £65m | £148m | 30-06-2031 | ||
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André | 23 | DM | £65k | £52m | £61m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Julian Weigl | 29 | DM | £116k | £41m | £4m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Lucas Torró | 30 | DM | £0 | £26m | £26m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Saša Lukić | 28 | DM, AM C | £67k | £37m | £43m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Fabinho | 31 | D C, DM | £414k | £22m | £25m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Wílmar Barrios | 31 | DM | £75k | £297m | 30-06-2027 | |||
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Ao Tanaka | 26 | DM | £45k | £37m | £43m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Florentino Luís | 25 | DM | £21k | £35m | £31m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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João Moutinho | 38 | DM | £13k | £3m | £4m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Koke | 33 | DM | £199k | £7m | £6m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Kevin Kampl | 34 | DM | £83k | £245k | £123k | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Roméo Lavia | 21 | DM | £70k | £64m | £146m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Marc Bernal | 18 | DM | £15k | £96m | £300m | 30-06-2029 |
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