Best Defensive Midfielders (DM) - Football Manager 2023

Image Name Age Ability Potential Club Position Ask Price
player Joshua Kimmich 26 177 185 FC Bayern Munchen D/DM/M RC 200,000,000
player Casemiro 29 167 170 R. Madrid DM/M C 196,692,718
player N'Golo Kante 30 165 165 Chelsea DM/M C 200,000,000
player Fernandinho 36 164 165 Manchester City D/DM/M C 16,024,888
player Fabinho 27 164 168 Liverpool D/DM/M RC 200,000,000
player Frenkie de Jong 24 164 183 Barcelona D/DM/M C 200,000,000
player Thiago 30 164 173 Liverpool DM/M/AM C 182,533,467
player Marcos Llorente 26 161 163 A. Madrid WB/DM/M/AM RC 171,581,789
player Marcelo Brozovic 28 160 161 FC Internazionale Milano DM/M C 92,942,351
player Federico Valverde 22 160 168 R. Madrid DM/M C 169,600,979
player Miralem Pjanic 31 159 169 Barcelona DM/M C 200,000,000
player Jordan Henderson 31 159 159 Liverpool DM/M C 200,000,000
player Franck Kessie 24 158 171 AC Milan DM/M C 66,146,727
player Saul 26 158 162 A. Madrid DM/M RLC 62,671,395
player Sergio Busquets 32 157 171 Barcelona DM/M C 200,000,000
player Fabian 25 157 164 Napoli DM/M/AM C 100,929,758
player Rodri 25 157 165 Manchester City DM/M C 127,389,967
player Georginio Wijnaldum 30 156 161 Paris Saint-Germain DM/M/AM LC 140,999,394
player Jorginho 29 156 162 Chelsea DM/M C 180,711,397
player Dani Parejo 32 155 159 Villarreal DM/M/AM C 200,000,000
player Mateo Kovacic 27 154 172 Chelsea DM/M C 57,167,350
player Ivan Rakitic 33 153 168 Sevilla DM/M C 200,000,000
player Manuel Locatelli 23 153 167 U.S. Sassuolo DM/M C 74,090,847
player Jordan Veretout 28 153 157 AS Roma DM/M C 60,909,345
player Guido Rodriguez 27 152 156 Real Hispalis DM/M C 59,199,745
player Wilfred Ndidi 24 152 163 Leicester City DM/M C 120,830,462
player Ruben Neves 24 152 169 Wolverhampton Wanderers DM/M C 132,329,434
player Naby Keita 26 152 166 Liverpool DM/M C 37,225,316
player Julian Weigl 25 152 162 Sport Lisboa e Benfica - SAD DM/M C 62,686,470
player Axel Witsel 32 151 160 Borussia Dortmund DM/M C 41,651,937
player Leandro Paredes 27 151 154 Paris Saint-Germain DM/M C 23,392,907
player Marten de Roon 30 150 152 Atalanta DM/M C 41,532,093
player Daley Blind 31 150 152 AFC Ajax D/WB/DM LC 200,000,000
player William Carvalho 29 150 154 Real Hispalis DM 54,015,690
player Joao Palhinha 25 150 156 Sporting Clube de Portugal DM/M C 44,863,586
player Thomas Partey 28 150 162 Arsenal DM/M C 101,578,764
player Idrissa Gueye 31 150 152 Paris Saint-Germain DM/M C 21,756,034
player Adrien Rabiot 26 150 157 Zebre DM/M LC 20,430,978
player Emre Can 27 150 155 Borussia Dortmund DM/M RC 75,483,669
player Rodrigo Bentancur 24 149 164 Zebre DM/M C 26,688,908
player Declan Rice 22 149 168 West Ham United D/DM/M C 141,402,630
player Kalvin Phillips 25 149 151 Leeds United DM/M C 74,046,119
player Stefano Sensi 25 149 160 FC Internazionale Milano DM/M C 36,891,504
player Remo Freuler 29 149 152 Atalanta DM/M C 31,632,102
player Fernando 33 148 150 Sevilla DM/M C 10,528,807
player James Ward-Prowse 26 148 160 Southampton DM/M C 73,971,826
player Bryan Cristante 26 148 154 AS Roma DM/M C 39,012,885
player Geoffrey Kondogbia 28 148 155 A. Madrid DM/M C 4,435,692
player Lucas Leiva 34 147 159 S.S. Lazio DM/M C 3,203,174
player Allan 30 147 160 Everton DM/M C 73,236,125