Best FPL midfielders by defensive contributions

Defensive contribution actions counted by FPL. Showing midfielders only.

Top midfielders by defensive contributions

#	Player	Club	Price	Min	Own%
1	Groß	BHA	£6.0m	540	40.4%
2	Cherki	MCI	£7.9m	392	32.9%
3	Schade	BRE	£6.2m	498	14.8%
4	Rogers	CHE	£7.9m	520	45.4%
5	Belloumi	HUL	£5.2m	420	7.6%
6	Semenyo	MCI	£8.3m	540	13.9%
7	Palmer	CHE	£9.7m	529	25.4%
8	Cunha	MUN	£7.9m	497	6.5%
9	Saka	ARS	£9.6m	506	16.7%
10	Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	£6.6m	540	5.9%
11	Mbeumo	MUN	£7.9m	540	19.8%
12	B.Fernandes	MUN	£11.9m	540	33.8%
13	Gakpo	LIV	£7.1m	370	7.4%
14	Tavernier	BOU	£6.1m	496	7.3%
15	Janelt	BRE	£5.0m	540	2.5%
16	Ødegaard	ARS	£6.8m	466	19.6%
17	Scott	BOU	£6.0m	446	3.5%
18	Barnes	NEW	£6.1m	540	8.1%
19	Gibbs-White	NFO	£8.0m	540	14.5%
20	Gomez	BHA	£5.0m	520	3.6%
21	Kamada	CRY	£5.0m	530	0.6%
22	Stach	LEE	£6.0m	537	2.3%
23	Rice	ARS	£7.3m	501	10.8%
24	McGinn	AVL	£5.4m	524	2.6%
25	King	FUL	£5.6m	500	4.7%
26	Mainoo	MUN	£5.5m	444	1.4%
27	Buendía	AVL	£5.9m	464	1.2%
28	Lewis-Potter	BRE	£5.5m	472	1.5%
29	Willock	NEW	£5.0m	342	0.6%
30	M.Sangaré	BRE	£5.6m	359	8.1%
31	Ndiaye	MCI	£5.8m	440	5.6%
32	Xhaka	SUN	£5.4m	540	3.3%
33	Yeremy	CRY	£5.5m	389	0.3%
34	Ndoye	NFO	£5.5m	387	0.6%
35	Ampadu	LEE	£5.4m	540	0.8%
36	Anderson	MCI	£6.3m	503	3.9%
37	Tonali	TOT	£5.3m	517	1.8%
38	Yalcouyé	BHA	£4.5m	258	3.7%
39	Rudoni	COV	£4.9m	379	0.2%
40	Anthony	BRE	£5.9m	351	0.2%
41	E.Le Fée	SUN	£5.7m	518	3.1%
42	Henderson	CHE	£4.9m	180	0.5%
43	Szoboszlai	LIV	£6.9m	440	27.0%
44	Okafor	LEE	£5.8m	369	0.4%
45	Wirtz	LIV	£7.3m	467	5.2%
46	George	EVE	£5.5m	333	0.7%
47	Neto	CHE	£6.5m	414	1.4%
48	Wharton	CRY	£5.4m	526	0.7%
49	Manzambi	AVL	£5.9m	183	1.2%
50	Kamara	AVL	£5.0m	533	0.3%

Data last updated 16 Oct 2026, 03:50. Source: the official Fantasy Premier League API.