Defensive Midfielder

Lothar Matthäus

German · Peak 1990 · b. 1961

Frank Rijkaard

Dutch · Peak 1990 · b. 1962

Esteban Cambiasso

Argentine · Peak 2010 · b. 1980

Rodri

Spanish · Peak 2024 · b. 1996

Andrea Pirlo

Italian · Peak 2006 · b. 1979

Roy Keane

Irish · Peak 1998 · b. 1971

Steven Gerrard

English · Peak 2005 · b. 1980

Yaya Touré

Ivorian · Peak 2013 · b. 1983

Blaise Matuidi

French · Peak 2018 · b. 1987

Demetrio Albertini

Italian · Peak 1994 · b. 1971

Fernando Hierro

Spanish · Peak 1998 · b. 1968

Daniele De Rossi

Italian · Peak 2009 · b. 1983

Ronald Koeman

Dutch · Peak 1992 · b. 1963

Hierro

Spanish · Peak 2000 · b. 1968

Marcel Desailly

French · Peak 1995 · b. 1968

Patrick Vieira

French · Peak 2004 · b. 1976

Xabi Alonso

Spanish · Peak 2012 · b. 1981

Gennaro Gattuso

Italian · Peak 2006 · b. 1978

N'Golo Kanté

French · Peak 2018 · b. 1991

Gaetano Scirea

Italian · Peak 1986 · b. 1953

Edgar Davids

Dutch · Peak 2000 · b. 1973

Lukáš Biglia

Argentine · Peak 2015 · b. 1986

Radja Nainggolan

Belgian · Peak 2016 · b. 1988

Jordan Henderson

English · Peak 2019 · b. 1990

Mousa Dembélé

Belgian · Peak 2016 · b. 1987

Claude Makélélé

French · Peak 2004 · b. 1973

Stanislav Lobotka

Slovak · Peak 2023 · b. 1994

Graeme Souness

Scottish · Peak 1985 · b. 1953

Simone Perrotta

Italian · Peak 2006 · b. 1977

Arturo Vidal

Chilean · Peak 2013 · b. 1987

Bastian Schweinsteiger

German · Peak 2013 · b. 1984

Javier Mascherano

Argentine · Peak 2013 · b. 1984

Marco Tardelli

Italian · Peak 1981 · b. 1954

Matthias Sammer

German · Peak 1996 · b. 1967

Bryan Robson

English · Peak 1984 · b. 1957

Nicky Butt

English · Peak 1999 · b. 1975

Phil Neville

English · Peak 1999 · b. 1977

Johan Neeskens

Dutch · Peak 1973 · b. 1951

Thomas Partey

Ghanaian · Peak 2023 · b. 1993

John Obi Mikel

Nigerian · Peak 2012 · b. 1987

Michael Essien

Ghanaian · Peak 2007 · b. 1982

Federico Valverde

Uruguayan · Peak 2022 · b. 1998

Owen Hargreaves

English · Peak 2006 · b. 1981

Redondo

Argentine · Peak 1997 · b. 1969

Declan Rice

English · Peak 2025 · b. 1999

Joshua Kimmich

German · Peak 2020 · b. 1995

Lucas Leiva

Brazilian · Peak 2019 · b. 1987

Michael Carrick

English · Peak 2008 · b. 1981

Nemanja Matić

Serbian · Peak 2015 · b. 1988

Paul Ince

English · Peak 1994 · b. 1967

Frenkie de Jong

Dutch · Peak 2021 · b. 1997

Emerson

Brazilian · Peak 2004 · b. 1976

Marouane Fellaini

Belgian · Peak 2012 · b. 1987

Thomas Häßler

German · Peak 1992 · b. 1966

Darren Fletcher

Scottish · Peak 2008 · b. 1984

Sandro Tonali

Italian · Peak 2025 · b. 2000

Scott McTominay

Scottish · Peak 2025 · b. 1996

Fabinho

Brazilian · Peak 2020 · b. 1993

Rodrigo Bentancur

Uruguayan · Peak 2025 · b. 1997

Anatoliy Tymoshchuk

Ukrainian · Peak 2008 · b. 1979

Pierre-Emile Højbjerg

Danish · Peak 2020 · b. 1995

Sulley Muntari

Ghanaian · Peak 2009 · b. 1984

Emmanuel Petit

French · Peak 1998 · b. 1970

Axel Witsel

Belgian · Peak 2016 · b. 1989

Mauricio Pochettino

Argentine · Peak 1998 · b. 1972

Cheick Tioté

Ivorian · Peak 2011 · b. 1986

Torsten Frings

German · Peak 2006 · b. 1976

Lucas Biglia

Argentine · Peak 2015 · b. 1986

Walter Gargano

Uruguayan · Peak 2010 · b. 1984

Marquinhos

Brazilian · Peak 2012 · b. 1994

Sofyan Amrabat

Moroccan · Peak 2022 · b. 1996

Granit Xhaka

Swiss · Peak 2024 · b. 1992

Emre Can

German · Peak 2017 · b. 1994

Steffen Freund

German · Peak 2000 · b. 1970

Billy Bremner

Scottish · Peak 1971 · b. 1942

Victor Wanyama

Kenyan · Peak 2017 · b. 1991

Aurélien Tchouaméni

French · Peak 2025 · b. 2000

Roberto Di Matteo

Italian · Peak 1998 · b. 1970

Asier Illarramendi

Spanish · Peak 2017 · b. 1990

Fred

Brazilian · Peak 2017 · b. 1993

Ciriaco Sforza

Swiss · Peak 1998 · b. 1970

Jan Wouters

Dutch · Peak 1985 · b. 1960

Mahamadou Diarra

Malian · Peak 2008 · b. 1981

Leandro Paredes

Argentine · Peak 2018 · b. 1994

Casemiro

Brazilian · Peak 2022 · b. 1992

Carsten Ramelow

German · Peak 2002 · b. 1974

Lassana Diarra

French · Peak 2011 · b. 1985

Romeo Benetti

Italian · Peak 1979 · b. 1945

Rúben Neves

Portuguese · Peak 2020 · b. 1997

Moussa Sissoko

French · Peak 2018 · b. 1989

Idrissa Gueye

Senegalese · Peak 2018 · b. 1989

Franz Beckenbauer

German · Peak 1974 · b. 1945

Marco Verratti

Italian · Peak 2017 · b. 1992

Philip Cocu

Dutch · Peak 2001 · b. 1970

Danny Blind

Dutch · Peak 1995 · b. 1961

Niko Kovač

Croatian · Peak 2000 · b. 1971

Gary Medel

Chilean · Peak 2015 · b. 1987

Makoto Hasebe

Japanese · Peak 2018 · b. 1984

Paulo Sousa

Portuguese · Peak 1999 · b. 1970

Mikel Merino

Spanish · Peak 2025 · b. 1996

Didier Zokora

Ivorian · Peak 2008 · b. 1980

Jupp Kapellmann

German · Peak 1974 · b. 1950

Leander Dendoncker

Belgian · Peak 2021 · b. 1995

Anderson

Brazilian · Peak 2008 · b. 1988

Naby Keïta

Guinean · Peak 2017 · b. 1995

Gilles Grimandi

French · Peak 1998 · b. 1970

Andreas Ottl

German · Peak 2008 · b. 1985

Saúl Ñíguez

Spanish · Peak 2021 · b. 1994

Alexei Smertin

Russian · Peak 2004 · b. 1975

Sander Berge

Norwegian · Peak 2022 · b. 1998

Scott Brown

Scottish · Peak 2012 · b. 1985

Tommy Docherty

Scottish · Peak 1954 · b. 1928

Costinha

Portuguese · Peak 2004 · b. 1974

Gerson

Brazilian · Peak 1970 · b. 1941

Alexej Smertin

Russian · Peak 2002 · b. 1975

Iván Helguera

Spanish · Peak 2002 · b. 1975

Sérgio Busquets

Spanish · Peak 2011 · b. 1988