Best Defensive Midfielders in the Danish Superliga 2026/2027
The best defensive midfielders in the Danish Superliga 2026/2027, ranked by FootyCabin's position-adjusted season Impact Score. 23 players meet the existing eligibility rules for this position; the top 20 are listed.
| Rank# | Player | Club | Minutes | Impact Score | Tackles / 90 | Interceptions / 90 | Pass accuracy | Duels won | Losses / 100 touches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bartosz SliszBrøndby IF | Brøndby IF | 899 | 71.7 | 2.10 | 2.70 | 88.9% | 50.5% | 12.7 |
| 2 | Mads LarsenSilkeborg IF | Silkeborg IF | 989 | 66.4 | 2.55 | 2.18 | 90.1% | 64.0% | 11.2 |
| 3 | Philip BillingFC Midtjylland | FC Midtjylland | 945 | 65.9 | 2.10 | 1.52 | 83.6% | 59.4% | 19.3 |
| 4 | Rasmus Falk Odense BK | Odense BK | 725 | 65.1 | 2.36 | 1.24 | 91.4% | 42.7% | 11.6 |
| 5 | Thomas DelaneyFC København | FC København | 504 | 63.2 | 2.68 | 1.25 | 83.2% | 63.9% | 17.0 |
| 6 | Abdul MoroHorsens | Horsens | 629 | 59.5 | 2.72 | 2.72 | 88.6% | 36.1% | 13.8 |
| 7 | William ClemFC København | FC København | 743 | 57.5 | 2.54 | 2.18 | 84.4% | 45.0% | 15.3 |
| 8 | Magnus KnudsenAGF | AGF | 841 | 57.0 | 3.42 | 0.86 | 88.4% | 57.6% | 13.1 |
| 9 | Karlo LusavecHorsens | Horsens | 757 | 56.1 | 1.78 | 1.90 | 93.7% | 40.9% | 7.6 |
| 10 | Adam HerdonssonHorsens | Horsens | 555 | 54.2 | 1.95 | 1.95 | 78.1% | 53.8% | 21.8 |
| 11 | Max Isaac EjdumBrøndby IF | Brøndby IF | 870 | 52.9 | 1.76 | 1.24 | 85.4% | 53.3% | 17.1 |
| 12 | Kristian Arnstad AGF | AGF | 926 | 51.8 | 1.65 | 0.97 | 82.8% | 47.2% | 20.2 |
| 13 | Laurits PedersenRanders FC | Randers FC | 849 | 51.7 | 3.29 | 1.91 | 80.5% | 56.8% | 16.5 |
| 14 | Mathias GreveRanders FC | Randers FC | 877 | 46.9 | 1.95 | 0.72 | 81.0% | 54.7% | 20.7 |
| 15 | John BjörkengrenRanders FC | Randers FC | 398 | 43.8 | 0.45 | 1.58 | — | 46.7% | 11.8 |
| 16 | Anders HoegSønderjyske Fodbold | Sønderjyske Fodbold | 486 | 42.8 | 2.41 | 1.30 | — | 47.6% | 21.3 |
| 17 | Pedro BravoFC Midtjylland | FC Midtjylland | 884 | 40.4 | 1.63 | 0.92 | 87.7% | 48.6% | 15.5 |
| 18 | Mads Emil MadsenFC København | FC København | 473 | 37.6 | 2.66 | 0.57 | — | 53.2% | 20.1 |
| 19 | Sefer EminiSønderjyske Fodbold | Sønderjyske Fodbold | 615 | 37.3 | 1.90 | 1.32 | 71.2% | 52.5% | 27.9 |
| 20 | Jacob ChristensenSønderjyske Fodbold | Sønderjyske Fodbold | 367 | 35.0 | 0.98 | 1.23 | — | — | 22.2 |
How this ranking works
Players are ranked by the Football Performance Lab Impact Score, an experimental in-house model that combines role-relative percentile families using explicit position-specific weights. The score shown here is the stored season-level figure for the Danish Superliga 2026/2027; nothing is recalculated for this page. It is not an official rating, not a definitive measure of player quality, and not a prediction.
Only players with a published Impact Score for this competition and season are eligible, and a position page is published only when at least 5 players qualify. Players without enough data are excluded rather than shown with a substitute figure, and a statistic the provider did not record is shown as not available, never as zero. Read the full scoring methodology.
Last updated: 23 Oct 2026