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Best NWSL defensive midfielders

Ranked by goals added per 96 minutes — the measure of total contribution across carrying, passing, receiving, shooting and defensive work. Qualified players only (500+ minutes).

#	Player	Pos	Club	Age	g+/96
1	Taylor Flint	DM	LOU	27.6	+0.113
2	Sam Coffey	DM	POR	26.5	+0.064
3	Katie O'Kane	DM	LOU	24.4	+0.054
4	Kimmi Ascanio	DM	SD	18.4	+0.053
5	Kenza Dali	DM	SD	34.9	+0.036
6	Delanie Sheehan	DM	DEN	27.5	+0.010
7	Claire Hutton	DM	BAY	20.5	+0.004
8	Hannah Bebar	DM	BAY	24.8	-0.000
9	Samantha Meza	DM	SEA	24.6	-0.003
10	Ana Tejada	DM	UTA	24.1	-0.003
11	Ainsley Mccammon	DM	SEA	18.9	-0.006
12	Alanna Kennedy	DM	LA	30.4	-0.007
13	Ally Lemos	DM	ORL	22.3	-0.009
14	Narumi Miura	DM	UTA	29.0	-0.020
15	Jessie Fleming	DM	POR	28.3	-0.026
16	Claudia Zornoza	DM	UTA	34.7	-0.026
17	Haley McCutcheon	DM	ORL	30.4	-0.028
18	Lo'eau LaBonta	DM	KC	33.3	-0.029
19	Cate Hardin	DM	HOU	23.3	-0.030
20	Deborah Abiodun	DM	WAS	21.7	-0.031
21	Madison Hammond	DM	LA	27.6	-0.032
22	Shinomi Koyama	DM	NC	21.4	-0.034
23	Cassandra Bogere	DM	POR	21.0	-0.035
24	Kiara Pickett	DM	BAY	26.2	-0.035
25	Maitane López	DM	CHI	31.3	-0.037
26	Aria Nagai	DM	UTA	None	-0.039
27	Rocky Rodríguez	DM	KC	31.7	-0.043
28	Dana Foederer	DM	UTA	22.9	-0.050
29	Sarah Puntigam	DM	HOU	33.7	-0.052
30	Jaelin Howell	DM	NJY	26.6	-0.053
31	Bayley Feist	DM	KC	29.3	-0.061
32	Annie Karich	DM	BOS	22.7	-0.062
33	Savannah McCaskill	DM	NJY	29.9	-0.063
34	Angharad James-Turner	DM	SEA	32.1	-0.066
35	Nealy Martin	DM	LA	28.2	-0.067
36	Carina Lageyre	DM	LA	22.7	-0.068
37	Taryn Torres	DM	NJY	26.2	-0.071
38	Ary Borges	DM	LA	26.5	-0.081
39	Angelina	DM	ORL	26.4	-0.082
40	Rebeca Bernal	DM	WAS	28.8	-0.084
41	Devin Lynch	DM	DEN	22.6	-0.088
42	Hal Hershfelt	DM	WAS	23.7	-0.094
43	Laurina Fazer	DM	SD	22.7	-0.099
44	Katie Zelem	DM	LA	29.4	-0.108
45	Macey Hodge	DM	LOU	25.2	-0.134