Kicker has ranked the best defensive midfielders in the Bundesliga so far in the 2024/25 season.

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Every six months, Kicker publishes a ranking of the best players in the Bundesliga, as well as the best German players abroad, divided into a number of categories.
The German football magazine recently released the first part of its winter rankings based on performances in the first half of the 2024/25 season.
Below you’ll find the defensive midfielder rankings.
World Class
None.
International class
1. Joshua Kimmich, Bayern Munich
2. Granit Xhaka, Bayer Leverkusen
3. Exequiel Palacios, Bayer Leverkusen
4. Robert Andrich, Bayer Leverkusen
5. Angelo Stiller, Stuttgart
National class
6. Aleksandar Pavlovic, Bayern Munich
7. Nadiem Amiri, Mainz
8. Jens Stage, Werder Bremen
9. Hugo Larsson, Eintracht Frankfurt
10. Rocco Reitz, Gladbach
11. Aleix Garcia, Bayer Leverkusen
12. Maximilian Arnold, Wolfsburg
13. Felix Nmecha, Borussia Dortmund
14. Tom Bischof, Hoffenheim
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