The Best Young CDMs in the top 5 leagues
In this thread I'll rank the best Young DMs from the top 5 leagues
These are
Rice
Bennacer
Locatelli
De Jong
Zakaria
These are the stats I'll use
Quantity of Defending
Quality of Defending
Dribbling
Build Up Play
Creativity
Quantity of Defending
Tackles p90 | Interception p90

Rice - 2.35 | 1.80
Bennacer - 3.10 | 1.27
Locatelli - 2.75 | 1.56
De Jong - 1.23 | 0.84
Zakaria - 2.00 | 1.17

Bennacer leads in tackles while Rice leads in interceptions, with De Jong has the least tackles and interception
Quality of Defending
Tackle Success | 1v1 success

Rice - 79% | 50%
Bennacer - 55% | 50%
Locatelli - 58% | 48.5%
De Jong - 71% | 26.3%
Zakaria - 92% | 50%

Zakaria leads for tackle success and he's tied with Bennacer and Rice for 1v1s.
Dribbling
Dribbles Attempted | Dribble Success

Rice - 1.25 | 84%
Bennacer - 2.25 | 81.3%
Locatelli - 1.38 | 73.9%
De Jong - 1.51 | 77.8%
Zakaria - 2.33 | 64.3%

Rice is the most successful dribbler while Zakaria makes the most whilst having the worst success rate
Build Up Play
Prog Passes | Yards Prog Pass | Yards Prog Dribbling

Rice - 3.45 | 188.8 | 129.6
Bennacer - 5.77 | 339.6 | 155.6
Locatelli - 7.96 | 395.3 | 145.9
De Jong - 6.31 | 342.5 | 243.5
Zakaria - 3.83 | 167.5 | 122

Locatelli and De Jong are involved the most
Creativity
xA p90

Rice - 0.10
Bennacer - 0.05
Locatelli - 0.09
De Jong - 0.13
Zakaria - 0.05

De Jong leads in creativity while surprisingly Bennacer is tied with Zakaria for being the least creative
Conclusion:
Rice and Zakaria are the best defensively but aren't great creatively, playing like typical DM's

FDJ plays CM as well which is why he wasn't the best defensively but had the best creative stats

Bennacer is a regista, he had good buildup stats but low defense stats
My ranking of these players are:
De Jong
Bennacer
Rice
Locatelli
Zakaria

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