With an incredible performance during the tournament, Bruno Feranandes had the highest average rating of a midfielder during the competition. We must also highlight the fact that, according to this list, few teams used Back 5 during this tournament.
| Player | Rating | Defense | Minutes Played | Country |
| Bruno Fernandes | 8.92 | Back 4 | 356 | Portugal |
| Luis Chávez | 8.38 | Back 4 | 180 | Mexico |
| Kylian Mbappé | 8.35 | Back 4 | 478 | France |
| Pedri | 8.32 | Back 4 | 356 | Spain |
| Thomas Partey | 8.28 | Back 4 | 180 | Ghana |
| Neymar | 8.16 | Back 4 | 279 | Brazil |
| Hirving Lozano | 8.09 | Back 4 | 180 | Mexico |
| Frenkie de Jong | 8.09 | Back 5 | 475 | Netherlands |
| Jude Bellingham | 7.90 | Back 4 | 414 | England |
| Jamal Musiala | 7.88 | Back 4 | 258 | Germany |
| Joshua Kimmich | 7.85 | Back 4 | 270 | Germany |
| Casemiro | 7.76 | Back 4 | 390 | Brazil |
| Federico Valverde | 7.74 | Back 4 | 180 | Uruguay |
| Vinicius Júnior | 7.72 | Back 4 | 299 | Brazil |
| Enzo Fernández | 7.70 | Back 4 | 444 | Argentina |
| Marcelo Brozović | 7.68 | Back 4 | 552 | Croatia |
| Antoine Griezmann | 7.64 | Back 4 | 537 | France |
| Christian Pulisic | 7.62 | Back 4 | 315 | United States |
| Ángel Di María | 7.59 | Back 4 | 279 | Argentina |
| Luka Modrić | 7.57 | Back 4 | 653 | Croatia |
| Serge Gnabry | 7.57 | Back 4 | 263 | Germany |
| Cody Gakpo | 7.55 | Back 5 | 290 | Netherlands |
| Mateo Kovačić | 7.53 | Back 4 | 635 | Croatia |
| Dušan Tadić | 7.52 | Back 5 | 257 | Serbia |
| Wataru Endo | 7.44 | Back 4 | 180 | Japan |
| İlkay Gündoğan | 7.43 | Back 4 | 189 | Germany |
| Pierre Højbjerg | 7.39 | Back 5 | 180 | Denmark |
| Alexis Mac Allister | 7.33 | Back 4 | 430 | Argentina |
| Mohamed Kanno | 7.30 | Back 4 | 180 | Saudi Arabia |
| Lucas Paquetá | 7.24 | Back 4 | 314 | Brazil |
| Aurélien Tchouaméni | 7.23 | Back 4 | 621 | France |
| Dani Olmo | 7.22 | Back 4 | 367 | Spain |
| Hakim Ziyech | 7.19 | Back 4 | 545 | Morocco |
| Bukayo Saka | 7.16 | Back 4 | 288 | England |
| Tyler Adams | 7.14 | Back 4 | 360 | United States |
| Phil Foden | 7.12 | Back 4 | 258 | England |
| Aïssa Laïdouni | 7.10 | Back 5 | 243 | Tunisia |
| Zambo Anguissa | 7.08 | Back 4 | 260 | Cameroon |
| Kevin De Bruyne | 7.08 | Back 4 | 180 | Belgium |
| Adrien Rabiot | 7.02 | Back 4 | 483 | France |
| Salem Al-Dawsari | 7.02 | Back 4 | 270 | Saudi Arabia |
| Ivan Perišić | 7.00 | Back 4 | 489 | Croatia |
Conditions for the presented data:
– Minimum minutes played in the competition: 180 minutes (equivalent to 2 full games) per type of defense played (Back 4 or Back 5);
Data from FBref.