Being one of the central pieces of the Italian squad, Jorginho was the midfielder with the highest average rating during the tournament helping Italy win the Euro 21.
| Player | Rating | Defense | Minutes Played | Country |
| Jorginho | 8.55 | Back 4 | 704 | Italy |
| Toni Kroos | 8.54 | Back 5 | 360 | Germany |
| Kevin De Bruyne | 8.47 | Back 5 | 271 | Belgium |
| Pierre Højbjerg | 8.35 | Back 5 | 480 | Denmark |
| Marco Verratti | 8.34 | Back 4 | 397 | Italy |
| Paul Pogba | 8.30 | Back 4 | 255 | France |
| Emil Forsberg | 8.29 | Back 4 | 369 | Sweden |
| Frenkie de Jong | 8.25 | Back 5 | 348 | Netherlands |
| Pedri | 8.08 | Back 4 | 628 | Spain |
| Andriy Yarmolenko | 7.99 | Back 4 | 249 | Ukraine |
| Luka Modrić | 7.97 | Back 4 | 383 | Croatia |
| Florian Grillitsch | 7.85 | Back 4 | 195 | Austria |
| Sergio Busquets | 7.81 | Back 4 | 396 | Spain |
| Granit Xhaka | 7.78 | Back 5 | 390 | Switzerland |
| Raheem Sterling | 7.75 | Back 4 | 429 | England |
| N’Golo Kanté | 7.74 | Back 4 | 270 | France |
| Mikkel Damsgaard | 7.66 | Back 5 | 325 | Denmark |
| Mason Mount | 7.57 | Back 4 | 364 | England |
| Mateo Kovačić | 7.56 | Back 4 | 338 | Croatia |
| Ivan Perišić | 7.54 | Back 4 | 260 | Croatia |
| Stefan Lainer | 7.51 | Back 5 | 180 | Austria |
| Matteo Pessina | 7.50 | Back 4 | 187 | Italy |
| Xaver Schlager | 7.50 | Back 4 | 195 | Austria |
| Remo Freuler | 7.48 | Back 5 | 383 | Switzerland |
| Gerard Moreno | 7.46 | Back 4 | 194 | Spain |
| Eden Hazard | 7.46 | Back 5 | 227 | Belgium |
| Georginio Wijnaldum | 7.46 | Back 5 | 360 | Netherlands |
| Marcel Sabitzer | 7.43 | Back 4 | 210 | Austria |
| Dani Olmo | 7.39 | Back 4 | 258 | Spain |
| Koke | 7.36 | Back 4 | 477 | Spain |
| Lorenzo Insigne | 7.36 | Back 4 | 507 | Italy |
| Antoine Griezmann | 7.34 | Back 4 | 266 | France |
| Marcel Sabitzer | 7.34 | Back 5 | 180 | Austria |
| Ruslan Malinovskyi | 7.31 | Back 4 | 224 | Ukraine |
| Glen Kamara | 7.25 | Back 5 | 270 | Finland |
| Nicolò Barella | 7.18 | Back 4 | 469 | Italy |
| Youri Tielemans | 7.18 | Back 5 | 338 | Belgium |
| Axel Witsel | 7.08 | Back 5 | 302 | Belgium |
| Joe Morrell | 7.01 | Back 4 | 239 | Wales |
| Aleksandr Golovin | 7.01 | Back 5 | 180 | Russia |
| Gareth Bale | 7.00 | Back 4 | 270 | Wales |
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.