Best Defensive players by Season Rating in Serie A

The best defensive players in Serie A, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Vitor Roque of Palmeiras is the standout for raw talent across players in Serie A, with a Field Insider Rating of 79.1, and G. de Arrascaeta has been the form player this season, grading 75.4, and Kaio Jorge leads the scoring with 21 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Kaio Jorge has improved his Season rating most, up +61.1 on last season, while Khellven's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +27 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Kaio Jorge of Cruzeiro is the most valuable name in this group at 59.5.

G. de Arrascaeta75.4SsN

Flamengo

Rising potential

Khellven+27RTG

Palmeiras · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Kaio Jorge+61.1SsN

Cruzeiro · 24/25→25/26

50 players · ranked by best defendersCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	Kaiki Full-back	Cruzeiro	23	72.3	72202.5%	7921.7%
2	Fabrício Bruno Centre-back	Cruzeiro	30	60.5	61137.3%	4513%
3	Léo Pereira Centre-back	Flamengo	30	60	60153.2%	476.2%
4	L. Villalba Centre-back	Cruzeiro	31	59.3	59195%	401.3%
5	William Full-back	Cruzeiro	31	57.9	587.6%	3827.4%
6	Vitinho Full-back	Botafogo	27	54.2	54251.9%	600.8%
7	Renê Centre-back	Fluminense	33	50.8	51126.8%	261.1%
8	J. Freytes Centre-back	Fluminense	26	49.4	496075%	6659.4%
9	G. Gómez Centre-back	Palmeiras	33	47.9	481.6%	2727.6%
10	Léo Ortiz Full-back	Flamengo	30	47.6	48101.7%	4117%
11	Jemmes Centre-back	Mirassol	26	46.3	46	69
12	J. Piquerez Full-back	Palmeiras	27	45.6	4686.1%	615.6%
13	A. Barboza Centre-back	Botafogo	31	43.4	439%	3523.2%
14	Luciano Juba Full-back	Bahia	26	43.2	4312.2%	703.3%
15	S. Ramos Centre-back	Bahia	24	43	430.7%	7226.1%
16	Willian Machado Centre-back	Ceara	29	42	42	48
17	Samuel Xavier Centre-back	Fluminense	36	41.5	422.5%	24±0%
18	N. Ferraresi Full-back	Sao Paulo	27	41.4	41187.5%	555.3%
19	Matheuzinho Full-back	Corinthians	25	41.2	4124.8%	663.6%
20	João Victor Centre-back	Mirassol	28	40.9	41	56
21	Sabino Centre-back	Sao Paulo	29	40	40172.1%	456.8%
22	Lucas Halter Centre-back	Vitoria	26	39.4	3952.1%	641.1%
23	A. Giay Centre-back	Palmeiras	22	39.2	39120.2%	7138.7%
24	G. Escobar Full-back	Santos	29	39.2	39229.4%	4318.8%
25	J. Alonso Centre-back	Atletico-MG	33	38.4	38178.3%	27±0%
26	Bruno Fuchs Centre-back	Palmeiras	27	38.3	3840.8%	5513.2%
27	G. Ávila Centre-back	Fortaleza EC	24	37.4	37466.7%	646.8%
28	E. Díaz Full-back	Sao Paulo	30	37.4	3734.5%	403.2%
29	Natanael Full-back	Atletico-MG	24	35.7	3616.3%	662.1%
30	Thiago Silva Centre-back	Fluminense	41	35	3585.2%	1652.4%
31	Paulo Henrique Full-back	Vasco DA Gama	30	34.9	3521.6%	4119.5%
32	Reinaldo Full-back	Mirassol	36	34.2	3430%	2924.9%
33	Fabiano Full-back	Ceara	26	33.8	34238%	6117%
34	David Duarte Centre-back	Bahia	31	33	33870.6%	35±0%
35	A. Franco Centre-back	Sao Paulo	29	32.5	3312.1%	4518.5%
36	Matheus Bahia Full-back	Ceara	26	32.3	32404.7%	597.4%
37	Zé Marcos Centre-back	Vitoria	28	32.1	3246.6%	4915.5%
38	Gilberto Full-back	Bahia	33	32	3263.3%	2323.4%
39	R. Arboleda Centre-back	Sao Paulo	34	31.3	314.9%	2228.7%
40	A. Bernabéi Full-back	Internacional	25	31.3	3118.1%	6710.2%
41	Emerson Royal Full-back	Flamengo	27	30.7	3121.3%	5224.8%
42	E. Mancuso Full-back	Fortaleza EC	27	30.5	315.2%	568.2%
43	Alex Sandro Centre-back	Flamengo	35	30.5	31498%	1921.3%
44	B. Aguirre Full-back	Internacional	26	30.1	3019.1%	5916.7%
45	Ayrton Lucas Full-back	Flamengo	29	30.1	3015.3%	4232.4%
46	Gustavo Henrique Centre-back	Corinthians	33	29.8	3072.3%	2420.5%
47	Ramon Full-back	Vitoria	25	29.5	3016.4%	626.9%
48	Cuiabano Full-back	Botafogo	23	29.3	2946.5%	707.3%
49	Juninho Capixaba Full-back	RB Bragantino	29	29	2913.7%	4315%
50	Vitor Hugo Centre-back	Atletico-MG	35	28.6	2914200%	1958.5%