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Defensive midfielders with the Best Potential in Serie A

The highest-potential defensive midfielders in Serie A, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Martinelli of Fluminense is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Serie A, with a Field Insider Rating of 72.4, and Marcelo Hermes has been the form player this season, grading 49.4, and Rony leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Lucas Sasha has improved his Season rating most, up +27.6 on last season, while E. Martínez's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +19.9 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Martinelli of Fluminense is the most valuable name in this group at 34.4.

Best talent
Martinelli72.4RTG
Fluminense
In form
Marcelo Hermes49.4SsN
Juventude
Rising potential
E. Martínez+19.9RTG
Palmeiras · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
Lucas Sasha+27.6SsN
Fortaleza EC · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
Rony6goals
Atletico-MG
Most valuable
Martinelli34.4val
Fluminense
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PlayerTeam
1MartinelliDefensive midfielderFluminense244141.8%724.2%
2RamonDefensive midfielderVitoria252530%716.5%
3MaikDefensive midfielderSao Paulo212469
4Zé LucasDefensive midfielderSport Recife182367
5Cauan BarrosDefensive midfielderVasco DA Gama2229670.3%668.3%
6NatanaelDefensive midfielderAtletico-MG242616.3%662.5%
7Pablo MaiaDefensive midfielderSao Paulo2422933.3%6612.7%
8Evertton AraújoDefensive midfielderFlamengo23124.8%643.9%
9PierreDefensive midfielderFortaleza EC24167900%6413%
10FabinhoDefensive midfielderRB Bragantino2417115%622.4%
11AlexsanderDefensive midfielderAtletico-MG221811.1%624%
12Danilo SantosDefensive midfielderBotafogo2519526.7%6113.6%
13Luis OtávioDefensive midfielderInternacional1991228.6%612.2%
14GustavinhoDefensive midfielderRB Bragantino22653.7%603.7%
15E. MartínezDefensive midfielderPalmeiras262030.8%5950.4%
16A. FrancoDefensive midfielderAtletico-MG2732152.4%591.3%
17NewtonDefensive midfielderBotafogo261956.9%588.7%
18Vinicius ZanoceloDefensive midfielderCeara251552.4%569.4%
19Igor GomesDefensive midfielderAtletico-MG273474.1%568.1%
20F. VeraDefensive midfielderAtletico-MG261745.5%5414.7%
21Matheus HenriqueDefensive midfielderCruzeiro281518.1%4716.2%
22NonatoDefensive midfielderFluminense2824237.1%475.4%
23CamiloDefensive midfielderGremio27850.6%4666.3%
24Guilherme AranaDefensive midfielderAtletico-MG2931135.9%465.3%
25M. VillasantiDefensive midfielderGremio292740.3%4421.2%
26RanieleDefensive midfielderCorinthians293951.4%4421.2%
27Matheus FernandesDefensive midfielderRB Bragantino281618.1%4312.1%
28DieguinhoDefensive midfielderCeara3036174.2%428.9%
29Marlon FreitasDefensive midfielderBotafogo314117.1%4116%
30PepêDefensive midfielderVitoria28860.6%4123.6%
31DodiDefensive midfielderGremio302721%4117.3%
32RonyDefensive midfielderAtletico-MG3148123%3911.3%
33CaíqueDefensive midfielderJuventude3032114.7%3812.2%
34ArthurDefensive midfielderGremio291015.7%3829.1%
35L. RomeroDefensive midfielderCruzeiro324340%379.3%
36RonaldoDefensive midfielderInternacional291346.5%3628%
37Marcelo HermesDefensive midfielderJuventude314983.6%3626.2%
38Andreas PereiraDefensive midfielderPalmeiras301553.5%3542.4%
39SaúlDefensive midfielderFlamengo312040.2%3134.2%
40E. PulgarDefensive midfielderFlamengo32276%3021.9%
41Lucas SilvaDefensive midfielderCruzeiro333598.9%308.9%
42Lucas KalDefensive midfielderSport Recife30685.5%2930.3%
43Yago FelipeDefensive midfielderMirassol31101175%2714%
44João SchmidtDefensive midfielderSantos334152.6%268.6%
45Lucas SashaDefensive midfielderFortaleza EC3644168.3%2560.8%
46GregoreDefensive midfielderBotafogo321666.5%2541.7%
47GabrielDefensive midfielderRB Bragantino343218.8%252%
48Willian OliveiraDefensive midfielderVitoria332152.4%2339.8%
49Ricardo RyllerDefensive midfielderVitoria32849.1%2229.6%
50R. CáceresDefensive midfielderVitoria343393.5%2124%