Full-backs with the Best Potential in Primeira Liga

The highest-potential full-backs in Primeira Liga, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Alberto Baio of FC Porto is the standout for raw talent across full-backs in Primeira Liga, with a Field Insider Rating of 70.7, and Diogo Travassos leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Alberto Baio has improved his Season rating most, up +54.3 on last season, while S. Dahl's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +31.5 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Alberto Baio of FC Porto is the most valuable name in this group at 42.7.

Benfica · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Alberto Baio+54.3SsN

FC Porto · 24/25→25/26

Top scorer

Diogo Travassos5goals

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	Player	Team
1	Alberto Baio Full-back	FC Porto	22	71321.3%	7117.4%
2	Diogo Travassos Full-back	Moreirense	22	35±0%	7017.2%
3	S. Dahl Full-back	Benfica	23	60165.2%	6984.5%
4	Rodrigo Pinheiro Full-back	Famalicao	23	6248.3%	663.1%
5	A. Dedić Full-back	Benfica	23	38772.1%	668.3%
6	B. Meupiyou Full-back	Alverca	20	26	665.6%
7	Iván Fresneda Full-back	Sporting CP	21	3443.5%	640.9%
8	M. Araújo Full-back	Sporting CP	26	54118.2%	633.8%
9	Martim Fernandes Full-back	FC Porto	20	3931.2%	636.4%
10	Dinis Pinto Full-back	Moreirense	25	329.2%	621%
11	B. Arrey-Mbi Full-back	SC Braga	23	3123.6%	623%
12	A. Núñez Full-back	Nacional	21	20	62
13	G. Vagiannidis Full-back	Sporting CP	24	2617%	6246.1%
14	Francisco Chissumba Full-back	Alverca	21	2132.4%	613.2%
15	N. Abbey Full-back	Rio Ave	22	23334%	6111.7%
16	Pedro Francisco Full-back	Famalicao	21	30716.2%	611.5%
17	Kiko Full-back	Moreirense	24	27674.3%	6039.5%
18	T. Strata Full-back	Guimaraes	21	242.5%	604.6%
19	Gabriel Moscardo Full-back	SC Braga	20	17463.3%	6013.2%
20	Miguel Maga Full-back	Guimaraes	23	2317.6%	593.9%
21	G. Lagerbielke Full-back	SC Braga	26	3652.4%	588.1%
22	David Sousa Full-back	Casa Pia	25	384.4%	5819.2%
23	Francisco Moura Full-back	FC Porto	26	41135.3%	571.2%
24	A. Tsoungui Full-back	Estoril	23	175633.3%	5723.3%
25	João Mendes Full-back	Guimaraes	26	3727.6%	5713.9%
26	Pedro Carvalho Full-back	Estoril	23	108.7%	565.6%
27	E. Maviram Full-back	Tondela	25	14217.8%	5622.1%
28	Ricard Sánchez Full-back	Estoril	26	1536.7%	5517.1%
29	Paulo Victor Full-back	Santa Clara	25	2240.6%	559.3%
30	L. Rivas Full-back	AVS	24	21	54
31	Hevertton Santos Full-back	GIL Vicente	25	17351.4%	533.3%
32	Pedro Rosas Full-back	Casa Pia	25	1514.2%	528%
33	A. Danté Full-back	Arouca	25	1136.5%	524.6%
34	João Tomé Full-back	Rio Ave	23	727.5%	529.3%
35	João Goulart Full-back	Casa Pia	26	274.6%	5219.8%
36	Tiago Manso Full-back	Tondela	26	23134.4%	4913.4%
37	Rodrigo Conceição Full-back	Tondela	26	2042%	4814%
38	Zé Carlos Full-back	GIL Vicente	28	4633.6%	4815.3%
39	M. Vrousai Full-back	Rio Ave	28	43139.3%	4616.9%
40	Lucas Soares Full-back	Santa Clara	28	3021.5%	4515.9%
41	Diogo Calila Full-back	Santa Clara	27	1255.8%	4425.5%
42	Matheus Pivô Full-back	AVS	28	30	43
43	Guilherme Romão Full-back	Santa Clara	28	233%	4328%
44	Bruno Langa Full-back	Estrela	28	1921.7%	4221.4%
45	Ricardo Mangas Full-back	Sporting CP	28	1994%	4113.7%
46	L. Vallier Full-back	Nacional	27	961.4%	4129.8%
47	G. Konan Full-back	GIL Vicente	30	415685.7%	4016.1%
48	José Gomes Full-back	Nacional	30	274.7%	3819.5%
49	Tiago Esgaio Full-back	Arouca	31	2825.3%	378.5%
50	Z. Sanusi Full-back	FC Porto	29	3210466.7%	3624.1%