Most In-Form centre-backs This Season in Primeira Liga

The most in-form centre-backs in Primeira Liga, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Gonçalo Inácio of Sporting CP is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in Primeira Liga, with a Field Insider Rating of 67.3, and J. Bednarek has been the form player this season, grading 80.9, and J. de Haas leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Kiwior has improved his Season rating most, up +53.1 on last season, while Christian Marques's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +21.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, J. de Haas of Famalicao is the most valuable name in this group at 39.9.

Best talent

Gonçalo Inácio67.3RTG

Christian Marques+21.2RTG

Tondela · 22/23→25/26

Most improved

J. Kiwior+53.1SsN

FC Porto · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	J. Bednarek Centre-back	FC Porto	30	81184.9%	4129.2%
2	J. Kiwior Centre-back	FC Porto	26	71301.7%	5924.1%
3	J. de Haas Centre-back	Famalicao	26	7129.3%	631.7%
4	N. Otamendi Centre-back	Benfica	38	5813.1%	1927.7%
5	Gonçalo Inácio Centre-back	Sporting CP	24	546.5%	672.6%
6	L. Realpe Centre-back	Famalicao	25	47398.9%	5910.9%
7	Kaiky Naves Centre-back	Alverca	24	47159.4%	641.8%
8	Ibrahima Ba Centre-back	Famalicao	21	4414633.3%	6319.3%
9	Jonathan Buatu Centre-back	GIL Vicente	32	44121.3%	324.2%
10	Zé Vitor Centre-back	Nacional	25	429.1%	621.7%
11	Sidney Lima Centre-back	Santa Clara	29	418.7%	4517.1%
12	António Silva Centre-back	Benfica	22	418.5%	644.6%
13	M. Elimbi Gilbert Centre-back	GIL Vicente	23	40646.3%	6522.6%
14	Tomás Araújo Centre-back	Benfica	24	3930.8%	619.2%
15	Maracás Centre-back	Moreirense	32	3635.6%	3214.3%
16	R. Abascal Centre-back	Guimaraes	32	3411.7%	2921.2%
17	Léo Santos Centre-back	Nacional	27	32254.4%	522%
18	Frederico Venâncio Centre-back	Santa Clara	33	311%	2132.2%
19	Eduardo Quaresma Centre-back	Sporting CP	24	3011.7%	611.5%
20	Christian Marques Centre-back	Tondela	23	30410.2%	6252.1%
21	Gilberto Batista Centre-back	Moreirense	22	29554.5%	6316.4%
22	F. Bacher Centre-back	Estoril	25	272.2%	643.1%
23	José Fontán Centre-back	Arouca	26	2718.3%	587.4%
24	Óscar Rivas Centre-back	Guimaraes	26	2689.6%	534.9%
25	J. Brabec Centre-back	Rio Ave	33	2523.6%	2314.2%
26	O. Diomande Centre-back	Sporting CP	22	2550.5%	6112.9%
27	J. Panzo Centre-back	Rio Ave	25	2494.3%	560.5%
28	Z. Debast Centre-back	Sporting CP	22	2446%	6113.2%
29	Ferro Centre-back	Estoril	29	244%	3813.6%
30	Geraldes Centre-back	Casa Pia	35	2384.4%	190.5%
31	Thiago Balieiro Centre-back	Guimaraes	23	214080%	5640.9%
32	Sergi Gómez Centre-back	Alverca	34	21125%	229.5%
33	C. Devenish Centre-back	AVS	25	2137.8%	5611%
34	Kiki Centre-back	AVS	31	1912.7%	2628.9%
35	K. Boma Centre-back	Estoril	23	1944.7%	5911.5%
36	Gustavo Mancha Centre-back	Rio Ave	22	17	63
37	Kaly Centre-back	Casa Pia	22	16	546.5%
38	Vitor Carvalho Centre-back	SC Braga	29	1610.6%	3624.2%
39	Javi Sánchez Centre-back	Arouca	29	1618.3%	3540.5%
40	Paulo Vitor Centre-back	AVS	25	1622.1%	5267.5%
41	S. Niakaté Centre-back	SC Braga	27	1664.3%	4525.7%
42	José Fonte Centre-back	Casa Pia	42	1534.2%	1029.9%
43	H. Silva Centre-back	Santa Clara	20	15	58
44	Espigares Centre-back	GIL Vicente	21	1515.2%	588.3%
45	B. Popović Centre-back	Arouca	26	1322.4%	505.7%
46	Aderllan Santos Centre-back	AVS	37	1333.3%	860.1%
47	Paulo Oliveira Centre-back	SC Braga	34	1364.2%	1350.2%
48	F. Petrasso Centre-back	Rio Ave	24	1264.4%	557%
49	Miguel Nóbrega Centre-back	Guimaraes	26	11152.4%	4855.8%
50	João Afonso Centre-back	Tondela	36	1173.8%	1110.1%