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Most Improved defenders This Season in Serie A

The most improved defenders in Serie A, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Kaiki of Cruzeiro is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Serie A, with a Field Insider Rating of 78.5, and Reinaldo leads the scoring with 13 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Kaiki has improved his Season rating most, up +48.4 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, Kaiki of Cruzeiro is the most valuable name in this group at 57.3.

Best talent
Kaiki78.5RTG
Cruzeiro
In form
Kaiki72.3SsN
Cruzeiro
Rising potential
Khellven+27RTG
Palmeiras · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
Kaiki+48.4SsN
Cruzeiro · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
Reinaldo13goals
Mirassol
Most valuable
Kaiki57.3val
Cruzeiro
50 players · ranked by most improvedCustomise →
PlayerTeam
1KaikiFull-backCruzeiro23+48.4
24/25→25/26
72202.5%7921.7%
2L. VillalbaCentre-backCruzeiro31+39.2
24/25→25/26
59195%401.3%
3VitinhoFull-backBotafogo27+38.8
24/25→25/26
54251.9%600.8%
4Léo PereiraCentre-backFlamengo30+36.3
24/25→25/26
60153.2%476.2%
5Fabrício BrunoCentre-backCruzeiro30+35
24/25→25/26
61137.3%4513%
6G. ÁvilaCentre-backFortaleza EC24+30.8
23/24→25/26
37466.7%646.8%
7David DuarteCentre-backBahia31+29.6
24/25→25/26
33870.6%35±0%
8RenêCentre-backFluminense33+28.4
24/25→25/26
51126.8%261.1%
9G. EscobarFull-backSantos29+27.3
23/24→25/26
39229.4%4318.8%
10N. FerraresiFull-backSao Paulo27+27
24/25→25/26
41187.5%555.3%
11Matheus BahiaFull-backCeara26+25.9
23/24→25/26
32404.7%597.4%
12Alex SandroCentre-backFlamengo35+25.4
24/25→25/26
31498%1921.3%
13SabinoCentre-backSao Paulo29+25.3
24/25→25/26
40172.1%456.8%
14J. AlonsoCentre-backAtletico-MG33+24.6
24/25→25/26
38178.3%27±0%
15Léo OrtizFull-backFlamengo30+24
24/25→25/26
48101.7%4117%
16FabianoFull-backCeara26+23.8
24/25→25/26
34238%6117%
17A. GiayCentre-backPalmeiras22+21.4
24/25→25/26
39120.2%7138.7%
18J. PiquerezFull-backPalmeiras27+21.1
24/25→25/26
4686.1%615.6%
19GugaFull-backFluminense27+17.3
24/25→25/26
23320.4%4911.5%
20LyancoCentre-backAtletico-MG29+17.3
24/25→25/26
28166.3%3914.8%
21Thiago SilvaCentre-backFluminense41+16.1
24/25→25/26
3585.2%1652.4%
22G. VarelaFull-backFlamengo33+14.5
24/25→25/26
28109.8%2223%
23J. HurtadoFull-backRB Bragantino24+14
24/25→25/26
25128.4%652%
24Lucas HalterCentre-backVitoria26+13.5
24/25→25/26
3952.1%641.1%
25G. FuentesFull-backFluminense29+13.1
24/25→25/26
17354.1%3712.7%
26Guilherme AranaCentre-backAtletico-MG29+12.9
24/25→25/26
2698.5%4215.1%
27Gustavo HenriqueCentre-backCorinthians33+12.5
24/25→25/26
3072.3%2420.5%
28Alex TellesFull-backBotafogo33+12.4
24/25→25/26
2597.6%2315%
29GilbertoFull-backBahia33+12.4
24/25→25/26
3263.3%2323.4%
30JonathanFull-backCruzeiro22+12.2
24/25→25/26
17244%669.8%
31JuninhoCentre-backInternacional31+12.1
24/25→25/26
18224.1%2924.1%
32DaniloFull-backFlamengo35+11.6
24/25→25/26
2585.3%184.8%
33Luan PeresCentre-backSantos32+11.5
22/23→25/26
2678.8%2810.8%
34Bruno FuchsCentre-backPalmeiras27+11.1
24/25→25/26
3840.8%5513.2%
35CamutangaCentre-backVitoria32+10.8
24/25→25/26
16229.8%2416.6%
36Zé MarcosCentre-backVitoria28+10.2
24/25→25/26
3246.6%4915.5%
37Ramon MenezesCentre-backSport Recife31+9.7
22/23→25/26
15198%3034.7%
38EduCentre-backVitoria26+9.5
24/25→25/26
1996.9%529.7%
39CuiabanoFull-backBotafogo23+9.3
24/25→25/26
2946.5%707.3%
40W. KannemannCentre-backGremio35+8.6
24/25→25/26
2072.9%197.9%
41MatheuzinhoFull-backCorinthians25+8.2
24/25→25/26
4124.8%663.6%
42ReinaldoFull-backMirassol36+7.9
24/25→25/26
3430%2924.9%
43Rodrigo SamCentre-backJuventude31+7.5
24/25→25/26
1871.4%2821.1%
44Ruan TressoldiCentre-backAtletico-MG27+6.5
24/25→25/26
1953.3%4915.6%
45André RamalhoCentre-backCorinthians34+5.8
24/25→25/26
2529.7%1928%
46R. CáceresFull-backVitoria34+5.7
24/25→25/26
2333.5%1835.1%
47Emerson RoyalFull-backFlamengo27+5.4
24/25→25/26
3121.3%5224.8%
48Lucas FreitasCentre-backVasco DA Gama25+5.1
24/25→25/26
1552.6%591.3%
49NatanaelFull-backAtletico-MG24+5
23/24→25/26
3616.3%662.1%
50Luciano JubaFull-backBahia26+4.7
24/25→25/26
4312.2%703.3%