Most Valuable centre-backs by Market Value in Serie A 2026

The most valuable centre-backs in Serie A in 2026, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Arthur Chaves of Botafogo is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in Serie A, with a Field Insider Rating of 74.2, and Raniele has been the form player this season, grading 60.9, and Luciano Juba leads the scoring with 9 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Alex Sandro has improved his Season rating most, up +50.3 on last season, while A. Giay's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +19.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Marco Moreno of Bahia is the most valuable name in this group at 44.9.

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	Player	Team
1	Marco Moreno Centre-back	Bahia	25	44.9	58143.3%	6816.5%
2	Cacá Centre-back	Vitoria	27	37.5	42109.5%	5814.2%
3	Alix Centre-back	RB Bragantino	26	37.2	46308.8%	6218.2%
4	Arthur Chaves Centre-back	Botafogo	25	35.8	15±0%	7410.1%
5	S. Ramos Centre-back	Bahia	24	35	422.6%	731.1%
6	Gustavo Marques Centre-back	RB Bragantino	24	34.9	46285.6%	7016.4%
7	A. Giay Centre-back	Palmeiras	22	33.5	374.6%	71±0%
8	Lucas Halter Centre-back	Vitoria	26	32.7	414.8%	651.7%
9	Jonathan Centre-back	Cruzeiro	22	32.7	39125%	706.1%
10	A. Saldivia Centre-back	Vasco DA Gama	24	31.3	1914%	59152.1%
11	J. Hurtado Centre-back	RB Bragantino	24	31.2	279.2%	65±0%
12	Victor Gabriel Centre-back	Internacional	22	31	33147.7%	666.3%
13	Luciano Juba Centre-back	Bahia	27	30.5	3615.7%	663.6%
14	J. Freytes Centre-back	Fluminense	26	30.1	2353.6%	644.2%
15	Arthur Centre-back	Palmeiras	21	29.9	30	70
16	Ruan Tressoldi Centre-back	Atletico-MG	27	29.1	3797.9%	5920.8%
17	Marcos Paulo Centre-back	Juventude	23	28.4	131575%	601.2%
18	Vitão Centre-back	Flamengo	26	28.2	21±0%	569%
19	Luis Fellipe Centre-back	Santos	23	28.1	4	57
20	L. Monzón Centre-back	Botafogo	24	27.8	2±0%	53137.5%
21	Maykon Centre-back	Vitoria	20	27.7	12	66
22	Julio César Centre-back	Atletico-MG	22	27.3	0	59
23	Patryck Centre-back	Juventude	23	27.2	366.7%	578%
24	Marcos Victor Centre-back	Bahia	24	27.2	16±0%	557.6%
25	N. Ferraresi Centre-back	Botafogo	27	27	3021.6%	561.8%
26	P. Milans Centre-back	Corinthians	24	26.8	14	58
27	Marcelo Ajul Centre-back	Sport Recife	24	26.8	3	57
28	M. Arana Centre-back	Vitoria	24	26.7	10	56
29	João Marcelo Centre-back	Cruzeiro	26	26.5	6±0%	558.3%
30	M. Gamarra Centre-back	Cruzeiro	25	26.3	578.6%	559.7%
31	Ewerthon Centre-back	Juventude	25	26.3	1210%	5510.7%
32	Gabriel Centre-back	Mirassol	22	26	3±0%	566.7%
33	Wallace Centre-back	Gremio	21	26	2	59
34	Léo Mana Centre-back	Corinthians	22	25.8	428.8%	583.8%
35	Maik Centre-back	Sao Paulo	21	25.7	12±0%	609.4%
36	Vanderlan Centre-back	RB Bragantino	24	25.6	15±0%	5411.6%
37	Caio Roque Centre-back	Botafogo	24	25.3	1±0%	5442.9%
38	Kauan Martins Centre-back	RB Bragantino	22	25.2	0	55
39	Michel Centre-back	Palmeiras	23	25	514%	53±0%
40	Wagner Leonardo Centre-back	Gremio	27	24.9	25±0%	4715.2%
41	Lucas Freitas Centre-back	Vasco DA Gama	25	24.9	15±0%	4917.8%
42	Cipriano Centre-back	Juventude	23	24.8	180%	5210.6%
43	Ythallo Centre-back	Botafogo	22	24.8	0	55
44	S. Palacios Centre-back	RB Bragantino	21	24.7	050%	584%
45	Riquelme Centre-back	Vasco DA Gama	24	24.4	0	52
46	Kevyson Centre-back	Sport Recife	22	24.2	381.5%	5412.3%
47	Luiz Gustavo Centre-back	Bahia	20	24.1	4	60
48	Benedetti Centre-back	Palmeiras	20	24.1	9±0%	609.2%
49	Lucyo Centre-back	Botafogo	20	24.1	3	59
50	Da Silva Centre-back	Botafogo	25	24	4	51