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Most Valuable defensive midfielders by Market Value in Serie A

The most valuable 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 midfielderFluminense2434.44141.8%724.2%
2RamonDefensive midfielderVitoria2533.52530%716.5%
3NatanaelDefensive midfielderAtletico-MG2431.32616.3%662.5%
4Pablo MaiaDefensive midfielderSao Paulo2431.222933.3%6612.7%
5Evertton AraújoDefensive midfielderFlamengo2330.4124.8%643.9%
6PierreDefensive midfielderFortaleza EC2430.2167900%6413%
7Cauan BarrosDefensive midfielderVasco DA Gama2229.929670.3%668.3%
8FabinhoDefensive midfielderRB Bragantino2429.517115%622.4%
9MaikDefensive midfielderSao Paulo2129.32469
10Danilo SantosDefensive midfielderBotafogo2529.119526.7%6113.6%
11A. FrancoDefensive midfielderAtletico-MG2728.232152.4%591.3%
12E. MartínezDefensive midfielderPalmeiras2628.22030.8%5950.4%
13AlexsanderDefensive midfielderAtletico-MG2227.81811.1%624%
14NewtonDefensive midfielderBotafogo2627.41956.9%588.7%
15PatryckDefensive midfielderSao Paulo2327.2185.4%578%
16Ryan GustavoDefensive midfielderCorinthians2327.274.4%576.4%
17Igor GomesDefensive midfielderAtletico-MG2727.23474.1%568.1%
18GustavinhoDefensive midfielderRB Bragantino2227.2653.7%603.7%
19Vinicius ZanoceloDefensive midfielderCeara2526.71552.4%569.4%
20Patrick SilvaDefensive midfielderAtletico-MG2226.4559
21Diego RosaDefensive midfielderInternacional2325.7386.7%5421.3%
22F. VeraDefensive midfielderAtletico-MG2625.61745.5%5414.7%
23J. SforzaDefensive midfielderJuventude2425.1477%5315.5%
24HyanDefensive midfielderSantos2224.6155
25Bruno CésarDefensive midfielderFortaleza EC2124.3257
26LarsonDefensive midfielderPalmeiras2024.1160
27Patrick de PaulaDefensive midfielderBotafogo26244260%500.6%
28Zé LucasDefensive midfielderSport Recife18242367
29Luis OtávioDefensive midfielderInternacional1923.391228.6%612.2%
30Lucca Marques AlencarDefensive midfielderSao Paulo1923.2261
31Davi GoesDefensive midfielderJuventude2123.12250%543.6%
32LucioDefensive midfielderFlamengo1923061
33Zé VitorDefensive midfielderMirassol2622.9160%486.6%
34Erick MachadoDefensive midfielderPalmeiras1922.8160
35Luiz GustavoDefensive midfielderCorinthians2022.7156
36RiquelmeDefensive midfielderFluminense1922.7260
37Pablo RobertoDefensive midfielderFortaleza EC2622.3183.3%4713.6%
38Lucas LimaDefensive midfielderCeara2622.23525%4712.2%
39CamiloDefensive midfielderGremio2722850.6%4666.3%
40DuduDefensive midfielderVitoria2721.78172.4%4614.1%
41RanieleDefensive midfielderCorinthians2916.83951.4%4421.2%
42Marlon FreitasDefensive midfielderBotafogo3114.44117.1%4116%
43DieguinhoDefensive midfielderCeara3014.336174.2%428.9%
44RonyDefensive midfielderAtletico-MG311448123%3911.3%
45Guilherme AranaDefensive midfielderAtletico-MG2913.531135.9%465.3%
46NonatoDefensive midfielderFluminense2813.424237.1%475.4%
47Matheus HenriqueDefensive midfielderCruzeiro2813.41518.1%4716.2%
48Marcelo HermesDefensive midfielderJuventude3112.94983.6%3626.2%
49CaíqueDefensive midfielderJuventude3012.832114.7%3812.2%
50Matheus FernandesDefensive midfielderRB Bragantino2812.41618.1%4312.1%