Centre-backs with the Best Potential in Serie A

The highest-potential centre-backs in Serie A, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

S. Ramos of Bahia is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in Serie A, with a Field Insider Rating of 73.4, and L. Villalba has been the form player this season, grading 63.1, and Marçal leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: L. Villalba has improved his Season rating most, up +43 on last season, while S. Ramos's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +16.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, J. Freytes of Fluminense is the most valuable name in this group at 40.7.

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	Player	Team
1	S. Ramos Centre-back	Bahia	24	444%	7328.8%
2	Jemmes Centre-back	Mirassol	26	46	69
3	G. Ávila Centre-back	Fortaleza EC	24	38481.8%	6812.3%
4	E. Noriega Centre-back	Gremio	24	19	67
5	J. Freytes Centre-back	Fluminense	26	516325%	6761.8%
6	Gustavo Martins Centre-back	Gremio	23	1930.1%	672.6%
7	Serafim Centre-back	Botafogo	22	1	66
8	Maykon Centre-back	Vitoria	20	20	65
9	Guzmán Rodríguez Centre-back	RB Bragantino	26	33	65
10	Jonathan Centre-back	Cruzeiro	22	18254%	658%
11	Marcos Victor Centre-back	Ceara	24	25	6420%
12	Victor Gabriel Centre-back	Internacional	22	175466.7%	6314.7%
13	Robert Renan Centre-back	Vasco DA Gama	22	1565.5%	623.5%
14	João Pedro Centre-back	Corinthians	22	18	628%
15	Vitão Centre-back	Internacional	26	234.6%	623.4%
16	Gabriel Xavier Centre-back	Bahia	25	2352.6%	6018.6%
17	Gustavo Marques Centre-back	RB Bragantino	24	1551.3%	597.7%
18	Claudinho Centre-back	Vitoria	25	1637%	5811.7%
19	Alix Centre-back	RB Bragantino	26	23±0%	577.3%
20	Ewerthon Centre-back	Juventude	25	1410%	578.2%
21	João Victor Centre-back	Mirassol	28	41	57
22	Wagner Leonardo Centre-back	Gremio	27	2533.1%	5621.5%
23	Luan Cândido Centre-back	Sport Recife	25	1150.5%	5611.8%
24	Bruno Fuchs Centre-back	Palmeiras	27	4252.9%	5511.8%
25	Clayton Centre-back	Internacional	26	1039.2%	5014.1%
26	Hugo Moura Centre-back	Vasco DA Gama	28	261.5%	5018.1%
27	Willian Machado Centre-back	Ceara	29	42	49
28	Fabrício Bruno Centre-back	Cruzeiro	30	62144.3%	487.9%
29	Léo Pereira Centre-back	Flamengo	30	62159.9%	475.2%
30	Murilo Centre-back	Palmeiras	29	403.4%	4717.7%
31	Lyanco Centre-back	Atletico-MG	29	53405.8%	471.3%
32	C. Cuesta Centre-back	Vasco DA Gama	27	925.7%	47±0%
33	A. Franco Centre-back	Sao Paulo	29	3418.3%	4617.3%
34	João Silva Centre-back	Sport Recife	27	674.1%	4413.8%
35	A. Frías Centre-back	Santos	28	1431.5%	4318.5%
36	Zé Ivaldo Centre-back	Santos	29	2518.4%	4224.4%
37	L. Villalba Centre-back	Cruzeiro	31	63213.9%	426.7%
38	Ignacio Centre-back	Fluminense	29	32456.1%	414.2%
39	David Duarte Centre-back	Bahia	31	421129.4%	389.8%
40	A. Barboza Centre-back	Botafogo	31	5311.5%	3816.8%
41	B. Kuscevic Centre-back	Fortaleza EC	30	2716%	3723.6%
42	Kaio Pantaleão Centre-back	Botafogo	30	281.8%	3762.9%
43	Ramon Menezes Centre-back	Sport Recife	31	21334.7%	3524.5%
44	Nicolas Centre-back	Ceara	29	988.9%	3434.1%
45	Rodrigo Sam Centre-back	Juventude	31	27160%	329.6%
46	Camutanga Centre-back	Vitoria	32	31557.4%	3111%
47	Lucas Ramon Centre-back	Mirassol	32	5	31
48	Luan Peres Centre-back	Santos	32	2894.5%	297.6%
49	G. Gómez Centre-back	Palmeiras	33	5513.3%	2921.9%
50	Gustavo Henrique Centre-back	Corinthians	33	38118.5%	279.9%