Centre-backs with the Best Potential in Serie A 2026

The highest-potential centre-backs in Serie A in 2026, 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 72.7, and Raniele has been the form player this season, grading 60.9, and Luciano Juba leads the scoring with 7 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.

Palmeiras · 24/25→25/26

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Alex Sandro+50.3SsN

Flamengo · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	S. Ramos Centre-back	Bahia	24	422.6%	731.1%
2	A. Giay Centre-back	Palmeiras	22	374.6%	71±0%
3	Jonathan Centre-back	Cruzeiro	22	39125%	706.1%
4	Arthur Centre-back	Palmeiras	20	30	70
5	Gustavo Marques Centre-back	RB Bragantino	24	46285.6%	7016.4%
6	Bruno Gomes Centre-back	Internacional	25	40170.5%	6818.7%
7	Marco Moreno Centre-back	Bahia	25	58143.3%	6816.5%
8	Luciano Juba Centre-back	Bahia	26	3615.7%	665%
9	Maykon Centre-back	Vitoria	20	12	66
10	Victor Gabriel Centre-back	Internacional	22	33147.7%	666.3%
11	Lucas Halter Centre-back	Vitoria	26	414.8%	651.7%
12	J. Hurtado Centre-back	RB Bragantino	24	279.2%	65±0%
13	J. Freytes Centre-back	Fluminense	26	2353.6%	644.2%
14	Alix Centre-back	RB Bragantino	26	46308.8%	6218.2%
15	Marcos Paulo Centre-back	Juventude	23	131575%	601.2%
16	Guzmán Rodríguez Centre-back	RB Bragantino	26	33	59
17	A. Saldivia Centre-back	Vasco DA Gama	24	1914%	59152.1%
18	Ruan Tressoldi Centre-back	Atletico-MG	27	3797.9%	5920.8%
19	Cacá Centre-back	Vitoria	27	42109.5%	5814.2%
20	A. Franco Centre-back	Atletico-MG	28	3627.2%	5811.9%
21	Lucas Piton Centre-back	Vasco DA Gama	25	954.1%	5716.2%
22	N. Ferraresi Centre-back	Botafogo	27	3021.6%	561.8%
23	Ewerthon Centre-back	Juventude	25	1210%	5510.7%
24	João Marcelo Centre-back	Cruzeiro	26	6±0%	558.3%
25	João Victor Centre-back	Mirassol	28	1661.6%	535.9%
26	Murilo Centre-back	Palmeiras	29	5594%	5119.1%
27	Clayton Centre-back	Internacional	26	1035.1%	5014.3%
28	Wagner Leonardo Centre-back	Gremio	27	25±0%	4715.2%
29	Léo Pereira Centre-back	Flamengo	30	611%	461.7%
30	Raniele Centre-back	Corinthians	29	6181.8%	468.5%
31	A. Frías Centre-back	Santos	28	13±0%	454.7%
32	G. Escobar Centre-back	Santos	29	413.8%	454.2%
33	João Silva Centre-back	Sport Recife	27	574.5%	4414%
34	Fabrício Bruno Centre-back	Cruzeiro	30	2460.8%	441.8%
35	Willian Machado Centre-back	Mirassol	29	2345.7%	448.5%
36	Léo Ortiz Centre-back	Flamengo	30	48±0%	434.6%
37	F. Torres Centre-back	Internacional	29	32226.3%	4221.2%
38	Pedro Henrique Centre-back	RB Bragantino	30	27240%	3723.1%
39	Léo Duarte Centre-back	Atletico-MG	30	5691.4%	3311.6%
40	Lucas Veríssimo Centre-back	Santos	31	2550%	3225.8%
41	G. Gómez Centre-back	Palmeiras	33	5411.7%	3220.4%
42	Kaio Pantaleão Centre-back	Botafogo	30	3213.8%	3240.6%
43	Luan Peres Centre-back	Santos	32	271.9%	305.7%
44	Gustavo Henrique Centre-back	Corinthians	33	5584.9%	2920%
45	Lucas Ramon Centre-back	Mirassol	32	553.8%	2936.9%
46	Rodrigo Sam Centre-back	Juventude	31	1871.4%	2821.1%
47	Rafael Ramos Centre-back	Ceara	31	1714.4%	2649.9%
48	T. Cardona Centre-back	Fortaleza EC	30	2219.4%	2546.3%
49	Gabriel Paulista Centre-back	Corinthians	35	55423.8%	25134.3%
50	Alan Empereur Centre-back	Mirassol	32	2535.2%	2351.1%