Best Defensive players by Season Rating in Serie A

The best defensive players in Serie A, ranked on Field Insider.

Best defensive goalkeepers in Serie A Best defensive defenders in Serie A Best defensive midfielders in Serie A Best defensive attackers in Serie A Best players in Serie A Most in-form players in Serie A

At a glance

Vitor Roque of Palmeiras is the standout for raw talent across players in Serie A, with a Field Insider Rating of 80.7, and Kaio Jorge has been the form player this season, grading 81.6.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Kaio Jorge has improved his Season rating most, up +67.6 on last season, while Khellven's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +27.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Kaio Jorge of Cruzeiro is the most valuable name in this group at 63.

Palmeiras · 24/25→25/26

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Kaio Jorge+67.6SsN

Cruzeiro · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Kaiki Full-back	Cruzeiro	23	73.5	74207.5%	8023.3%
2	William Full-back	Cruzeiro	31	66.7	6724%	4023.2%
3	L. Villalba Centre-back	Cruzeiro	31	63.1	63213.9%	426.7%
4	Fabrício Bruno Centre-back	Cruzeiro	30	62.3	62144.3%	487.9%
5	Léo Pereira Centre-back	Flamengo	30	61.6	62159.9%	475.2%
6	Vitinho Full-back	Botafogo	27	57.2	57271.4%	612.5%
7	G. Gómez Centre-back	Palmeiras	33	55.2	5513.3%	2921.9%
8	Renê Full-back	Fluminense	33	55.2	55146.4%	283.4%
9	A. Barboza Centre-back	Botafogo	31	53.2	5311.5%	3816.8%
10	Lyanco Centre-back	Atletico-MG	29	52.6	53405.8%	471.3%
11	Léo Ortiz Full-back	Flamengo	30	51.7	52119.1%	4214.6%
12	J. Freytes Centre-back	Fluminense	26	51.4	516325%	6761.8%
13	J. Piquerez Full-back	Palmeiras	27	50.9	51107.8%	632.8%
14	Marcelo Hermes Defensive midfielder	Juventude	31	49.4	4983.6%	3626.2%
15	E. Díaz Full-back	Sao Paulo	30	47.3	4717.2%	434.6%
16	Jemmes Centre-back	Mirassol	26	46.3	46	69
17	Luciano Juba Full-back	Bahia	26	45.4	4517.9%	711.2%
18	N. Ferraresi Full-back	Sao Paulo	27	44.9	45211.8%	563.6%
19	Matheuzinho Full-back	Corinthians	25	44.7	4535.5%	681.7%
20	S. Ramos Centre-back	Bahia	24	44.4	444%	7328.8%
21	R. Arboleda Centre-back	Sao Paulo	34	44	4433.7%	2711.7%
22	G. Escobar Full-back	Santos	29	43.8	44268.1%	4416.3%
23	Samuel Xavier Full-back	Fluminense	36	42.6	435.2%	251.2%
24	Paulo Henrique Full-back	Vasco DA Gama	30	42.5	434.5%	4610.5%
25	Willian Machado Centre-back	Ceara	29	42	42	49
26	Gilberto Full-back	Bahia	33	41.9	42113.8%	2612.2%
27	David Duarte Centre-back	Bahia	31	41.8	421129.4%	389.8%
28	J. Alonso Full-back	Atletico-MG	33	41.7	42202.2%	285.6%
29	Bruno Fuchs Centre-back	Palmeiras	27	41.6	4252.9%	5511.8%
30	A. Giay Full-back	Palmeiras	22	41.4	41132.6%	7240.1%
31	Lucas Halter Full-back	Vitoria	26	41.3	4159.5%	673.5%
32	Sabino Full-back	Sao Paulo	29	41.1	41179.6%	465.6%
33	João Victor Centre-back	Mirassol	28	40.9	41	57
34	Murilo Centre-back	Palmeiras	29	39.7	403.4%	4717.7%
35	Alex Sandro Full-back	Flamengo	35	38.6	39656.9%	2138.1%
36	G. Ávila Centre-back	Fortaleza EC	24	38.4	38481.8%	6812.3%
37	Juninho Capixaba Full-back	RB Bragantino	29	38	3849%	477.9%
38	Gustavo Henrique Centre-back	Corinthians	33	37.8	38118.5%	279.9%
39	Ruan Tressoldi Full-back	Atletico-MG	27	37.3	37205.7%	563.3%
40	Igor Vinicius Full-back	Santos	29	37.2	373.1%	4620%
41	Jamerson Full-back	Vitoria	27	37.2	3794.8%	566.8%
42	Matheus Bahia Full-back	Ceara	26	37.2	37481.3%	6211.2%
43	Cuiabano Full-back	Botafogo	23	37.1	3785.5%	7311.3%
44	Marcos Rocha Full-back	Gremio	37	35.8	3619.2%	1527.6%
45	B. Aguirre Full-back	Internacional	26	35.7	364%	6121.7%
46	Reinaldo Full-back	Mirassol	36	35.1	3533.5%	2927.5%
47	A. Bernabéi Full-back	Internacional	25	35	358.4%	687.9%
48	Zé Marcos Full-back	Vitoria	28	34.8	3558.9%	5210.7%
49	A. Franco Centre-back	Sao Paulo	29	34.3	3418.3%	4617.3%
50	E. Brítez Centre-back	Fortaleza EC	34	34.1	3422.5%	2426.5%