Best Defensive defenders by Season Rating in Serie A

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

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At a glance

Jacobo Ramón Naveros of Como is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Serie A, with a Field Insider Rating of 87, and G. Mancini has been the form player this season, grading 72.5, and S. Pavlović leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Jacobo Ramón Naveros has improved his Season rating most, up +63.1 on last season, while O. Provstgaard's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +31.5 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Jacobo Ramón Naveros of Como is the most valuable name in this group at 63.4.

Best talent

Jacobo Ramón Naveros87RTG

O. Provstgaard+31.5RTG

Lazio · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Jacobo Ramón Naveros+63.1SsN

Jacobo Ramón Naveros63.4val

Como

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	Player	Team
1	G. Mancini Centre-back	AS Roma	30	72.5	7319%	5417%
2	Jacobo Ramón Naveros Centre-back	Como	21	68.3	681213.5%	8711.8%
3	M. Akanji Centre-back	Inter	31	66.2	66126.7%	4517.3%
4	Z. Çelik Full-back	AS Roma	29	61	6121.8%	5613.5%
5	E. Ndicka Centre-back	AS Roma	26	59.9	602.4%	7513.7%
6	Saúl Coco Centre-back	Torino	27	57.4	5740.7%	6813.1%
7	L. Kelly Centre-back	Juventus	27	56	56188.7%	701.3%
8	F. Tomori Full-back	AC Milan	28	55.2	5580.4%	616.9%
9	S. Pavlović Centre-back	AC Milan	25	54.5	5564.7%	8410%
10	O. Solet Full-back	Udinese	26	54.4	54149.5%	741.5%
11	A. Bastoni Full-back	Inter	27	53.4	5312.2%	6916.2%
12	M. Kempf Centre-back	Como	31	51.7	52103.5%	4318.8%
13	B. Djimsiti Centre-back	Atalanta	33	51.7	5211.6%	3129.7%
14	Álex Valle Full-back	Como	22	51.1	51401%	8415.6%
15	F. Terracciano Centre-back	Cremonese	23	50.6	51532.5%	8014.7%
16	Danilo Veiga Full-back	Lecce	23	50.4	50219%	8035%
17	A. Marušić Full-back	Lazio	33	49	49114%	3222.4%
18	A. Romagnoli Centre-back	Lazio	31	48.8	4950.6%	4221.9%
19	Mario Gila Centre-back	Lazio	25	48.7	4946.2%	776.7%
20	Hermoso Full-back	AS Roma	31	48.1	48881.6%	415.7%
21	A. Buongiorno Centre-back	Napoli	27	47.7	4813.3%	6811.6%
22	D. Bartesaghi Centre-back	AC Milan	20	45.2	452558.8%	8525.3%
23	A. Circati Centre-back	Parma	22	45	45971.4%	8020%
24	L. Valenti Centre-back	Parma	27	44.7	45241.2%	627.8%
25	E. Del Prato Centre-back	Parma	26	44.2	4463.7%	729.7%
26	Tiago Gabriel Centre-back	Lecce	21	43.7	44205.6%	8349.7%
27	Bremer Full-back	Juventus	29	42.9	43156.9%	552.4%
28	G. Maripán Centre-back	Torino	32	42.9	4322.9%	3325.6%
29	I. Smolčić Centre-back	Como	25	42.7	43501.4%	7310.1%
30	Y. Bisseck Centre-back	Inter	25	41.9	4228.1%	795.3%
31	M. Gabbia Centre-back	AC Milan	26	41.8	4234.4%	734.4%
32	J. Vásquez Centre-back	Genoa	27	41	4121.9%	6714.5%
33	A. Obert Full-back	Cagliari	23	40.8	41145.8%	8013.5%
34	G. Scalvini Full-back	Atalanta	22	40.6	41712%	8013%
35	G. Di Lorenzo Centre-back	Napoli	33	40.4	4046.3%	3045.5%
36	Carlos Augusto Centre-back	Inter	27	40.3	4023.6%	6320.8%
37	Juan Miranda Full-back	Bologna	26	40	4029%	7211.2%
38	M. Pongračić Centre-back	Fiorentina	28	38.9	3937.5%	598.2%
39	T. Muharemović Full-back	Sassuolo	23	38.5	394.9%	8121.5%
40	I. Hien Centre-back	Atalanta	27	37.5	3821.5%	6220.7%
41	J. Lucumí Centre-back	Bologna	28	37.3	378.4%	5819.5%
42	Juan Jesus Centre-back	Napoli	35	35.8	3635.1%	221.4%
43	A. Ismajli Centre-back	Torino	29	35.5	3626.3%	4821.9%
44	F. Baschirotto Centre-back	Cremonese	29	35.4	358.3%	5025.8%
45	A. Gallo Full-back	Lecce	26	35.3	358%	752%
46	V. Lazaro Full-back	Torino	30	35.2	3546.7%	4426%
47	A. Caracciolo Centre-back	Pisa	36	34.5	3524.2%	2913.1%
48	S. Walukiewicz Centre-back	Sassuolo	26	34.5	35741.5%	7421.1%
49	Amir Rrahmani Centre-back	Napoli	32	33.7	3452.4%	3340.4%
50	M. Bianchetti Full-back	Cremonese	33	33.4	3333.1%	2717.5%