Best Defensive players by Season Rating in Serie A 26/27

The best defensive players in Serie A in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Jacobo Ramón Naveros of Como is the standout for raw talent across players in Serie A, with a Field Insider Rating of 87, and A. Adorante leads the scoring with 17 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, A. Adorante of Venezia is the most valuable name in this group at 73.9.

Best talent

Jacobo Ramón Naveros87RTG

Como

In form

Jacobo Ramón Naveros68.3SsN

Como

Rising potential

O. Provstgaard+31.5RTG

Lazio · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Jacobo Ramón Naveros+63.1SsN

37 players · ranked by best defendersCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	Jacobo Ramón Naveros Centre-back	Como	21	68.3	68±0%	87±0%
2	S. Pavlović Full-back	AC Milan	25	54.5	55±0%	84±0%
3	Danilo Veiga Full-back	Lecce	24	50.4	50±0%	801.7%
4	Mario Gila Centre-back	AC Milan	26	48.7	49±0%	8112.9%
5	A. Buongiorno Centre-back	Napoli	27	47.7	4813.3%	6811.6%
6	S. Esposito Centre-back	Lecce	21	47.4	47	21
7	E. Del Prato Centre-back	Parma	26	44.2	44±0%	72±0%
8	Bremer Centre-back	Juventus	29	42.9	43±0%	55±0%
9	A. Obert Centre-back	Cagliari	24	40.8	41±0%	801.7%
10	G. Di Lorenzo Full-back	Napoli	33	40.4	40±0%	30±0%
11	I. Hien Centre-back	Atalanta	27	37.5	3821.5%	6220.7%
12	M. Mitaj Full-back	Genoa	23	36.5	3790.1%	604.1%
13	Natan Centre-back	Napoli	25	35.3	351.4%	863.6%
14	S. Walukiewicz Centre-back	Sassuolo	26	34.5	35741.5%	7421.1%
15	Amir Rrahmani Full-back	Napoli	32	33.7	34±0%	33±0%
16	K. De Winter Centre-back	AC Milan	24	33.2	33±0%	76±0%
17	L. Østigård Centre-back	Genoa	26	32.7	331.2%	732%
18	M. Šverko Centre-back	Venezia	28	32	32185.7%	4620.3%
19	M. Troilo Centre-back	Parma	23	30.5	318.5%	731.2%
20	E. Valeri Full-back	Parma	27	28.3	28±0%	64±0%
21	O. Provstgaard Centre-back	Lazio	23	27.8	28±0%	74±0%
22	L. Pellegrini Full-back	Lazio	27	27.1	2771.5%	5818.3%
23	M. Vitík Centre-back	Bologna	23	23.8	24	72
24	S. Bocoum Full-back	AC Milan	20	20.2	20	60
25	R. Mohammed Full-back	Venezia	20	20.2	2021%	369.3%
26	J. Gelli Centre-back	Frosinone	25	19.6	20±0%	55±0%
27	F. Parisi Full-back	Fiorentina	25	17.4	179.8%	688.7%
28	E. Ebosse Full-back	Torino	27	15.9	16±0%	629.7%
29	Luca Marianucci Full-back	Napoli	22	14.4	1453.7%	753.6%
30	R. Ivanov Centre-back	Inter	32	12.8	1342.1%	1652.5%
31	Riyad Idrissi Full-back	Cagliari	23	10.8	116.9%	6920.1%
32	A. Dossena Full-back	Como	28	10.7	1146.8%	6214.3%
33	J. Rouhi Full-back	Juventus	22	8.7	910.1%	58±0%
34	R. Drăgușin Full-back	Fiorentina	24	7.9	82.5%	704%
35	A. Gomes Centre-back	Venezia	17	6.7	7	56
36	F. Bejan Centre-back	Inter	35	5.2	5	6
37	E. Kouadio Centre-back	Monza	20	0.9	110%	64±0%