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

N. Paz of Como is the standout for raw talent across players in Serie A, with a Field Insider Rating of 95.3, and D. Malen has been the form player this season, grading 86.9, and Lautaro Martínez leads the scoring with 17 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Butez has improved his Season rating most, up +78.4 on last season, while Alisson Santos's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +35.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, D. Malen of AS Roma is the most valuable name in this group at 77.6.

Alisson Santos+35.8RTG

Lautaro Martínez17goals

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	Player	Team
1	Jacobo Ramón Naveros Centre-back	Como	21	76.4	761369.2%	8914.7%
2	G. Mancini Full-back	AS Roma	30	72.6	7319.2%	5515%
3	Wesley Full-back	AS Roma	22	70.6	7177.4%	9123%
4	E. Ndicka Centre-back	AS Roma	26	68.7	6917.4%	799.8%
5	M. Akanji Centre-back	Inter	31	68	68132.9%	4616.4%
6	Bremer Centre-back	Juventus	29	60.4	60261.7%	6112.2%
7	Mario Gila Centre-back	Lazio	25	59.7	6079.3%	812.2%
8	Hermoso Full-back	AS Roma	31	58.9	591102%	4514.4%
9	A. Bastoni Full-back	Inter	27	58	5821.8%	7114.5%
10	L. Kelly Full-back	Juventus	27	57.3	57195.4%	713.1%
11	Saúl Coco Full-back	Torino	27	57.3	5740.4%	6911.3%
12	O. Solet Full-back	Udinese	26	56.8	57160.6%	75±0%
13	F. Tomori Full-back	AC Milan	28	56.6	5785%	616.1%
14	A. Romagnoli Centre-back	Lazio	31	56.2	5673.5%	4516.9%
15	B. Djimsiti Centre-back	Atalanta	33	56.1	564.1%	3226.3%
16	G. Di Lorenzo Full-back	Napoli	33	54.6	5527.5%	4322.2%
17	S. Pavlović Full-back	AC Milan	25	54.4	5464.4%	8410%
18	A. Marušić Full-back	Lazio	33	54.2	54136.7%	3417.3%
19	Álex Valle Full-back	Como	22	54	54429.4%	8516.7%
20	A. Ismajli Centre-back	Torino	29	53.9	5491.8%	5511.1%
21	G. Scalvini Full-back	Atalanta	22	53.2	53964%	8418.5%
22	L. Valenti Full-back	Parma	27	53.1	53305.3%	653.4%
23	A. Circati Full-back	Parma	22	51.8	521133.3%	8425.4%
24	M. Kempf Centre-back	Como	31	51.7	52103.5%	4318.8%
25	Danilo Veiga Full-back	Lecce	23	51.4	51225.3%	8035.8%
26	Amir Rrahmani Centre-back	Napoli	32	50.8	5128.2%	4028.6%
27	Diego Carlos Centre-back	Como	33	50.4	50530%	2814.4%
28	A. Buongiorno Full-back	Napoli	27	50.4	508.4%	6910.3%
29	F. Terracciano Full-back	Cremonese	23	50.4	50530%	8115%
30	M. Gabbia Centre-back	AC Milan	26	49.5	5059.2%	77±0%
31	Y. Bisseck Full-back	Inter	25	45.5	4639.1%	804%
32	Juan Miranda Full-back	Bologna	26	44.7	4544.2%	748.7%
33	I. Hien Centre-back	Atalanta	27	44.5	456.9%	6417.6%
34	G. Maripán Centre-back	Torino	32	44.1	4426.4%	3424.7%
35	I. Smolčić Full-back	Como	25	43.8	44516.9%	7410.5%
36	Tiago Gabriel Centre-back	Lecce	21	43.7	44205.6%	8450.8%
37	A. Obert Full-back	Cagliari	23	43.1	43159.6%	8115.1%
38	F. Baschirotto Centre-back	Cremonese	29	42.9	4331.2%	5519.6%
39	Carlos Augusto Full-back	Inter	27	42.5	4330.4%	6419.9%
40	T. Muharemović Centre-back	Sassuolo	23	41.8	4213.9%	8323.4%
41	J. Lucumí Centre-back	Bologna	28	41.7	422.5%	6017%
42	T. Kristensen Full-back	Udinese	24	41.2	4172.4%	8513%
43	M. Pongračić Centre-back	Fiorentina	28	41.1	4145.2%	616.5%
44	J. Vásquez Full-back	Genoa	27	41	4121.9%	6714.2%
45	V. Nelsson Centre-back	Hellas Verona	27	40.5	41994.6%	6666.7%
46	Z. Çelik Defensive midfielder	AS Roma	29	38.5	3923.2%	5712.1%
47	Juan Jesus Centre-back	Napoli	35	37	3739.6%	234.1%
48	L. Østigård Centre-back	Genoa	26	37	3781.4%	739.1%
49	Aarón Martín Defensive midfielder	Genoa	29	36.5	3715.9%	5128.7%
50	M. Bianchetti Centre-back	Cremonese	33	35.5	3641.4%	2815.6%