Best Defensive players by Season Rating in Primeira Liga 26/27

The best defensive players in Primeira Liga in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

J. Kamiński of Benfica is the standout for raw talent across players in Primeira Liga, with a Field Insider Rating of 82, and Pote leads the scoring with 13 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Kamiński has improved his Season rating most, up +41.7 on last season, while Sergio Barcia'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, Samu of FC Porto is the most valuable name in this group at 41.1.

Sergio Barcia+35.8RTG

SC Braga · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

J. Kamiński+41.7SsN

Benfica · 24/25→25/26

27 players · ranked by best defendersCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	MT Centre-back	Santa Clara	25	45.9	46146.8%	6533.7%
2	A. Circati Centre-back	Benfica	22	45	45971.4%	8020%
3	Sergio Barcia Centre-back	SC Braga	25	41.6	421385.7%	70106.2%
4	Francisco Moura Full-back	FC Porto	27	40.7	41135.3%	528.5%
5	G. Konan Full-back	GIL Vicente	30	40.7	41	39
6	F. Calvo Centre-back	Nacional	34	38.5	3955.2%	2318.2%
7	Frederico Venâncio Centre-back	Santa Clara	33	30.8	311%	2033.9%
8	Leonardo Lelo Full-back	SC Braga	26	27.4	279%	5814.6%
9	José Gomes Full-back	Nacional	30	26.9	274.7%	3819.5%
10	Mario Climent Full-back	Arouca	24	25.2	2528.6%	683.3%
11	C. Cándido Full-back	Nacional	31	23.7	24393.8%	1635.5%
12	Sergi Gómez Centre-back	Alverca	34	20.7	21125%	229.5%
13	Francisco Chissumba Full-back	SC Braga	21	20	20±0%	667.7%
14	B. Wdowik Full-back	SC Braga	25	19.1	1917.3%	3736.1%
15	S. Niakaté Centre-back	SC Braga	27	15.5	1664.3%	4525.7%
16	José Fonte Centre-back	Casa Pia	42	15.2	1534.2%	1029.9%
17	Espigares Centre-back	GIL Vicente	21	14.5	1515.2%	588.6%
18	B. Popović Centre-back	Arouca	26	13.1	1322.4%	505.7%
19	M. de los Santos Centre-back	Nacional	33	13	1360.6%	1916.3%
20	A. Chernev Centre-back	Estrela	24	12.9	13	60
21	M. Payares Centre-back	Nacional	31	12.5	13	15
22	Miguel Nóbrega Centre-back	Guimaraes	26	10.6	11152.4%	5474.2%
23	S. Andreou Centre-back	Estoril	24	10.4	1073.3%	3245%
24	Álvaro Martínez Centre-back	Moreirense	24	7.9	8	54
25	N. Ogbeta Full-back	Maritimo	25	7.4	7105.6%	4422.8%
26	João Tomé Full-back	Rio Ave	23	6.6	727.5%	529.3%
27	J. Martínez Centre-back	Alverca	22	6.1	6	53