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.
At a glance
Samu of FC Porto is the standout for raw talent across players in Primeira Liga, with a Field Insider Rating of 66.7, and A. Trubin has been the form player this season, grading 51.2.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Juan Soriano has improved his Season rating most, up +24.2 on last season, while O. Pietuszewski's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +30.4 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.
16 players · ranked by best defendersCustomise →
| Player | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MTCentre-back |  Santa Clara | 25 | 45.9 | 46146.8% | 6533.7% |
| 2 | F. CalvoCentre-back |  Nacional | 34 | 38.5 | 3955.2% | 2318.2% |
| 3 | Frederico VenâncioCentre-back | Santa Clara | 33 | 30.8 | 311% | 2033.9% |
| 4 | José GomesFull-back | Nacional | 30 | 26.9 | 274.7% | 3819.5% |
| 5 | Xavi SintesCentre-back |  Estoril | 25 | 26.5 | 270.8% | 607.3% |
| 6 | C. CándidoFull-back | Nacional | 31 | 23.7 | 24393.8% | 1635.5% |
| 7 | Francisco ChissumbaFull-back |  SC Braga | 21 | 20 | 20±0% | 667.7% |
| 8 | H. GamborFull-back |  Academico Viseu | 23 | 17.8 | 1820.9% | 6530.6% |
| 9 | S. NiakatéCentre-back | SC Braga | 27 | 15.5 | 1664.3% | 4525.7% |
| 10 | José FonteCentre-back |  Casa Pia | 42 | 15.2 | 1534.2% | 1029.9% |
| 11 | M. de los SantosCentre-back | Nacional | 33 | 13 | 1360.6% | 1916.3% |
| 12 | A. ChernevCentre-back |  Estrela | 24 | 12.9 | 13 | 60 |
| 13 | Álvaro MartínezCentre-back |  Moreirense | 24 | 7.9 | 8 | 54 |
| 14 | N. OgbetaFull-back |  Maritimo | 25 | 7.4 | 7105.6% | 4422.8% |
| 15 | J. MartínezCentre-back |  Alverca | 22 | 6.1 | 6 | 53 |
| 16 | ValeryFull-back | Academico Viseu | 26 | 6 | 69.1% | 4632.2% |