Full-backs with the Best Potential in Serie A 2026

The highest-potential full-backs in Serie A in 2026, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Ramon of Internacional is the standout for raw talent across full-backs in Serie A, with a Field Insider Rating of 70, and Nathan has been the form player this season, grading 62.3, and Igor Formiga leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Nathan has improved his Season rating most, up +51.9 on last season, while Khellven's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +27.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Cuiabano of Vasco DA Gama is the most valuable name in this group at 34.4.

Palmeiras · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Nathan+51.9SsN

Vitoria · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Ramon Full-back	Internacional	25	4862.4%	7013.5%
2	Gustavo Martins Full-back	Gremio	24	33134.5%	675.4%
3	Roman Gomez Full-back	Bahia	22	28±0%	6634.6%
4	D. Tarzia Full-back	Vitoria	23	25425%	6639.6%
5	Cuiabano Full-back	Vasco DA Gama	23	4036.9%	666.7%
6	Pedro Gabriel Full-back	Gremio	18	18	66
7	Luan Cândido Full-back	Vitoria	25	37250.5%	6517.2%
8	Nathan Full-back	Vitoria	24	62386.7%	645%
9	Natanael Full-back	Atletico-MG	24	1751.3%	643.9%
10	Khellven Full-back	Palmeiras	25	33112.9%	631.1%
11	Jemmes Full-back	Fluminense	26	2840.4%	628.9%
12	M. Ponte Full-back	Botafogo	23	1024.2%	62±0%
13	Guilherme Lopes Full-back	RB Bragantino	24	936.8%	623.2%
14	Luan Full-back	Fortaleza EC	25	12	61
15	Abner Full-back	Juventude	22	15	61
16	Lucas Piton Full-back	Vasco DA Gama	25	954.1%	5716.2%
17	Renan Lodi Full-back	Atletico-MG	28	2628%	576%
18	J. Piquerez Full-back	Palmeiras	28	473.5%	561.8%
19	Igor Formiga Full-back	Mirassol	27	3667.1%	559.7%
20	Guga Full-back	Fluminense	28	1437.4%	5526.5%
21	B. Aguirre Full-back	Internacional	26	1261.1%	547.2%
22	Emerson Royal Full-back	Flamengo	27	2229.6%	532.3%
23	Matheus Bahia Full-back	Internacional	27	2522%	533.1%
24	Juninho Capixaba Full-back	RB Bragantino	29	4865.9%	5016.8%
25	Jamerson Full-back	Vitoria	28	2643.7%	4812.6%
26	A. Sant'Anna Full-back	RB Bragantino	28	11±0%	4512.4%
27	Igor Vinicius Full-back	Santos	29	3958.8%	447.8%
28	Hereda Full-back	Sport Recife	27	6	44
29	Sabino Full-back	Sao Paulo	29	3316.5%	443.8%
30	Ignacio Full-back	Fluminense	29	1737.1%	439.2%
31	J. Rodríguez Full-back	Vasco DA Gama	29	928.5%	433.4%
32	G. Fuentes Full-back	Fortaleza EC	29	17354.1%	420.9%
33	Ayrton Lucas Full-back	Flamengo	29	2034.6%	420.7%
34	Guilherme Arana Full-back	Fluminense	29	1351.2%	411.9%
35	Marlon Full-back	Gremio	29	31±0%	4013.8%
36	E. Díaz Full-back	Sao Paulo	30	2631%	3512.1%
37	Paulo Henrique Full-back	Vasco DA Gama	30	1945.6%	3516.3%
38	Marcelo Hermes Full-back	Juventude	31	1834.2%	3234.4%
39	G. Varela Full-back	Flamengo	33	4252%	2829.8%
40	L. Villalba Full-back	Cruzeiro	32	1280.1%	2625.9%
41	A. Barboza Full-back	Palmeiras	31	3324.7%	2626.4%
42	Renê Full-back	Fluminense	34	2551%	269.9%
43	Reinaldo Full-back	Mirassol	36	1168.4%	2512.6%
44	Wendell Full-back	Sao Paulo	33	1516.4%	2334.7%
45	Fágner Full-back	Cruzeiro	37	2120.9%	1474.1%