Best full-backs in Serie A

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

At a glance

Kaiki of Cruzeiro is the standout for raw talent across full-backs in Serie A, with a Field Insider Rating of 79.5, and Reinaldo leads the scoring with 13 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Kaiki has improved his Season rating most, up +49.6 on last season, while Khellven's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +27.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Kaiki of Cruzeiro is the most valuable name in this group at 104.9.

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	Kaiki Full-back	Cruzeiro	23	74207.5%	8023.3%
2	Cuiabano Full-back	Botafogo	23	3785.5%	7311.3%
3	A. Giay Full-back	Palmeiras	22	41132.6%	7240.1%
4	Luciano Juba Full-back	Bahia	26	4517.9%	711.2%
5	Vanderlan Full-back	RB Bragantino	23	3042.9%	70±0%
6	Jefté Full-back	Palmeiras	22	1760.7%	6925.7%
7	Lucas Piton Full-back	Vasco DA Gama	25	2133.9%	696.3%
8	A. Bernabéi Full-back	Internacional	25	358.4%	687.9%
9	Matheuzinho Full-back	Corinthians	25	4535.5%	681.7%
10	Jair Full-back	Botafogo	21	23	6720.6%
11	Vitinho Full-back	Botafogo	26	57271.4%	6611.6%
12	J. Hurtado Full-back	RB Bragantino	24	27147.7%	663.5%
13	B. Aguirre Full-back	Internacional	25	364%	6630.7%
14	Lucas Halter Full-back	Vitoria	26	4159.5%	650.6%
15	Khellven Full-back	Palmeiras	25	1751.7%	6378.1%
16	Nathan Full-back	RB Bragantino	23	1651%	633.1%
17	Micael Full-back	Palmeiras	25	2719.3%	6338.6%
18	M. Ponte Full-back	Botafogo	23	1455.1%	639.8%
19	J. Piquerez Full-back	Palmeiras	27	51107.8%	632.8%
20	I. Román Full-back	Atletico-MG	20	12	62
21	Guilherme Lopes Full-back	RB Bragantino	24	1041.2%	623.4%
22	Matheus Bahia Full-back	Ceara	26	37481.3%	6211.2%
23	Abner Full-back	Juventude	22	161345.5%	6110%
24	Marcos Paulo Full-back	Juventude	23	161887.5%	613.9%
25	Luan Full-back	Juventude	25	25	61
26	Lucas Freitas Full-back	Vasco DA Gama	25	1771.1%	60±0%
27	N. Ferraresi Full-back	Sao Paulo	27	45211.8%	563.6%
28	E. Mancuso Full-back	Fortaleza EC	27	317.9%	568.9%
29	Ruan Tressoldi Full-back	Atletico-MG	27	37205.7%	563.3%
30	Jamerson Full-back	Vitoria	27	3794.8%	559.3%
31	Matheus Bidu Full-back	Corinthians	27	2619.1%	5316.2%
32	Edu Full-back	Vitoria	26	21113.3%	538.5%
33	Emerson Royal Full-back	Flamengo	27	3121.3%	5224.8%
34	Paulo Henrique Full-back	Vasco DA Gama	29	434.5%	51±0%
35	Cacá Full-back	Corinthians	27	2031.4%	5125.4%
36	Zé Marcos Full-back	Vitoria	28	3558.9%	5113.1%
37	Matheus Alexandre Full-back	Sport Recife	27	2528.2%	5020.1%
38	Guga Full-back	Fluminense	27	23331.5%	4911.3%
39	Hereda Full-back	Sport Recife	27	12	48
40	Juninho Capixaba Full-back	RB Bragantino	29	3849%	477.9%
41	Igor Vinicius Full-back	Santos	29	373.1%	4620%
42	Sabino Full-back	Sao Paulo	29	41179.6%	465.6%
43	G. Escobar Full-back	Santos	29	44268.1%	4416.3%
44	E. Díaz Full-back	Sao Paulo	30	4717.2%	434.6%
45	Ayrton Lucas Full-back	Flamengo	29	3118.4%	4231.9%
46	Léo Ortiz Full-back	Flamengo	30	52119.1%	4214.6%
47	J. Rodríguez Full-back	Vasco DA Gama	29	133.3%	4217.5%
48	William Full-back	Cruzeiro	31	6724%	4023.2%
49	G. Fuentes Full-back	Fluminense	29	21475.7%	399.6%
50	Iago Full-back	Bahia	29	827%	3717.4%