Best U23 players in Serie A

The highest-potential U23 players in Serie A, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

Vitor Roque of Palmeiras is the standout for raw talent across U23 players in Serie A, with a Field Insider Rating of 80.7, and Kaiki has been the form player this season, grading 73.5.

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 A. Giay's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +20.5 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.

Palmeiras · 24/25→25/26

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Kaiki+49.6SsN

Cruzeiro · 24/25→25/26

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	Vitor Roque Centre-forward	Palmeiras	21	57244%	811.6%
2	Kaiki Full-back	Cruzeiro	23	74207.5%	8023.3%
3	Bruno Alves Centre-back	Cruzeiro U20	20	18	79
4	Álvaro Montoro Central midfielder	Botafogo	19	30800%	7348.1%
5	Cuiabano Full-back	Botafogo	23	3785.5%	7311.3%
6	Guilherme Centre-back	Fortaleza U20	21	10	72
7	A. Giay Full-back	Palmeiras	22	41132.6%	7240.1%
8	Felipe Negrucci Central midfielder	Sao Paulo	22	37	7125%
9	Gabriel Centre-back	Cianorte	23	0	71
10	Breno Central midfielder	Corinthians	21	2970.9%	711.9%
11	Euder Galdino da Silva Central midfielder	Vasco da Gama U20	21	27	71
12	Vinicius Lira Centre-forward	Santos U20	18	17	70
13	Vanderlan Full-back	RB Bragantino	23	3042.9%	70±0%
14	Jefté Full-back	Palmeiras	22	1760.7%	6925.7%
15	Allan Attacking midfielder	Palmeiras	22	15	69
16	Breno Vereza Centre-forward	Vasco da Gama U20	18	12	69
17	Índio Central midfielder	Atlético Mineiro U17	18	11	69
18	K. Arroyo Attacking midfielder	Cruzeiro	20	10	6963.6%
19	Maik Defensive midfielder	Sao Paulo	21	23	69
20	Tiago Centre-forward	Bahia	21	16	6715.6%
21	Jair Full-back	Botafogo	21	23	6720.6%
22	Zé Lucas Defensive midfielder	Sport Recife	18	25	67
23	Gustavo Martins Centre-back	Gremio	23	1930.1%	672.6%
24	Leonardo Lopes Centre-forward	Flamengo U20	18	0	67
25	Guilherme Inácio Centre-forward	Corinthians	19	17	67
26	Cauan Barros Defensive midfielder	Vasco DA Gama	22	30719.4%	668.3%
27	Vinicius Central midfielder	RB Bragantino	22	22171.6%	667.1%
28	Tiago Central midfielder	Grêmio U20	18	13	66
29	Zé Phelipe Central midfielder	Atlético Mineiro U20	21	20	65
30	Paulinho Centre-back	Vasco da Gama U20	21	2	65
31	Gabriel Bontempo Central midfielder	Santos	21	23	65
32	Jonathan Centre-back	Cruzeiro	22	18254%	658%
33	João Loiola Centre-back	Fluminense U20	21	11	65
34	F. Bernal Central midfielder	Fluminense	22	1116.7%	653.5%
35	Fernando José Vera García Centre-back	Corinthians U20	21	5	64
36	Evertton Araújo Defensive midfielder	Flamengo	23	126.4%	643.9%
37	Matheus Martins Winger	Botafogo	23	820%	642.7%
38	Maykon Centre-back	Vitoria	20	20	64
39	Victor Gabriel Centre-back	Internacional	22	175466.7%	6314.7%
40	Nathan Full-back	RB Bragantino	23	1651%	633.1%
41	M. Ponte Full-back	Botafogo	23	1455.1%	639.8%
42	Robert Renan Centre-back	Vasco DA Gama	22	1565.5%	623.5%
43	João Pedro Centre-back	Corinthians	22	18	628%
44	Felipe Preis Goalkeeper	São Paulo U20	20	0	62
45	Kayky Winger	Bahia	23	10	6212.7%
46	I. Román Full-back	Atletico-MG	20	12	62
47	A. Aravena Centre-forward	Gremio	23	1110%	623.4%
48	Rodriguinho Central midfielder	Sao Paulo	22	8660%	625.8%
49	Alexsander Defensive midfielder	Atletico-MG	22	1921.3%	6210.3%
50	A. Gómez Attacking midfielder	Vasco DA Gama	23	1664.1%	6231.1%