Fastest-rising players from Portugal

The fastest-rising players from Portugal, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

Mateus Fernandes of West Ham is the standout for raw talent across players from Portugal, with a Field Insider Rating of 89.3, and Diogo Costa has been the form player this season, grading 87.9, and Cristiano Ronaldo leads the scoring with 28 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: João Félix has improved his Season rating most, up +69.1 on last season, while David Carmo's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +28.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Mateus Fernandes of West Ham is the most valuable name in this group at 169.7.

Best talent

Mateus Fernandes89.3RTG

Al-Nassr · 24/25→25/26

Top scorer

Cristiano Ronaldo28goals

Al-Nassr

Most valuable

Mateus Fernandes169.7val

West Ham

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#	Player	Team	Age	ΔRTG	Season	Rating
1	David Carmo Centre-back	Oviedo	26	+28.3 24/25→25/26	323.9%	6773.5%
2	Tiago Gabriel Centre-back	Lecce	21	+28.3 24/25→25/26	44205.6%	8450.8%
3	Danilo Veiga Full-back	Lecce	23	+21.2 24/25→25/26	51225.3%	8035.8%
4	Christian Marques Centre-back	Tondela	23	+21.2 22/23→25/26	30410.2%	6252.1%
5	Vivaldo Semedo Centre-forward	Watford	21	+19.3 24/25→25/26	12	6343.9%
6	Miguel Nóbrega Centre-back	Guimaraes	26	+17.3 24/25→25/26	11152.4%	4855.8%
7	Rodrigo Ribeiro Centre-forward	FC Augsburg	21	+16.5 24/25→25/26	962.5%	7130.2%
8	Gustavo Varela Centre-forward	GIL Vicente	21	+16.4 24/25→25/26	29427.3%	6533.8%
9	Félix Correia Attacking midfielder	Lille	25	+13.2 24/25→25/26	3321.3%	8019.8%
10	Cláudio Braga Centre-forward	Heart Of Midlothian	26	+12.8 24/25→25/26	4738.4%	4935.6%
11	Renato Veiga Centre-back	Villarreal	22	+11.9 24/25→25/26	2871.4%	8715.8%
12	Mathias De Amorim Defensive midfielder	Famalicao	21	+10.6 24/25→25/26	48135%	7017.8%
13	Alberto Baio Full-back	FC Porto	22	+10.5 24/25→25/26	71321.3%	7117.4%
14	Diogo Travassos Full-back	Moreirense	22	+10.3 24/25→25/26	35±0%	7017.2%
15	Pablo Centre-forward	GIL Vicente	22	+9.7 24/25→25/26	61260.6%	6916.5%
16	Gonçalo Nogueira Attacking midfielder	Guimaraes	22	+9.3 24/25→25/26	133.9%	6018.5%
17	Pedro Brazão Attacking midfielder	Bodrum FK	23	+8.9 24/25→25/26	27135.3%	5120.9%
18	Gilberto Batista Centre-back	Moreirense	22	+8.8 24/25→25/26	29554.5%	6316.4%
19	Daniel Figueira Goalkeeper	GIL Vicente	27	+8.6 24/25→25/26	10300%	4424.6%
20	Joelson Fernandes Attacking midfielder	GIL Vicente	23	+8.6 24/25→25/26	1336.1%	5817.5%
21	Fábio Vieira Attacking midfielder	Hamburger SV	26	+8.1 24/25→25/26	4771.3%	7412.3%
22	Tiago Araújo Full-back	Gent	25	+7.4 24/25→25/26	2658.6%	5515.6%
23	André Gomes Goalkeeper	Alverca	21	+6.7 24/25→25/26	780.6%	6411.8%
24	Florentino Defensive midfielder	Burnley	26	+5.8 24/25→25/26	415.1%	689.3%
25	Tiago Manso Full-back	Tondela	26	+5.8 24/25→25/26	23134.4%	4913.4%
26	Pedro Santos Central midfielder	Famalicao	23	+5.7 24/25→25/26	18	6110.4%
27	Celton Biai Goalkeeper	Dordrecht	25	+4.5 24/25→25/26	1312.9%	568.8%
28	Sérgio Oliveira Central midfielder	Sport Recife	34	+4.3 24/25→25/26	20866.7%	1637.7%
29	Zé Carlos Defensive midfielder	GIL Vicente	24	+4.2 24/25→25/26	1712%	578%
30	Flávio Nazinho Central midfielder	Cercle Brugge	22	+4.1 24/25→25/26	53207.5%	617.3%
31	Pedro Rosas Full-back	Casa Pia	25	+3.9 24/25→25/26	1514.2%	528%
32	Duarte Moreira Centre-forward	Bryne	24	+3.4 24/25→25/26	4416.6%	448.4%
33	Tiago Santos Full-back	Lille	23	+3 24/25→25/26	16209.6%	704.5%
34	João Mário Full-back	Bologna	26	+2.9 24/25→25/26	2918.8%	674.6%
35	Francisco Conceição Attacking midfielder	Juventus	23	+2.9 24/25→25/26	2947.2%	853.5%
36	Arsénio Attacking midfielder	Lusitânia Lourosa	36	+2.8 24/25→25/26	12	1135.9%
37	João Moutinho Defensive midfielder	SC Braga	39	+2.5 24/25→25/26	315.8%	1618.8%
38	Rodrigo Pinheiro Full-back	Famalicao	23	+2 24/25→25/26	6248.3%	663.1%
39	João Pedro Moreira Teixeira Central midfielder	FC Porto B	20	+1.9 24/25→25/26	8225%	484.1%
40	João Marques Winger	Casa Pia	24	+1.8 24/25→25/26	159.7%	563.3%
41	Diego Moreira Attacking midfielder	Strasbourg	21	+1.6 24/25→25/26	4227.9%	871.9%
42	Nuno Mendes Full-back	Paris Saint Germain	24	+1.3 24/25→25/26	46122.2%	831.6%
43	Tiago Esgaio Full-back	Arouca	30	+1.2 24/25→25/26	2825.3%	413%
44	Chico Ramos Defensive midfielder	Pacos Ferreira	31	+1.2 24/25→25/26	15344.1%	206.6%
45	João Afonso Centre-back	Tondela	36	+1 24/25→25/26	1173.8%	1110.1%
46	Luís Semedo Centre-forward	Moreirense	22	+0.9 23/24→25/26	13	591.6%
47	Nuno Lima Full-back	Alanyaspor	25	+0.9 24/25→25/26	308.6%	501.8%
48	Nuno Moreira Attacking midfielder	Vasco DA Gama	27	+0.8 24/25→25/26	4033.8%	611.3%
49	Bruno Rodrigues Full-back	Chaves	25	+0.8 24/25→25/26	17271.1%	431.9%
50	João Simões Central midfielder	Sporting CP	19	+0.8 24/25→25/26	925.7%	621.3%