Best defensive players from Portugal

The best defensive 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	CS	Season	Rating
1	Diogo Costa Goalkeeper	FC Porto	26	20	8831%	647%
2	João Félix Centre-forward	Al-Nassr	26	16	78794.3%	6013.3%
3	Filipe Relvas Centre-back	AEK Athens FC	26	15	57695.8%	399.7%
4	Cristiano Ronaldo Centre-forward	Al-Nassr	41	15	805.7%	181.1%
5	Alberto Baio Full-back	FC Porto	22	15	71321.3%	7117.4%
6	Gustavo Sá Attacking midfielder	Famalicao	21	15	2623.8%	712.9%
7	Cláudio Braga Centre-forward	Heart Of Midlothian	26	14	4738.4%	4935.6%
8	Rodrigo Pinheiro Full-back	Famalicao	23	14	6248.3%	663.1%
9	Mathias De Amorim Defensive midfielder	Famalicao	21	14	48135%	7017.8%
10	Rúben Neves Centre-back	Al-Hilal Saudi FC	29	14	59117.5%	448.4%
11	Gil Dias Attacking midfielder	Famalicao	29	14	3650%	474.3%
12	Trincão Attacking midfielder	Sporting CP	26	14	5113.6%	6610.4%
13	Rui Silva Goalkeeper	Sporting CP	32	14	5956.6%	341.2%
14	Bernardo Silva Defensive midfielder	Manchester City	31	14	4410.4%	5120.7%
15	Chiquinho Attacking midfielder	Olympiakos Piraeus	30	13	2978%	262.3%
16	Matheus Nunes Full-back	Manchester City	27	13	58160.5%	792.8%
17	Pedrinho Defensive midfielder	Çorum FK	33	12	3619.5%	2219.3%
18	Diogo Sousa Goalkeeper	Bodrum FK	27	12	393.2%	4114.3%
19	Pedro Brazão Attacking midfielder	Bodrum FK	23	12	27135.3%	5120.9%
20	Costinha Full-back	Olympiakos Piraeus	26	12	51157.8%	363.5%
21	Gonçalo Inácio Centre-back	Sporting CP	24	12	546.5%	672.6%
22	Vitinha Central midfielder	Paris Saint Germain	26	12	434.4%	757.8%
23	Ricardo Matos Centre-forward	Arges Pitesti	26	11	3471.5%	3134.5%
24	João Lameira Defensive midfielder	Oţelul	27	11	4220900%	3128.1%
25	Gelson Martins Attacking midfielder	Olympiakos Piraeus	31	11	160.6%	2116.7%
26	Luís Esteves Defensive midfielder	GIL Vicente	28	11	5475.3%	544.8%
27	Andrézinho Attacking midfielder	Oţelul	29	10	2210.8%	2543.3%
28	Tiago Dantas Attacking midfielder	HNK Rijeka	25	10	34172.4%	3940.7%
29	Domingos Duarte Centre-back	Getafe	31	10	4392%	474.1%
30	Rafa Soares Full-back	Famalicao	31	10	4317.1%	3222.2%
31	Zé Carlos Full-back	GIL Vicente	27	10	4633.6%	536.7%
32	Francisco Conceição Attacking midfielder	Juventus	23	10	2947.2%	853.5%
33	Pote Attacking midfielder	Sporting CP	28	10	56134.6%	518%
34	Rúben Dias Centre-back	Manchester City	29	10	5037.4%	6014.4%
35	Paulinho Centre-forward	Toluca	33	9	5510.3%	2144.1%
36	Marcos Silva Attacking midfielder	Sarıyer	28	9	26495.3%	3615.8%
37	João Amaral Attacking midfielder	Bandırmaspor	34	9	36284%	1713.6%
38	Gonçalo Franco Defensive midfielder	Swansea	25	9	5114.3%	69±0%
39	Danilo Veiga Full-back	Lecce	23	9	51225.3%	8035.8%
40	Nuno Lima Full-back	Alanyaspor	25	9	308.6%	501.8%
41	Carlos Forbs Attacking midfielder	Club Brugge KV	22	9	41	665.6%
42	Daniel Podence Attacking midfielder	Olympiakos Piraeus	30	9	215.4%	2340.7%
43	Francisco Moura Full-back	FC Porto	26	9	41135.3%	571.2%
44	João Moutinho Defensive midfielder	SC Braga	39	9	315.8%	1618.8%
45	António Silva Centre-back	Benfica	22	9	418.5%	644.6%
46	Félix Correia Attacking midfielder	Lille	25	9	3321.3%	8019.8%
47	Dany Mota Attacking midfielder	Monza	28	9	2219.8%	4630.8%
48	Tiago Gabriel Centre-back	Lecce	21	9	44205.6%	8450.8%
49	Dinis Almeida Full-back	Ludogorets	31	8	27265.3%	1559.9%
50	Celso Sidney Centre-forward	Cherno More Varna	25	8	8	31