Most in-form centre-backs in Serie A

The most in-form centre-backs in Serie A, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

Bruno Alves of Cruzeiro U20 is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in Serie A, with a Field Insider Rating of 79, and L. Villalba has been the form player this season, grading 63.1, and Marçal leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: L. Villalba has improved his Season rating most, up +43 on last season, while S. Ramos's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +16.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, S. Ramos of Bahia is the most valuable name in this group at 96.9.

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	L. Villalba Centre-back	Cruzeiro	31	63213.9%	426.7%
2	Fabrício Bruno Centre-back	Cruzeiro	30	62144.3%	487.9%
3	Léo Pereira Centre-back	Flamengo	30	62159.9%	475.2%
4	G. Gómez Centre-back	Palmeiras	33	5513.3%	2921.9%
5	A. Barboza Centre-back	Botafogo	31	5311.5%	3816.8%
6	Lyanco Centre-back	Atletico-MG	29	53405.8%	471.3%
7	J. Freytes Centre-back	Fluminense	26	516325%	6761.8%
8	Jemmes Centre-back	Mirassol	26	46	69
9	S. Ramos Centre-back	Bahia	24	444%	7328.8%
10	R. Arboleda Centre-back	Sao Paulo	34	4433.7%	2711.7%
11	Willian Machado Centre-back	Ceara	29	42	49
12	David Duarte Centre-back	Bahia	31	421129.4%	389.8%
13	Bruno Fuchs Centre-back	Palmeiras	27	4252.9%	5511.8%
14	João Victor Centre-back	Mirassol	28	41	57
15	Murilo Centre-back	Palmeiras	29	403.4%	4717.7%
16	G. Ávila Centre-back	Fortaleza EC	24	38481.8%	657.3%
17	Gustavo Henrique Centre-back	Corinthians	33	38118.5%	279.9%
18	A. Franco Centre-back	Sao Paulo	29	3418.3%	4617.3%
19	E. Brítez Centre-back	Fortaleza EC	34	3422.5%	2329.6%
20	Guzmán Rodríguez Centre-back	RB Bragantino	26	33	65
21	Danilo Centre-back	Flamengo	35	33143.4%	219.6%
22	Ignacio Centre-back	Fluminense	29	32456.1%	414.2%
23	Camutanga Centre-back	Vitoria	32	31557.4%	318.1%
24	Vitor Hugo Centre-back	Atletico-MG	35	3015000%	1962.7%
25	Luan Peres Centre-back	Santos	31	2894.5%	335.1%
26	André Ramalho Centre-back	Corinthians	34	2845.1%	2023.4%
27	Kaio Pantaleão Centre-back	Botafogo	30	281.8%	3762.9%
28	Rodrigo Sam Centre-back	Juventude	30	27160%	373.1%
29	B. Kuscevic Centre-back	Fortaleza EC	30	2716%	3626.8%
30	Marllon Centre-back	Ceara	34	2730.4%	2135.5%
31	Hugo Moura Centre-back	Vasco DA Gama	28	261.2%	5018.1%
32	Wagner Leonardo Centre-back	Gremio	26	2533.1%	6214%
33	Marcos Victor Centre-back	Ceara	24	25	6420%
34	Zé Ivaldo Centre-back	Santos	29	2518.4%	4224.4%
35	W. Kannemann Centre-back	Gremio	35	2499.2%	2116.9%
36	Gabriel Xavier Centre-back	Bahia	25	2352.6%	6018.6%
37	Alix Centre-back	RB Bragantino	26	23±0%	577.3%
38	Vitão Centre-back	Internacional	26	234.6%	623.4%
39	Marçal Centre-back	Botafogo	37	2210.6%	1032.9%
40	Rafael Thyere Centre-back	Sport Recife	33	2251.4%	2451.4%
41	W. Ángel Centre-back	Juventude	33	2294.6%	2215.7%
42	Ramon Menezes Centre-back	Sport Recife	31	21334.7%	3524.5%
43	Maykon Centre-back	Vitoria	20	20	64
44	E. Noriega Centre-back	Gremio	24	19	67
45	Gustavo Martins Centre-back	Gremio	23	1930.1%	672.6%
46	João Pedro Centre-back	Corinthians	22	18	628%
47	Bruno Alves Centre-back	Cruzeiro U20	20	18	79
48	Jonathan Centre-back	Cruzeiro	22	18254%	658%
49	Rafael Ramos Centre-back	Ceara	31	1714.4%	2649.9%
50	Victor Gabriel Centre-back	Internacional	22	175466.7%	6314.7%