Most In-Form centre-backs in Primeira Liga 26/27
The most in-form centre-backs in Primeira Liga in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
A. Circati of Benfica is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in Primeira Liga, with a Field Insider Rating of 80.4, and MT has been the form player this season, grading 45.9, and F. Calvo leads the scoring with 4 goals.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: A. Circati has improved his Season rating most, up +40.8 on last season, while Sergio Barcia's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +35.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, A. Circati of Benfica is the most valuable name in this group at 31.4.
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| Player | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MTCentre-back |  Santa Clara | 25 | 46146.8% | 6533.7% |
| 2 | A. CircatiCentre-back |  Benfica | 22 | 45±0% | 80±0% |
| 3 | Sergio BarciaCentre-back |  SC Braga | 25 | 42±0% | 706.6% |
| 4 | F. CalvoCentre-back |  Nacional | 34 | 3955.2% | 2318.2% |
| 5 | Frederico VenâncioCentre-back | Santa Clara | 33 | 311% | 2033.9% |
| 6 | S. NiakatéCentre-back | SC Braga | 27 | 1664.3% | 4525.7% |
| 7 | José FonteCentre-back |  Casa Pia | 42 | 1534.2% | 1029.9% |
| 8 | EspigaresCentre-back |  GIL Vicente | 22 | 15±0% | 581.9% |
| 9 | B. PopovićCentre-back |  Arouca | 26 | 13±0% | 50±0% |
| 10 | M. de los SantosCentre-back | Nacional | 33 | 1360.6% | 1916.3% |
| 11 | A. ChernevCentre-back |  Estrela | 24 | 13 | 60 |
| 12 | Miguel NóbregaCentre-back |  Guimaraes | 26 | 11152.4% | 5474.2% |
| 13 | S. AndreouCentre-back | Estoril | 24 | 10±0% | 32±0% |
| 14 | Álvaro MartínezCentre-back |  Moreirense | 24 | 8 | 54 |
| 15 | J. MartínezCentre-back |  Alverca | 22 | 6 | 53 |