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Most In-Form defensive midfielders This Season in Serie A

The most in-form defensive midfielders in Serie A, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Zé Lucas of Sport Recife is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Serie A, with a Field Insider Rating of 63.8, and Lucas Sasha has been the form player this season, grading 40.5, and Gabriel Baralhas leads the scoring with 2 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Lucas Sasha has improved his Season rating most, up +24.1 on last season, while Camilo's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +18.5 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Cauan Barros of Vasco DA Gama is the most valuable name in this group at 28.2.

Best talent
Zé Lucas63.8RTG
Sport Recife
In form
Lucas Sasha40.5SsN
Fortaleza EC
Rising potential
Camilo+18.5RTG
Gremio · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
Lucas Sasha+24.1SsN
Fortaleza EC · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
Gabriel Baralhas2goals
Vitoria
Most valuable
Cauan Barros28.2val
Vasco DA Gama
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PlayerTeam
1Lucas SashaDefensive midfielderFortaleza EC3641147%2345.6%
2João SchmidtDefensive midfielderSantos333736.6%2414%
3Gabriel BaralhasDefensive midfielderVitoria27356.6%5317.2%
4RanieleDefensive midfielderCorinthians293431.4%4224.5%
5GabrielDefensive midfielderRB Bragantino343221.1%243.6%
6CaíqueDefensive midfielderJuventude302675.3%3618.2%
7Zé RafaelDefensive midfielderSantos332459.2%2223.3%
8N. AcevedoDefensive midfielderBahia2724864%532%
9Bruno HenriqueDefensive midfielderInternacional362327.7%1718.6%
10A. MorenoDefensive midfielderPalmeiras272234%5521.3%
11Fernando SobralDefensive midfielderCeara312040%2928.5%
12Cauan BarrosDefensive midfielderVasco DA Gama2219408.1%622%
13SaúlDefensive midfielderFlamengo311844.7%3135.4%
14José AldoDefensive midfielderMirassol281846
15Zé LucasDefensive midfielderSport Recife181664
16F. VeraDefensive midfielderAtletico-MG261648.5%5415.2%
17AlexsanderDefensive midfielderAtletico-MG22159.3%615.8%
18M. VillasantiDefensive midfielderGremio291370%3832.9%
19Luiz GustavoDefensive midfielderSao Paulo391357.3%849.7%
20GregoreDefensive midfielderBotafogo321372.7%2344.8%
21Matheus FernandesDefensive midfielderRB Bragantino281237.8%4214.8%
22CharlesDefensive midfielderCorinthians30122.5%3028.1%
23ErickDefensive midfielderBahia281172%4327.4%
24Yago FelipeDefensive midfielderMirassol31101112.5%2714.6%
25RonaldoDefensive midfielderInternacional29961.8%3531.4%
26G. CuéllarDefensive midfielderGremio33975%1715.4%
27T. RincónDefensive midfielderSantos38963.4%847.4%
28Luis OtávioDefensive midfielderInternacional1981085.7%611.3%
29PierreDefensive midfielderFortaleza EC2483900%560.5%
30Ricardo RyllerDefensive midfielderVitoria32850.3%2231.8%
31CamiloDefensive midfielderGremio27850.6%4666.3%
32Matheus HenriqueDefensive midfielderCruzeiro28759.3%4324.2%
33PepêDefensive midfielderVitoria28764.6%3926.6%
34Mateus CocãoDefensive midfielderVasco DA Gama24640.2%5518.6%