Most Improved defenders This Season in Serie A

The most improved defenders in Serie A, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Kaiki of Cruzeiro is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Serie A, with a Field Insider Rating of 79.5, and Reinaldo leads the scoring with 13 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Kaiki has improved his Season rating most, up +49.6 on last season, while Khellven's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +27.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Kaiki of Cruzeiro is the most valuable name in this group at 58.2.

Palmeiras · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Kaiki+49.6SsN

Cruzeiro · 24/25→25/26

50 players · ranked by most improvedCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	Kaiki Full-back	Cruzeiro	23	+49.6 24/25→25/26	74207.5%	8023.3%
2	L. Villalba Centre-back	Cruzeiro	31	+43 24/25→25/26	63213.9%	426.7%
3	Lyanco Centre-back	Atletico-MG	29	+42.2 24/25→25/26	53405.8%	471.3%
4	Vitinho Full-back	Botafogo	27	+41.8 24/25→25/26	57271.4%	612.5%
5	David Duarte Centre-back	Bahia	31	+38.4 24/25→25/26	421129.4%	389.8%
6	Léo Pereira Centre-back	Flamengo	30	+37.9 24/25→25/26	62159.9%	475.2%
7	Fabrício Bruno Centre-back	Cruzeiro	30	+36.8 24/25→25/26	62144.3%	487.9%
8	Alex Sandro Full-back	Flamengo	35	+33.5 24/25→25/26	39656.9%	2138.1%
9	Renê Full-back	Fluminense	33	+32.8 24/25→25/26	55146.4%	283.4%
10	G. Escobar Full-back	Santos	29	+31.9 23/24→25/26	44268.1%	4416.3%
11	G. Ávila Centre-back	Fortaleza EC	24	+31.8 23/24→25/26	38481.8%	6812.3%
12	Matheus Bahia Full-back	Ceara	26	+30.8 23/24→25/26	37481.3%	6211.2%
13	N. Ferraresi Full-back	Sao Paulo	27	+30.5 24/25→25/26	45211.8%	563.6%
14	Léo Ortiz Full-back	Flamengo	30	+28.1 24/25→25/26	52119.1%	4214.6%
15	J. Alonso Full-back	Atletico-MG	33	+27.9 24/25→25/26	42202.2%	285.6%
16	Sabino Full-back	Sao Paulo	29	+26.4 24/25→25/26	41179.6%	465.6%
17	J. Piquerez Full-back	Palmeiras	27	+26.4 24/25→25/26	51107.8%	632.8%
18	Camutanga Centre-back	Vitoria	32	+26.2 24/25→25/26	31557.4%	3111%
19	Ruan Tressoldi Full-back	Atletico-MG	27	+25.1 24/25→25/26	37205.7%	563.3%
20	A. Giay Full-back	Palmeiras	22	+23.6 24/25→25/26	41132.6%	7240.1%
21	Marcelo Hermes Defensive midfielder	Juventude	31	+22.5 24/25→25/26	4983.6%	3626.2%
22	Gilberto Full-back	Bahia	33	+22.3 24/25→25/26	42113.8%	2612.2%
23	Gustavo Henrique Centre-back	Corinthians	33	+20.5 24/25→25/26	38118.5%	279.9%
24	Danilo Centre-back	Flamengo	35	+19.5 24/25→25/26	33143.4%	219.6%
25	Jamerson Full-back	Vitoria	27	+18.1 23/24→25/26	3794.8%	566.8%
26	Guga Full-back	Fluminense	27	+17.9 24/25→25/26	23331.5%	4911.3%
27	Guilherme Arana Defensive midfielder	Atletico-MG	29	+17.8 24/25→25/26	31135.9%	465.3%
28	G. Fuentes Full-back	Fluminense	29	+17.6 24/25→25/26	21475.7%	399.6%
29	Cuiabano Full-back	Botafogo	23	+17.1 24/25→25/26	3785.5%	7311.3%
30	Rodrigo Sam Centre-back	Juventude	31	+16.8 24/25→25/26	27160%	329.6%
31	Ramon Menezes Centre-back	Sport Recife	31	+16.4 22/23→25/26	21334.7%	3524.5%
32	J. Hurtado Full-back	RB Bragantino	24	+16.1 24/25→25/26	27147.7%	663.5%
33	R. Cáceres Defensive midfielder	Vitoria	34	+15.9 24/25→25/26	3393.5%	2124%
34	Lucas Halter Full-back	Vitoria	26	+15.4 24/25→25/26	4159.5%	673.5%
35	G. Varela Full-back	Flamengo	33	+15.2 24/25→25/26	28115.2%	2222.3%
36	Juninho Full-back	Internacional	31	+14.8 24/25→25/26	20274.1%	3029.7%
37	Bruno Fuchs Centre-back	Palmeiras	27	+14.4 24/25→25/26	4252.9%	5511.8%
38	Fágner Full-back	Cruzeiro	37	+13.9 24/25→25/26	2898.6%	1122.9%
39	Alex Telles Full-back	Botafogo	33	+13.8 24/25→25/26	27108.7%	2412.8%
40	Luan Peres Centre-back	Santos	32	+13.8 22/23→25/26	2894.5%	297.6%
41	Zé Marcos Full-back	Vitoria	28	+12.9 24/25→25/26	3558.9%	5210.7%
42	William Full-back	Cruzeiro	31	+12.9 24/25→25/26	6724%	4023.2%
43	Jonathan Centre-back	Cruzeiro	22	+12.7 24/25→25/26	18254%	658%
44	Juninho Capixaba Full-back	RB Bragantino	29	+12.5 24/25→25/26	3849%	477.9%
45	W. Kannemann Centre-back	Gremio	35	+11.7 24/25→25/26	2499.2%	2116.9%
46	Matheuzinho Full-back	Corinthians	25	+11.7 24/25→25/26	4535.5%	681.7%
47	Edu Full-back	Vitoria	26	+11.1 24/25→25/26	21113.3%	545.9%
48	R. Arboleda Centre-back	Sao Paulo	34	+11.1 24/25→25/26	4433.7%	2711.7%
49	W. Ángel Centre-back	Juventude	33	+10.5 24/25→25/26	2294.6%	2215.7%
50	Vanderlan Full-back	RB Bragantino	23	+9.1 24/25→25/26	3042.9%	70±0%