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Most Improved defenders This Season in Segunda Liga

The most improved defenders in Segunda Liga, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Gabriel Brás of FC Porto B is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Segunda Liga, with a Field Insider Rating of 48, and N. Madsen has been the form player this season, grading 25.9, and Bruno Pereira leads the scoring with 2 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: N. Madsen has improved his Season rating most, up +17.1 on last season, while B. Godwin's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +1.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, N. Madsen of Maritimo is the most valuable name in this group at 11.4.

Best talent
Gabriel Brás48RTG
FC Porto B
In form
N. Madsen25.9SsN
Maritimo
Rising potential
B. Godwin+1.7RTG
Vizela · 23/24→25/26
Most improved
N. Madsen+17.1SsN
Maritimo · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
Bruno Pereira2goals
Penafiel
Most valuable
N. Madsen11.4val
Maritimo
29 players · ranked by most improvedCustomise →
PlayerTeam
1N. MadsenCentre-backMaritimo24+17.1
24/25→25/26
26194.3%47±0%
2Bruno RodriguesFull-backChaves25+12.2
24/25→25/26
17271.1%431.9%
3Kaio HenriqueCentre-backFC Porto B20+9.1
24/25→25/26
14197.8%473.7%
4B. GodwinFull-backVizela24+8.1
23/24→25/26
11324%434.1%
5Paulo HenriqueFull-backMaritimo29+6.7
24/25→25/26
2342.4%297.4%
6Luís RochaCentre-backLusitânia Lourosa33+6.1
21/22→25/26
10174.3%1247.6%
7Gabriel BrásFull-backFC Porto B22+5.7
24/25→25/26
1655.9%481.8%
8Afonso SilvaCentre-backFelgueiras 193222+4
24/25→25/26
1537.4%4411.6%
9N. MichelisFull-backAcademico Viseu25+3.7
24/25→25/26
1630.3%458.4%
10Felipe SilvaCentre-backFC Porto B24+3.7
24/25→25/26
1532.7%4411.8%
11Armando LopesCentre-backOliveirense27+3.5
23/24→25/26
534
12SilvérioCentre-backLusitânia Lourosa30+2.7
22/23→25/26
850.9%2238.4%
13André SousaFull-backPacos Ferreira28+1.1
23/24→25/26
1110.9%2935.1%
14Rafael VieiraCentre-backPacos Ferreira34+0.9
24/25→25/26
137.2%1048.3%
15Romain CorreiaCentre-backMaritimo260
24/25→25/26
14±0%4016.5%
16Tiago CerveiraCentre-backLusitânia Lourosa340
21/22→25/26
383.2%975.3%
17João MiguelCentre-backPenafiel32-1.2
24/25→25/26
129.2%1551.4%
18Derick PoloniFull-backFarense32-2.5
24/25→25/26
1118.1%1650.6%
19MagaFull-backUnião de Leiria27-2.5
24/25→25/26
1118.1%3527.4%
20Josué SáCentre-backLusitânia Lourosa34-4.2
24/25→25/26
932.8%1152.9%
21Emanuel FernandesCentre-backFeirense23-5
24/25→25/26
742.7%438.2%
22Javi VázquezFull-backTorreense25-5.5
24/25→25/26
1231.1%4323.2%
23Tiago FerreiraCentre-backPacos Ferreira33-7.4
24/25→25/26
944%1248.9%
24PaulinhoCentre-backLeixoes35-7.7
24/25→25/26
752%1050.7%
25A. CorreiaCentre-backAcademico Viseu26-8.5
24/25→25/26
2426.2%4219.1%
26SimãozinhoFull-backLeixoes31-9.4
24/25→25/26
952.5%2037.8%
27BuraCentre-backOliveirense37-11.2
24/25→25/26
556.1%660%
28Marc BaróFull-backUnião de Leiria26-15.4
24/25→25/26
867%4019.4%
29Cláudio FalcãoFull-backFarense32-33
24/25→25/26
1568.3%1559.6%