Most Valuable centre-backs by Market Value in Serie A 2026

The most valuable centre-backs in Serie A in 2026, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

S. Ramos of Bahia is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in Serie A, with a Field Insider Rating of 72.7, and Raniele has been the form player this season, grading 60.9, and Luciano Juba leads the scoring with 7 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Alex Sandro has improved his Season rating most, up +50.3 on last season, while A. Giay's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +19.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Marco Moreno of Bahia is the most valuable name in this group at 44.9.

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	Player	Team
1	Marco Moreno Centre-back	Bahia	25	44.9	58143.3%	6816.5%
2	Alix Centre-back	RB Bragantino	26	44.4	46308.8%	6218.2%
3	Cacá Centre-back	Vitoria	27	43.3	42109.5%	5814.2%
4	Gustavo Marques Centre-back	RB Bragantino	24	36.3	46285.6%	7016.4%
5	S. Ramos Centre-back	Bahia	24	35.9	422.6%	731.1%
6	Bruno Gomes Centre-back	Internacional	25	34.5	40170.5%	6818.7%
7	Ruan Tressoldi Centre-back	Atletico-MG	27	32.9	3797.9%	5920.8%
8	Lucas Halter Centre-back	Vitoria	26	32.7	414.8%	651.7%
9	Guzmán Rodríguez Centre-back	RB Bragantino	26	32.2	33	59
10	A. Giay Centre-back	Palmeiras	22	32.1	374.6%	71±0%
11	A. Saldivia Centre-back	Vasco DA Gama	24	31.6	1914%	59152.1%
12	Luciano Juba Centre-back	Bahia	26	31.6	3615.7%	665%
13	Jonathan Centre-back	Cruzeiro	22	31.3	39125%	706.1%
14	J. Hurtado Centre-back	RB Bragantino	24	31.1	279.2%	65±0%
15	J. Freytes Centre-back	Fluminense	26	29.9	2353.6%	644.2%
16	Victor Gabriel Centre-back	Internacional	22	29.3	33147.7%	666.3%
17	Vitão Centre-back	Flamengo	26	28.7	21±0%	569%
18	Maykon Centre-back	Vitoria	20	28.6	12	66
19	Marcos Paulo Centre-back	Juventude	23	28.4	131575%	601.2%
20	Arthur Centre-back	Palmeiras	20	28.2	30	70
21	P. Milans Centre-back	Corinthians	24	27.3	14	58
22	Patryck Centre-back	Juventude	23	27.2	366.7%	578%
23	Diego Caito Centre-back	Gremio	22	27.1	6	60
24	Julio César Centre-back	Atletico-MG	22	27.1	0	59
25	Lucas Piton Centre-back	Vasco DA Gama	25	26.9	954.1%	5716.2%
26	Luis Fellipe Centre-back	Santos	22	26.6	4	57
27	N. Ferraresi Centre-back	Botafogo	27	26.5	3021.6%	561.8%
28	Léo Mana Centre-back	Corinthians	22	26.4	428.8%	583.8%
29	M. Gamarra Centre-back	Cruzeiro	25	26.4	578.6%	559.7%
30	Ewerthon Centre-back	Juventude	25	26.3	1210%	5510.7%
31	João Marcelo Centre-back	Cruzeiro	26	26.3	6±0%	558.3%
32	Vanderlan Centre-back	RB Bragantino	23	26.1	15±0%	5413.3%
33	Wallace Centre-back	Gremio	21	26.1	2	59
34	Marcos Victor Centre-back	Bahia	24	26	16±0%	557.6%
35	Wagner Leonardo Centre-back	Gremio	27	25.9	25±0%	4715.2%
36	L. Monzón Centre-back	Botafogo	24	25.7	2±0%	53137.5%
37	Maik Centre-back	Sao Paulo	21	25.5	12±0%	609.4%
38	A. Sidibé Centre-back	Vitoria	22	25.4	5	56
39	Caio Roque Centre-back	Botafogo	24	25.4	1±0%	5442.9%
40	Gabriel Centre-back	Mirassol	22	25.3	3±0%	566.7%
41	Kauan Martins Centre-back	RB Bragantino	22	25.2	0	55
42	Clayton Centre-back	Internacional	26	25	1035.1%	5014.3%
43	Michel Centre-back	Palmeiras	23	25	514%	53±0%
44	Ythallo Centre-back	Botafogo	22	24.9	0	55
45	Cipriano Centre-back	Juventude	23	24.8	180%	5210.6%
46	S. Palacios Centre-back	RB Bragantino	21	24.7	050%	584%
47	Riquelme Centre-back	Vasco DA Gama	23	24.6	0	52
48	Lucyo Centre-back	Botafogo	20	24.3	3	59
49	Kevyson Centre-back	Sport Recife	22	24.2	381.5%	5412.3%
50	Benedetti Centre-back	Palmeiras	20	24.2	9±0%	609.2%