Most Valuable defenders by Market Value in Serie A

The most valuable 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.

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	Player	Team
1	Kaiki Full-back	Cruzeiro	23	58.2	74207.5%	8023.3%
2	Vitinho Full-back	Botafogo	27	45.3	57271.4%	612.5%
3	J. Freytes Centre-back	Fluminense	26	40.7	516325%	6761.8%
4	J. Piquerez Full-back	Palmeiras	27	40.3	51107.8%	632.8%
5	Jemmes Centre-back	Mirassol	26	36.7	46	69
6	Luciano Juba Full-back	Bahia	26	36	4517.9%	711.2%
7	N. Ferraresi Full-back	Sao Paulo	27	35.6	45211.8%	563.6%
8	Matheuzinho Full-back	Corinthians	25	35.4	4535.5%	681.7%
9	S. Ramos Centre-back	Bahia	24	35.2	444%	7328.8%
10	Cuiabano Full-back	Botafogo	23	34.7	3785.5%	7311.3%
11	Ramon Defensive midfielder	Vitoria	25	33.5	2530%	716.5%
12	Vanderlan Full-back	RB Bragantino	23	33.1	3042.9%	70±0%
13	Bruno Fuchs Centre-back	Palmeiras	27	32.9	4252.9%	5511.8%
14	Lucas Halter Full-back	Vitoria	26	32.7	4159.5%	673.5%
15	Lucas Piton Full-back	Vasco DA Gama	25	32.7	2133.9%	696.3%
16	A. Bernabéi Full-back	Internacional	25	32.5	358.4%	687.9%
17	A. Giay Full-back	Palmeiras	22	32.3	41132.6%	7240.1%
18	G. Ávila Centre-back	Fortaleza EC	24	32.1	38481.8%	6812.3%
19	Gustavo Martins Centre-back	Gremio	23	31.9	1930.1%	672.6%
20	Natanael Defensive midfielder	Atletico-MG	24	31.3	2616.3%	662.5%
21	J. Hurtado Full-back	RB Bragantino	24	31.2	27147.7%	663.5%
22	Jefté Full-back	Palmeiras	22	31.1	1760.7%	6925.7%
23	Guzmán Rodríguez Centre-back	RB Bragantino	26	31	33	65
24	Marcos Victor Centre-back	Ceara	24	30.2	25	6420%
25	Khellven Full-back	Palmeiras	25	30.1	1751.7%	6378.1%
26	Nathan Full-back	RB Bragantino	23	30	1651%	633.1%
27	Micael Full-back	Palmeiras	25	30	2719.3%	6338.6%
28	Serafim Centre-back	Botafogo	22	29.7	1	66
29	M. Ponte Full-back	Botafogo	23	29.7	1455.1%	639.8%
30	Jamerson Full-back	Vitoria	27	29.5	3794.8%	566.8%
31	Ruan Tressoldi Full-back	Atletico-MG	27	29.5	37205.7%	563.3%
32	Matheus Bahia Full-back	Ceara	26	29.5	37481.3%	6211.2%
33	Jonathan Centre-back	Cruzeiro	22	29.3	18254%	658%
34	Guilherme Lopes Full-back	RB Bragantino	24	29.3	1041.2%	623.4%
35	Vitão Centre-back	Internacional	26	29.3	234.6%	623.4%
36	Luan Full-back	Juventude	25	29.1	25	61
37	Marcos Paulo Full-back	Juventude	23	29.1	161887.5%	613.9%
38	B. Aguirre Full-back	Internacional	26	29	364%	6121.7%
39	Jair Full-back	Botafogo	21	28.8	23	6720.6%
40	Victor Gabriel Centre-back	Internacional	22	28.6	175466.7%	6314.7%
41	Lucas Freitas Full-back	Vasco DA Gama	25	28.6	1771.1%	60±0%
42	Gabriel Xavier Centre-back	Bahia	25	28.5	2352.6%	6018.6%
43	Robert Renan Centre-back	Vasco DA Gama	22	28.1	1565.5%	623.5%
44	João Pedro Centre-back	Corinthians	22	28.1	18	628%
45	Gustavo Marques Centre-back	RB Bragantino	24	28	1551.3%	597.7%
46	E. Mancuso Full-back	Fortaleza EC	27	27.8	317.9%	5914%
47	Abner Full-back	Juventude	22	27.7	161345.5%	6110%
48	Claudinho Centre-back	Vitoria	25	27.6	1637%	5811.7%
49	Alix Centre-back	RB Bragantino	26	27.2	23±0%	577.3%
50	Patryck Defensive midfielder	Sao Paulo	23	27.2	185.4%	578%