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Most Valuable defensive midfielders by Market Value in Serie A

The most valuable 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
1Cauan BarrosDefensive midfielderVasco DA Gama2228.219408.1%622%
2Gabriel BaralhasDefensive midfielderVitoria2727.8356.6%5317.2%
3AlexsanderDefensive midfielderAtletico-MG2227.3159.3%615.8%
4Ryan GustavoDefensive midfielderCorinthians2327.168.8%576.7%
5JapaDefensive midfielderCruzeiro2226.7246.7%591%
6PierreDefensive midfielderFortaleza EC2426.683900%560.5%
7Mateus CocãoDefensive midfielderVasco DA Gama2426.3640.2%5518.6%
8A. MorenoDefensive midfielderPalmeiras27262234%5521.3%
9Patrick SilvaDefensive midfielderAtletico-MG2225.8257
10F. VeraDefensive midfielderAtletico-MG2625.41648.5%5415.2%
11Diego RosaDefensive midfielderInternacional2325.2292.5%5319.3%
12J. SforzaDefensive midfielderJuventude2425.1477.6%5315.5%
13N. AcevedoDefensive midfielderBahia2725.124864%532%
14HyanDefensive midfielderSantos2224.6155
15LarsonDefensive midfielderPalmeiras2024.1160
16Patrick de PaulaDefensive midfielderBotafogo2623.73180%501.6%
17Luis OtávioDefensive midfielderInternacional1923.181085.7%611.3%
18Bruno CésarDefensive midfielderFortaleza EC2123.1154
19Davi GoesDefensive midfielderJuventude2123183.3%544.3%
20Zé VitorDefensive midfielderMirassol2622.8080%487%
21Erick MachadoDefensive midfielderPalmeiras1922.8060
22Luiz GustavoDefensive midfielderCorinthians2022.7156
23Zé LucasDefensive midfielderSport Recife1822.71664
24RiquelmeDefensive midfielderFluminense1922.6260
25Lucas LimaDefensive midfielderCeara26222350%4612.8%
26CamiloDefensive midfielderGremio2722850.6%4666.3%
27Pablo RobertoDefensive midfielderFortaleza EC2621.3184.6%4517.5%
28DuduDefensive midfielderVitoria2720.2434.5%4319.9%
29RanieleDefensive midfielderCorinthians2914.63431.4%4224.5%
30José AldoDefensive midfielderMirassol2813.11846
31ErickDefensive midfielderBahia2812.31172%4327.4%
32Matheus HenriqueDefensive midfielderCruzeiro2812.1759.3%4324.2%
33Matheus FernandesDefensive midfielderRB Bragantino28121237.8%4214.8%
34PepêDefensive midfielderVitoria2811.2764.6%3926.6%
35CaíqueDefensive midfielderJuventude3010.42675.3%3618.2%
36M. VillasantiDefensive midfielderGremio299.91370%3832.9%
37RonaldoDefensive midfielderInternacional299961.8%3531.4%
38Pedro AugustoDefensive midfielderSport Recife298.4574.5%3236%
39CharlesDefensive midfielderCorinthians307.2122.5%3028.1%
40Fernando SobralDefensive midfielderCeara317.12040%2928.5%
41João SchmidtDefensive midfielderSantos336.73736.6%2414%
42SaúlDefensive midfielderFlamengo316.61844.7%3135.4%
43Danilo BarbosaDefensive midfielderBotafogo306.2198.1%2644.8%
44Zé RafaelDefensive midfielderSantos336.22459.2%2223.3%
45Yago FelipeDefensive midfielderMirassol315.8101112.5%2714.6%
46GabrielDefensive midfielderRB Bragantino345.73221.1%243.6%
47Lucas SashaDefensive midfielderFortaleza EC365.541147%2345.6%
48José WelisonDefensive midfielderFortaleza EC314.9565.7%2339.8%
49GregoreDefensive midfielderBotafogo324.41372.7%2344.8%
50Ricardo RyllerDefensive midfielderVitoria324.1850.3%2231.8%