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Most Valuable defensive midfielders by Market Value in Serie A 2026

The most valuable defensive midfielders in Serie A in 2026, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

T. Pérez of Atletico-MG is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Serie A, with a Field Insider Rating of 65.5, and E. Pulgar has been the form player this season, grading 46.7.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Vitinho has improved his Season rating most, up +27.1 on last season, while T. Pérez's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +16.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Vitinho of Botafogo is the most valuable name in this group at 34.7.

Best talent
T. Pérez65.5RTG
Atletico-MG
In form
E. Pulgar46.7SsN
Flamengo
Rising potential
T. Pérez+16.1RTG
Atletico-MG · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
Vitinho+27.1SsN
Botafogo · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
E. Pulgar2goals
Flamengo
Most valuable
Vitinho34.7val
Botafogo
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PlayerTeam
1VitinhoDefensive midfielderBotafogo2734.74321.6%591.3%
2Zé VitorDefensive midfielderVitoria2631276650%5616.9%
3Gabriel MeninoDefensive midfielderSantos263014±0%5810.9%
4FabinhoDefensive midfielderRB Bragantino2429.815±0%567.4%
5Gustavo Henrique PereiraDefensive midfielderSantos21291962
6PierreDefensive midfielderFortaleza EC2428.883900%560.5%
7Ryan GustavoDefensive midfielderFortaleza EC2328.668.8%601.6%
8I. SosaDefensive midfielderRB Bragantino2328.4761
9T. PérezDefensive midfielderAtletico-MG2128.412618.8%6652%
10Patrick SilvaDefensive midfielderAtletico-MG2227.6258
11AlexsanderDefensive midfielderAtletico-MG222715±0%576.6%
12K. CastañoDefensive midfielderAtletico-MG2626.119±0%3910.4%
13Diego RosaDefensive midfielderInternacional2325.8292.5%5421.8%
14AndersonDefensive midfielderVitoria2425.6254
15EdenilsonDefensive midfielderVitoria2125.5660
16Domingos AndradeDefensive midfielderBotafogo2325.513±0%5416.7%
17HyanDefensive midfielderSantos2224.9154
18Ryan TavaresDefensive midfielderRB Bragantino1923.6461
19Murilo RhikmanDefensive midfielderSport Recife2023.50590.8%
20YuriDefensive midfielderRB Bragantino2023.4057
21Bruno CésarDefensive midfielderFortaleza EC2123.1154
22Davi GoesDefensive midfielderJuventude2123183.3%544.3%
23E. MartínezDefensive midfielderPalmeiras2722.919±0%497.9%
24Erick MachadoDefensive midfielderPalmeiras1922.8060
25Luiz GustavoDefensive midfielderCorinthians2022.6157
26Zé LucasDefensive midfielderCruzeiro1822.316±0%615%
27S. SosaDefensive midfielderVasco DA Gama272251±0%405.2%
28Pablo RobertoDefensive midfielderFortaleza EC2621.3184.6%4517.8%
29Bernardo ZorteaDefensive midfielderGremio1921.3156
30Lukas ZuccarelloDefensive midfielderVasco DA Gama19210±0%553%
31D. FerreiraDefensive midfielderSao Paulo1820.8158
32Matheus FernandesDefensive midfielderRB Bragantino2813.42387.5%469.5%
33A. PreciadoDefensive midfielderAtletico-MG2813.32357.9%4551%
34PepêDefensive midfielderVitoria2813.11429.3%4418.2%
35E. PulgarDefensive midfielderFlamengo3211.347190.1%3017.3%
36J. VélezDefensive midfielderInternacional2311.2324
37PaulinhoDefensive midfielderInternacional2910.617534.6%3819.3%
38CaíqueDefensive midfielderVitoria309.5248.7%4011.8%
39N. de la CruzDefensive midfielderFlamengo299.48±0%359.2%
40RonaldoDefensive midfielderInternacional299.39±0%351.7%
41F. CarballoDefensive midfielderGremio308.91742.5%2612.7%
42T. PochettinoDefensive midfielderVitoria307.422±0%2822.3%
43CharlesDefensive midfielderCorinthians306.712±0%287%
44Gustavo CazonattiDefensive midfielderMirassol306.5326
45Lucas SashaDefensive midfielderFortaleza EC365.541147%2345.6%
46Willian ArãoDefensive midfielderSantos345.329334.3%1836.6%
47João SchmidtDefensive midfielderSantos334.71558.2%1917.1%
48JairDefensive midfielderVasco DA Gama323.55±0%216.6%
49RichardDefensive midfielderInternacional323.53±0%18±0%
50AllanDefensive midfielderBotafogo352.68±0%138.8%