Most Valuable U21 defenders by Market Value in Serie A 2026

The most valuable U21 defenders in Serie A in 2026, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Arthur of Palmeiras is the standout for raw talent across U21 defenders in Serie A, with a Field Insider Rating of 69.8, and Kauã Moraes leads the scoring with 2 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Kaio Henrique has improved his Season rating most, up +9.1 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Arthur of Palmeiras is the most valuable name in this group at 29.6.

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	Player	Team
1	Arthur Centre-back	Palmeiras	21	29.6	30	70
2	Kauã Moraes Full-back	Cruzeiro	20	29	5±0%	6912.5%
3	Maykon Centre-back	Vitoria	20	27.1	12	66
4	Wallace Full-back	Gremio	21	26.9	2	59
5	Zé Guilherme Full-back	Bahia	21	25.9	1±0%	627%
6	Maik Centre-back	Sao Paulo	21	25.7	12±0%	609.4%
7	Osorio Luis Full-back	Sao Paulo	19	24.7	6	64
8	S. Palacios Centre-back	RB Bragantino	21	24.4	050%	584%
9	Luiz Gustavo Centre-back	Bahia	20	24.1	4	60
10	Benedetti Centre-back	Palmeiras	20	24.1	9±0%	609.2%
11	Lucyo Centre-back	Botafogo	20	23.9	3	59
12	Neto Centre-back	Sport Recife	21	23.9	1	56
13	Andrei Centre-back	Vitoria	21	23.6	0	56
14	Diego Tavares Centre-back	Vitoria	21	23.6	0	43
15	Vitão Centre-back	Atletico-MG	18	23.6	10	66
16	Fred Centre-back	Bahia	20	23.6	1	59
17	Vinicius Lira Centre-back	Santos	19	23.4	7	61
18	DodÃ´Centre-back	Bahia	20	23.3	0	58
19	Kauã Branco Centre-back	Botafogo	20	23.3	2	57
20	João Victor Cunha Centre-back	Flamengo	19	23.1	4±0%	613.7%
21	Isac Centre-back	Sao Paulo	20	23	0	56
22	Paulo Roberto Full-back	Vitoria	20	22.9	1	57
23	J. Hernández Centre-back	Botafogo	20	22.9	3±0%	57146.3%
24	Johnny Góes Full-back	Flamengo	19	22.9	3±0%	6010.4%
25	Julio Fidelis Full-back	Fluminense	19	22.9	4±0%	670.6%
26	Wanderson Centre-back	Flamengo	19	22.8	0	60
27	Vagno Centre-back	Fluminense	19	22.8	0	61
28	Pedro Gabriel Full-back	Gremio	18	22.6	18	66
29	Avellar Full-back	Vasco DA Gama	20	22.4	0	54
30	Breno Centre-back	Fluminense	19	22.4	0	59
31	Kaio Borges Centre-back	Fluminense	19	22.4	0	59
32	Felype Gabriel Centre-back	Sport Recife	20	22.2	1	55
33	João Paulo Ananias Centre-back	Santos	18	22.1	10	61
34	João Alencar Centre-back	Santos	19	22	0	56
35	Nicolas Centre-back	Sao Paulo	19	21.9	1±0%	563.1%
36	Bernardo Centre-back	Juventude	20	21.9	1	54
37	K. Pascini Full-back	Atletico-MG	17	21.8	7	62
38	Gabriel Abdias Centre-back	Botafogo	19	21.7	0	57
39	Cauê Nascimento Santos Centre-back	RB Bragantino	18	21.7	1±0%	622.5%
40	Rafinha Full-back	Sport Recife	20	21.7	1	54
41	Alison Centre-back	Vasco DA Gama	19	21.2	0	54
42	L. F. de Morais Francisco Full-back	Internacional	19	21.1	1	56
43	Rafael Gonzaga Centre-back	Santos	18	21	2	57
44	Mateus Schaffer Centre-back	Juventude	19	20.7	0	54
45	V. Hugo Centre-back	Sport Recife	19	20.6	0	54
46	Marquinhos Centre-back	Botafogo	18	20.5	0	582.7%
47	Luis Eduardo Centre-back	Gremio	18	20.1	3	58
48	Melo Yago Centre-back	Corinthians	18	20	0	58
49	V. Ramon Full-back	Gremio	18	19.8	1	57
50	Vitor Ribeiro Centre-back	Gremio	18	19.7	0	56