Most Valuable U23 defenders by Market Value from Brazil

The most valuable U23 defenders from Brazil, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Jonathan of Cruzeiro is the standout for raw talent across U23 defenders from Brazil, with a Field Insider Rating of 69.9, and David Ricardo has been the form player this season, grading 42.3, and Raphael leads the scoring with 2 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: David Ricardo has improved his Season rating most, up +37.8 on last season, while Jonathan's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +9.9 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Jair of Nottingham Forest is the most valuable name in this group at 78.5.

Cruzeiro · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

David Ricardo+37.8SsN

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	Player	Team
1	Pedro Teixeira Centre-back	Free Agents	23	82.2	0	69
2	Jair Centre-back	Nottingham Forest	21	78.5	34117.9%	650.8%
3	Henrique Peu Centre-back	Free Agents	22	77.9	0	68
4	Vitor Nunes Centre-back	Manchester City	20	75	352%	85±0%
5	Kaiki Full-back	Como	23	43.5	3749.1%	801.7%
6	João Pedro Centre-back	Torino	22	41	858.6%	7011.7%
7	Pedro Felipe Full-back	Sassuolo	22	40.3	1±0%	714.6%
8	Arthur Full-back	Werder Bremen	23	39.7	25±0%	73±0%
9	Cuiabano Full-back	Vasco DA Gama	23	38.1	4036.9%	666.7%
10	Beraldo Full-back	Paris Saint Germain	22	38.1	45±0%	80±0%
11	Viery Centre-back	Fiorentina	21	36.7	284550%	6310.6%
12	Otávio Centre-back	Eintracht Frankfurt	20	32.1	199.4%	59±0%
13	Jonathan Centre-back	Cruzeiro	22	31.5	39125%	706.1%
14	Kauã Prates Full-back	Borussia Dortmund	18	30.5	0100%	607.2%
15	Arthur Centre-back	Palmeiras	21	29.7	30	70
16	Kauã Moraes Full-back	Cruzeiro	20	29	5±0%	6912.5%
17	Jefté Full-back	Palmeiras	22	28.9	11±0%	652.4%
18	Luis Fellipe Centre-back	Santos	23	28.4	4	57
19	Marcos Paulo Centre-back	Juventude	23	28.4	131575%	601.2%
20	Victor Gabriel Centre-back	Internacional	22	28.1	33147.7%	666.3%
21	Abner Full-back	Juventude	22	27.4	15	61
22	Maykon Centre-back	Vitoria	20	27.3	12	66
23	Patryck Centre-back	Juventude	23	27.2	366.7%	578%
24	Gabriel Centre-back	Mirassol	23	27.1	3±0%	564.8%
25	Julio César Centre-back	Atletico-MG	22	27	0	59
26	Wallace Full-back	Gremio	21	26.9	2	59
27	Diego Caito Full-back	Gremio	22	26.7	6	60
28	João Henrique Full-back	QPR	20	26	1515100%	626.9%
29	Zé Guilherme Full-back	Bahia	21	25.9	1±0%	627%
30	Maik Centre-back	Sao Paulo	21	25.7	12±0%	609.4%
31	Dorival Centre-back	Cruzeiro	22	25.6	0	57
32	Léo Mana Centre-back	Corinthians	22	25.6	428.8%	583.8%
33	Kauan Martins Centre-back	RB Bragantino	22	24.8	0	55
34	Cipriano Centre-back	Juventude	23	24.8	180%	5210.6%
35	Ythallo Centre-back	Botafogo	22	24.8	0	55
36	Julio Fidelis Full-back	Fluminense	20	24.3	4±0%	670.6%
37	Kevyson Centre-back	Sport Recife	22	24.2	381.5%	5412.3%
38	Benedetti Centre-back	Palmeiras	20	24.2	9±0%	609.2%
39	Luiz Gustavo Centre-back	Bahia	20	24.1	4	60
40	Lucyo Centre-back	Botafogo	20	23.9	3	59
41	Neto Centre-back	Sport Recife	21	23.9	1	56
42	Fred Centre-back	Bahia	20	23.6	1	59
43	Andrei Centre-back	Vitoria	21	23.6	0	56
44	Vitão Centre-back	Atletico-MG	18	23.6	10	66
45	Vinicius Lira Centre-back	Santos	19	23.4	7	61
46	DodÃ´Centre-back	Bahia	20	23.3	0	58
47	Kauã Branco Centre-back	Botafogo	20	23.3	2	57
48	Isac Centre-back	Sao Paulo	20	23	0	56
49	Paulo Roberto Full-back	Vitoria	20	22.9	1	57
50	João Victor Cunha Centre-back	Flamengo	19	22.9	4±0%	613.7%