Top-Scoring centre-backs in Serie A 2026

The top-scoring centre-backs in Serie A in 2026, ranked on Field Insider.

Top-scoring defenders in Serie A Top-scoring midfielders in Serie A Top-scoring attackers in Serie A Best centre-backs in Serie A Most in-form centre-backs in Serie A Most valuable centre-backs in Serie A

At a glance

Arthur Chaves of Botafogo is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in Serie A, with a Field Insider Rating of 74.2, and Raniele has been the form player this season, grading 60.9, and Luciano Juba leads the scoring with 9 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Alex Sandro has improved his Season rating most, up +50.3 on last season, while A. Giay's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +19.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Marco Moreno of Bahia is the most valuable name in this group at 44.9.

Palmeiras · 24/25→25/26

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Alex Sandro+50.3SsN

Flamengo · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Luciano Juba Centre-back	Bahia	27	9	3615.7%	663.6%
2	Lucas Halter Centre-back	Vitoria	26	4	414.8%	651.7%
3	G. Gómez Centre-back	Palmeiras	33	4	5411.7%	3220.4%
4	David Duarte Centre-back	Bahia	31	3	3917.3%	364.6%
5	João Victor Centre-back	Mirassol	29	2	1661.6%	534.3%
6	Raniele Centre-back	Corinthians	29	2	6181.8%	468.5%
7	Léo Pereira Centre-back	Flamengo	30	2	611%	461.7%
8	Vitor Hugo Centre-back	Atletico-MG	35	2	29±0%	1711.8%
9	Murilo Centre-back	Palmeiras	29	2	5594%	5119.1%
10	Arthur Chaves Centre-back	Botafogo	25	2	15±0%	7410.1%
11	F. Torres Centre-back	Internacional	29	1	32226.3%	4221.2%
12	Cacá Centre-back	Vitoria	27	1	42109.5%	5814.2%
13	N. Ferraresi Centre-back	Botafogo	27	1	3021.6%	561.8%
14	Gabriel Paulista Centre-back	Corinthians	35	1	55423.8%	25134.3%
15	Lucas Oliveira Centre-back	Ceara	30	1	6±0%	3011.2%
16	Ramon Menezes Centre-back	Sport Recife	31	1	15198%	2350.1%
17	Willian Machado Centre-back	Mirassol	29	1	2345.7%	448.5%
18	Ruan Tressoldi Centre-back	Atletico-MG	27	1	3797.9%	5920.8%
19	J. Hurtado Centre-back	RB Bragantino	24	1	279.2%	65±0%
20	Pedro Henrique Centre-back	RB Bragantino	31	1	27240%	3723.1%
21	W. Ángel Centre-back	Juventude	33	1	1537.8%	1927.5%
22	Igor Cariús Centre-back	Sport Recife	33	1	2735.4%	21±0%
23	F. Angileri Centre-back	Corinthians	32	1	22±0%	2214.8%
24	Léo Ortiz Centre-back	Flamengo	30	1	48±0%	434.6%
25	Gustavo Henrique Centre-back	Corinthians	33	1	5584.9%	2920%
26	G. Mercado Centre-back	Internacional	39	1	28191.7%	1451.1%
27	Sabino Centre-back	Sao Paulo	29	1	3316.5%	443.8%
28	Luan Peres Centre-back	Santos	32	1	271.9%	305.7%
29	João Marcelo Centre-back	Cruzeiro	26	1	6±0%	558.3%
30	Gustavo Marques Centre-back	RB Bragantino	24	1	46285.6%	7016.4%
31	Jemerson Centre-back	Gremio	34	1	1064.4%	1629.6%
32	Rodrigo Sam Centre-back	Juventude	31	1	1871.4%	2821.1%
33	Lucas Freitas Centre-back	Vasco DA Gama	25	1	15±0%	4917.8%
34	Vitão Centre-back	Atletico-MG	18	1	5	66
35	Wallace Centre-back	Gremio	21	1	2	59
36	Ewerthon Centre-back	Juventude	25	1	1210%	5510.7%
37	Marcelo Ajul Centre-back	Sport Recife	24	1	3	57