Top-Scoring centre-backs in Primeira Liga

The top-scoring centre-backs in Primeira Liga, ranked on Field Insider.

Top-scoring defenders in Primeira Liga Top-scoring midfielders in Primeira Liga Top-scoring attackers in Primeira Liga Best centre-backs in Primeira Liga Most in-form centre-backs in Primeira Liga Most valuable centre-backs in Primeira Liga

At a glance

Gonçalo Inácio of Sporting CP is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in Primeira Liga, with a Field Insider Rating of 67.3, and J. Bednarek has been the form player this season, grading 80.9, and J. de Haas leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Kiwior has improved his Season rating most, up +53.1 on last season, while Christian Marques's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +21.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, J. de Haas of Famalicao is the most valuable name in this group at 39.9.

Best talent

Gonçalo Inácio67.3RTG

Christian Marques+21.2RTG

Tondela · 22/23→25/26

Most improved

J. Kiwior+53.1SsN

FC Porto · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	J. de Haas Centre-back	Famalicao	26	5	7129.3%	631.7%
2	Zé Vitor Centre-back	Nacional	25	4	429.1%	621.7%
3	Maracás Centre-back	Moreirense	32	4	3635.6%	3214.3%
4	Léo Santos Centre-back	Nacional	27	3	32254.4%	522%
5	Kaiky Naves Centre-back	Alverca	24	2	47159.4%	641.8%
6	Ferro Centre-back	Estoril	29	2	244%	3813.6%
7	J. Bednarek Centre-back	FC Porto	30	2	81184.9%	4129.2%
8	F. Bacher Centre-back	Estoril	25	2	272.2%	643.1%
9	Eduardo Quaresma Centre-back	Sporting CP	24	2	3011.7%	611.5%
10	Vitor Carvalho Centre-back	SC Braga	29	2	1610.6%	3624.2%
11	N. Otamendi Centre-back	Benfica	38	2	5813.1%	1927.7%
12	José Fontán Centre-back	Arouca	26	2	2718.3%	587.4%
13	Gonçalo Inácio Centre-back	Sporting CP	24	2	546.5%	672.6%
14	Tiago Parreira Parente Centre-back	Estoril	22	1	62700%	545%
15	Ibrahima Ba Centre-back	Famalicao	21	1	4414633.3%	6319.3%
16	Thiago Balieiro Centre-back	Guimaraes	23	1	214080%	5640.9%
17	Óscar Rivas Centre-back	Guimaraes	26	1	2689.6%	534.9%
18	R. Abascal Centre-back	Guimaraes	32	1	3411.7%	2921.2%
19	Espigares Centre-back	GIL Vicente	21	1	1515.2%	588.3%
20	Jonathan Buatu Centre-back	GIL Vicente	32	1	44121.3%	324.2%
21	Miguel Nóbrega Centre-back	Guimaraes	26	1	11152.4%	4855.8%
22	N. Pérez Centre-back	FC Porto	26	1	1274.4%	5021%
23	Sidney Lima Centre-back	Santa Clara	29	1	418.7%	4517.1%
24	Frederico Venâncio Centre-back	Santa Clara	33	1	311%	2132.2%
25	L. Realpe Centre-back	Famalicao	25	1	47398.9%	5910.9%
26	K. Boma Centre-back	Estoril	23	1	1944.7%	5911.5%
27	D. Tchamba Centre-back	Casa Pia	28	1	771.7%	3533.4%
28	Kaique Rocha Centre-back	Casa Pia	25	1	584.4%	4827.1%
29	José Fonte Centre-back	Casa Pia	42	1	1534.2%	1029.9%
30	J. Brabec Centre-back	Rio Ave	34	1	2523.6%	201%
31	Tomás Araújo Centre-back	Benfica	24	1	3930.8%	619.2%
32	Aderllan Santos Centre-back	AVS	37	1	1333.3%	860.1%
33	B. Popović Centre-back	Arouca	26	1	1322.4%	505.7%
34	S. Lopes Cabral Centre-back	Estrela	23	1	368.8%	5321.2%
35	MT Centre-back	Santa Clara	25	1	384.9%	527%