Top-Scoring defenders in Serie A 2026

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

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

At a glance

A. Giay of Palmeiras is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Serie A, with a Field Insider Rating of 70.7, and Nathan has been the form player this season, grading 62.3, and Luciano Juba leads the scoring with 10 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Nathan has improved his Season rating most, up +51.9 on last season, while Khellven's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +27.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Cuiabano of Vasco DA Gama is the most valuable name in this group at 38.1.

Palmeiras · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Nathan+51.9SsN

Vitoria · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Luciano Juba Centre-back	Bahia	27	10	3615.7%	663.6%
2	Igor Formiga Full-back	Mirassol	27	4	3667.1%	559.7%
3	Lucas Halter Centre-back	Vitoria	26	4	414.8%	651.7%
4	G. Gómez Centre-back	Palmeiras	33	4	5411.7%	3220.4%
5	Gustavo Henrique Centre-back	Corinthians	33	3	5584.9%	2920%
6	Ignacio Full-back	Fluminense	29	3	1737.1%	439.2%
7	David Duarte Centre-back	Bahia	31	3	3917.3%	364.6%
8	Juninho Capixaba Full-back	RB Bragantino	29	3	4865.9%	5016.8%
9	Vitor Hugo Centre-back	Atletico-MG	35	3	29±0%	1711.8%
10	Gustavo Martins Full-back	Gremio	24	3	33134.5%	675.4%
11	Marcelo Hermes Full-back	Juventude	31	2	1834.2%	3234.4%
12	D. Tarzia Full-back	Vitoria	23	2	25425%	6639.6%
13	Kauã Moraes Full-back	Cruzeiro	20	2	5±0%	6912.5%
14	Cuiabano Full-back	Vasco DA Gama	23	2	4036.9%	666.7%
15	Ramon Full-back	Internacional	25	2	4862.4%	7013.5%
16	Murilo Centre-back	Palmeiras	29	2	5594%	5119.1%
17	Léo Pereira Centre-back	Flamengo	30	2	611%	461.7%
18	J. Rodríguez Full-back	Vasco DA Gama	29	2	928.5%	433.4%
19	João Marcelo Centre-back	Cruzeiro	26	2	6±0%	558.3%
20	João Victor Centre-back	Mirassol	29	2	1661.6%	534.3%
21	Raniele Centre-back	Corinthians	29	2	6181.8%	468.5%
22	B. Aguirre Full-back	Internacional	26	2	1261.1%	547.2%
23	A. Giay Centre-back	Palmeiras	22	2	374.6%	71±0%
24	Wallace Full-back	Gremio	21	2	2	59
25	F. Torres Centre-back	Internacional	29	1	32226.3%	4221.2%
26	Cacá Centre-back	Vitoria	27	1	42109.5%	5814.2%
27	N. Ferraresi Centre-back	Botafogo	27	1	3021.6%	561.8%
28	Gabriel Paulista Centre-back	Corinthians	35	1	55423.8%	25134.3%
29	Lucas Oliveira Centre-back	Ceara	30	1	6±0%	3011.2%
30	Ramon Menezes Centre-back	Sport Recife	31	1	15198%	2350.1%
31	A. Barboza Full-back	Palmeiras	31	1	3324.7%	2626.4%
32	Guilherme Arana Full-back	Fluminense	29	1	1351.2%	411.9%
33	Willian Machado Centre-back	Mirassol	29	1	2345.7%	448.5%
34	Ruan Tressoldi Centre-back	Atletico-MG	27	1	3797.9%	5920.8%
35	Roman Gomez Full-back	Bahia	22	1	28±0%	6634.6%
36	Jemerson Centre-back	Gremio	34	1	1064.4%	1629.6%
37	Guilherme Lopes Full-back	RB Bragantino	24	1	936.8%	623.2%
38	W. Ángel Centre-back	Juventude	33	1	1537.8%	1927.5%
39	Rodrigo Sam Centre-back	Juventude	31	1	1871.4%	2821.1%
40	Igor Cariús Centre-back	Sport Recife	33	1	2735.4%	21±0%
41	Luan Peres Centre-back	Santos	32	1	271.9%	305.7%
42	Danilo Centre-back	Flamengo	35	1	25±0%	1326.8%
43	G. Varela Full-back	Flamengo	33	1	4252%	2829.8%
44	G. Mercado Centre-back	Internacional	39	1	28191.7%	1451.1%
45	W. Kannemann Centre-back	Gremio	35	1	20±0%	1142.9%
46	F. Angileri Centre-back	Corinthians	32	1	22±0%	2214.8%
47	L. Villalba Full-back	Cruzeiro	32	1	1280.1%	2625.9%
48	Sabino Centre-back	Sao Paulo	30	1	3316.5%	443.8%
49	Léo Ortiz Centre-back	Flamengo	30	1	48±0%	434.6%
50	Reinaldo Full-back	Mirassol	37	1	1168.4%	2513.1%