Top-Scoring defenders in Primeira Liga 26/27
The top-scoring defenders in Primeira Liga in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
A. Circati of Benfica is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Primeira Liga, with a Field Insider Rating of 80.4, and MT has been the form player this season, grading 45.9, and F. Calvo leads the scoring with 4 goals.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: A. Circati has improved his Season rating most, up +40.8 on last season, while Sergio Barcia's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +35.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, Francisco Moura of FC Porto is the most valuable name in this group at 36.4.
21 players · ranked by top scorersCustomise →
| Player | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | F. CalvoCentre-back |  Nacional | 34 | 4 | 3955.2% | 2318.2% |
| 2 | Francisco MouraFull-back |  FC Porto | 27 | 2 | 41±0% | 52±0% |
| 3 | A. CircatiCentre-back |  Benfica | 22 | 1 | 45±0% | 80±0% |
| 4 | Miguel NóbregaCentre-back |  Guimaraes | 26 | 1 | 11152.4% | 5474.2% |
| 5 | B. PopovićCentre-back |  Arouca | 26 | 1 | 13±0% | 50±0% |
| 6 | Sergio BarciaCentre-back |  SC Braga | 25 | 1 | 42±0% | 706.6% |
| 7 | Frederico VenâncioCentre-back |  Santa Clara | 33 | 1 | 311% | 2033.9% |
| 8 | MTCentre-back | Santa Clara | 25 | 1 | 46146.8% | 6533.7% |
| 9 | José FonteCentre-back |  Casa Pia | 42 | 1 | 1534.2% | 1029.9% |
| 10 | Kaique RochaCentre-back | Casa Pia | 25 | 1 | 584.4% | 4827.1% |
| 11 | EspigaresCentre-back |  GIL Vicente | 22 | 1 | 15±0% | 581.9% |
| 12 | José GomesFull-back | Nacional | 30 | 1 | 274.7% | 3819.5% |
| 13 | N. PérezFull-back | FC Porto | 26 | 1 | 12±0% | 50±0% |
| 14 | Léo SantosFull-back | Nacional | 27 | 1 | 32±0% | 52±0% |
| 15 | Paulo HenriqueFull-back |  Maritimo | 29 | 1 | 23±0% | 29±0% |
| 16 | M. AraújoFull-back |  Sporting CP | 26 | 1 | 32±0% | 61±0% |
| 17 | Rúben PereiraCentre-back |  Academico Viseu | 28 | 1 | 6±0% | 30±0% |
| 18 | José FontánCentre-back | Arouca | 26 | 1 | 27±0% | 58±0% |
| 19 | Zé VitorCentre-back | Nacional | 25 | 1 | 42±0% | 62±0% |
| 20 | F. van BreemenCentre-back |  Famalicao | 23 | 1 | 133.3% | 36±0% |
| 21 | KikoCentre-back |  Moreirense | 24 | 1 | 27±0% | 60±0% |