Top-Scoring defensive midfielders in Serie A 2026
The top-scoring defensive midfielders in Serie A in 2026, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
T. Pérez of Atletico-MG is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Serie A, with a Field Insider Rating of 65.5, and S. Sosa has been the form player this season, grading 51, and E. Pulgar leads the scoring with 2 goals.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Vitinho has improved his Season rating most, up +27.1 on last season, while T. Pérez's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +16.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, Vitinho of Botafogo is the most valuable name in this group at 35.8.
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| Player | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | E. PulgarDefensive midfielder |  Flamengo | 32 | 2 | 47190.1% | 3017.3% |
| 2 | Gabriel MeninoDefensive midfielder |  Santos | 26 | 1 | 14±0% | 5810.9% |
| 3 | Zé VitorDefensive midfielder |  Vitoria | 26 | 1 | 276650% | 5616.9% |
| 4 | HuguinhoDefensive midfielder |  Botafogo | 19 | 1 | 21±0% | 6548.1% |
| 5 | Lucas SashaDefensive midfielder |  Fortaleza EC | 36 | 1 | 41147% | 2345.6% |
| 6 | VitinhoDefensive midfielder | Botafogo | 27 | 1 | 4321.6% | 591.3% |
| 7 | RonaldoDefensive midfielder |  Internacional | 30 | 1 | 9±0% | 351.7% |
| 8 | Willian ArãoDefensive midfielder | Santos | 34 | 1 | 29334.3% | 1836.6% |
| 9 | NonatoDefensive midfielder |  Fluminense | 28 | 1 | 19±0% | 472.9% |