Top-Scoring U23 defenders from Brazil
The top-scoring U23 defenders from Brazil, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
Jonathan of Cruzeiro is the standout for raw talent across U23 defenders from Brazil, with a Field Insider Rating of 69.9, and David Ricardo has been the form player this season, grading 42.3, and Raphael leads the scoring with 2 goals.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: David Ricardo has improved his Season rating most, up +37.8 on last season, while Jonathan's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +9.9 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, Pedro Teixeira of Free Agents is the most valuable name in this group at 80.5.
13 players · ranked by top scorersCustomise →
| Player | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RaphaelFull-back |  Vancouver Whitecaps | 23 | 2 | 6 | 40 |
| 2 | Kauã MoraesFull-back |  Cruzeiro | 20 | 2 | 5±0% | 6912.5% |
| 3 | CuiabanoFull-back |  Vasco DA Gama | 23 | 2 | 4036.9% | 666.7% |
| 4 | WallaceFull-back |  Gremio | 21 | 2 | 2 | 59 |
| 5 | Robert RenanCentre-back |  Zenit | 23 | 1 | 1713.7% | 3740.1% |
| 6 | João PedroCentre-back |  Torino | 22 | 1 | 858.6% | 7011.7% |
| 7 | KaikiFull-back |  Como | 23 | 1 | 3749.1% | 801.7% |
| 8 | Guilherme Leal SiqueiraCentre-back | Sheffield Wednesday | 21 | 1 | 2 | 56 |
| 9 | Bruno RamosCentre-back |  Sporting CP B | 21 | 1 | 9 | 44 |
| 10 | Diego CaitoFull-back | Gremio | 22 | 1 | 6 | 60 |
| 11 | BeraldoFull-back |  Paris Saint Germain | 22 | 1 | 45±0% | 80±0% |
| 12 | Vinícius TobiasCentre-back |  Shakhtar Donetsk | 22 | 1 | 7±0% | 37±0% |
| 13 | VitãoCentre-back |  Atletico-MG | 18 | 1 | 10 | 66 |