#8Gabriel Magalhães
ArsenalBrazil28 years old190
6
Tackles
#222 DEF
6
Interceptions
7.0
Rating
#13 DEF
5
Appearances
450 mins
0
Goals
#30 DEF
TackleZone Defender Score
61.4
✅ Good
Rank #8 of 304 defenders
Ranks in top 3% of all defenders in Europe's top 5 leagues (304 players, 900+ mins, rating ≥ 6.8).
📊 Season Performance
📅 Career History
| Season | Club · League | Apps | Goals | Ast | Rtg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26/27 | Brazil · World Cup - Qualification South America | 14 | 1 | 0 | 7.3 |
| 25/26 | Arsenal · Premier League | 32 | 3 | 4 | 7.4 |
| 24/25 | Arsenal · Premier League | 28 | 3 | 1 | 7.2 |
| 23/24 | Arsenal · Premier League | 36 | 4 | 0 | 7.2 |
| 22/23 | Arsenal · Premier League | 38 | 3 | 0 | 7.0 |
| 21/22 | Arsenal · Premier League | 35 | 5 | 0 | 7.0 |
| 20/21 | Arsenal · Premier League | 23 | 2 | 0 | 7.0 |
| 19/20 | Lille · Ligue 1 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 7.0 |
| 18/19 | Lille · Ligue 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 7.2 |
| 17/18 | Estac Troyes · Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 |
Magalhães's 2026/27 season, read from the numbers
In 2026/27, Gabriel Magalhães was used in rotation for Arsenal in the Premier League: 5 appearances and 450 minutes, averaging 90 minutes per outing. His standout number is match rating — 13th of 905 defenders and inside the top 1%.
Per 90 minutes that is 1.2 tackles per 90, 1.2 interceptions per 90 and 51% of his duels won — the rate profile behind Magalhães's totals. Magalhães played 277 passes at 89% accuracy — 55.4 per 90, which is the volume that decides whether a side builds through him or around him.
The profile is lopsided rather than complete: measured against defenders, Magalhães sits in the top 2% for assists but only the top 37% for chance creation. Set against Magalhães's own record, 2026/27 reads differently: he is playing far less than he once did — 2466 minutes against 3411 at his peak; his average match rating has slipped from 7.36 to 7.16 since 2025/26.
Our records cover 11 seasons of Magalhães's career, 2016/17 to 2026/27, across 5 clubs — Lille, Avai, Dinamo Zagreb, Estac Troyes and others. In that time he has played 376 matches across 16 competitions, 32,022 minutes in all. His best season on our records was 2025/26, when he averaged 7.28 across 51 appearances.
Magalhães has 51 appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League on our records, and the gap is real: he is roughly 1.6 times more productive domestically, 0.10 per 90 domestically against 0.06 in Europe. Away from his club, Magalhães has 23 appearances for Brazil on our records — across Copa America, World Cup and World Cup - Qualification South America.
Magalhães has won 8 senior honours on our records: Community Shield (2 times), MLS All-Star (2 times) and HNL (2 times), and 1 other competition. He has also finished runner-up 8 times, the closest a second-place finish in the Premier League. On our positional score Magalhães rates 61 out of 100, 8th of 304 qualified players — inside the top 3%. Relative to what each component is worth, his strongest is interceptions.
How these scores are built, and the minutes and rating floors a player must clear to appear on our boards, are set out in our methodology.