A hub-bearing assembly for a motor vehicle wheel, the assembly having an axis (x) of rotation and comprising: - a flanged hub rotatable about the axis (x), the hub having a flange integral with the hub and transverse to the axis (x), the flange having a plurality of angularly spaced axial bores for a corresponding plurality of bolts for fastening a disc brake rotor and a wheel to the flanged hub; - a stationary bearing ring arranged radially on the outside of the flanged hub,the ring forming a projecting tubular portion which extends in an axially outer direction and has a radially outer surface of axial cylindrical shape; - a disc brake rotor fixed to the flange of the hub, the rotor having a surface facing said cylindrical surface of the stationary bearing ring; - at least one sliding contact sealing device mounted between the projecting tubular portion of the stationary bearing ring and the flanged hub; wherein the assembly further comprises a disc-shaped sealing shield (50, 50') having: - a radially inner mounting portion (51, 51') of cylindrical shape, mounted with radial interference on the cylindrical surface of the stationary bearing ring, - a shaped wall (52, 52') extending substantially radially or transversally with respect to the axis (x) from an axially inner end of the mounting portion, and - a radially outer, peripheral sealing edge (54, 54') defining a labyrinth seal with the surface of the disc brake rotor, characterised in that - the disc brake rotor has a braking portion, a mounting flange mounted adjacent to the mounting flange of the hub, and an intermediate connecting portion joining the mounting flange to the braking portion, - the said surface, being the disc brake rotor surface which is closest to the stationary bearing ring, extends on the intermediate connecting portion defining a labyrinth seal with the sealing edge (54, 54'). - a flanged hub rotatable about the axis (x), the hub having a flange integral with the hub and transverse to the axis (x), the flange having a plurality of angularly spaced axial bores for a corresponding plurality of bolts for fastening a disc brake rotor and a wheel to the flanged hub; - a stationary bearing ring arranged radially on the outside of the flanged hub,the ring forming a projecting tubular portion which extends in an axially outer direction and has a radially outer surface of axial cylindrical shape; - a disc brake rotor fixed to the flange of the hub, the rotor having a surface facing said cylindrical surface of the stationary bearing ring; - at least one sliding contact sealing device mounted between the projecting tubular portion of the stationary bearing ring and the flanged hub; wherein the assembly further comprises a disc-shaped sealing shield (50, 50') having: - a radially inner mounting portion (51, 51') of cylindrical shape, mounted with radial interference on the cylindrical surface of the stationary bearing ring, - a shaped wall (52, 52') extending substantially radially or transversally with respect to the axis (x) from an axially inner end of the mounting portion, and - a radially outer, peripheral sealing edge (54, 54') defining a labyrinth seal with the surface of the disc brake rotor, characterised in that - the disc brake rotor has a braking portion, a mounting flange mounted adjacent to the mounting flange of the hub, and an intermediate connecting portion joining the mounting flange to the braking portion, - the said surface, being the disc brake rotor surface which is closest to the stationary bearing ring, extends on the intermediate connecting portion defining a labyrinth seal with the sealing edge (54, 54').