Centre-backs with the Best Potential in USL Championship

The highest-potential centre-backs in USL Championship, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

K. Tingey of Loudoun United is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in USL Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 32.1, and K. Adams has been the form player this season, grading 27.8, and T. Maples leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Lindsey has improved his Season rating most, up +10.9 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, S. Suber of Pittsburgh Riverhounds is the most valuable name in this group at 5.5.

Orange County SC · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

J. Lindsey+10.9SsN

New Mexico United · 24/25→25/26

Pittsburgh Riverhounds

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	Player	Team
1	K. Tingey Centre-back	Loudoun United	25	10	32
2	Ramiz Hamouda Centre-back	Birmingham Legion	18	5	32
3	S. Suárez Centre-back	Birmingham Legion	21	6	32
4	J. Akpunonu Centre-back	Charleston Battery	24	13	3214.8%
5	E. Gärtig Centre-back	Las Vegas Lights	23	19	31
6	S. Suber Centre-back	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	25	27	31
7	S. Smart Centre-back	Las Vegas Lights	22	14	31
8	F. Nodarse Centre-back	Rhode Island	25	22	30
9	K. Yao Centre-back	Rhode Island	25	18	3014.2%
10	A. Cissoko Centre-back	FC Tulsa	26	2020200%	2914.1%
11	B. Ofeimu Centre-back	Indy Eleven	25	6	29
12	R. Ydrach Centre-back	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	25	12	29
13	N. Gordon Centre-back	Monterey Bay	24	561.8%	2952.2%
14	J. Lindsey Centre-back	New Mexico United	26	16222.4%	2820.7%
15	K. Burks Centre-back	Lexington	26	14151.9%	2818.7%
16	Joel Garcia Centre-back	Monterey Bay	24	2	28
17	T. Maples Centre-back	New Mexico United	27	15	28
18	C. Gloster Centre-back	New Mexico United	26	836.7%	2833.1%
19	B. Rendón Centre-back	Indy Eleven	26	9	27
20	R. Hope-Gund Centre-back	Rhode Island	26	14	27
21	F. Kleemann Centre-back	Sacramento Republic	27	227066.7%	2723.3%
22	Guillaume Vacter Centre-back	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	26	16	27
23	N. Dossantos Centre-back	Charleston Battery	27	14	26
24	B. Washington Centre-back	North Carolina	27	9	25
25	M. Mensah Centre-back	Birmingham Legion	27	5	24
26	Álvaro Quezada Centre-back	El Paso Locomotive	27	11	24
27	J. Erlandson Centre-back	Loudoun United	27	4	24
28	A. Mabika Centre-back	Rhode Island	27	10151.2%	2429.8%
29	Maliek Howell Centre-back	Las Vegas Lights	27	16	23
30	J. Ricketts Centre-back	Miami FC	28	11	23
31	R. Castellanos Centre-back	Tampa Bay Rowdies	28	426.4%	2232.5%
32	P. Hogan Centre-back	Indy Eleven	28	7	22
33	V. Latinovich Centre-back	Orange County SC	28	6222.2%	2211.5%
34	D. Knutson Centre-back	Miami FC	29	15	21
35	K. Adams Centre-back	Louisville City	29	28	21
36	W. Ackwei Centre-back	El Paso Locomotive	29	8	21
37	Arturo Osuna Centre-back	Louisville City	29	23	20
38	L. Wyke Centre-back	Tampa Bay Rowdies	29	68.5%	2046.4%
39	Jake Rufe Centre-back	Birmingham Legion	30	7	18
40	T. Brewitt Centre-back	Orange County SC	29	569.4%	1831.9%
41	N. Hackshaw Centre-back	Oakland Roots	30	14	18
42	D. Amoo-Mensah Centre-back	Detroit City	30	16	17
43	M. Bryant Centre-back	Detroit City	31	20	16
44	M. Mahoney Centre-back	Colorado Springs	31	14	16
45	G. Diaz Centre-back	El Paso Locomotive	30	7	16
46	J. Scarlett Centre-back	Hartford Athletic	31	17	16
47	A. Ward Centre-back	Colorado Springs	30	10	16
48	G. Smith Centre-back	Charleston Battery	30	554.3%	1657.3%
49	Y. Boudadi Centre-back	Las Vegas Lights	30	17	16
50	L. Desmond Centre-back	Sacramento Republic	31	19	15