Most In-Form centre-backs This Season in Major League Soccer

The most in-form centre-backs in Major League Soccer, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

F. Surman of Portland Timbers is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in Major League Soccer, with a Field Insider Rating of 46.3, and J. Glesnes has been the form player this season, grading 55.7, and M. Laborda leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Haak has improved his Season rating most, up +32 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Laborda of Vancouver Whitecaps is the most valuable name in this group at 13.7.

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	Player	Team
1	J. Glesnes Centre-back	Philadelphia Union	32	5673%	2217.9%
2	O. Makhanya Centre-back	Philadelphia Union	22	46	45
3	M. Fofana Centre-back	New England Revolution	28	46126.4%	3430.1%
4	M. Laborda Centre-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	26	4486.9%	446%
5	J. Haak Centre-back	New York City FC	24	42323.2%	4617.6%
6	T. Ream Centre-back	Charlotte	38	41202.2%	1328.9%
7	B. Ceballos Centre-back	New England Revolution	25	401000%	4319.3%
8	C. McVey Centre-back	San Diego	29	397.4%	332.7%
9	E. Segura Centre-back	Los Angeles FC	29	38110.6%	310.6%
10	R. Veselinović Centre-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	27	3756.8%	3812.3%
11	T. Blackmon Centre-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	29	36115%	319.6%
12	Thiago Martins Centre-back	New York City FC	31	3590.1%	2617.6%
13	C. Harvey Centre-back	Minnesota United FC	26	34148.2%	403.7%
14	Y. Gómez Centre-back	Seattle Sounders	34	3325.7%	1527.8%
15	M. Robinson Centre-back	FC Cincinnati	29	327.4%	3213.3%
16	M. Boxall Centre-back	Minnesota United FC	37	3238.8%	1321.2%
17	N. Tafari Centre-back	Los Angeles FC	29	3159.1%	2823.1%
18	A. Long Centre-back	Los Angeles FC	33	3024.8%	1726.2%
19	O. Urhoghide Centre-back	FC Dallas	26	3026%	4028.8%
20	K. Rowles Centre-back	DC United	28	3018.9%	3512.2%
21	S. Rosted Centre-back	Toronto FC	32	2930.1%	216.6%
22	A. Privett Centre-back	Charlotte	26	2962.7%	4013.7%
23	J. Glad Centre-back	Real Salt Lake	29	2916%	3111.8%
24	K. Thompson Centre-back	Toronto FC	23	29235.3%	4310.5%
25	F. Surman Centre-back	Portland Timbers	22	287000%	4628.6%
26	J. Ragen Centre-back	Seattle Sounders	27	2826.8%	3717.1%
27	W. Zimmerman Centre-back	Nashville SC	33	2711.9%	1718.2%
28	S. Zawadzki Centre-back	Columbus Crew	26	277.5%	415.5%
29	S. Nealis Centre-back	New York Red Bulls	29	276.9%	2724.5%
30	N. Romero Centre-back	Minnesota United FC	22	2649.7%	4623.7%
31	M. Miazga Centre-back	FC Cincinnati	31	2672%	2311.2%
32	S. Moore Centre-back	FC Dallas	29	2634.9%	312.5%
33	J. Díaz Centre-back	Minnesota United FC	25	25139%	4210.4%
34	B. Hines-Ike Centre-back	Austin	31	2524.4%	2511.2%
35	J. Elliott Centre-back	Chicago Fire	30	2519.2%	299.1%
36	G. Flores Centre-back	FC Cincinnati	23	24	42
37	R. Jansson Centre-back	Orlando City SC	34	2428.6%	1627.4%
38	A. Maxsø Centre-back	Colorado Rapids	32	246.2%	2219%
39	J. Palacios Centre-back	Nashville SC	32	23	18
40	R. Priso Centre-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	24	23367.3%	4310.9%
41	E. Morales Centre-back	CF Montreal	22	222700%	4217.1%
42	M. Duah Centre-back	San Diego	21	22	43
43	B. Vera Centre-back	Real Salt Lake	27	2219%	3515.4%
44	C. Garcés Centre-back	Los Angeles Galaxy	24	2174%	393%
45	J. Waterman Centre-back	CF Montreal	30	2129.7%	2715.5%
46	L. Bartlett Centre-back	DC United	29	2136.6%	3017.2%
47	Y. Cheberko Centre-back	Columbus Crew	28	2124.8%	3118%
48	M. Falcón Centre-back	Inter Miami	29	21	28
49	P. Ortíz Centre-back	Houston Dynamo	26	21355.6%	356.4%
50	K. Long Centre-back	Toronto FC	35	2011.3%	154.5%