Most Improved defenders This Season in USL Championship

The most improved defenders in USL Championship, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

C. Smith of Phoenix Rising is the standout for raw talent across defenders in USL Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 34.5, 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: S. Anderson has improved his Season rating most, up +19.3 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

S. Anderson+19.3SsN

Hartford Athletic · 24/25→25/26

Pittsburgh Riverhounds

14 players · ranked by most improvedCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	S. Anderson Full-back	Hartford Athletic	23	+19.3 24/25→25/26	23551.4%	3412.3%
2	J. Lindsey Centre-back	New Mexico United	26	+10.9 24/25→25/26	16222.4%	2820.7%
3	R. Doghman Full-back	Orange County SC	29	+9.9 22/23→25/26	11825%	2135.7%
4	K. Burks Centre-back	Lexington	26	+8.2 23/24→25/26	14151.9%	2818.7%
5	A. Mabika Centre-back	Rhode Island	27	+6.2 24/25→25/26	10151.2%	2429.8%
6	V. Latinovich Centre-back	Orange County SC	28	+4 24/25→25/26	6222.2%	2211.5%
7	M. Real Full-back	Colorado Springs	27	+2.4 23/24→25/26	1128.9%	2437.3%
8	C. Gloster Centre-back	New Mexico United	26	+2.2 22/23→25/26	836.7%	2833.1%
9	L. Wyke Centre-back	Tampa Bay Rowdies	29	+0.5 20/21→25/26	68.5%	2046.4%
10	R. Castellanos Centre-back	Tampa Bay Rowdies	28	-1.4 24/25→25/26	426.4%	2232.5%
11	G. Smith Centre-back	Charleston Battery	30	-6.3 20/21→25/26	554.3%	1657.3%
12	N. Gordon Centre-back	Monterey Bay	24	-7.6 21/22→25/26	561.8%	2952.2%
13	T. Brewitt Centre-back	Orange County SC	29	-10.9 23/24→25/26	569.4%	1831.9%
14	F. Lasso Centre-back	Tampa Bay Rowdies	33	-16 22/23→25/26	193%	862.5%