Most Valuable defenders by Market Value in USL Championship

The most valuable 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

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	Player	Team
1	S. Suber Centre-back	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	25	5.5	27	31
2	G. Nigro Full-back	Las Vegas Lights	26	4.9	24	29
3	L. Biasi Full-back	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	27	4.8	23	26
4	S. Anderson Full-back	Hartford Athletic	23	4.7	23551.4%	3412.3%
5	F. Kleemann Centre-back	Sacramento Republic	27	4.4	227066.7%	2723.3%
6	F. Nodarse Centre-back	Rhode Island	25	4.4	22	30
7	Kieran Sargeant Full-back	Lexington	23	4.1	14	34
8	A. Cissoko Centre-back	FC Tulsa	26	4.1	2020200%	2914.1%
9	C. Smith Full-back	Phoenix Rising	22	4	113400%	355.2%
10	J. Akpunonu Centre-back	Charleston Battery	24	3.9	13	3214.8%
11	K. Tingey Centre-back	Loudoun United	25	3.9	10	32
12	O. Damm Full-back	FC Tulsa	22	3.9	20	34
13	A. Villanueva Full-back	Detroit City	24	3.9	17	3212.2%
14	E. Gärtig Centre-back	Las Vegas Lights	23	3.9	19	31
15	D. Pierre Full-back	FC Tulsa	25	3.8	10	31
16	M. Lyons Full-back	Monterey Bay	23	3.7	4	30
17	M. Traore Centre-back	Phoenix Rising	23	3.7	62650%	3018.3%
18	B. Romero Centre-back	El Paso Locomotive	23	3.6	2	30
19	Grayson Doody Centre-back	Orange County SC	24	3.6	5	30
20	X. Zengue Full-back	Lexington	25	3.6	4	29
21	B. Ofeimu Centre-back	Indy Eleven	25	3.6	6	29
22	K. Yao Centre-back	Rhode Island	25	3.6	18	3014.2%
23	S. Smart Centre-back	Las Vegas Lights	22	3.6	14	31
24	H. Endeley Centre-back	Colorado Springs	24	3.5	2950%	2917.4%
25	S. Suárez Centre-back	Birmingham Legion	21	3.5	6	32
26	Finn McRobb Centre-back	Indy Eleven	24	3.5	4	29
27	J. Lindsey Centre-back	New Mexico United	26	3.5	16222.4%	2820.7%
28	N. Gordon Centre-back	Monterey Bay	24	3.5	561.8%	2952.2%
29	R. Ydrach Centre-back	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	25	3.5	12	29
30	H. Yamazaki Full-back	Detroit City	25	3.5	5	29
31	J. Bravo Full-back	Oakland Roots	25	3.5	13	28
32	K. Burks Centre-back	Lexington	26	3.5	14151.9%	2818.7%
33	P. Boye Centre-back	Phoenix Rising	22	3.5	4	30
34	A. Miles Full-back	Orange County SC	21	3.5	3	31
35	T. Presthus Centre-back	Hartford Athletic	23	3.5	3	29
36	A. Essengue Centre-back	Phoenix Rising	23	3.4	0	28
37	I. Foster Centre-back	Colorado Springs	22	3.4	5	2921.9%
38	J. Skinner Centre-back	Tampa Bay Rowdies	23	3.4	32600%	2817.7%
39	J. O'Brien Centre-back	Indy Eleven	23	3.4	0100%	282.8%
40	E. Samadia Centre-back	Hartford Athletic	25	3.4	5	28
41	T. Maples Centre-back	New Mexico United	27	3.4	15	28
42	E. Centeno Centre-back	Birmingham Legion	24	3.4	1	28
43	C. Gloster Centre-back	New Mexico United	26	3.4	836.7%	2833.1%
44	J. Greene Centre-back	Lexington	23	3.4	4	28
45	Joel Garcia Centre-back	Monterey Bay	24	3.4	2	28
46	R. Hope-Gund Centre-back	Rhode Island	26	3.3	14	27
47	L. Blackstock Full-back	Charleston Battery	26	3.3	10	27
48	B. Rendón Centre-back	Indy Eleven	26	3.3	9	27
49	Maliek Howell Centre-back	Las Vegas Lights	27	3.3	16	23
50	R. Djédjé Centre-back	Sacramento Republic	25	3.3	087%	2743.7%