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Most Valuable defensive midfielders by Market Value in USL Championship 2026

The most valuable defensive midfielders in USL Championship in 2026, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

A. Watts of Loudoun United is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in USL Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 35.9, and H. Landry has been the form player this season, grading 26.5.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: S. Djeffal has improved his Season rating most, up +17.4 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, H. Landry of Charleston Battery is the most valuable name in this group at 7.6.

Best talent
A. Watts35.9RTG
Loudoun United
In form
H. Landry26.5SsN
Charleston Battery
Rising potential
A. Watts-1.2RTG
Loudoun United · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
S. Djeffal+17.4SsN
New Mexico United · 23/24→25/26
Top scorer
H. Landry3goals
Charleston Battery
Most valuable
H. Landry7.6val
Charleston Battery
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PlayerTeam
1H. LandryDefensive midfielderCharleston Battery257.62734
2B. DialloDefensive midfielderFC Tulsa236.11732
3S. DjeffalDefensive midfielderNew Mexico United275.919915.8%2723.6%
4A. RebollarDefensive midfielderMonterey Bay275.82229
5A. WattsDefensive midfielderLoudoun United265.71842.9%363.2%
6D. GómezDefensive midfielderPhoenix Rising234.7095.7%3914.4%
7T. WolffDefensive midfielderSacramento Republic234.5317.9%372.6%
8J. WaltiDefensive midfielderPittsburgh Riverhounds263.91129
9Alfredo Midence AlvaradoDefensive midfielderLexington243.8529
10L. JamiesonDefensive midfielderSacramento Republic243.7420%2929%
11A. ElmasnaouyDefensive midfielderOakland Roots213.6932
12A. Shapiro-ThompsonDefensive midfielderRhode Island263.5626
13Pierce GallawayDefensive midfielderMonterey Bay253.4327
14I. CanoDefensive midfielderLouisville City223.3028
15T. PondecaDefensive midfielderNew Mexico United253.32433.3%2821.1%
16J. SingerDefensive midfielderLas Vegas Lights263.2425
17E. CaceresDefensive midfielderLexington253.2126
18S. AntwiDefensive midfielderBirmingham Legion273.1128
19Logan NeidlingerDefensive midfielderIndy Eleven213.1229
20D. ErofeevDefensive midfielderSan Antonio203129
21D. MendozaDefensive midfielderSan Antonio203029
22A. MolloyDefensive midfielderLexington292.82423
23Pierce RizzoDefensive midfielderPhoenix Rising192.8029
24S. ShashouaDefensive midfielderBirmingham Legion272.512036.9%
25D. CrisostomoDefensive midfielderSacramento Republic292.418790%2228.8%
26C. AllanDefensive midfielderCharleston Battery282.11126
27K. ScottDefensive midfielderLas Vegas Lights281.84230.8%2038%
28M. KayeDefensive midfielderSacramento Republic311.71723.2%1824.4%
29K. PartidaDefensive midfielderOrange County SC311.51214
30L. FernandesDefensive midfielderLexington301.48138.2%1946%
31R. RuizDefensive midfielderEl Paso Locomotive301.4919
32R. SommersallDefensive midfielderNorth Carolina291.2618
33S. SaucedoDefensive midfielderBirmingham Legion291096.4%1560.5%
34N. RossDefensive midfielderSacramento Republic350.6138
35D. KingDefensive midfielderPhoenix Rising360.204