Defenders with the Most Assists in USL Championship

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

Most creative midfielders in USL Championship Most creative attackers in USL Championship Best defenders in USL Championship Most in-form defenders in USL Championship Top-scoring defenders in USL Championship Most valuable defenders in USL Championship

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	G. Nigro Full-back	Las Vegas Lights	26	4	24	29
2	G. Robinson Full-back	Monterey Bay	27	3	5	24
3	S. Anderson Full-back	Hartford Athletic	24	3	23551.4%	3412.3%
4	H. St Clair Full-back	FC Tulsa	27	3	165266.7%	2746.6%
5	Kieran Sargeant Full-back	Lexington	23	3	14	34
6	J. Timmer Full-back	Sacramento Republic	29	2	18	21
7	M. Lyons Full-back	Monterey Bay	23	2	4	30
8	A. Rogers Full-back	FC Tulsa	29	2	16	21
9	C. Smith Full-back	Phoenix Rising	22	2	113400%	355.2%
10	R. Doghman Full-back	Orange County SC	29	2	11825%	2135.7%
11	L. Biasi Full-back	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	27	2	23	26
12	H. Yamazaki Full-back	Detroit City	25	1	5	29
13	X. Zengue Full-back	Lexington	25	1	4	29
14	L. Blackstock Full-back	Charleston Battery	26	1	10	27
15	J. Bravo Full-back	Oakland Roots	25	1	13	28
16	O. Damm Full-back	FC Tulsa	22	1	20	34
17	G. Stoneman Full-back	Rhode Island	30	1	13	16
18	A. Villanueva Full-back	Detroit City	24	1	17	3212.2%
19	S. Wiedt Full-back	Detroit City	31	1	15	15
20	J. Hafferty Full-back	Lexington	28	1	17	23
21	D. Pierre Full-back	FC Tulsa	25	1	10	31
22	W. Seymore Full-back	New Mexico United	34	1	15	8
23	S. Totsch Full-back	Louisville City	34	1	28	10
24	K. Awuah Full-back	Loudoun United	30	1	12	18
25	M. Taintor Full-back	San Antonio	31	1	10	15
26	J. Musa Full-back	Indy Eleven	34	1	1198.2%	961.6%
27	J. Farrell Full-back	Hartford Athletic	32	1	13	13
28	L. Archer Full-back	Charleston Battery	30	1	6	16
29	A. Crognale Full-back	San Antonio	31	1	13	16
30	A. Mitrano Full-back	Miami FC	28	1	8	22
31	R. Buckmaster Full-back	San Antonio	30	1	11	16
32	M. Real Full-back	Colorado Springs	27	1	1128.9%	2437.3%
33	L. Batista Full-back	FC Tulsa	28	1	15	22
34	Finn Sundstrom Full-back	North Carolina	19	1	14	34
35	A. Miles Full-back	Orange County SC	21	1	3	31
36	S. Carroll Full-back	Detroit City	32	1	9	12
37	Y. Leerman Full-back	Loudoun United	28	1	6	22