Top-Scoring defenders in Major League Soccer

The top-scoring defenders in Major League Soccer, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

L. Bombino of San Diego is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Major League Soccer, with a Field Insider Rating of 49.1, and J. Glesnes has been the form player this season, grading 55.7, and A. Markanich leads the scoring with 10 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Desler has improved his Season rating most, up +31.1 on last season, while P. Miller's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +7.1 over the same span. 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	A. Markanich Centre-back	Minnesota United FC	26	10	35425.4%	413.6%
2	M. Laborda Centre-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	26	6	3758.1%	421.9%
3	A. Freeman Full-back	Orlando City SC	21	6	23	4727.8%
4	Jordi Alba Full-back	Inter Miami	37	6	1926.3%	1418%
5	M. Herrera Full-back	Columbus Crew	27	5	1548%	3427.9%
6	Felipe Andrade Centre-back	Houston Dynamo	24	4	28475.5%	4127%
7	J. Elliott Full-back	Chicago Fire	30	4	2519.2%	299.1%
8	N. Triantis Full-back	Minnesota United FC	23	3	781.7%	4125%
9	K. Kossa-Rienzi Full-back	Seattle Sounders	24	3	199300%	4324.3%
10	I. Feingold Full-back	New England Revolution	21	3	26	48
11	J. Bauer Full-back	Nashville SC	28	3	1144.9%	2919.6%
12	Guilherme Biro Centre-back	Austin	26	3	3229.4%	417.7%
13	D. Þórhallsson Full-back	Orlando City SC	26	3	1162.2%	3520.9%
14	A. Gutman Full-back	Chicago Fire	29	3	27289.9%	3315.2%
15	B. Hlongwane Full-back	Minnesota United FC	26	3	3021.9%	418.7%
16	S. Moore Centre-back	FC Dallas	29	3	2634.9%	312.5%
17	S. Adekugbe Centre-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	31	2	367.1%	1636.2%
18	M. Cuevas Full-back	Los Angeles Galaxy	23	2	510.2%	39±0%
19	P. Miller Full-back	New England Revolution	18	2	26304.7%	4615.2%
20	N. Harriel Centre-back	Philadelphia Union	25	2	4854%	423%
21	M. Yoshida Centre-back	Los Angeles Galaxy	37	2	1645.2%	1140.4%
22	É. Ocampo Full-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	22	2	373610%	4729%
23	T. Blackmon Centre-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	29	2	2970.7%	2916%
24	K. Miller Centre-back	Portland Timbers	29	2	171.2%	2818.3%
25	J. Ragen Centre-back	Seattle Sounders	27	2	2438.7%	3520.7%
26	D. Munie Centre-back	San Jose Earthquakes	26	2	17189.5%	371.9%
27	K. Rosenberry Full-back	Colorado Rapids	32	2	1142.7%	1543.8%
28	J. Palacios Centre-back	Nashville SC	32	2	23	18
29	D. Lovitz Full-back	Nashville SC	34	2	3329.7%	1711.5%
30	A. Najar Full-back	Nashville SC	33	2	3380.9%	196%
31	O. Urhoghide Centre-back	FC Dallas	26	2	2611.9%	3930.8%
32	F. Escobar Full-back	Houston Dynamo	31	2	2911.6%	2124.6%
33	G. Dorsey Full-back	Houston Dynamo	27	2	328.5%	3713.2%
34	J. Gallagher Centre-back	Austin	30	2	218.8%	2622.5%
35	K. Wagner Full-back	Philadelphia Union	29	2	5874.3%	3315.7%
36	C. Harvey Full-back	Minnesota United FC	26	2	2689.8%	381%
37	R. Hollingshead Full-back	Los Angeles FC	35	2	3417%	167.2%
38	T. Avilés Centre-back	Inter Miami	22	2	1343.6%	4114.3%
39	Raphael Full-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	22	2	3	39
40	C. McVey Centre-back	San Diego	29	2	397.4%	332.7%
41	L. Petrasso Full-back	CF Montreal	26	2	15	4222.9%
42	A. Katránis Full-back	Real Salt Lake	28	1	1250.2%	3119.5%
43	A. Maxsø Centre-back	Colorado Rapids	32	1	246.2%	2220.4%
44	I. Pilcher Full-back	San Diego	23	1	16	41
45	P. Ortíz Centre-back	Houston Dynamo	26	1	18302.2%	348.6%
46	C. Antley Full-back	DC United	31	1	12157.8%	1913.8%
47	B. Lennon Full-back	Atlanta United FC	28	1	858.8%	3027.1%
48	M. Yamane Full-back	Los Angeles Galaxy	32	1	1936.8%	1931.9%
49	Leonardo Barroso Full-back	Chicago Fire	21	1	10	40
50	R. Jansson Centre-back	Orlando City SC	34	1	2428.6%	1627.4%