Centre-backs with the Best Potential in Major League Soccer

The highest-potential centre-backs in Major League Soccer, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

F. Surman of Portland Timbers is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in Major League Soccer, with a Field Insider Rating of 46.3, and J. Glesnes has been the form player this season, grading 55.7, and M. Laborda leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Haak has improved his Season rating most, up +32 on last season. 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	F. Surman Centre-back	Portland Timbers	22	287000%	4628.6%
2	J. Haak Centre-back	New York City FC	24	42323.2%	4617.6%
3	N. Romero Centre-back	Minnesota United FC	22	2649.7%	4623.7%
4	O. Makhanya Centre-back	Philadelphia Union	22	46	45
5	M. Laborda Centre-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	26	4486.9%	446%
6	M. Duah Centre-back	San Diego	21	22	43
7	O. Verhoeven Centre-back	San Diego	20	15565.2%	4314%
8	B. Ceballos Centre-back	New England Revolution	25	401000%	4319.3%
9	K. Thompson Centre-back	Toronto FC	23	29235.3%	4310.5%
10	N. Allen Centre-back	Inter Miami	22	20106.1%	433.3%
11	R. Priso Centre-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	24	23367.3%	4310.9%
12	E. Morales Centre-back	CF Montreal	22	222700%	4217.1%
13	J. Díaz Centre-back	Minnesota United FC	25	25139%	4210.4%
14	G. Flores Centre-back	FC Cincinnati	23	24	42
15	S. Zawadzki Centre-back	Columbus Crew	26	277.5%	415.5%
16	T. Avilés Centre-back	Inter Miami	22	1440.6%	4113.9%
17	B. Craig Centre-back	CF Montreal	22	10	416.3%
18	Jansen Miller Centre-back	Sporting Kansas City	24	19	41
19	M. Duggan Centre-back	Minnesota United FC	25	175433.3%	4018.2%
20	O. Urhoghide Centre-back	FC Dallas	26	3026%	4028.8%
21	A. Privett Centre-back	Charlotte	26	2962.7%	4013.7%
22	C. Harvey Centre-back	Minnesota United FC	26	34148.2%	403.7%
23	N. Cobb Centre-back	Atlanta United FC	21	1154.3%	403.7%
24	J. Neal Centre-back	CF Montreal	22	157.1%	403.9%
25	J. Maher Centre-back	Nashville SC	26	1929.7%	405.5%
26	G. Luján Centre-back	Inter Miami	25	1552.1%	3923.6%
27	L. Stefanovic Centre-back	Toronto FC	19	61160%	3911.8%
28	C. Garcés Centre-back	Los Angeles Galaxy	24	2174%	393%
29	R. Veselinović Centre-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	27	3756.8%	3812.3%
30	Obafemi Awodesu Centre-back	Houston Dynamo	25	18	38
31	R. Voloder Centre-back	Sporting Kansas City	25	1722.2%	387.6%
32	J. Ragen Centre-back	Seattle Sounders	27	2826.8%	3717.1%
33	D. Munie Centre-back	San Jose Earthquakes	26	17189.5%	371.9%
34	P. Ortíz Centre-back	Houston Dynamo	26	21355.6%	356.4%
35	Belal Halbouni Centre-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	26	136350%	352.7%
36	B. Vera Centre-back	Real Salt Lake	27	2219%	3515.4%
37	K. Rowles Centre-back	DC United	28	3018.9%	3512.2%
38	M. Fofana Centre-back	New England Revolution	28	46126.4%	3430.1%
39	I. Murphy Centre-back	Colorado Rapids	26	962.7%	3324.5%
40	C. McVey Centre-back	San Diego	29	397.4%	332.7%
41	P. Quinton Centre-back	Real Salt Lake	26	811%	3315.2%
42	M. Robinson Centre-back	FC Cincinnati	29	327.4%	3213.3%
43	R. Porteous Centre-back	Los Angeles FC	27	1537.7%	3250.9%
44	Y. Cheberko Centre-back	Columbus Crew	28	2124.8%	3118%
45	J. Glad Centre-back	Real Salt Lake	29	2916%	3111.8%
46	S. Moore Centre-back	FC Dallas	29	2634.9%	312.5%
47	E. Segura Centre-back	Los Angeles FC	29	38110.6%	310.6%
48	T. Blackmon Centre-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	29	36115%	319.6%
49	L. Bartlett Centre-back	DC United	29	2136.6%	3017.2%
50	J. Elliott Centre-back	Chicago Fire	30	2519.2%	299.1%