Full-backs with the Best Potential in Major League Soccer 2026

The highest-potential full-backs in Major League Soccer in 2026, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

É. Ocampo of Vancouver Whitecaps is the standout for raw talent across full-backs in Major League Soccer, with a Field Insider Rating of 49.6, and A. Markanich leads the scoring with 8 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Laborda has improved his Season rating most, up +27.5 on last season, while E. Morales's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +6.9 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, É. Ocampo of Vancouver Whitecaps is the most valuable name in this group at 14.6.

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	Player	Team
1	É. Ocampo Full-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	23	5445.8%	508.1%
2	F. Westfield Full-back	Philadelphia Union	20	2713.3%	485.7%
3	E. Báez Full-back	Atlanta United FC	22	1676.6%	4816.7%
4	N. Harriel Full-back	Philadelphia Union	25	3723.2%	457.5%
5	M. Laborda Full-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	27	5137%	4515.5%
6	K. Franklin Full-back	Toronto FC	23	19119.3%	4416.8%
7	R. Baker-Whiting Full-back	Nashville SC	21	21165.8%	448.9%
8	J. Fory Full-back	Portland Timbers	24	2710.3%	445%
9	E. Morales Full-back	CF Montreal	22	23100.9%	4311.1%
10	K. Thompson Full-back	Colorado Rapids	23	3151%	43±0%
11	J. Marshall-Rutty Full-back	New York Red Bulls	22	1350.2%	43±0%
12	I. Fray Full-back	Inter Miami	24	1811.7%	434.2%
13	B. Kamungo Full-back	FC Dallas	24	1336.2%	435.7%
14	Harbor Miller Full-back	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	18311.6%	426.3%
15	J. Travis Full-back	Colorado Rapids	22	18293.3%	4211.1%
16	P. Dithejane Full-back	Chicago Fire	22	479.1%	4172.1%
17	Iago Full-back	Orlando City SC	21	10227.6%	4133.2%
18	T. Totland Full-back	St. Louis City	27	1521.4%	4141.6%
19	Leonardo Barroso Full-back	Chicago Fire	21	1875.7%	414.3%
20	A. Markanich Full-back	Minnesota United FC	26	329.7%	411.5%
21	L. Petrasso Full-back	CF Montreal	26	1927.8%	411.9%
22	A. Chirila Full-back	FC Cincinnati	17	6	41
23	O. Urhoghide Full-back	FC Dallas	26	255.7%	415.2%
24	I. Feingold Full-back	New England Revolution	22	1254.5%	4114.7%
25	Matthew Edwards Full-back	Atlanta United FC	23	714.1%	390.5%
26	B. Kikanovic Full-back	San Jose Earthquakes	26	24	3927.6%
27	C. Garcés Full-back	Los Angeles Galaxy	25	194.5%	394.9%
28	Will Cleary Full-back	Charlotte	23	5	39
29	Guilherme Biro Full-back	Austin	26	2134%	387.8%
30	J. Reynolds Full-back	Sporting Kansas City	22	82600%	371.6%
31	M. Farsi Full-back	Columbus Crew	26	858.5%	371.1%
32	N. Allen Full-back	Chicago Fire	22	098.5%	3519%
33	S. Hefti Full-back	DC United	29	38101.1%	3531.1%
34	Kieran Sargeant Full-back	San Diego	23	14±0%	342.4%
35	D. Padelford Full-back	New York Red Bulls	23	190.8%	344.5%
36	H. Johansson Full-back	FC Dallas	29	1468.7%	3419.6%
37	D. Schnegg Full-back	Charlotte	28	1259.1%	33±0%
38	K. Kurokawa Full-back	DC United	29	315.4%	3312.4%
39	Ž. Kolmanič Full-back	Austin	26	541.2%	329.2%
40	S. Moore Full-back	FC Dallas	29	262.4%	322.3%
41	M. Lyons Full-back	Charlotte	24	4	31
42	D. Þórhallsson Full-back	San Diego	26	282.1%	3112.5%
43	A. Gutman Full-back	Chicago Fire	30	2313%	290.7%
44	Z. Bassong Full-back	Sporting Kansas City	27	939.3%	297.1%
45	K. Duncan Full-back	Minnesota United FC	29	2015.6%	284.8%
46	B. Bye Full-back	Portland Timbers	30	1130.6%	2729%
47	Adrián Marín Full-back	Orlando City SC	29	14245%	2722.7%
48	J. Glad Full-back	Real Salt Lake	29	970.1%	2517%
49	J. Bell Full-back	Austin	29	141.4%	25±0%
50	J. Gallagher Full-back	Austin	30	1527.2%	254.2%