Best full-backs in USL Championship

The highest-potential full-backs in USL Championship, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

C. Smith of Phoenix Rising is the standout for raw talent across full-backs in USL Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 34.5, and S. Totsch has been the form player this season, grading 27.5, and A. Crognale leads the scoring with 2 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, G. Nigro of Las Vegas Lights is the most valuable name in this group at 4.9.

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