Full-backs with the Best Potential in USL Championship 2026

The highest-potential full-backs in USL Championship in 2026, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Kieran Sargeant of Lexington is the standout for raw talent across full-backs in USL Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 34.4, and S. Totsch has been the form player this season, grading 27.5, and R. Doghman 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, S. Anderson of Hartford Athletic is the most valuable name in this group at 7.4.

Best talent

Kieran Sargeant34.4RTG

Hartford Athletic · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

S. Anderson+19.3SsN

Hartford Athletic · 24/25→25/26

34 players · ranked by best potentialCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	Kieran Sargeant Full-back	Lexington	23	14±0%	342.4%
2	C. Smith Full-back	Phoenix Rising	22	113400%	345.8%
3	Finn Sundstrom Full-back	North Carolina	19	14	34
4	S. Anderson Full-back	Hartford Athletic	24	23551.4%	3315.9%
5	O. Damm Full-back	FC Tulsa	23	20	32
6	M. Lyons Full-back	Monterey Bay	23	4	31
7	G. Nigro Full-back	Tampa Bay Rowdies	26	24	31
8	D. Pierre Full-back	FC Tulsa	25	10	30
9	J. Bravo Full-back	Oakland Roots	25	13	29
10	L. Blackstock Full-back	Charleston Battery	26	10	28
11	L. Biasi Full-back	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	27	23	27
12	H. St Clair Full-back	FC Tulsa	27	165266.7%	2549.4%
13	M. Real Full-back	Hartford Athletic	27	1128.9%	2436.5%
14	J. Hafferty Full-back	Lexington	28	17	23
15	N. Hämäläinen Full-back	New Mexico United	29	10163.2%	2240.2%
16	G. Robinson Full-back	Monterey Bay	28	5	22
17	A. Mitrano Full-back	Miami FC	28	8	22
18	Y. Leerman Full-back	Loudoun United	28	6	22
19	R. Doghman Full-back	Orange County SC	29	11825%	2135.4%
20	L. Batista Full-back	FC Tulsa	28	15	21
21	J. Timmer Full-back	Sacramento Republic	29	18	21
22	A. Rogers Full-back	FC Tulsa	29	16	20
23	L. Archer Full-back	Tampa Bay Rowdies	30	6	18
24	K. Awuah Full-back	Loudoun United	30	12	18
25	T. Leibold Full-back	Sacramento Republic	32	661.3%	1732.4%
26	R. Buckmaster Full-back	San Antonio	30	11	16
27	A. Crognale Full-back	San Antonio	32	13	16
28	G. Stoneman Full-back	Rhode Island	30	13	16
29	S. Wiedt Full-back	Detroit City	31	15	15
30	M. Taintor Full-back	San Antonio	31	10	15
31	S. Carroll Full-back	Detroit City	32	9	12
32	J. Farrell Full-back	Hartford Athletic	32	13	12
33	S. Totsch Full-back	Louisville City	34	28	10
34	W. Seymore Full-back	New Mexico United	34	15	8