Most In-Form centre-backs in USL Championship 2026

The most in-form centre-backs in USL Championship in 2026, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

E. Gärtig of Las Vegas Lights is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in USL Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 33.1, and K. Adams has been the form player this season, grading 27.8, and T. Maples leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Lindsey has improved his Season rating most, up +10.9 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, S. Suber of Pittsburgh Riverhounds is the most valuable name in this group at 7.3.

Tampa Bay Rowdies · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

J. Lindsey+10.9SsN

New Mexico United · 24/25→25/26

Pittsburgh Riverhounds

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	Player	Team
1	K. Adams Centre-back	Louisville City	29	28	22
2	S. Suber Centre-back	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	25	27	32
3	Arturo Osuna Centre-back	Louisville City	29	23	20
4	F. Nodarse Centre-back	Rhode Island	25	22	30
5	F. Kleemann Centre-back	Sacramento Republic	27	227066.7%	2626.4%
6	A. Cissoko Centre-back	FC Tulsa	26	2020200%	2818.5%
7	M. Bryant Centre-back	Detroit City	31	20	17
8	E. Gärtig Centre-back	Las Vegas Lights	23	19	33
9	L. Desmond Centre-back	Sacramento Republic	31	19	14
10	K. Yao Centre-back	Rhode Island	25	18	3014.5%
11	J. Scarlett Centre-back	Hartford Athletic	31	17	16
12	Y. Boudadi Centre-back	Las Vegas Lights	30	17	16
13	Guillaume Vacter Centre-back	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	26	16	27
14	D. Amoo-Mensah Centre-back	Detroit City	30	16	18
15	Maliek Howell Centre-back	Birmingham Legion	27	16	26
16	B. Akinyode Centre-back	Loudoun United	32	16	19
17	K. Greene Centre-back	Oakland Roots	33	16	11
18	J. Lindsey Centre-back	New Mexico United	26	16222.4%	2723.2%
19	T. Maples Centre-back	New Mexico United	27	15	27
20	D. Knutson Centre-back	Miami FC	29	15	21
21	S. Smart Centre-back	Las Vegas Lights	22	14	33
22	M. Mahoney Centre-back	Colorado Springs	31	14	16
23	N. Hackshaw Centre-back	Oakland Roots	30	14	18
24	N. Dossantos Centre-back	Charleston Battery	27	14	27
25	R. Hope-Gund Centre-back	Rhode Island	27	14	27
26	K. Burks Centre-back	Lexington	26	14151.9%	2916.7%
27	J. Akpunonu Centre-back	Charleston Battery	24	13	3311.6%
28	R. Ydrach Centre-back	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	25	12	29
29	Álvaro Quezada Centre-back	El Paso Locomotive	27	11	24
30	J. Ricketts Centre-back	Miami FC	28	11	23
31	A. Mabika Centre-back	Rhode Island	28	10151.2%	2138.1%
32	A. Ward Centre-back	Colorado Springs	30	10	16
33	P. Craig Centre-back	North Carolina	33	10	10
34	K. Tingey Centre-back	Oakland Roots	26	10	32
35	B. Rendón Centre-back	Indy Eleven	26	9	27
36	K. Ryden Centre-back	New Mexico United	35	9	8
37	B. Washington Centre-back	North Carolina	27	9	25
38	C. Gloster Centre-back	New Mexico United	26	836.7%	2735.3%
39	W. Ackwei Centre-back	El Paso Locomotive	29	8	20
40	Jake Rufe Centre-back	Birmingham Legion	30	7	17
41	E. Bartlow Centre-back	Tampa Bay Rowdies	26	747.8%	337.1%
42	G. Diaz Centre-back	El Paso Locomotive	30	7	16
43	P. Hogan Centre-back	Indy Eleven	28	7	22
44	B. Ofeimu Centre-back	Indy Eleven	25	6	29
45	L. Wyke Centre-back	Tampa Bay Rowdies	29	68.5%	2143.7%
46	C. Valencia Centre-back	San Antonio	34	6	7
47	G. Smith Centre-back	Charleston Battery	30	554.3%	1655.7%
48	Ramiz Hamouda Centre-back	Birmingham Legion	18	5	31
49	D. Lacroix Centre-back	Colorado Springs	32	5	11
50	T. Brewitt Centre-back	Orange County SC	29	569.4%	1831.6%