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. Bartlow of Tampa Bay Rowdies is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in USL Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 32.9, 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 7.1.

Tampa Bay Rowdies · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

J. Lindsey+10.9SsN

Orange County SC · 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	L. Desmond Centre-back	Sacramento Republic	31	19	14
9	K. Yao Centre-back	Rhode Island	26	18	3014.5%
10	J. Scarlett Centre-back	Hartford Athletic	31	17	16
11	D. Amoo-Mensah Centre-back	Detroit City	30	16	18
12	Guillaume Vacter Centre-back	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	26	16	27
13	Maliek Howell Centre-back	New Mexico United	27	16	26
14	B. Akinyode Centre-back	Loudoun United	32	16	19
15	K. Greene Centre-back	Oakland Roots	33	16	11
16	J. Lindsey Centre-back	Orange County SC	26	16222.4%	2723.2%
17	T. Maples Centre-back	Colorado Springs	27	15	27
18	D. Knutson Centre-back	Miami FC	29	15	21
19	S. Smart Centre-back	Las Vegas Lights	22	14	33
20	M. Mahoney Centre-back	Colorado Springs	31	14	16
21	N. Hackshaw Centre-back	Oakland Roots	31	14	18
22	N. Dossantos Centre-back	Charleston Battery	27	14	27
23	R. Hope-Gund Centre-back	Detroit City	27	14	27
24	K. Burks Centre-back	Lexington	27	14151.9%	2916.7%
25	J. Akpunonu Centre-back	Charleston Battery	24	13	3311.6%
26	R. Ydrach Centre-back	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	25	12	29
27	Álvaro Quezada Centre-back	El Paso Locomotive	27	11	24
28	A. Mabika Centre-back	Rhode Island	28	10151.2%	2138.1%
29	A. Ward Centre-back	San Antonio	30	10	16
30	P. Craig Centre-back	Indy Eleven	34	10	10
31	K. Tingey Centre-back	Oakland Roots	26	10	32
32	B. Rendón Centre-back	Indy Eleven	26	9	27
33	K. Ryden Centre-back	New Mexico United	35	9	8
34	B. Washington Centre-back	Birmingham Legion	28	9	25
35	C. Gloster Centre-back	New Mexico United	26	836.7%	2735.3%
36	Jake Rufe Centre-back	Birmingham Legion	30	7	17
37	G. Diaz Centre-back	El Paso Locomotive	31	7	16
38	E. Bartlow Centre-back	Tampa Bay Rowdies	26	747.8%	337.1%
39	P. Hogan Centre-back	Indy Eleven	29	7	22
40	B. Ofeimu Centre-back	Las Vegas Lights	26	6	29
41	L. Wyke Centre-back	Tampa Bay Rowdies	30	68.5%	2143.7%
42	G. Smith Centre-back	Charleston Battery	30	554.3%	1655.7%
43	Ramiz Hamouda Centre-back	Birmingham Legion	18	5	31
44	D. Lacroix Centre-back	Colorado Springs	33	5	11
45	T. Brewitt Centre-back	Orange County SC	29	569.4%	1831.6%
46	N. Gordon Centre-back	Monterey Bay	24	561.8%	3050%
47	A. Guillén Centre-back	Tampa Bay Rowdies	33	5	11
48	M. Mensah Centre-back	Birmingham Legion	28	5	21
49	J. Erlandson Centre-back	Loudoun United	27	4	23
50	Joel Garcia Centre-back	Monterey Bay	24	2	29