Most In-Form defenders This Season in Major League Soccer

The most in-form defenders in Major League Soccer, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

L. Bombino of San Diego is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Major League Soccer, with a Field Insider Rating of 49.1, and J. Glesnes has been the form player this season, grading 55.7, and A. Markanich leads the scoring with 10 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Desler has improved his Season rating most, up +31.1 on last season, while P. Miller's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +7.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Laborda of Vancouver Whitecaps is the most valuable name in this group at 13.7.

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	Player	Team
1	J. Glesnes Centre-back	Philadelphia Union	32	5673%	2217.9%
2	N. Harriel Full-back	Philadelphia Union	25	5472.7%	43±0%
3	L. Bombino Full-back	San Diego	20	51	49
4	O. Makhanya Centre-back	Philadelphia Union	22	46	45
5	M. Fofana Centre-back	New England Revolution	28	46126.4%	3430.1%
6	Sergi Palencia Full-back	Los Angeles FC	30	456.3%	2911.3%
7	M. Laborda Centre-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	26	4486.9%	446%
8	N. Byrne Full-back	Charlotte	34	4315.2%	1627.1%
9	T. Ream Centre-back	Charlotte	38	41202.2%	1328.9%
10	B. Ceballos Centre-back	New England Revolution	25	401000%	4319.3%
11	C. McVey Centre-back	San Diego	29	397.4%	332.7%
12	É. Ocampo Full-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	22	393810%	4730.4%
13	E. Segura Centre-back	Los Angeles FC	29	38110.6%	310.6%
14	M. Desler Central midfielder	Austin	31	37527.1%	237.5%
15	R. Veselinović Centre-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	27	3756.8%	3812.3%
16	K. O'Toole Full-back	New York City FC	27	37202.5%	3714.1%
17	M. Herrera Defensive midfielder	Columbus Crew	27	3629.7%	3625.4%
18	A. Markanich Full-back	Minnesota United FC	26	36438.8%	402.6%
19	T. Blackmon Centre-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	29	36115%	319.6%
20	Felipe Andrade Full-back	Houston Dynamo	24	36624.5%	4325%
21	F. Escobar Full-back	Houston Dynamo	31	357.3%	2219.5%
22	I. Feingold Central midfielder	New England Revolution	21	35	48
23	Thiago Martins Centre-back	New York City FC	31	3590.1%	2617.6%
24	R. Hollingshead Full-back	Los Angeles FC	35	3417%	167.2%
25	A. Najar Full-back	Nashville SC	33	3485.8%	194.5%
26	C. Harvey Centre-back	Minnesota United FC	26	34148.2%	403.7%
27	T. Gray Full-back	New York City FC	23	3398.8%	442%
28	Y. Gómez Centre-back	Seattle Sounders	34	3325.7%	1527.8%
29	D. Lovitz Full-back	Nashville SC	34	3329.7%	1711.5%
30	G. Dorsey Full-back	Houston Dynamo	27	336%	3812.3%
31	Guilherme Biro Full-back	Austin	26	3333.1%	416.5%
32	R. Cannon Full-back	Colorado Rapids	28	32720.5%	332.8%
33	M. Robinson Centre-back	FC Cincinnati	29	327.4%	3213.3%
34	T. Beason Full-back	New England Revolution	29	32246.2%	2814.3%
35	M. Boxall Centre-back	Minnesota United FC	37	3238.8%	1321.2%
36	N. Tafari Centre-back	Los Angeles FC	29	3159.1%	2823.1%
37	A. Long Centre-back	Los Angeles FC	33	3024.8%	1726.2%
38	T. Johnson Full-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	21	30	46
39	O. Urhoghide Centre-back	FC Dallas	26	3026%	4028.8%
40	K. Rowles Centre-back	DC United	28	3018.9%	3512.2%
41	B. Hlongwane Full-back	Minnesota United FC	26	3021.9%	418.7%
42	S. Rosted Centre-back	Toronto FC	32	2930.1%	216.6%
43	P. Miller Full-back	New England Revolution	18	29357.8%	4717.9%
44	T. Hadebe Full-back	FC Cincinnati	30	29385%	2411.2%
45	D. Brekalo Full-back	Orlando City SC	27	29100%	371.3%
46	A. Privett Centre-back	Charlotte	26	2962.7%	4013.7%
47	J. Glad Centre-back	Real Salt Lake	29	2916%	3111.8%
48	F. Surman Centre-back	Portland Timbers	22	287000%	4628.6%
49	J. Ragen Centre-back	Seattle Sounders	27	2826.8%	3717.1%
50	K. Duncan Full-back	New York Red Bulls	28	2881.8%	327%