Most In-Form defenders in USL Championship 2026

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

Most in-form goalkeepers in USL Championship Most in-form midfielders in USL Championship Most in-form attackers in USL Championship Best defenders in USL Championship Top-scoring defenders in USL Championship Most valuable defenders in USL Championship

At a glance

Kieran Sargeant of Lexington is the standout for raw talent across defenders in USL Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 34.4, 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: 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 7.6.

Best talent

Kieran Sargeant34.4RTG

Tampa Bay Rowdies · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

S. Anderson+19.3SsN

Hartford Athletic · 24/25→25/26

50 players · ranked by best this seasonCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	K. Adams Centre-back	Louisville City	29	28	22
2	S. Totsch Full-back	Louisville City	35	28	10
3	S. Suber Centre-back	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	25	27	32
4	G. Nigro Full-back	Tampa Bay Rowdies	26	24	31
5	L. Biasi Full-back	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	27	23	27
6	S. Anderson Full-back	Hartford Athletic	24	23551.4%	3315.9%
7	Arturo Osuna Centre-back	Louisville City	29	23	20
8	F. Nodarse Centre-back	Rhode Island	25	22	30
9	F. Kleemann Centre-back	Sacramento Republic	27	227066.7%	2626.4%
10	A. Cissoko Centre-back	FC Tulsa	26	2020200%	2818.5%
11	M. Bryant Centre-back	Detroit City	31	20	17
12	O. Damm Full-back	FC Tulsa	23	20	32
13	L. Desmond Centre-back	Sacramento Republic	31	19	14
14	J. Timmer Full-back	Sacramento Republic	29	18	21
15	K. Yao Centre-back	Rhode Island	25	18	3014.5%
16	J. Scarlett Centre-back	Hartford Athletic	31	17	16
17	J. Hafferty Full-back	Indy Eleven	28	17	23
18	D. Amoo-Mensah Centre-back	Detroit City	30	16	18
19	Guillaume Vacter Centre-back	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	26	16	27
20	Maliek Howell Centre-back	New Mexico United	27	16	26
21	B. Akinyode Centre-back	Loudoun United	32	16	19
22	H. St Clair Full-back	FC Tulsa	27	165266.7%	2549.4%
23	K. Greene Centre-back	Oakland Roots	33	16	11
24	A. Rogers Full-back	Miami FC	29	16	20
25	T. Maples Centre-back	Colorado Springs	27	15	27
26	D. Knutson Centre-back	Miami FC	29	15	21
27	W. Seymore Full-back	New Mexico United	34	15	8
28	L. Batista Full-back	FC Tulsa	28	15	21
29	S. Smart Centre-back	Las Vegas Lights	22	14	33
30	M. Mahoney Centre-back	Colorado Springs	31	14	16
31	N. Hackshaw Centre-back	Oakland Roots	30	14	18
32	Kieran Sargeant Full-back	Lexington	23	14±0%	342.4%
33	N. Dossantos Centre-back	Charleston Battery	27	14	27
34	R. Hope-Gund Centre-back	Detroit City	27	14	27
35	Finn Sundstrom Full-back	North Carolina	19	14	34
36	K. Burks Centre-back	Lexington	26	14151.9%	2916.7%
37	G. Stoneman Full-back	Rhode Island	30	13	16
38	J. Akpunonu Centre-back	Charleston Battery	24	13	3311.6%
39	J. Farrell Full-back	Hartford Athletic	32	13	12
40	J. Bravo Full-back	Oakland Roots	25	13	29
41	A. Crognale Full-back	San Antonio	32	13	16
42	K. Awuah Full-back	Loudoun United	30	12	18
43	R. Ydrach Centre-back	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	25	12	29
44	R. Doghman Full-back	Orange County SC	29	11825%	2135.4%
45	Álvaro Quezada Centre-back	El Paso Locomotive	27	11	24
46	M. Real Full-back	Hartford Athletic	27	1128.9%	2436.5%
47	R. Buckmaster Full-back	San Antonio	30	11	16
48	C. Smith Full-back	Phoenix Rising	22	113400%	345.8%
49	A. Mabika Centre-back	Rhode Island	28	10151.2%	2138.1%
50	A. Ward Centre-back	San Antonio	30	10	16