Most Valuable centre-backs by Market Value in Major League Soccer 2026

The most valuable centre-backs in Major League Soccer in 2026, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

M. Dos Santos of New York Red Bulls is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in Major League Soccer, with a Field Insider Rating of 49.6, and M. Woledzi has been the form player this season, grading 61.4, and Neil Pierre leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: E. Segura has improved his Season rating most, up +40.1 on last season, while W. Sands's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +6.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Woledzi of Nashville SC is the most valuable name in this group at 14.

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	Player	Team
1	M. Woledzi Centre-back	Nashville SC	25	14	6124%	452.8%
2	Felipe Andrade Centre-back	Houston Dynamo	24	13.8	5078.4%	459.2%
3	T. Johnson Centre-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	21	13.7	4760.1%	497.7%
4	M. Navarro Centre-back	Colorado Rapids	27	11.4	2812.3%	3416.7%
5	R. Porteous Centre-back	Los Angeles FC	27	11.4	59303.4%	3821.9%
6	A. Resch Centre-back	Houston Dynamo	23	11.4	53	46
7	D. Polvara Centre-back	St. Louis City	26	10.6	31130.6%	4217.2%
8	Micael Centre-back	Inter Miami	26	10.3	265.8%	3833.9%
9	M. Duah Centre-back	San Diego	21	10.1	42301.9%	479.5%
10	T. Smith Centre-back	New England Revolution	21	9.3	1	55
11	J. Orozco Centre-back	St. Louis City	22	9.2	19128.2%	4213.6%
12	R. Roberts Centre-back	San Jose Earthquakes	22	9.1	35311.9%	4724.5%
13	Neil Pierre Centre-back	Philadelphia Union	19	8.6	102450%	4317.3%
14	F. Surman Centre-back	Portland Timbers	23	8.6	267%	473.1%
15	M. Duggan Centre-back	Minnesota United FC	26	8.4	3085.8%	447.1%
16	K. Trewin Centre-back	New York City FC	25	8.2	1759.6%	40130.6%
17	T. Gray Centre-back	New York City FC	24	8.2	315.5%	457.2%
18	N. Norris Centre-back	FC Dallas	21	8.1	27341%	4613.4%
19	D. Munie Centre-back	San Jose Earthquakes	26	8	2656.4%	4214.9%
20	J. Sery Larsen Centre-back	Philadelphia Union	26	7.9	1433.6%	353.3%
21	S. Hawkins Centre-back	Seattle Sounders	20	7.9	147100%	408.1%
22	F. Fall Centre-back	St. Louis City	22	7.9	382.6%	39±0%
23	J. Sands Centre-back	New York City FC	26	7.8	968.6%	3544.7%
24	W. Sands Centre-back	New England Revolution	26	7.8	28217%	4227.3%
25	E. Kohler Centre-back	New England Revolution	21	7.8	0	362.2%
26	J. Neal Centre-back	CF Montreal	23	7.7	122.6%	406.6%
27	Wyatt Meyer Centre-back	Sporting Kansas City	25	7.6	13746.7%	3813%
28	J. Díaz Centre-back	Minnesota United FC	25	7.6	2810.4%	423%
29	Z. Monlouis Centre-back	Toronto FC	23	7.6	12287.5%	4113.8%
30	D. Bugaj Centre-back	CF Montreal	22	7.6	2577.9%	434.6%
31	R. Priso Centre-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	24	7.5	1816.2%	411.9%
32	Jack Jasinski Centre-back	San Jose Earthquakes	22	7.5	12	40
33	J. Che Centre-back	New York Red Bulls	22	7.5	1912.1%	423.7%
34	Nico Cavallo Centre-back	New York City FC	24	7.4	16178%	3913%
35	Loïc Williams Centre-back	Colorado Rapids	24	7.4	1654.5%	4037.7%
36	A. Lopez Centre-back	Seattle Sounders	23	7.4	12	38
37	J. Aude Centre-back	Los Angeles Galaxy	23	7.3	1663.3%	394.3%
38	G. Luján Centre-back	Inter Miami	25	7.3	1716.3%	39±0%
39	M. Agyemang Centre-back	Charlotte	21	7.3	16	43
40	E. Kohler Centre-back	New England Revolution	20	7.3	25	4624.1%
41	M. Mbokazi Centre-back	Chicago Fire	21	7.2	2213.7%	4374.7%
42	J. Arias Centre-back	Real Salt Lake	22	7	554.7%	3635.8%
43	P. Quinton Centre-back	Real Salt Lake	26	7	916.9%	3712.3%
44	M. Floriani Centre-back	San Jose Earthquakes	23	7	814.6%	370.5%
45	Antino Lopez Centre-back	Seattle Sounders	24	7	9	378.4%
46	Matheus Pereira Centre-back	Toronto FC	25	6.9	280.8%	3435.3%
47	O. Verhoeven Centre-back	San Diego	20	6.9	26130.7%	456.2%
48	I. Murphy Centre-back	San Diego	26	6.8	18118.1%	342.4%
49	K. Henry Centre-back	Real Salt Lake	22	6.8	43900%	352%
50	Kenny Nielsen Centre-back	Los Angeles FC	24	6.8	51225%	375.2%