Most Valuable centre-backs by Market Value in USL Championship

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

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At a glance

K. Tingey of Loudoun United is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in USL Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 32.1, 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 5.5.

Orange County SC · 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	S. Suber Centre-back	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	25	5.5	27	31
2	F. Kleemann Centre-back	Sacramento Republic	27	4.4	227066.7%	2723.3%
3	F. Nodarse Centre-back	Rhode Island	25	4.4	22	30
4	A. Cissoko Centre-back	FC Tulsa	26	4.1	2020200%	2914.1%
5	J. Akpunonu Centre-back	Charleston Battery	24	3.9	13	3214.8%
6	K. Tingey Centre-back	Loudoun United	25	3.9	10	32
7	E. Gärtig Centre-back	Las Vegas Lights	23	3.9	19	31
8	M. Traore Centre-back	Phoenix Rising	23	3.7	62650%	3018.3%
9	B. Romero Centre-back	El Paso Locomotive	23	3.6	2	30
10	Grayson Doody Centre-back	Orange County SC	24	3.6	5	30
11	B. Ofeimu Centre-back	Indy Eleven	25	3.6	6	29
12	K. Yao Centre-back	Rhode Island	25	3.6	18	3014.2%
13	S. Smart Centre-back	Las Vegas Lights	22	3.6	14	31
14	N. Gordon Centre-back	Monterey Bay	24	3.5	561.8%	2952.2%
15	H. Endeley Centre-back	Colorado Springs	24	3.5	2950%	2917.4%
16	R. Ydrach Centre-back	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	25	3.5	12	29
17	Finn McRobb Centre-back	Indy Eleven	24	3.5	4	29
18	S. Suárez Centre-back	Birmingham Legion	21	3.5	6	32
19	K. Burks Centre-back	Lexington	26	3.5	14151.9%	2818.7%
20	J. Lindsey Centre-back	New Mexico United	26	3.5	16222.4%	2820.7%
21	P. Boye Centre-back	Phoenix Rising	22	3.5	4	30
22	T. Presthus Centre-back	Hartford Athletic	23	3.5	3	29
23	A. Essengue Centre-back	Phoenix Rising	23	3.4	0	28
24	J. O'Brien Centre-back	Indy Eleven	23	3.4	0100%	282.8%
25	E. Samadia Centre-back	Hartford Athletic	25	3.4	5	28
26	I. Foster Centre-back	Colorado Springs	22	3.4	5	2921.9%
27	T. Maples Centre-back	New Mexico United	27	3.4	15	28
28	E. Centeno Centre-back	Birmingham Legion	24	3.4	1	28
29	J. Skinner Centre-back	Tampa Bay Rowdies	23	3.4	32600%	2817.7%
30	C. Gloster Centre-back	New Mexico United	26	3.4	836.7%	2833.1%
31	J. Greene Centre-back	Lexington	23	3.4	4	28
32	Joel Garcia Centre-back	Monterey Bay	24	3.4	2	28
33	B. Rendón Centre-back	Indy Eleven	26	3.3	9	27
34	R. Hope-Gund Centre-back	Rhode Island	26	3.3	14	27
35	Maliek Howell Centre-back	Las Vegas Lights	27	3.3	16	23
36	R. Djédjé Centre-back	Sacramento Republic	25	3.3	087%	2743.7%
37	B. Larsen Centre-back	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	23	3.3	0	27
38	Jean Filho Centre-back	FC Tulsa	25	3.3	0	27
39	A. Bernal Centre-back	FC Tulsa	21	3.3	0	30
40	Cole Dewhurst Centre-back	Rhode Island	23	3.3	0	27
41	Guillaume Vacter Centre-back	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	26	3.3	16	27
42	J. Jones Centre-back	Louisville City	23	3.3	0	27
43	M. Edwards Centre-back	Charleston Battery	25	3.2	0100%	2628.4%
44	N. Jones Centre-back	Las Vegas Lights	24	3.2	3	26
45	Hugo Bachrach Centre-back	Rhode Island	25	3.2	062.5%	2624.3%
46	E. Kos Centre-back	Birmingham Legion	25	3.2	1	26
47	A. Salim Centre-back	San Antonio	25	3.2	097.4%	2631.5%
48	N. Dossantos Centre-back	Charleston Battery	27	3.2	14	26
49	Max Broughton Centre-back	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	25	3.2	0	26
50	S. Sanchez Centre-back	Louisville City	22	3.2	0	28