Most Valuable centre-backs by Market Value in USL Championship 2026

The most valuable 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: K. Burks has improved his Season rating most, up +8.2 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 7.3.

Tampa Bay Rowdies · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

K. Burks+8.2SsN

Lexington · 23/24→25/26

Pittsburgh Riverhounds

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	Player	Team
1	S. Suber Centre-back	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	25	7.3	27	32
2	F. Nodarse Centre-back	Rhode Island	25	6.8	22	30
3	K. Yao Centre-back	Rhode Island	26	6.5	18	3014.5%
4	A. Cissoko Centre-back	FC Tulsa	26	6.3	2020200%	2818.5%
5	T. Maples Centre-back	Colorado Springs	27	6.1	15	27
6	F. Kleemann Centre-back	Sacramento Republic	27	5.8	227066.7%	2626.4%
7	Guillaume Vacter Centre-back	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	26	5.7	16	27
8	Maliek Howell Centre-back	New Mexico United	27	5.2	16	26
9	R. Hope-Gund Centre-back	Detroit City	27	5.2	14	27
10	Garrison Tubbs Centre-back	Orange County SC	24	4.6	660%	373.3%
11	H. Diop Centre-back	Rhode Island	24	4.5	32800%	375.4%
12	K. Burks Centre-back	Lexington	26	4.4	14151.9%	2916.7%
13	N. Dossantos Centre-back	Charleston Battery	27	4.4	14	27
14	J. Akpunonu Centre-back	Charleston Battery	24	4.3	13	3311.6%
15	W. Eisner Centre-back	FC Tulsa	23	4.2	1	34
16	W. Eisner Centre-back	FC Tulsa	23	4.2	1	34
17	S. Smart Centre-back	Las Vegas Lights	22	4.2	14	33
18	S. Mazzaferro Centre-back	Loudoun United	24	4.1	1	34
19	B. Ofeimu Centre-back	Las Vegas Lights	26	4	6	29
20	R. Ydrach Centre-back	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	25	4	12	29
21	E. Bartlow Centre-back	Tampa Bay Rowdies	26	4	747.8%	337.1%
22	K. Tingey Centre-back	Oakland Roots	26	3.9	10	32
23	Grayson Doody Centre-back	Orange County SC	24	3.8	5	30
24	N. Gordon Centre-back	Monterey Bay	24	3.8	561.8%	3050%
25	Joel Garcia Centre-back	Monterey Bay	24	3.7	2	29
26	E. Samadia Centre-back	Hartford Athletic	25	3.7	5	27
27	T. Presthus Centre-back	Hartford Athletic	23	3.7	3	28
28	N. Sessock Centre-back	Las Vegas Lights	26	3.6	0	29
29	K. Hughes Centre-back	Birmingham Legion	26	3.6	191.9%	304.8%
30	B. Rendón Centre-back	Indy Eleven	26	3.6	9	27
31	J. Greene Centre-back	Lexington	23	3.6	4	29
32	I. Foster Centre-back	Colorado Springs	23	3.6	5	2922.4%
33	P. Boye Centre-back	Phoenix Rising	22	3.6	4	30
34	J. O'Brien Centre-back	Indy Eleven	23	3.5	0100%	274.2%
35	Álvaro Quezada Centre-back	El Paso Locomotive	27	3.5	11	24
36	C. Gloster Centre-back	New Mexico United	26	3.5	836.7%	2735.3%
37	N. Jones Centre-back	Las Vegas Lights	25	3.4	4	26
38	B. Larsen Centre-back	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	23	3.4	0	28
39	I. Alekseev Centre-back	Oakland Roots	21	3.3	4	30
40	J. Brown Centre-back	Lexington	27	3.3	193.3%	2728.8%
41	G. Gibert Centre-back	Lexington	26	3.3	8	26
42	Max Broughton Centre-back	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	25	3.3	0	26
43	G. Métusala Centre-back	Colorado Springs	26	3.3	2	26
44	Cole Dewhurst Centre-back	Rhode Island	23	3.3	0	27
45	J. Jones Centre-back	Louisville City	23	3.3	0	28
46	M. Edwards Centre-back	Oakland Roots	25	3.2	0100%	2627.8%
47	T. Camier Centre-back	Oakland Roots	22	3.2	0	28
48	R. Djédjé Centre-back	Sacramento Republic	25	3.2	087%	2646%
49	S. Sanchez Centre-back	Louisville City	22	3.2	0	28
50	A. Salim Centre-back	San Antonio	25	3.2	097.4%	2631.7%