Most Valuable defensive midfielders by Market Value in USL Championship 2026

The most valuable defensive midfielders in USL Championship in 2026, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

A. Watts of Loudoun United is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in USL Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 35.9, and H. Landry has been the form player this season, grading 26.5.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: S. Djeffal has improved his Season rating most, up +17.4 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, H. Landry of Charleston Battery is the most valuable name in this group at 7.6.

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	Player	Team
1	H. Landry Defensive midfielder	Charleston Battery	25	7.6	27	34
2	A. Rebollar Defensive midfielder	Monterey Bay	26	6.3	22	29
3	B. Diallo Defensive midfielder	FC Tulsa	23	6.1	17	32
4	S. Djeffal Defensive midfielder	New Mexico United	27	5.9	19915.8%	2723.6%
5	A. Watts Defensive midfielder	Loudoun United	26	5.7	1842.9%	363.2%
6	D. Gómez Defensive midfielder	Phoenix Rising	23	4.7	095.7%	3914.4%
7	T. Wolff Defensive midfielder	Sacramento Republic	23	4.5	317.9%	372.6%
8	J. Walti Defensive midfielder	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	26	3.9	11	29
9	Alfredo Midence Alvarado Defensive midfielder	Lexington	24	3.8	5	29
10	L. Jamieson Defensive midfielder	Sacramento Republic	24	3.7	420%	2929%
11	A. Elmasnaouy Defensive midfielder	Oakland Roots	21	3.6	9	32
12	A. Shapiro-Thompson Defensive midfielder	Rhode Island	26	3.5	6	26
13	S. Antwi Defensive midfielder	Birmingham Legion	26	3.4	1	28
14	Pierce Gallaway Defensive midfielder	Monterey Bay	25	3.4	3	27
15	I. Cano Defensive midfielder	Louisville City	22	3.3	0	28
16	T. Pondeca Defensive midfielder	New Mexico United	25	3.3	2433.3%	2821.1%
17	J. Singer Defensive midfielder	Las Vegas Lights	26	3.2	4	25
18	E. Caceres Defensive midfielder	Lexington	25	3.2	1	26
19	Logan Neidlinger Defensive midfielder	Indy Eleven	21	3.1	2	29
20	D. Erofeev Defensive midfielder	San Antonio	20	3	1	29
21	A. Molloy Defensive midfielder	Lexington	29	2.8	24	23
22	Pierce Rizzo Defensive midfielder	Phoenix Rising	19	2.8	0	29
23	D. Mendoza Defensive midfielder	San Antonio	19	2.8	0	29
24	S. Shashoua Defensive midfielder	Birmingham Legion	27	2.5	1	2036.9%
25	D. Crisostomo Defensive midfielder	Sacramento Republic	29	2.4	18790%	2228.8%
26	C. Allan Defensive midfielder	Charleston Battery	28	2.1	11	26
27	K. Scott Defensive midfielder	Las Vegas Lights	28	1.8	4230.8%	2038%
28	M. Kaye Defensive midfielder	Sacramento Republic	31	1.7	1723.2%	1824.4%
29	R. Ruiz Defensive midfielder	El Paso Locomotive	29	1.6	9	19
30	K. Partida Defensive midfielder	Orange County SC	31	1.5	12	14
31	L. Fernandes Defensive midfielder	Lexington	30	1.4	8138.2%	1946%
32	R. Sommersall Defensive midfielder	North Carolina	29	1.2	6	18
33	S. Saucedo Defensive midfielder	Birmingham Legion	29	1	096.4%	1560.5%
34	N. Ross Defensive midfielder	Sacramento Republic	34	0.6	13	8
35	D. King Defensive midfielder	Phoenix Rising	36	0.2	0	4