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

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

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At a glance

É. Ocampo of Vancouver Whitecaps is the standout for raw talent across full-backs in Major League Soccer, with a Field Insider Rating of 48.4, and N. Tafari has been the form player this season, grading 57.7, and A. Markanich leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: N. Tafari has improved his Season rating most, up +38.4 on last season, while E. Morales's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +8.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, É. Ocampo of Vancouver Whitecaps is the most valuable name in this group at 14.8.

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	Player	Team
1	É. Ocampo Full-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	22	14.8	5136.1%	483.6%
2	M. Laborda Full-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	26	14.4	4519.6%	469.5%
3	A. Markanich Full-back	Minnesota United FC	26	11.3	329.4%	424.2%
4	M. Navarro Full-back	Colorado Rapids	27	11.2	2621%	3318.2%
5	E. Morales Full-back	CF Montreal	22	11	29156.3%	4516%
6	K. Thompson Full-back	Colorado Rapids	23	11	1620.8%	441.2%
7	N. Harriel Full-back	Philadelphia Union	25	10.4	3624.8%	457.7%
8	L. Bombino Full-back	San Diego	20	8.6	408.6%	4310.3%
9	B. Kikanovic Full-back	San Jose Earthquakes	26	8.3	30	4030.9%
10	K. Franklin Full-back	Toronto FC	23	8.3	21138.6%	4417.8%
11	J. Fory Full-back	Portland Timbers	24	8.2	240.8%	433.8%
12	E. Báez Full-back	Atlanta United FC	21	8.1	1675.7%	4817.4%
13	D. Bugaj Full-back	CF Montreal	22	8	2150%	434.3%
14	I. Fray Full-back	Inter Miami	23	8	171.2%	411.4%
15	D. Padelford Full-back	Minnesota United FC	23	7.8	1284.6%	4115.6%
16	L. Petrasso Full-back	CF Montreal	26	7.7	166.6%	412.1%
17	B. Kamungo Full-back	FC Dallas	24	7.6	2621.4%	424%
18	F. Westfield Full-back	Philadelphia Union	20	7.6	2422.7%	474.6%
19	J. Travis Full-back	Colorado Rapids	22	7.5	31595.6%	4313%
20	T. Totland Full-back	St. Louis City	26	7.4	1736.5%	3920.1%
21	I. Feingold Full-back	New England Revolution	22	7.3	26±0%	4211.6%
22	C. Garcés Full-back	Los Angeles Galaxy	24	7.3	2522.8%	392.1%
23	N. Allen Full-back	Inter Miami	22	7.3	1620.6%	430.7%
24	Matthew Edwards Full-back	Atlanta United FC	23	7.3	9±0%	390.5%
25	J. Mosquera Full-back	Portland Timbers	23	7.2	14±0%	3811.3%
26	Will Cleary Full-back	Charlotte	23	7.2	1	38
27	P. Dithejane Full-back	Chicago Fire	22	7.1	1719.9%	3960.8%
28	Raphael Full-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	22	7.1	3	39
29	Guilherme Biro Full-back	Austin	26	7.1	2620.6%	3710.3%
30	P. Quinton Full-back	Real Salt Lake	26	7	1140.3%	3816.3%
31	Nikola Markovic Full-back	DC United	22	7	10	40
32	V. Radojević Full-back	Chicago Fire	22	7	5±0%	379.8%
33	J. Reynolds Full-back	Sporting Kansas City	22	6.9	0±0%	370.5%
34	D. Schnegg Full-back	Charlotte	27	6.9	970.1%	339.8%
35	M. Gherasimencov Full-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	21	6.8	8	40
36	B. Hidalgo Full-back	CF Montreal	24	6.6	10±0%	365.3%
37	Harbor Miller Full-back	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	6.6	18307%	424.5%
38	S. Hefti Full-back	DC United	28	6.6	39110.2%	3628.9%
39	M. Farsi Full-back	Columbus Crew	26	6.6	18±0%	354.4%
40	O. Valencia Full-back	New York Red Bulls	22	6.6	24±0%	3712.6%
41	C. Baker Full-back	New England Revolution	22	6.5	1±0%	361.7%
42	P. Ndinga Ossibadjouo Full-back	Philadelphia Union	21	6.2	16±0%	3718.6%
43	Matheus Pereira Full-back	Toronto FC	25	6.2	10±0%	3336.7%
44	M. Ilenič Full-back	New York City FC	21	6	12±0%	3517.3%
45	Ž. Kolmanič Full-back	Austin	26	6	8±0%	3014.8%
46	Alvaro Augusto Full-back	FC Dallas	20	5.9	2	37
47	G. Sequera Full-back	Philadelphia Union	20	5.7	1	36
48	Ezequiel Abadia-Reda Full-back	Inter Miami	20	5.7	0	36
49	D. Þórhallsson Full-back	San Diego	26	5.6	11±0%	3015.9%
50	J. Löffelsend Full-back	San Diego	28	5.2	15305.6%	2616.8%