Defenders with the Most Assists in Major League Soccer

The most creative defenders in Major League Soccer, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

L. Bombino of San Diego is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Major League Soccer, with a Field Insider Rating of 49.1, and J. Glesnes has been the form player this season, grading 55.7, and A. Markanich leads the scoring with 10 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Desler has improved his Season rating most, up +31.1 on last season, while P. Miller's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +7.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Laborda of Vancouver Whitecaps is the most valuable name in this group at 13.7.

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	Player	Team
1	Jordi Alba Full-back	Inter Miami	37	14	2031.6%	1414.4%
2	D. Yedlin Full-back	FC Cincinnati	33	12	1917.5%	1821%
3	A. Gutman Full-back	Chicago Fire	29	9	27289.9%	3315.2%
4	A. Najar Full-back	Nashville SC	33	7	3485.8%	194.5%
5	D. Jones Full-back	San Jose Earthquakes	29	7	130.8%	2716.4%
6	L. Engel Winger	FC Cincinnati	27	6	15252.4%	3828.5%
7	D. Lovitz Full-back	Nashville SC	34	5	3329.7%	1711.5%
8	N. Romero Centre-back	Minnesota United FC	22	5	2649.7%	4623.7%
9	L. Petrasso Full-back	CF Montreal	26	4	15	4222.9%
10	M. Yamane Full-back	Los Angeles Galaxy	32	4	2035.2%	1931.2%
11	G. Dorsey Full-back	Houston Dynamo	27	4	336%	3812.3%
12	J. Dean Full-back	Chicago Fire	29	4	2056.6%	280.7%
13	R. Hollingshead Full-back	Los Angeles FC	35	4	3417%	167.2%
14	L. Bombino Full-back	San Diego	20	3	51	49
15	J. Elliott Centre-back	Chicago Fire	30	3	2519.2%	299.1%
16	A. Katránis Full-back	Real Salt Lake	28	3	1348.6%	3219%
17	M. Cuevas Full-back	Los Angeles Galaxy	23	3	710.2%	401.8%
18	K. Duncan Full-back	New York Red Bulls	28	3	2881.8%	327%
19	B. Lennon Full-back	Atlanta United FC	28	3	1047.8%	3222.7%
20	A. Smolyakov Full-back	Los Angeles FC	23	3	1410.1%	427.3%
21	J. Díaz Centre-back	Minnesota United FC	25	3	25139%	4210.4%
22	I. Feingold Central midfielder	New England Revolution	21	3	35	48
23	M. Desler Central midfielder	Austin	31	3	37527.1%	237.5%
24	M. Herrera Defensive midfielder	Columbus Crew	27	3	3629.7%	3625.4%
25	I. Fray Full-back	Inter Miami	23	3	17152.9%	421.7%
26	F. Westfield Central midfielder	Philadelphia Union	20	3	28	46
27	J. Löffelsend Full-back	San Diego	28	2	15305.6%	2810%
28	Giuseppe Bovalina Full-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	21	2	41700%	4112.8%
29	S. Moore Centre-back	FC Dallas	29	2	2634.9%	312.5%
30	N. Triantis Central midfielder	Minnesota United FC	23	2	1657.9%	4223.6%
31	S. Vines Full-back	Colorado Rapids	27	2	1120.3%	3319.3%
32	D. Bugaj Full-back	CF Montreal	22	2	152860%	4215.7%
33	K. Kossa-Rienzi Full-back	Seattle Sounders	24	2	199300%	4324.3%
34	J. Mosquera Full-back	Portland Timbers	23	2	1520.7%	445.8%
35	A. Roldan Full-back	Seattle Sounders	30	2	2731.5%	2620.6%
36	Vítor Costa Full-back	San Jose Earthquakes	32	2	1612.4%	1828.9%
37	J. Bauer Full-back	Nashville SC	28	2	1144.9%	2919.6%
38	W. Zimmerman Centre-back	Nashville SC	33	2	2711.9%	1718.2%
39	E. Bartlow Full-back	Houston Dynamo	26	2	1454.9%	363.8%
40	F. Escobar Full-back	Houston Dynamo	31	2	357.3%	2219.5%
41	T. Leibold Full-back	Sporting Kansas City	32	2	757.7%	1442.9%
42	D. Brekalo Full-back	Orlando City SC	27	2	29100%	371.3%
43	K. Smith Central midfielder	Orlando City SC	34	2	1519.8%	1131.8%
44	Rafael Santos Full-back	Orlando City SC	28	2	1259.4%	2930.6%
45	A. Herrera Full-back	DC United	29	2	1915.9%	2922.5%
46	S. Moreira Full-back	Columbus Crew	31	2	1731.5%	2422.1%
47	M. Amundsen Full-back	Columbus Crew	28	2	2144.4%	3122.1%
48	J. Marshall-Rutty Full-back	Charlotte	22	2	2745.1%	430.9%
49	T. Hadebe Full-back	FC Cincinnati	30	2	29385%	2411.2%
50	M. Duggan Centre-back	Minnesota United FC	25	2	175433.3%	4018.2%