Top-Scoring centre-backs in Major League Soccer

The top-scoring centre-backs in Major League Soccer, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

F. Surman of Portland Timbers is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in Major League Soccer, with a Field Insider Rating of 46.3, and J. Glesnes has been the form player this season, grading 55.7, and M. Laborda leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Haak has improved his Season rating most, up +32 on last season. 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	M. Laborda Centre-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	26	6	4486.9%	446%
2	J. Elliott Centre-back	Chicago Fire	30	4	2519.2%	299.1%
3	S. Moore Centre-back	FC Dallas	29	3	2634.9%	312.5%
4	M. Robinson Centre-back	FC Cincinnati	29	2	327.4%	3213.3%
5	C. McVey Centre-back	San Diego	29	2	397.4%	332.7%
6	S. Adekugbe Centre-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	31	2	635.3%	1731.7%
7	M. Yoshida Centre-back	Los Angeles Galaxy	37	2	1740%	1235.4%
8	T. Blackmon Centre-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	29	2	36115%	319.6%
9	J. Ragen Centre-back	Seattle Sounders	27	2	2826.8%	3717.1%
10	J. Palacios Centre-back	Nashville SC	32	2	23	18
11	O. Urhoghide Centre-back	FC Dallas	26	2	3026%	4028.8%
12	C. Harvey Centre-back	Minnesota United FC	26	2	34148.2%	403.7%
13	J. Haak Centre-back	New York City FC	24	2	42323.2%	4617.6%
14	T. Avilés Centre-back	Inter Miami	22	2	1440.6%	4113.9%
15	D. Munie Centre-back	San Jose Earthquakes	26	2	17189.5%	371.9%
16	S. Zawadzki Centre-back	Columbus Crew	26	2	277.5%	415.5%
17	Antônio Carlos Centre-back	Houston Dynamo	33	1	2016.7%	1350.6%
18	D. Martínez Centre-back	Inter Miami	28	1	711.3%	2626.3%
19	A. Maxsø Centre-back	Colorado Rapids	32	1	246.2%	2219%
20	C. Terán Centre-back	Chicago Fire	25	1	1034.9%	361.6%
21	P. Ortíz Centre-back	Houston Dynamo	26	1	21355.6%	356.4%
22	L. MacNaughton Centre-back	DC United	31	1	879.1%	1813.2%
23	J. Neal Centre-back	CF Montreal	22	1	157.1%	403.9%
24	T. Parker Centre-back	New York Red Bulls	33	1	1022.3%	1150.7%
25	R. Jansson Centre-back	Orlando City SC	34	1	2428.6%	1627.4%
26	C. Garcés Centre-back	Los Angeles Galaxy	24	1	2174%	393%
27	J. Díaz Centre-back	Minnesota United FC	25	1	25139%	4210.4%
28	Thiago Martins Centre-back	New York City FC	31	1	3590.1%	2617.6%
29	R. Priso Centre-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	24	1	23367.3%	4310.9%
30	B. Vera Centre-back	Real Salt Lake	27	1	2219%	3515.4%
31	Bruno Wilson Centre-back	San Jose Earthquakes	29	1	19118.8%	2617%
32	J. Yaro Centre-back	St. Louis City	31	1	10±0%	1824.8%
33	B. Ceballos Centre-back	New England Revolution	25	1	401000%	4319.3%
34	Obafemi Awodesu Centre-back	Houston Dynamo	25	1	18	38
35	S. Ibeagha Centre-back	FC Dallas	34	1	1912.1%	1722.7%
36	O. Makhanya Centre-back	Philadelphia Union	22	1	46	45
37	I. Glavinovich Centre-back	Philadelphia Union	24	1	779.1%	3724.7%
38	J. Glesnes Centre-back	Philadelphia Union	32	1	5673%	2217.9%
39	S. Rosted Centre-back	Toronto FC	32	1	2930.1%	216.6%
40	J. Waterman Centre-back	CF Montreal	30	1	2129.7%	2715.5%
41	M. Boxall Centre-back	Minnesota United FC	37	1	3238.8%	1321.2%
42	E. Segura Centre-back	Los Angeles FC	29	1	38110.6%	310.6%
43	A. Long Centre-back	Los Angeles FC	33	1	3024.8%	1726.2%
44	M. Falcón Centre-back	Inter Miami	29	1	21	28
45	A. Privett Centre-back	Charlotte	26	1	2962.7%	4013.7%
46	J. Glad Centre-back	Real Salt Lake	29	1	2916%	3111.8%
47	K. Hiebert Centre-back	St. Louis City	29	1	1220.1%	2520.2%