Top-Scoring defenders in Major League Soccer 2026

The top-scoring defenders 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 defenders in Major League Soccer, with a Field Insider Rating of 49.6, and M. Woledzi has been the form player this season, grading 61.4, and A. Markanich leads the scoring with 8 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: E. Segura has improved his Season rating most, up +40.1 on last season, while E. Morales's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +6.9 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 14.6.

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	Player	Team
1	A. Markanich Full-back	Minnesota United FC	26	8	329.7%	411.5%
2	Neil Pierre Centre-back	Philadelphia Union	19	4	102450%	4317.3%
3	M. Laborda Full-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	27	4	5137%	4515.5%
4	L. Bartlett Centre-back	DC United	29	4	3049.8%	314.7%
5	D. Munie Centre-back	San Jose Earthquakes	26	4	2656.4%	4214.9%
6	R. Roberts Centre-back	San Jose Earthquakes	22	3	35311.9%	4724.5%
7	D. Þórhallsson Full-back	San Diego	26	3	282.1%	3112.5%
8	A. Najar Full-back	Nashville SC	33	3	4022.1%	1711.1%
9	T. Totland Full-back	St. Louis City	27	3	1521.4%	4141.6%
10	Guilherme Biro Full-back	Austin	26	3	2134%	387.8%
11	P. Dithejane Full-back	Chicago Fire	22	2	479.1%	4172.1%
12	J. Bell Full-back	Austin	29	2	141.4%	25±0%
13	K. Franklin Full-back	Toronto FC	23	2	19119.3%	4416.8%
14	Raphael Full-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	23	2	6	40
15	R. Baker-Whiting Full-back	Nashville SC	21	2	21165.8%	448.9%
16	M. Woledzi Centre-back	Nashville SC	25	2	6124%	452.8%
17	B. Ceballos Centre-back	CF Montreal	25	2	295.8%	3323.5%
18	K. Rowles Centre-back	DC United	28	2	3520.1%	331.5%
19	B. Hines-Ike Centre-back	Austin	31	2	1732.8%	2114.9%
20	M. Yoshida Centre-back	Los Angeles Galaxy	38	2	1320.1%	828.3%
21	S. Hefti Full-back	DC United	29	2	38101.1%	3531.1%
22	R. Laryea Centre-back	Toronto FC	31	2	1515%	2429%
23	D. Romney Centre-back	San Jose Earthquakes	33	2	1035.8%	1235.4%
24	R. Cannon Centre-back	Colorado Rapids	28	2	1741.7%	306.6%
25	L. MacNaughton Full-back	St. Louis City	31	2	16189.1%	2019.9%
26	D. Brekalo Centre-back	Orlando City SC	27	2	1639.9%	36±0%
27	O. Urhoghide Full-back	FC Dallas	26	2	255.7%	415.2%
28	Jack Jasinski Centre-back	San Jose Earthquakes	22	2	12	40
29	K. Thompson Full-back	Colorado Rapids	23	2	3151%	43±0%
30	É. Ocampo Full-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	23	2	5445.8%	508.1%
31	M. Agyemang Centre-back	Charlotte	21	2	16	43
32	M. Farsi Full-back	Columbus Crew	26	2	858.5%	371.1%
33	D. Padelford Full-back	New York Red Bulls	23	1	190.8%	344.5%
34	K. Smith Full-back	FC Cincinnati	34	1	835%	111.9%
35	N. Hagglund Centre-back	FC Cincinnati	34	1	758.4%	133.8%
36	B. Bye Full-back	Portland Timbers	30	1	1130.6%	2729%
37	T. Baumgartl Centre-back	St. Louis City	30	1	2228.7%	2930%
38	J. Waterman Centre-back	Portland Timbers	30	1	0100%	1635.9%
39	Wyatt Meyer Centre-back	Sporting Kansas City	25	1	13746.7%	3813%
40	B. Vera Centre-back	CF Montreal	27	1	2728.6%	378.8%
41	D. Polvara Centre-back	St. Louis City	26	1	31130.6%	4217.2%
42	J. Reynolds Full-back	Sporting Kansas City	22	1	82600%	371.6%
43	J. Sery Larsen Centre-back	Philadelphia Union	26	1	1433.6%	353.3%
44	D. Schnegg Full-back	Charlotte	28	1	1259.1%	33±0%
45	S. Hawkins Centre-back	Seattle Sounders	20	1	147100%	408.1%
46	L. Engel Centre-back	Real Salt Lake	27	1	976.2%	3216.4%
47	F. Fall Centre-back	St. Louis City	22	1	382.6%	39±0%
48	Felipe Andrade Centre-back	Houston Dynamo	24	1	5078.4%	459.2%
49	N. Harriel Full-back	Philadelphia Union	25	1	3723.2%	457.5%
50	T. Gray Centre-back	New York City FC	24	1	315.5%	457.2%