Top-Scoring defenders in Major League Soccer

The top-scoring 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	A. Markanich Full-back	Minnesota United FC	26	10	36438.8%	402.6%
2	M. Laborda Centre-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	26	6	4486.9%	446%
3	Jordi Alba Full-back	Inter Miami	37	6	2031.6%	1414.4%
4	M. Herrera Defensive midfielder	Columbus Crew	27	5	3629.7%	3625.4%
5	Felipe Andrade Full-back	Houston Dynamo	24	4	36624.5%	4325%
6	J. Elliott Centre-back	Chicago Fire	30	4	2519.2%	299.1%
7	S. Moore Centre-back	FC Dallas	29	3	2634.9%	312.5%
8	N. Triantis Central midfielder	Minnesota United FC	23	3	1657.9%	4223.6%
9	K. Kossa-Rienzi Full-back	Seattle Sounders	24	3	199300%	4324.3%
10	I. Feingold Central midfielder	New England Revolution	21	3	35	48
11	J. Bauer Full-back	Nashville SC	28	3	1144.9%	2919.6%
12	Guilherme Biro Full-back	Austin	26	3	3333.1%	416.5%
13	D. Þórhallsson Full-back	Orlando City SC	26	3	1162.2%	3520.7%
14	A. Gutman Full-back	Chicago Fire	29	3	27289.9%	3315.2%
15	B. Hlongwane Full-back	Minnesota United FC	26	3	3021.9%	418.7%
16	Raphael Full-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	22	2	3	39
17	N. Harriel Full-back	Philadelphia Union	25	2	5472.7%	43±0%
18	M. Robinson Centre-back	FC Cincinnati	29	2	327.4%	3213.3%
19	C. McVey Centre-back	San Diego	29	2	397.4%	332.7%
20	L. Petrasso Full-back	CF Montreal	26	2	15	4222.9%
21	S. Adekugbe Centre-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	31	2	635.3%	1731.7%
22	M. Cuevas Full-back	Los Angeles Galaxy	23	2	710.2%	401.8%
23	M. Yoshida Centre-back	Los Angeles Galaxy	37	2	1740%	1235.4%
24	É. Ocampo Full-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	22	2	393810%	4730.4%
25	T. Blackmon Centre-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	29	2	36115%	319.6%
26	K. Miller Full-back	Portland Timbers	29	2	184.2%	2816.8%
27	J. Ragen Centre-back	Seattle Sounders	27	2	2826.8%	3717.1%
28	K. Rosenberry Full-back	Colorado Rapids	32	2	1241.2%	1543.4%
29	J. Palacios Centre-back	Nashville SC	32	2	23	18
30	D. Lovitz Full-back	Nashville SC	34	2	3329.7%	1711.5%
31	A. Najar Full-back	Nashville SC	33	2	3485.8%	194.5%
32	O. Urhoghide Centre-back	FC Dallas	26	2	3026%	4028.8%
33	F. Escobar Full-back	Houston Dynamo	31	2	357.3%	2219.5%
34	G. Dorsey Full-back	Houston Dynamo	27	2	336%	3812.3%
35	J. Gallagher Central midfielder	Austin	30	2	222.7%	2623.1%
36	C. Harvey Centre-back	Minnesota United FC	26	2	34148.2%	403.7%
37	R. Hollingshead Full-back	Los Angeles FC	35	2	3417%	167.2%
38	T. Avilés Centre-back	Inter Miami	22	2	1440.6%	4113.9%
39	P. Miller Full-back	New England Revolution	18	2	29357.8%	4717.9%
40	D. Munie Centre-back	San Jose Earthquakes	26	2	17189.5%	371.9%
41	Antônio Carlos Centre-back	Houston Dynamo	33	1	2016.7%	1350.6%
42	D. Martínez Centre-back	Inter Miami	28	1	711.3%	2626.3%
43	N. Hagglund Full-back	FC Cincinnati	33	1	21488.6%	175.8%
44	A. Maxsø Centre-back	Colorado Rapids	32	1	246.2%	2219%
45	R. Hernández Full-back	Atlanta United FC	28	1	13120%	2910.5%
46	C. Terán Centre-back	Chicago Fire	25	1	1034.9%	361.6%
47	Cesar Ruvalcaba Full-back	Columbus Crew	25	1	4	35
48	J. Reynolds Full-back	Chicago Fire	22	1	0	37
49	Ian Smith Central midfielder	Portland Timbers	24	1	12	37
50	Harbor Miller Full-back	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	1	5	40