As part of our series of deeper dives into the statistics of the game, today we explore who are the most active center backs in MLS since the beginning of the 2019 season.
The chart below ranks those central defenders based on their average clearances+interceptions+tackles+blocks per 90 minutes (With a minimum of 2,000 minutes played since the start of the 2019 season.)
The San Jose Earthquakes' Guram Kashia ranks tops on the list, and his teammate Florian Jungwirth is third. And if you know anything about the man-marking system manager Matias Almeyda plays, that's hardly a surprise.