The 2021 MLS Draft is here, and SBI has you covered on player rankings by position.
If you want a full rundown of where players are ranked overall, regardless of position, be sure to check out SBI’s Final MLS Draft Big Board. If you are curious about where players might be drafted, be sure to read our Final MLS Mock Draft, with a two-round look at how we see the first 54 selections of the MLS Draft going.
Now, for our final MLS Draft Rankings By Position, here is the full rundown:
SBI’s 2021 MLS DRAFT POSITIONAL RANKINGS
GOALKEEPERS
1. COLIN SHUTLER, Virginia
2. A.J. MARCUCCI, Connecticut College
3. ANDREW PANNENBERG, Wake Forest
4. TOR SAUNDERS, Coastal Carolina
5. T.J. BUSH, James Madison
RIGHT BACK
1. BRET HALSEY, Virginia
2. LOGAN PANCHOT, Stanford
3. JUSTIN MALOU, Clemson
4. JAVAIN BROWN, South Florida
5. IRAKOZE DONASIYANO, Virginia
6. BEN DIROSA, Maryland
7. ERIK ILOSKI, UCLA
8. MARK SALAS, North Carolina
9. SEAN O’HEARN, Georgetown
10. CHRIS GUERREIRO, Simon Fraser
CENTERBACK
1. ETHAN BARTLOW, Washington
2. NABI KIBUNGUCHY, UC-Davis
3. JOSH BAUER, New Hampshire
4. MICHAEL DESHIELDS, Wake Forest
5. AIME MABIKA, Kentucky
6. TALEN MAPLES, SMU
7. LAMINE CONTE, Louisville
8. RIO HOPE-GUND, Georgetown
9. JACKSON RAGEN, Michigan
10. BRANDON HACKENBERG, Penn State
11. C.C. UCHE, Ohio State
12. FREDDY KLEEMAN, Washington
13. IWAN WEBSTER, Maryville
14. ROBIN LAPERT, UConn
15. PIERRE CAYET, Temple
16. MATT CONSTANT, North Carolina
17. SONDRE NORHEIM, Syracuse
18. JOEL HARRISON, Michigan
19. DAVID NORRIS, North Carolina State
20. ELAN KOENIG, Villanova
LEFT BACK
1. JOSH DRACK, Denver
2. AVIONNE FLANAGAN, South Florida
3. MATT DIROSA, Maryland
4. AEDAN STANLEY, Duke
5. JOE HAFFERTY, Oregon State
6. UMAR FAROUK OSMAN, Michigan
7. TOM JUDGE, James Madison
8. MUSA QONGO, Creighton
9. JOHN LEISMAN, Yale
10. GERARDO LOPEZ, Loyola Marymount
DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDER
1. PHILIP MAYAKA, Clemson
2. KAREEM RILEY, Florida Gulf Coast
3. PAPE OUMAR GUEYE, Radford
4. MARCELLO POLISI, Simon Fraser
5. SKYE HARTER, Akron
CENTRAL MIDFIELDERS
1. DANIEL PEREIRA, Virginia Tech
2. LOUIS PEREZ, Central Florida
3. MITCH GUITAR, Wisconsin
4. NICKY HERNANDEZ, SMU
5. GIUSEPPE BARONE, Michigan State
6. ALLEN GAVILANES, Marist
7. GIOVANNI MONTEZDEOCA, North Carolina
8. NOAH JENSEN, Oakland
9. JACK DORAN, Duke
10. CHRISTIAN PINZON, Cal-State Fullerton
WINGERS/WIDE FORWARDS
1. CALVIN HARRIS, Wake Forest
2. KIMARNI SMITH, Clemson
3. DEREK DODSON, Georgetown
4. JOSH PENN, Indiana
5. JUSTIN MCMASTER, Wake Forest
6. RODNEY MICHAEL, UCSB
7. LEROY ENZUGUSI, Drake
8. DANIEL STEEDMAN, Virginia
9. JAMIL ROBERTS, Marshall
10. DIEGO GUTIERREZ, Creighton
STRIKERS
1. ED KIZZA, Pittsburgh
2. DAVID EGBO, Akron
3. DANNY TREJO, CSU-Northridge
4. LUTHER ARCHIMEDE, Syracuse
5. KRISTO STRICKLER, Virginia Tech
6. TOMMY WILLIAMSON, California
7. PRESTON JUDD, Denver
8. SANTIAGO HERRERA, North Carolina
9. NATHANIAL CROFTS, Virginia
10. MARCO GONZALEZ, UNLV