Major League Soccer Leaders — 2026

Season totals, refreshed daily. Every name links to that player's page.

Goals
#	Player	Club	Total
1	Lionel Messi W	Miami	26
2	Petar Musa ST	Dallas	22
3	Sam Surridge ST	Nashville	21
4	Brian White ST	Vancouver	20
5	Milan Iloski ST	Philadelphia	19
6	Rafael Navarro ST	Colorado	19
7	Kelvin Yeboah ST	Minnesota	18
8	Dénis Bouanga W	LAFC	18
9	Luis Suárez ST	Miami	17
10	Preston Judd ST	San Jose	17

Assists (primary)
#	Player	Club	Total
1	Albert Rusnák AM	Seattle	13
2	Lionel Messi W	Miami	13
3	Cristian Espinoza W	Nashville	12
4	Marco Reus AM	LA Galaxy	12
5	Joaquín Pereyra W	Minnesota	12
6	Evander AM	Cincinnati	12
7	Anders Dreyer W	San Diego	12
8	Justin Ellis ST	Orlando	10
9	Son Heung-Min ST	LAFC	10
10	Rodrigo de Paul CM	Miami	10

Goals + assists
#	Player	Club	Total
1	Lionel Messi W	Miami	39
2	Petar Musa ST	Dallas	27
3	Anders Dreyer W	San Diego	27
4	Evander AM	Cincinnati	26
5	Luis Suárez ST	Miami	24
6	Guilherme W	Houston	24
7	Rafael Navarro ST	Colorado	24
8	Dénis Bouanga W	LAFC	23
9	Hany Mukhtar ST	Nashville	23
10	Pep Biel AM	Charlotte	23

Expected goals (xG)
#	Player	Club	Total
1	Lionel Messi W	Miami	25.1
2	Petar Musa ST	Dallas	22.5
3	Brian White ST	Vancouver	22.3
4	Milan Iloski ST	Philadelphia	21.6
5	Rafael Navarro ST	Colorado	21.3
6	Kelvin Yeboah ST	Minnesota	20.9
7	Sam Surridge ST	Nashville	19.9
8	Julian Hall ST	Red Bulls	19.4
9	Sergi Solans ST	Salt Lake	18.5
10	Kévin Denkey ST	Cincinnati	18.4

Expected assists (xA)
#	Player	Club	Total
1	Lionel Messi W	Miami	12.0
2	Evander AM	Cincinnati	11.7
3	Nicolás Fernández ST	NYCFC	10.6
4	Joaquín Pereyra W	Minnesota	10.5
5	Anders Dreyer W	San Diego	9.8
6	Pep Biel AM	Charlotte	9.5
7	Cristian Espinoza W	Nashville	9.2
8	Cade Cowell W	Red Bulls	8.9
9	Dénis Bouanga W	LAFC	8.8
10	Marco Reus AM	LA Galaxy	8.7

Shots
#	Player	Club	Total
1	Lionel Messi W	Miami	183
2	Milan Iloski ST	Philadelphia	121
3	Son Heung-Min ST	LAFC	109
4	Hany Mukhtar ST	Nashville	108
5	Evander AM	Cincinnati	107
6	Kristoffer Velde W	Portland	107
7	Petar Musa ST	Dallas	103
8	Brian White ST	Vancouver	102
9	Dénis Bouanga W	LAFC	101
10	Anders Dreyer W	San Diego	100

Key passes
#	Player	Club	Total
1	Carles Gil AM	New England	95
2	Albert Rusnák AM	Seattle	90
3	Evander AM	Cincinnati	87
4	Anders Dreyer W	San Diego	86
5	Cristian Espinoza W	Nashville	78
6	Nicolás Fernández ST	NYCFC	75
7	Joaquín Pereyra W	Minnesota	74
8	Guilherme W	Houston	73
9	Facundo Torres W	Austin	71
10	Lionel Messi W	Miami	69

Minutes played
#	Player	Club	Total
1	Sean Zawadzki CB	Columbus	3495
2	Patrick Schulte GK	Columbus	3495
3	James Pantemis GK	Portland	3487
4	Kristijan Kahlina GK	Charlotte	3466
5	Nathan Harriel CB	Philadelphia	3456
6	Matt Turner GK	New England	3447
7	Ethan Horvath GK	Red Bulls	3442
8	Timo Baumgartl CB	St. Louis	3439
9	Andrew Thomas GK	Seattle	3421
10	Keisuke Kurokawa FB	D.C. United	3414

Saves
#	Player	Club	Total
1	Kristijan Kahlina GK	Charlotte	153
2	Matt Turner GK	New England	137
3	Maxime Crépeau GK	Orlando	135
4	Brad Stuver GK	Austin	131
5	James Pantemis GK	Portland	130
6	Andrew Thomas GK	Seattle	123
7	Ethan Horvath GK	Red Bulls	110
8	Matt Freese GK	NYCFC	109
9	Patrick Schulte GK	Columbus	107
10	Sean Johnson GK	D.C. United	106

Goals prevented (xG faced − conceded)
#	Player	Club	Total
1	Matt Turner GK	New England	15.6
2	Brian Schwake GK	Nashville	13.6
3	Andrew Thomas GK	Seattle	11.0
4	Yohei Takaoka GK	Vancouver	7.6
5	Brad Stuver GK	Austin	7.1
6	Matt Freese GK	NYCFC	6.6
7	Daniel GK	San Jose	5.0
8	Hugo Lloris GK	LAFC	4.2
9	JT Marcinkowski GK	LA Galaxy	4.0
10	Kristijan Kahlina GK	Charlotte	3.8

xG (expected goals) is the number of goals an average player would be expected to score from those chances; xA is the same idea for the passes a player makes. Both come from a public expected-goals model. What xG actually tells you →

Updated Sun 2:43 AM ET