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MLS All-Time Leaders

Major League Soccer career leaderboards — goals, assists, combined goal contributions, expected goals (xG), expected assists (xA), minutes, and Goals Added.

Partial source scopeAmerican Soccer Analysis public API · covered 2013-2025 · 3,000 profiles · 1996-2012 still missing

MLS player profile stat rows are ASA-backed for the committed 2013-2025 corpus; StatVault does not currently claim complete MLS history since 1996 or non-MLS historical soccer coverage.

Standings as of 2026-08-25, as declared by the corpus that produced them.

Goals

career G
  1. 1Josef Martínez137
  2. 2Bradley Wright-Phillips127
  3. 3Gyasi Zardes112
  4. 4Kei Kamara106
  5. 5Chris Wondolowski105
  6. 6Hany Mukhtar96
  7. 7Brian White94
  8. 8Diego Valeri92
  9. 9Diego Rossi90
  10. 10Dom Dwyer87
  11. 11Dénis Bouanga86
  12. 12Ola Kamara84
  13. 13Jordan Morris83
  14. 14Raúl Ruidíaz81
  15. 15Luciano Acosta80
  16. 16Carlos Vela80
  17. 17David Villa80
  18. 18Albert Rusnák77
  19. 19C.J. Sapong76
  20. 20Diego Fagundez75
  21. 21Maxi Urruti74
  22. 22Sebastian Giovinco73
  23. 23Jozy Altidore72
  24. 24Ignacio Piatti71
  25. 25Lionel Messi71

Assists

career A
  1. 1Luciano Acosta77
  2. 2Maxi Moralez73
  3. 3Cristian Espinoza71
  4. 4Diego Valeri70
  5. 5Julian Gressel69
  6. 6Nicolás Lodeiro66
  7. 7Carles Gil63
  8. 8Albert Rusnák55
  9. 9Diego Fagundez54
  10. 10Kai Wagner50
  11. 11Michael Barrios50
  12. 12Carlos Vela49
  13. 13Hany Mukhtar48
  14. 14Djordje Mihailovic48
  15. 15Federico Higuaín47
  16. 16Sacha Kljestan46
  17. 17Justin Meram45
  18. 18Lionel Messi44
  19. 19Sebastián Blanco43
  20. 20Brooks Lennon42
  21. 21Sebastian Giovinco41
  22. 22Evander41
  23. 23Ethan Finlay40
  24. 24Lee Nguyen40
  25. 25Graham Zusi38

Goals + Assists

career G+A
  1. 1Diego Valeri162
  2. 2Luciano Acosta157
  3. 3Josef Martínez153
  4. 4Bradley Wright-Phillips147
  5. 5Hany Mukhtar144
  6. 6Gyasi Zardes137
  7. 7Kei Kamara134
  8. 8Albert Rusnák132
  9. 9Chris Wondolowski130
  10. 10Diego Fagundez129
  11. 11Carlos Vela129
  12. 12Diego Rossi124
  13. 13Carles Gil121
  14. 14Nicolás Lodeiro117
  15. 15Lionel Messi115
  16. 16Sebastian Giovinco114
  17. 17Dénis Bouanga113
  18. 18Cristian Espinoza111
  19. 19Maxi Moralez110
  20. 20Brian White110
  21. 21Jordan Morris106
  22. 22Federico Higuaín106
  23. 23Dániel Sallói102
  24. 24Ignacio Piatti102
  25. 25Ethan Finlay101

Expected Goals

career xG
  1. 1Josef Martínez121.49
  2. 2Bradley Wright-Phillips120.36
  3. 3Gyasi Zardes111.19
  4. 4Chris Wondolowski105.37
  5. 5Kei Kamara104.02
  6. 6Dom Dwyer93.69
  7. 7Brian White90.58
  8. 8Hany Mukhtar87.94
  9. 9C.J. Sapong86.77
  10. 10Diego Rossi82.9
  11. 11Jordan Morris82.11
  12. 12Dénis Bouanga81.69
  13. 13Ola Kamara81.51
  14. 14Diego Valeri80.72
  15. 15Maxi Urruti74.72
  16. 16Raúl Ruidíaz74.36
  17. 17Carlos Vela74.17
  18. 18David Villa70.71
  19. 19Luciano Acosta69.9
  20. 20Teal Bunbury68.8
  21. 21Fanendo Adi68.69
  22. 22Dániel Gazdag68.34
  23. 23Will Bruin67.08
  24. 24Albert Rusnák65.42
  25. 25Dániel Sallói64.39

Expected Assists

career xA
  1. 1Diego Valeri75.2
  2. 2Luciano Acosta71
  3. 3Carles Gil67.76
  4. 4Cristian Espinoza66.05
  5. 5Nicolás Lodeiro65.23
  6. 6Maxi Moralez62.56
  7. 7Julian Gressel56.69
  8. 8Albert Rusnák53.6
  9. 9Michael Barrios50.19
  10. 10Diego Fagundez49.1
  11. 11Federico Higuaín48.84
  12. 12Sacha Kljestan47.45
  13. 13Hany Mukhtar46.46
  14. 14Djordje Mihailovic44.92
  15. 15Kai Wagner42.86
  16. 16Graham Zusi42.85
  17. 17Carlos Vela42.6
  18. 18Brooks Lennon42.25
  19. 19Lee Nguyen41.37
  20. 20Justin Meram40.85
  21. 21Sebastián Blanco37.97
  22. 22Cristian Roldan37.2
  23. 23Benny Feilhaber37.1
  24. 24Johnny Russell36.85
  25. 25Shea Salinas34.47

Goals Added (g+)

career Goals Added
  1. 1Josef Martínez62.34
  2. 2Chris Wondolowski60.29
  3. 3Kei Kamara50.04
  4. 4Bradley Wright-Phillips49.52
  5. 5Brian White47.63
  6. 6Dom Dwyer47.43
  7. 7Gyasi Zardes45.54
  8. 8Ola Kamara43.98
  9. 9Hany Mukhtar41.16
  10. 10Luciano Acosta38.86
  11. 11David Villa37.93
  12. 12Carles Gil37.04
  13. 13Diego Valeri37.02
  14. 14C.J. Sapong36.23
  15. 15Dejan Joveljic35.1
  16. 16Maxi Urruti34.92
  17. 17Jeremy Ebobisse34.66
  18. 18Diego Rossi33.88
  19. 19Diego Fagundez33.12
  20. 20Carlos Vela33
  21. 21Diego Rubio32.42
  22. 22Dénis Bouanga31.62
  23. 23Ethan Finlay31.53
  24. 24Jozy Altidore31.48
  25. 25Dániel Sallói31.04

Minutes Played

career minutes
  1. 1Darlington Nagbe39309
  2. 2Sean Johnson39211
  3. 3Stefan Frei38559
  4. 4Diego Chará38034
  5. 5Wil Trapp36122
  6. 6Andrew Farrell33675
  7. 7Cristian Roldan32238
  8. 8Mark Delgado32116
  9. 9Dax McCarty30713
  10. 10Matt Hedges30358
  11. 11Andre Blake30117
  12. 12Diego Fagundez30028
  13. 13Steve Clark30005
  14. 14Jonathan Osorio29597
  15. 15Joe Willis29515
  16. 16Justen Glad28597
  17. 17Tim Parker28502
  18. 18Walker Zimmerman28480
  19. 19Ryan Hollingshead28189
  20. 20Gyasi Zardes28035
  21. 21Daniel Lovitz27986
  22. 22Jack Elliott27903
  23. 23Tim Melia27451
  24. 24Albert Rusnák27038
  25. 25Ilie Sánchez26851

Finishing & Creation

Goals and assists relative to their expected value (xG / xA) — who outscores the chances they get, and who creates more than the model predicts. A positive number beats expectation. Minimum 15 career goals (or assists) to qualify.