Major League Soccer Top Scorers, Assists & Shots 2026

Major League Soccer Attacking leaders

Lionel Messi leads the Major League Soccer for Goals in 2026 with 21. The full leaderboard is below, with every ranked player and team linked to their Statz stats.

Most goals in the Major League Soccer 2026

#	Player	Team	Goals
1	Lionel Messi	Inter Miami	21
2	Petar Musa	Dallas	18
3	Brian White	Vancouver Whitecaps	17
4	Sam Surridge	Nashville SC	16
5	Milan Iloski	Philadelphia Union	16
6	Prince Owusu	CF Montréal	15
7	Nicolás Fernández Mercau	New York City	15
8	Rafael Navarro	St. Louis City	15
9	Preston Judd	SJ Earthquakes	15
10	Denis Bouanga	Los Angeles FC	14
11	Kévin Denkey	Cincinnati	14
12	Guilherme	Houston Dynamo	14
13	Tai Baribo	DC United	14
14	Kelvin Yeboah	Minnesota United	14
15	Luis Suárez	Inter Miami	13

Most assists in the Major League Soccer 2026

#	Player	Team	Assists
1	Lionel Messi	Inter Miami	12
2	Albert Rusnák	Seattle Sounders	11
3	Anders Dreyer	San Diego	11
4	Cristian Espinoza	Nashville SC	11
5	Heung-min Son	Los Angeles FC	10
6	Evander	Cincinnati	10
7	Joaquín Pereyra	Minnesota United	10
8	Philip Zinckernagel	Chicago Fire	9
9	Joaquín Valiente	Dallas	9
10	Agustín Ojeda	New York City	9
11	Justin Ellis	Orlando City	9
12	Rodrigo De Paul	Inter Miami	8
13	Telasco Segovia	Inter Miami	8
14	Dor Turgeman	New England	8
15	Marco Reus	LA Galaxy	7

Most goal Involvements in the Major League Soccer 2026

#	Player	Team	Goal Involvements
1	Lionel Messi	Inter Miami	33
2	Petar Musa	Dallas	23
3	Evander	Cincinnati	23
4	Anders Dreyer	San Diego	22
5	Prince Owusu	CF Montréal	21
6	Guilherme	Houston Dynamo	20
7	Brian White	Vancouver Whitecaps	19
8	Nicolás Fernández Mercau	New York City	19
9	Denis Bouanga	Los Angeles FC	19
10	Hany Mukhtar	Nashville SC	19
11	Pep Biel	Charlotte	19
12	Milan Iloski	Philadelphia Union	18
13	Rafael Navarro	St. Louis City	18
14	Preston Judd	SJ Earthquakes	18
15	Kévin Denkey	Cincinnati	18

Most penalties Scored in the Major League Soccer 2026

#	Player	Team	Penalties Scored
1	Carles Gil	New England	6
2	Prince Owusu	CF Montréal	6
3	Thomas Müller	Vancouver Whitecaps	4
4	Anders Dreyer	San Diego	4
5	Martín Ojeda	Orlando City	4
6	Nicolás Fernández Mercau	New York City	4
7	Milan Iloski	Philadelphia Union	4
8	Marco Reus	LA Galaxy	3
9	Timo Werner	SJ Earthquakes	3
10	Petar Musa	Dallas	3
11	Kévin Denkey	Cincinnati	3
12	Evander	Cincinnati	3
13	Sam Surridge	Nashville SC	3
14	Tai Baribo	DC United	3
15	Kelvin Yeboah	Minnesota United	3

Most non-Penalty Goals in the Major League Soccer 2026

#	Player	Team	Non-Penalty Goals
1	Lionel Messi	Inter Miami	20
2	Brian White	Vancouver Whitecaps	16
3	Petar Musa	Dallas	15
4	Preston Judd	SJ Earthquakes	15
5	Sam Surridge	Nashville SC	13
6	Denis Bouanga	Los Angeles FC	13
7	Guilherme	Houston Dynamo	13
8	Hany Mukhtar	Nashville SC	13
9	Milan Iloski	Philadelphia Union	12
10	Rafael Navarro	St. Louis City	12
11	Nicolás Fernández Mercau	New York City	11
12	Kévin Denkey	Cincinnati	11
13	Tai Baribo	DC United	11
14	Kelvin Yeboah	Minnesota United	11
15	Luis Suárez	Inter Miami	11

Most expected Goals (xG) in the Major League Soccer 2026

#	Player	Team	Expected Goals (xG)
1	Lionel Messi	Inter Miami	16.15
2	Rafael Navarro	St. Louis City	15.69
3	Brian White	Vancouver Whitecaps	15.55
4	Kelvin Yeboah	Minnesota United	15.43
5	Milan Iloski	Philadelphia Union	14.47
6	Kévin Denkey	Cincinnati	13.59
7	Petar Musa	Dallas	13.55
8	Prince Owusu	CF Montréal	13.44
9	Sam Surridge	Nashville SC	13.07
10	Preston Judd	SJ Earthquakes	11.23
11	Tai Baribo	DC United	10.48
12	Sergi Solans	Real Salt Lake	10.37
13	Hugo Cuypers	Chicago Fire	10.14
14	Julian Hall	New York RB	10.13
15	Anders Dreyer	San Diego	9.91

Most non-Penalty xG in the Major League Soccer 2026

#	Player	Team	Non-Penalty xG
1	Brian White	Vancouver Whitecaps	14.76
2	Lionel Messi	Inter Miami	14.57
3	Rafael Navarro	St. Louis City	12.53
4	Kelvin Yeboah	Minnesota United	11.48
5	Preston Judd	SJ Earthquakes	11.23
6	Kévin Denkey	Cincinnati	11.22
7	Petar Musa	Dallas	11.18
8	Sam Surridge	Nashville SC	10.7
9	Milan Iloski	Philadelphia Union	10.52
10	Sergi Solans	Real Salt Lake	10.37
11	Julian Hall	New York RB	10.13
12	Hany Mukhtar	Nashville SC	9.68
13	Simon Becher	St. Louis City	9.4
14	Germán Berterame	Inter Miami	9.22
15	Denis Bouanga	Los Angeles FC	8.84

Most xG Overperformance in the Major League Soccer 2026

#	Player	Team	xG Overperformance
1	Guilherme	Houston Dynamo	7.67
2	Nicolás Fernández Mercau	New York City	6.28
3	Lionel Messi	Inter Miami	4.85
4	Christian Ramirez	Austin	4.8
5	Pep Biel	Charlotte	4.55
6	Petar Musa	Dallas	4.45
7	Denis Bouanga	Los Angeles FC	4.37
8	Martín Ojeda	Orlando City	3.97
9	Preston Judd	SJ Earthquakes	3.77
10	Luis Suárez	Inter Miami	3.75
11	Dejan Joveljić	Seattle Sounders	3.67
12	Pavel Bucha	Cincinnati	3.58
13	André Luiz	Sporting KC	3.53
14	Tai Baribo	DC United	3.52
15	Maren Haile-Selassie	Chicago Fire	3.49

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