Most Tackles, Fouls & Cards - Major League Soccer 2026

Major League Soccer Defending leaders

Andrés Cubas leads the Major League Soccer for Tackles in 2026 with 101. The full leaderboard is below, with every ranked player and team linked to their Statz stats.

Most tackles in the Major League Soccer 2026

#	Player	Team	Tackles
1	Andrés Cubas	Vancouver Whitecaps	101
2	Yannick Bright	Inter Miami	81
3	Silvan Hefti	DC United	66
4	Peglow	DC United	64
5	Iván Angulo	Orlando City	62
6	Matti Peltola	DC United	59
7	Brandon Servania	DC United	58
8	Tristan Muyumba	Atlanta United	57
9	Matthew Corcoran	Nashville SC	57
10	Taha Habroune	Columbus Crew	57
11	Sean Zawadzki	Columbus Crew	53
12	Anthony Markanich Jr.	Minnesota United	52
13	Mamadou Fofana	New England	51
14	Jovan Lukić	Philadelphia Union	51
15	Bryan Ramírez	Cincinnati	51

Most interceptions in the Major League Soccer 2026

#	Player	Team	Interceptions
1	Nathan Harriel	Philadelphia Union	75
2	Jimer Fory	Portland Timbers	56
3	Chris Durkin	St. Louis City	49
4	Samuel Gidi	Cincinnati	48
5	Yannick Bright	Inter Miami	48
6	Noel Caliskan	Real Salt Lake	47
7	Dante Polvara	St. Louis City	46
8	Morris Duggan	Minnesota United	45
9	Adri Mehmeti	New York RB	44
10	Alonso Coello	Toronto	42
11	Danley Jean Jacques	Philadelphia Union	41
12	Keisuke Kurokawa	DC United	41
13	Andrés Cubas	Vancouver Whitecaps	40
14	Finn Surman	Portland Timbers	40
15	Nouhou	Seattle Sounders	39

Most tackles + Interceptions in the Major League Soccer 2026

#	Player	Team	Tackles + Interceptions
1	Andrés Cubas	Vancouver Whitecaps	141
2	Yannick Bright	Inter Miami	129
3	Nathan Harriel	Philadelphia Union	123
4	Jimer Fory	Portland Timbers	106
5	Chris Durkin	St. Louis City	99
6	Dante Polvara	St. Louis City	96
7	Silvan Hefti	DC United	93
8	Adri Mehmeti	New York RB	91
9	Matti Peltola	DC United	89
10	Sean Zawadzki	Columbus Crew	88
11	Morris Duggan	Minnesota United	88
12	Peglow	DC United	87
13	Tristan Muyumba	Atlanta United	86
14	Mamadou Fofana	New England	86
15	Alonso Coello	Toronto	86

Most clearances in the Major League Soccer 2026

#	Player	Team	Clearances
1	Lucas Bartlett	DC United	181
2	Mamadou Fofana	New England	165
3	Finn Surman	Portland Timbers	162
4	Kye Rowles	DC United	149
5	Morris Duggan	Minnesota United	148
6	Jack Elliott	Chicago Fire	145
7	Osaze Urhoghide	Dallas	130
8	Ryan Porteous	Los Angeles FC	124
9	Nathan Harriel	Philadelphia Union	124
10	Jakob Glesnes	LA Galaxy	123
11	Maxwell Woledzi	Nashville SC	123
12	Tristan Blackmon	Vancouver Whitecaps	122
13	Walker Zimmerman	Toronto	117
14	Oleksandr Svatok	Austin	116
15	Sean Zawadzki	Columbus Crew	116

Most blocked Shots in the Major League Soccer 2026

#	Player	Team	Blocked Shots
1	Finn Surman	Portland Timbers	47
2	Lucas Bartlett	DC United	29
3	Ethan Kohler	New England	28
4	Kye Rowles	DC United	26
5	Brendan Hines-Ike	Austin	25
6	Henry Kessler	Charlotte	24
7	Nkosi Tafari	Los Angeles FC	24
8	Efraín Morales	CF Montréal	24
9	Manu Duah	San Diego	24
10	Jakob Glesnes	LA Galaxy	23
11	Dante Polvara	St. Louis City	21
12	Jack Elliott	Chicago Fire	20
13	Miles Robinson	Cincinnati	20
14	Justin Haak	LA Galaxy	20
15	Justin Che	New York RB	20

Most dribbled Past in the Major League Soccer 2026

#	Player	Team	Dribbled Past
1	Jovan Lukić	Philadelphia Union	33
2	Zavier Gozo	Real Salt Lake	31
3	Adri Mehmeti	New York RB	31
4	Philip Zinckernagel	Chicago Fire	29
5	Dylan Nealis	New York RB	29
6	Silvan Hefti	DC United	27
7	Cooper Sanchez	Atlanta United	27
8	Ronald Donkor	New York RB	27
9	Cavan Sullivan	Philadelphia Union	27
10	Lucas Sanabria	LA Galaxy	27
11	Tristan Muyumba	Atlanta United	26
12	Indiana Vassilev	Philadelphia Union	26
13	Joaquín Valiente	Dallas	26
14	Carles Gil	New England	25
15	Cristian Roldán	Seattle Sounders	25

Most total Duels in the Major League Soccer 2026

#	Player	Team	Total Duels
1	Bruno Damiani	Philadelphia Union	362
2	Kristoffer Velde	Portland Timbers	355
3	Nicolás Fernández Mercau	New York City	344
4	Rafael Navarro	St. Louis City	330
5	Guilherme	Houston Dynamo	323
6	Ousseni Bouda	SJ Earthquakes	308
7	Philip Zinckernagel	Chicago Fire	300
8	Joaquín Pereyra	Minnesota United	294
9	Nathan Harriel	Philadelphia Union	294
10	J. Rosales	Austin	291
11	Simon Becher	St. Louis City	285
12	Denis Bouanga	Los Angeles FC	281
13	Prince Owusu	CF Montréal	269
14	Anthony Markanich Jr.	Minnesota United	258
15	Kelvin Yeboah	Minnesota United	257

Most duels Won in the Major League Soccer 2026

#	Player	Team	Duels Won
1	Nicolás Fernández Mercau	New York City	184
2	Guilherme	Houston Dynamo	179
3	Nathan Harriel	Philadelphia Union	179
4	Bruno Damiani	Philadelphia Union	167
5	Osaze Urhoghide	Dallas	161
6	Rafael Navarro	St. Louis City	161
7	Kristoffer Velde	Portland Timbers	154
8	Anthony Markanich Jr.	Minnesota United	154
9	Lucas Bartlett	DC United	139
10	Will Sands	New England	139
11	Yannick Bright	Inter Miami	139
12	Joaquín Pereyra	Minnesota United	138
13	Philip Zinckernagel	Chicago Fire	137
14	Frankie Westfield	Philadelphia Union	137
15	Beau Leroux	SJ Earthquakes	134

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