Lionel Messi leads the Major League Soccer for Goals in 2026 with 19. The full leaderboard is below, with every ranked player and team linked to their Statz stats.
| # | Player | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lionel Messi | Inter Miami | 19 |
| 2 | Petar Musa | Dallas | 18 |
| 3 | Sam Surridge | Nashville SC | 15 |
| 4 | Brian White | Vancouver Whitecaps | 15 |
| 5 | Nicolás Fernández Mercau | New York City | 15 |
| 6 | Tai Baribo | DC United | 14 |
| 7 | Rafael Navarro | St. Louis City | 14 |
| 8 | Prince Owusu | CF Montréal | 13 |
| 9 | Hugo Cuypers | Chicago Fire | 13 |
| 10 | Denis Bouanga | Los Angeles FC | 13 |
| 11 | Kévin Denkey | Cincinnati | 13 |
| 12 | Guilherme | Houston Dynamo | 13 |
| 13 | Evander | Cincinnati | 13 |
| 14 | Kelvin Yeboah | Minnesota United | 13 |
| 15 | Luis Suárez | Inter Miami | 12 |
| # | Player | Team | Assists |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lionel Messi | Inter Miami | 12 |
| 2 | Anders Dreyer | San Diego | 10 |
| 3 | Evander | Cincinnati | 10 |
| 4 | JoaquÃn Pereyra | Minnesota United | 10 |
| 5 | Heung-min Son | Los Angeles FC | 9 |
| 6 | Philip Zinckernagel | Chicago Fire | 9 |
| 7 | Cristian Espinoza | Nashville SC | 9 |
| 8 | Justin Ellis | Orlando City | 9 |
| 9 | Telasco Segovia | Inter Miami | 8 |
| 10 | JoaquÃn Valiente | Dallas | 8 |
| 11 | AgustÃn Ojeda | New York City | 8 |
| 12 | Albert Rusnák | Seattle Sounders | 7 |
| 13 | Rodrigo De Paul | Inter Miami | 7 |
| 14 | Aleksey Miranchuk | Atlanta United | 7 |
| 15 | Pep Biel | Charlotte | 7 |
| # | Player | Team | Goal Involvements |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lionel Messi | Inter Miami | 31 |
| 2 | Petar Musa | Dallas | 23 |
| 3 | Evander | Cincinnati | 23 |
| 4 | Nicolás Fernández Mercau | New York City | 19 |
| 5 | Prince Owusu | CF Montréal | 19 |
| 6 | Guilherme | Houston Dynamo | 19 |
| 7 | Pep Biel | Charlotte | 19 |
| 8 | Anders Dreyer | San Diego | 19 |
| 9 | Denis Bouanga | Los Angeles FC | 18 |
| 10 | Brian White | Vancouver Whitecaps | 17 |
| 11 | Rafael Navarro | St. Louis City | 17 |
| 12 | Kévin Denkey | Cincinnati | 16 |
| 13 | Luis Suárez | Inter Miami | 16 |
| 14 | Hany Mukhtar | Nashville SC | 16 |
| 15 | Sam Surridge | Nashville SC | 15 |
| # | Player | Team | Penalties Scored |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carles Gil | New England | 6 |
| 2 | Prince Owusu | CF Montréal | 5 |
| 3 | Thomas Müller | Vancouver Whitecaps | 4 |
| 4 | Anders Dreyer | San Diego | 4 |
| 5 | Nicolás Fernández Mercau | New York City | 4 |
| 6 | Marco Reus | LA Galaxy | 3 |
| 7 | Timo Werner | SJ Earthquakes | 3 |
| 8 | Petar Musa | Dallas | 3 |
| 9 | MartÃn Ojeda | Orlando City | 3 |
| 10 | Evander | Cincinnati | 3 |
| 11 | Sam Surridge | Nashville SC | 3 |
| 12 | Tai Baribo | DC United | 3 |
| 13 | Rafael Navarro | St. Louis City | 3 |
| 14 | Milan Iloski | Philadelphia Union | 3 |
| 15 | Luis Suárez | Inter Miami | 2 |
| # | Player | Team | Non-Penalty Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lionel Messi | Inter Miami | 18 |
| 2 | Petar Musa | Dallas | 15 |
| 3 | Brian White | Vancouver Whitecaps | 14 |
| 4 | Sam Surridge | Nashville SC | 12 |
| 5 | Denis Bouanga | Los Angeles FC | 12 |
| 6 | Guilherme | Houston Dynamo | 12 |
| 7 | Preston Judd | SJ Earthquakes | 12 |
| 8 | Nicolás Fernández Mercau | New York City | 11 |
| 9 | Tai Baribo | DC United | 11 |
| 10 | Rafael Navarro | St. Louis City | 11 |
| 11 | Hugo Cuypers | Chicago Fire | 11 |
| 12 | Kévin Denkey | Cincinnati | 11 |
| 13 | Kelvin Yeboah | Minnesota United | 11 |
| 14 | Evander | Cincinnati | 10 |
| 15 | Luis Suárez | Inter Miami | 10 |
| # | Player | Team | Expected Goals (xG) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lionel Messi | Inter Miami | 14.97 |
| 2 | Rafael Navarro | St. Louis City | 14.72 |
| 3 | Kelvin Yeboah | Minnesota United | 14.36 |
| 4 | Brian White | Vancouver Whitecaps | 13.84 |
| 5 | Petar Musa | Dallas | 13.47 |
| 6 | Milan Iloski | Philadelphia Union | 12.55 |
| 7 | Prince Owusu | CF Montréal | 11.86 |
| 8 | Sam Surridge | Nashville SC | 11.58 |
| 9 | Kévin Denkey | Cincinnati | 11.3 |
| 10 | Preston Judd | SJ Earthquakes | 10.34 |
| 11 | Hugo Cuypers | Chicago Fire | 10.14 |
| 12 | Tai Baribo | DC United | 10.02 |
| 13 | Julian Hall | New York RB | 9.75 |
| 14 | Denis Bouanga | Los Angeles FC | 9.37 |
| 15 | Anders Dreyer | San Diego | 9.29 |
| # | Player | Team | Non-Penalty xG |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lionel Messi | Inter Miami | 13.39 |
| 2 | Brian White | Vancouver Whitecaps | 13.05 |
| 3 | Rafael Navarro | St. Louis City | 11.56 |
| 4 | Kelvin Yeboah | Minnesota United | 11.2 |
| 5 | Petar Musa | Dallas | 11.1 |
| 6 | Preston Judd | SJ Earthquakes | 10.34 |
| 7 | Julian Hall | New York RB | 9.75 |
| 8 | Kévin Denkey | Cincinnati | 9.72 |
| 9 | Milan Iloski | Philadelphia Union | 9.39 |
| 10 | Sam Surridge | Nashville SC | 9.21 |
| 11 | Germán Berterame | Inter Miami | 9.14 |
| 12 | Simon Becher | St. Louis City | 8.77 |
| 13 | Denis Bouanga | Los Angeles FC | 8.58 |
| 14 | Bruno Damiani | Philadelphia Union | 8.53 |
| 15 | Heung-min Son | Los Angeles FC | 8.48 |
| # | Player | Team | xG Overperformance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guilherme | Houston Dynamo | 7.05 |
| 2 | Nicolás Fernández Mercau | New York City | 6.49 |
| 3 | Pep Biel | Charlotte | 4.61 |
| 4 | Petar Musa | Dallas | 4.53 |
| 5 | Evander | Cincinnati | 4.11 |
| 6 | Lionel Messi | Inter Miami | 4.03 |
| 7 | Tai Baribo | DC United | 3.98 |
| 8 | Pavel Bucha | Cincinnati | 3.7 |
| 9 | Maren Haile-Selassie | Chicago Fire | 3.66 |
| 10 | Denis Bouanga | Los Angeles FC | 3.63 |
| 11 | Logan Farrington | Dallas | 3.61 |
| 12 | MartÃn Ojeda | Orlando City | 3.56 |
| 13 | David MartÃnez | Los Angeles FC | 3.47 |
| 14 | Sam Surridge | Nashville SC | 3.42 |
| 15 | Luis Suárez | Inter Miami | 3.38 |