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 | Nicolás Fernández Mercau | New York City | 15 |
| 5 | Tai Baribo | DC United | 14 |
| 6 | Brian White | Vancouver Whitecaps | 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 | Rafael Navarro | St. Louis City | 17 |
| 11 | Brian White | Vancouver Whitecaps | 16 |
| 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 | 13 |
| 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 | 14.12 |
| 2 | Rafael Navarro | St. Louis City | 13.51 |
| 3 | Kelvin Yeboah | Minnesota United | 13.47 |
| 4 | Brian White | Vancouver Whitecaps | 13.46 |
| 5 | Petar Musa | Dallas | 13.31 |
| 6 | Milan Iloski | Philadelphia Union | 11.48 |
| 7 | Prince Owusu | CF Montréal | 11.38 |
| 8 | Kévin Denkey | Cincinnati | 10.37 |
| 9 | Preston Judd | SJ Earthquakes | 10.34 |
| 10 | Sam Surridge | Nashville SC | 10.18 |
| 11 | Hugo Cuypers | Chicago Fire | 10.14 |
| 12 | Tai Baribo | DC United | 9.9 |
| 13 | Julian Hall | New York RB | 9.63 |
| 14 | Anders Dreyer | San Diego | 9.15 |
| 15 | Evander | Cincinnati | 8.89 |
| # | Player | Team | Non-Penalty xG |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian White | Vancouver Whitecaps | 12.67 |
| 2 | Lionel Messi | Inter Miami | 12.54 |
| 3 | Petar Musa | Dallas | 10.94 |
| 4 | Rafael Navarro | St. Louis City | 10.35 |
| 5 | Preston Judd | SJ Earthquakes | 10.34 |
| 6 | Kelvin Yeboah | Minnesota United | 10.31 |
| 7 | Julian Hall | New York RB | 9.63 |
| 8 | Kévin Denkey | Cincinnati | 8.79 |
| 9 | Germán Berterame | Inter Miami | 8.63 |
| 10 | Simon Becher | St. Louis City | 8.56 |
| 11 | Kevin Kelsy | Portland Timbers | 8.45 |
| 12 | Milan Iloski | Philadelphia Union | 8.32 |
| 13 | Heung-min Son | Los Angeles FC | 8.13 |
| 14 | Bruno Damiani | Philadelphia Union | 8.04 |
| 15 | Dor Turgeman | New England | 8 |
| # | Player | Team | xG Overperformance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guilherme | Houston Dynamo | 7.13 |
| 2 | Nicolás Fernández Mercau | New York City | 6.55 |
| 3 | Pep Biel | Charlotte | 5.4 |
| 4 | Lionel Messi | Inter Miami | 4.88 |
| 5 | Sam Surridge | Nashville SC | 4.82 |
| 6 | Petar Musa | Dallas | 4.69 |
| 7 | Denis Bouanga | Los Angeles FC | 4.33 |
| 8 | Antoine Griezmann | Orlando City | 4.27 |
| 9 | Pavel Bucha | Cincinnati | 4.18 |
| 10 | Evander | Cincinnati | 4.11 |
| 11 | Tai Baribo | DC United | 4.1 |
| 12 | Logan Farrington | Dallas | 3.72 |
| 13 | MartÃn Ojeda | Orlando City | 3.65 |
| 14 | Dejan Joveljić | Seattle Sounders | 3.53 |
| 15 | Luis Suárez | Inter Miami | 3.52 |