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Several Major League Soccer teams and players hold various records and statistics.

MLS Cup and Supporters' Shield winners

MLS Cup finals

Teams with most trophies

As of 2024 season

Player records (career)

Bold indicates an active player. All statistics are for regular season only.

Goals

As of June 22nd, 2024

Rank	Player	Years	Goals	Apps	Ratio
1	Chris Wondolowski	2005–2021	171	413	0.41
2	Kei Kamara	2006–2013 2015–2020 2022–present	146	418	0.34
3	Landon Donovan	2001–2014 2016	145	340	0.43
4	Jeff Cunningham	1998–2011	134	365	0.37
5	Jaime Moreno	1996–2010	133	340	0.39
6	Bradley Wright-Phillips	2013–2021	117	234	0.5
7	Ante Razov	1996–2000 2001–2009	114	262	0.44
8	Jason Kreis	1996–2007	108	305	0.35
9	Josef Martínez	2017–present	105	161	0.65
10	Dwayne De Rosario	2001–2014	104	343	0.3

Goals from free kicks

Rank	Player	Years	Goals
1	Sebastian Giovinco	2015–2018	13
2	Jeff Larentowicz	2005–2020	9
	Javier Morales	2007–2017
4	David Beckham	2007–2012	7
	Lucas Zelarayán	2020–2023

Assists

As of the end of the 2023 regular season.

Rank	Player	Years	Assists	Apps	Ratio
1	Landon Donovan	2001–2014 2016	136	340	0.4
2	Steve Ralston	1996–2010	135	378	0.36
3	Brad Davis	2002–2016	123	392	0.31
4	Carlos Valderrama	1996–2002	114	175	0.65
5	Preki	1996–2005	112	242	0.46
6	Jaime Moreno	1996–2010	102	340	0.3
7	Marco Etcheverry	1996–2003	101	191	0.53
8	Sacha Kljestan	2006–2010 2015–2022	99	331	0.3
9	Luciano Acosta	2016–	92	237	0.39

Minutes played

As of the end of the 2023 regular season.

Minutes played

Rank	Player	Minutes
1	Nick Rimando	46,336
2	Kyle Beckerman	41,164
3	Kevin Hartman	37,260
4	Dax McCarty	36,699
5	Chad Marshall	35,843
6	Jeff Larentowicz	35,589
7	Stefan Frei	33,905
8	Drew Moor	33,817
9	Sean Johnson	33,726
10	Steve Ralston	33,143

Goals against average

As of the end of the 2023 regular season; minimum 4,500 minutes played.

Rank	Player	Average	Years
1	Jimmy Nielsen	0.99	2010–2013
2	Maarten Paes	1.03	2022–present
3	Kasey Keller	1.06	2009–2011
4	Carlos Coronel	1.08	2022–present
5	Jaime Penedo	1.13	2013–2015
6	Bouna Coundoul	1.13	2005–2011
7	Pat Onstad	1.14	2003–2011
8	Eloy Room	1.17	2019–2023
9	Donovan Ricketts	1.20	2009–2015
10	Kevin Hartman	1.21	1997–2013

Player records (single season)

All statistics are for regular season only.

Most goals

Rank	Player	Season	Team	Goals
1	Carlos Vela	2019	Los Angeles FC	34
2	Josef Martínez	2018	Atlanta United FC	31
3	Zlatan Ibrahimović	2019	Los Angeles Galaxy	30
4	Roy Lassiter	1996	Tampa Bay Mutiny	27
	Chris Wondolowski	2012	San Jose Earthquakes
	Bradley Wright-Phillips	2014	New York Red Bulls
	Josef Martínez	2019	Atlanta United FC
8	Stern John	1998	Columbus Crew	26
	Mamadou Diallo	2000	Tampa Bay Mutiny
10	Carlos Ruiz	2002	Los Angeles Galaxy	24
	Bradley Wright-Phillips	2016	New York Red Bulls
	Nemanja Nikolić	2017	Chicago Fire

Most assists

Rank	Player	Season	Team	Assists
1	Carlos Valderrama	2000	Tampa Bay Mutiny	21
2	Sacha Kljestan	2016	New York Red Bulls	20
	Maximiliano Moralez	2019	New York City FC
4	Marco Etcheverry	1996	D.C. United	19
	Carlos Valderrama	1997	Tampa Bay Mutiny
	Marco Etcheverry	1998	D.C. United
	Steve Ralston	2002	New England Revolution
	Guillermo Barros Schelotto	2008	Columbus Crew
	Landon Donovan	2014	Los Angeles Galaxy
	Luciano Acosta	2022	FC Cincinnati
	Thiago Almada	2023	Atlanta United FC
	Luciano Acosta	2024	FC Cincinnati
	Evander	2024	Portland Timbers

Most clean sheets

As of 2023 season

Rank	Player	Season	Team	Clean sheets
1	Tony Meola	2000	Kansas City Wizards	16
2	Jimmy Nielsen	2012	Sporting Kansas City	15
	Andre Blake	2022	Philadelphia Union
4	Nick Rimando	2010	Real Salt Lake	14
	Donovan Ricketts	2013	Portland Timbers
	Luis Robles	2018	New York Red Bulls
	Brad Guzan	2019	Atlanta United FC
	Bill Hamid	2019	D.C. United
	Sean Johnson	2022	New York City FC
	Stefan Frei	2023	Seattle Sounders FC

Player records (single game)

Most goals (single game)

As of 2023 season

Rank	Player	Goals	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref.
1	Clint Mathis	5	MetroStars	Dallas Burn	4–6	August 25, 2000
2	Teemu Pukki	4	Minnesota United FC	Los Angeles Galaxy	5–2	October 8, 2023
	Jordan Morris		Seattle Sounders	Sporting Kansas City	1–4	March 26, 2023
	Daniel Ríos		Charlotte FC	Philadelphia Union	4–0	October 1, 2022
	Taty Castellanos		New York City FC	Real Salt Lake	6–0	April 17, 2022
	Diego Rossi		Los Angeles FC	Los Angeles Galaxy	6–2	July 19, 2020
	Chris Wondolowski		San Jose Earthquakes	Chicago Fire	4–1	May 18, 2019
	Patrick Mullins		D.C. United	San Jose Earthquakes	4–0	September 24, 2017
	Jeff Cunningham		FC Dallas	Kansas City Wizards	6–0	August 2, 2009
	Brian Ching		Houston Dynamo	Colorado Rapids	5–2	April 3, 2006
	Edson Buddle		Columbus Crew	MetroStars	4–2	September 19, 2004
	Mamadou Diallo (2)		Metro Stars	Los Angeles Galaxy	5–0	June 14, 2002
			Tampa Bay Mutiny	Los Angeles Galaxy	4–4	May 8, 2001
	Abdul Conteh		D.C. United	New England Revolution	5–0
	Diego Serna		Miami Fusion	MetroStars	4–1	September 1, 2000
	Stern John		Columbus Crew	MetroStars	2–4	August 17, 1999
	Raúl Díaz Arce (2)		D.C. United	Colorado Rapids	2–5	April 11, 1997
				Dallas Burn	6–1	July 6, 1996

Most assists (single game)

Rank	Player	Assists	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref.
1	Lionel Messi	5	Inter Miami	New York Red Bulls	6–2	May 5, 2024
2	Léo Chú	4	Seattle Sounders	Sporting Kansas City	1–4	March 26, 2023
	Yimmi Chará		Portland Timbers	Los Angeles Galaxy	5–2	October 28, 2020
	Lee Nguyen		New England Revolution	Orlando City	4–0	September 2, 2017
	Landon Donovan		Los Angeles Galaxy	Chivas USA	4–0	August 12, 2012
	Dwayne De Rosario		Houston Dynamo	Colorado Rapids	5–2	February 4, 2006
	Chris Henderson		Kansas City Wizards	MetroStars	6–0	June 20, 1999
	Carlos Valderrama		Tampa Bay Mutiny	New England Revolution	4–0	August 30, 1997

All-time regular season success

As of end of 2023 regular season

• Supporters' Shield Standings through 2022 season.
• Miami Fusion and Tampa Bay Mutiny folded after completion of the 2001 season.
• Chivas USA folded after completion of the 2014 season.

All-time regular season table

Through completion of 2023 regular season.

– Ranking based number of points per season.
– Includes shoot-out wins from 1996–1999 season.
– Includes shoot-out losses from 1996–1999 seasons.
– Based on combined conference results before single format for playoff qualification was inaugurated in 2007.

All-time playoffs success

Through 2023 playoffs.

• Shows number of best finishes at each playoff level through completion of 2022 playoffs. Does not include the 2020 "Play-In Round."

All-time playoffs table

Through 2023 playoffs.

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– Ranking based on overall number of points.
– Includes shoot-out wins from 1996–1999 seasons. Post-1999 shoot-out wins counted as ties.
– Includes shoot-out losses from 1996–1999 seasons. Post-1999 shoot-out losses counted as ties.

Team records (single season)

Points

• All stats are from regular season games only.
• From 1996 to 1999, a shoot-out was used to determine the winner of a match if it was a tie after 90 minutes.
• From 2000 to 2003, a 10-minute golden goal period was used to determine the winner of a match if it was a tie after 90 minutes.
• In 2020, teams played a shortened season and unequal number of between 18 and 23 games.

As of 2024 season

– Points earned during shoot-out era

– Points earned during shortened 2020 season

– Did not win Supporters' Shield

Results

Goals

As of 2024 season

– Goals scored during shortened 2020 season.

– Goals scored during shortened 2020 season.

Single game records

Highest scoring games

Most goals scored by a team

As of July 8, 2022

Biggest winning margin

Longest streaks

Consecutive postseason berths

As of October 19, 2024

Winning streaks

1. Shootouts: From 1996–1999, there were no ties; if a game was tied at the end of regulation time, it was decided by a shoot-out.

• The longest winning start to a season was achieved by the LA Galaxy in 1996, who opened the campaign with twelve consecutive wins and won their first eight games in regulation.
• The longest winning end to a season was achieved by the LA Galaxy in 1997, who closed the campaign with six straight wins.

Undefeated streaks

As of June 22, 2024

• Most recently achieved streak listed first
• The longest unbeaten start to a season was achieved by the Seattle Sounders FC in 2021. The Sounders opened their campaign with thirteen unbeaten matches (eight wins and five draws).
• The longest unbeaten end to a season was achieved by Columbus Crew SC in 2004, who closed the campaign after eighteen matches unbeaten (eight wins and ten draws).

Home undefeated streaks

• Only regular season MLS matches count towards individual team records.

As of 2024 season

Notes

1. Seattle (SEA): Seattle Sounders FC has accomplished this home unbeaten run twice; the most recent dates are shown

Losing streaks

1. Shoot-outs: From 1996–1999, there were no ties; if a game was tied at the end of regulation time, it was decided by a shoot-out.

• The longest losing start to a season was achieved by Toronto FC in 2012, who opened the campaign with nine consecutive losses.
• The longest losing end to a season was achieved by FC Cincinnati in 2021, who closed the campaign with twelve consecutive losses.

Tie streaks

• The longest streak of ties to start a season was achieved by the LA Galaxy in 2003, the New York Red Bulls in 2006, Columbus Crew SC in 2007, the Portland Timbers in 2015, the Colorado Rapids in 2015, New York City FC in 2019, Nashville SC in 2021 and 2024, the Philadelphia Union in 2024, and Sporting Kansas City in 2024, who each opened their respective campaigns with three consecutive ties.
• The longest streak of ties to end a season was achieved by the San Jose Earthquakes in 2004 and 2023 and the Montreal Impact in 2014, who each closed their respective campaigns with four consecutive ties.

Title droughts

• Titles include MLS Cup, Supporters' Shield, U.S. Open Cup, Canadian Championship, MLS is Back Tournament and continental competitions (CONCACAF Champions Cup, Leagues Cup and Campeones Cup).
• As of end of 2023 MLS Cup Playoffs.

Average season attendances

• Highest single match attendance: 82,110 (Los Angeles Galaxy vs. Los Angeles FC, July 4, 2023)
• Highest average attendance: 53,002 (Atlanta United, 2018)
• Lowest average attendance: 7,063 (Chivas USA, 2014)
• Lowest single match attendance: 3,702 (Chivas USA vs. Portland Timbers, May 28, 2014)

Streaks

• Graham Zusi is the longest-tenured player to have played with only one club (Sporting Kansas City).
• The longest road trip a team has played during the regular season was recorded by the Portland Timbers in 2019. They opened the season with twelve straight games on the road due to the completion of an expansion to Providence Park in the early part of the 2019 season.
• The record for longest home stand a team has played during the regular season is shared by the Chicago Fire in 2006 and Sporting Kansas City in 2011. They played nine consecutive games at home.
• The highest number of points achieved by a team at home during a regular season is 44 (14–2–1) by the New York Red Bulls in 2018. Previously, it was 42 (13–3–1) by Toronto FC in 2017.
• The highest number of points achieved by a team on the road during a regular season was 37, by the LA Galaxy in 1998 (13–3), and Inter Miami CF in 2024 (11–2–4).
• The most draws achieved by a team during a regular season is 18, first by the Chicago Fire in 2014, and again by Nashville SC in 2021.
• The record number of consecutive games scored in by a player is 15, set by Josef Martínez for Atlanta United FC in 2019.

See also

• List of American and Canadian soccer champions

Notes

1. Canadian teams cannot participate in the U.S. Open Cup.
2. American teams cannot participate in the Canadian Championship.
3. ^ SuperLiga is a defunct competition; predecessor to Leagues Cup
4. ^ Won under the previous CONCACAF Champions Cup format.
5. The 2008 Canadian Championship was won by the NASL's Montreal Impact, not the Montreal Impact (now CF Montréal) that competed in MLS prior to their renaming.
6. ^ Team is defunct and no longer exists.

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Works cited

• MLS Communications Department (March 5, 2015). Official 2015 Major League Soccer Fact & Record Book (PDF). Major League Soccer. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 19, 2015. Retrieved August 1, 2015.

External links

• RSSSF.com: USA – MLS All-Time Table (since 1996)
• MLS Facts and Record Book

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