MLS top scorers - United States 2026

The top goalscorers in MLS (Major League Soccer) right now, as well as the most assists and all hat-tricks during the season so far.

Current overview

Major League Soccer best goalscorers 2026

This is the current top scorer list for the MLS, showing the 28 highest goalscorers right now. If you want to see each players' goal progression per round during the season you can find it here.

Last updated: Mon 11 May 05:06 CET
# Player, Team Nationality Age Min/goal GoalsGoals
1. Hugo Cuypers
Chicago Fire
Belgium
29 72
  Petar Musa
FC Dallas
Croatia
28 89
3. Lionel Messi
Inter Miami
Argentina
38 110
  Sam Surridge
Nashville SC
England
27 49
5. Brian White
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
United States
30 119
  Marcus Ingvartsen
San Diego FC
Denmark
30 107
  Nicolás Fernández
New York City FC
Argentina
26 134
  Preston Judd
San Jose Earthquakes
United States
26 126
9. Kelvin Yeboah
Minnesota United FC
Ghana
26 148
  Kévin Denkey
FC Cincinnati
Togo
Togo
25 134
  Martin Ojeda
Orlando City SC
Argentina
27 153
  Rafael Navarro
Colorado Rapids
Brazil
26 156
13. Evander
FC Cincinnati
Brazil
27 145
  Guilherme
Houston Dynamo
Brazil
31 161
  Julian Hall
New York Red Bulls
United States
18 172
  Pep Biel
Charlotte FC
Spain
29 177
  Prince Owusu
CF Montréal
Germany
29 148
  Tai Baribo
D.C. United
Israel
28 119
19. Aleksei Miranchuk
Atlanta United FC
Russia
30 167
  Anders Dreyer
San Diego FC
Denmark
28 207
  Dejan Joveljic
Sporting Kansas City
Serbia
26 197
  Denis Bouanga
Los Angeles FC
Gabon
31 187
  Hannes Wolf
New York City FC
Austria
27 171
  Klauss
LA Galaxy
Brazil
29 110
  Myrto Uzuni
Austin FC
Albania
30 195
  Ousseni Bouda
San Jose Earthquakes
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
26 194
  Sergi Solans
Real Salt Lake
Spain
23 135
  Wessam Abou Ali
Columbus Crew SC
Palestine
Palestine
27 113
TIP! Click on the number of goals to see the matches in which the player scored.
  • Data last updated: Monday 11 May 05:06 CET
  • Sources: Current season statistics are kept as close to real time as possible using data from our providers. Read more in our About Us section.
  • Methodology: We count league goals, including knockout rounds when they are part of the same competition. Qualification, promotion and relegation playoffs are not included.

Most assists in the MLS 2026

Below you can see the top assists list in the MLS for the current season, listing the players that have assisted to most goals.

# Player, team Nationality Age Assists
1. Son Heung-Min
Los Angeles FC
South Korea
33
7
2. Maximiliano Moralez
New York City FC
Argentina
39
6
  Luca Langoni
New England Revolution
Argentina
24
6
4. Facundo Torres
Austin FC
Uruguay
26
5
  Telasco Segovia
Inter Miami
Venezuela
23
5
  Anders Dreyer
San Diego FC
Denmark
28
5
7. Ronald Donkor
New York Red Bulls
Ghana
21
4
  Marco Reus
LA Galaxy
Germany
36
4
  Niko Tsakiris
San Jose Earthquakes
United States
20
4
  Guilherme
Houston Dynamo
Brazil
31
4
  Joaquin Pereyra
Minnesota United FC
Argentina
27
4
  Maximilian Arfsten
Columbus Crew SC
United States
25
4
  Paul Marie
San Jose Earthquakes
France
31
4
  Sebastian Berhalter
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
United States
25
4

Scored hat-tricks in MLS, season 2026

Totally there are 7 hat-tricks scored this season in MLS, United States. Below we are listing all players that have scored 3 or more goals in the one match.

Player, Team Match GoalsGoals
Hannes Wolf
New York City FC
New York City FC - Columbus Crew SC 3-0
Sun 10 May 2026
3
12', 16', 66'
Evander
FC Cincinnati
Chicago Fire - FC Cincinnati 2-3
Sun 3 May 2026
3
24', 31', 90'
Martin Ojeda
Orlando City SC
Inter Miami - Orlando City SC 3-4
Sun 3 May 2026
3
39', 68', 78'
Tai Baribo
D.C. United
New York Red Bulls - D.C. United 4-4
Thu 23 April 2026
3
37', 59', 80'
Denis Bouanga
Los Angeles FC
Los Angeles FC - Orlando City SC 6-0
Sun 5 April 2026
3
20', 23', 28'
Sam Surridge
Nashville SC
Nashville SC - Orlando City SC 5-0
Sat 21 March 2026
3
28', 55', 67'
Petar Musa
FC Dallas
FC Dallas - San Diego FC 3-3
Sun 15 March 2026
3
41', 54', 90'

This MLS season started 21 February 2026 and the last round of matches is planned to be played 8 November 2026.

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