MLS Top scorers - United States 2018

The winning top scorer in MLS (Major League Soccer), United States during the season 2018 was Josef Martinez with 35 goals scored. Below you find the list of the highest goal scorers during the season. The most assists this season have been made by Luciano Acosta. You can also find all hat-tricks scored during the season.

Major League Soccer best goal scorers 2018

Below is the final top scorer list for the MLS 2018, including the 27 players who scored the most goals during the season.

# Player, Team Nationality Age GoalsGoals
1. Josef Martinez
Atlanta United FC
Venezuela
25
35
2. Zlatan Ibrahimovic
LA Galaxy
Sweden
37
22
3. Bradley Wright-Phillips
New York Red Bulls
England
33
20
  Gyasi Zardes
Columbus Crew SC
United States
27
20
5. Mauro Manotas
Houston Dynamo
Colombia
23
19
6. Ignacio Piatti
CF Montréal
Argentina
33
16
7. Damir Kreilach
Real Salt Lake
Croatia
29
15
  David Villa
New York City FC
Spain
37
15
  Nemanja Nikolic
Chicago Fire
Hungary
30
15
10. Carlos Vela
Los Angeles FC
Mexico
29
14
  Daniel Salloi
Sporting Kansas City
Hungary
22
14
  Diego Valeri
Portland Timbers
Argentina
32
14
  Kei Kamara
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone
34
14
  Ola Kamara
LA Galaxy
Norway
29
14
15. Daniel Royer
New York Red Bulls
Austria
28
13
  Dom Dwyer
Orlando City SC
United States
28
13
  Miguel Almirón
Atlanta United FC
Paraguay
24
13
  Raul Ruidiaz
Seattle Sounders FC
Peru
28
13
  Sebastian Blanco
Portland Timbers
Argentina
30
13
  Sebastian Giovinco
Toronto FC
Italy
31
13
21. Adama Diomande
Los Angeles FC
Norway
28
12
  Aleksandar Katai
Chicago Fire
Serbia
27
12
  Cristian Penilla
New England Revolution
Ecuador
27
12
  Danny Hoesen
San Jose Earthquakes
Netherlands
27
12
  Diego Rossi
Los Angeles FC
Uruguay
20
12
  Ismael Tajouri-Shradi
New York City FC
Libya
Libya
24
12
  Wayne Rooney
D.C. United
England
33
12
The age of the players is when the season ended at 8 December 2018

Most assists in the MLS 2018

This is the list of the players that assisted to most goals the MLS during the 2018 season.

# Player, team Nationality Age Assists
1. Luciano Acosta
D.C. United
Argentina
24
15
2. Julian Gressel
Atlanta United FC
Germany
24
13
3. Diego Valeri
Portland Timbers
Argentina
32
12
  Nicolás Lodeiro
Seattle Sounders FC
Uruguay
29
12
  Borek Dockal
Philadelphia Union
Czech Republic
30
12
  Darwin Quintero
Minnesota United FC
Colombia
31
12
7. Ignacio Piatti
CF Montréal
Argentina
33
11
  Maximiliano Moralez
New York City FC
Argentina
31
11
  Carlos Vela
Los Angeles FC
Mexico
29
11
  Miguel Almirón
Atlanta United FC
Paraguay
24
11
  Kaku
New York Red Bulls
Paraguay
23
11

Scored hat-tricks in MLS, season 2018

In total there were 15 scored hat-tricks during the season 2018 in MLS, United States. All players scoring these hat-tricks (or more than 3 goals), and the matches they scored it in, are listed here.

Player, Team Match GoalsGoals
Gyasi Zardes
Columbus Crew SC
Columbus Crew SC - Minnesota United FC 3-2
Sun 28 october 2018
3
11', 49', 83'
Bradley Wright-Phillips
New York Red Bulls
D.C. United - New York Red Bulls 3-3
Sun 16 september 2018
3
41', 76', 90'
Damir Kreilach
Real Salt Lake
Real Salt Lake - LA Galaxy 6-2
Sun 2 september 2018
3
45+3', 61', 71'
Luciano Acosta
D.C. United
D.C. United - Orlando City SC 3-2
Mon 13 august 2018
3
45+4', 64', 90+6'
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
LA Galaxy
LA Galaxy - Orlando City SC 4-3
Mon 30 july 2018
3
47', 67', 71'
Michael Barrios
FC Dallas
Sporting Kansas City - FC Dallas 2-3
Sun 29 july 2018
3
23', 62', 74'
Josef Martinez
Atlanta United FC
Atlanta United FC - D.C. United 3-1
Sat 21 july 2018
3
30', 54', 73'
Darwin Quintero
Minnesota United FC
Minnesota United FC - Toronto FC 4-3
Thu 5 july 2018
3
8', 52', 57'
Adama Diomande
Los Angeles FC
Los Angeles FC - Philadelphia Union 4-1
Sun 1 july 2018
3
25', 43', 55'
Josef Martinez
Atlanta United FC
Atlanta United FC - Philadelphia Union 3-1
Sun 3 june 2018
3
21', 49', 83'
Cristian Techera
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Vancouver Whitecaps FC - New England Revolution 3-3
Sat 26 may 2018
3
49', 51', 74'
Johnny Russell
Sporting Kansas City
Sporting Kansas City - Vancouver Whitecaps FC 6-0
Sat 21 april 2018
3
10', 16', 48'
Ignacio Piatti
CF Montréal
CF Montréal - Los Angeles FC 3-5
Sat 21 april 2018
3
9', 16', 43'
Dominique Badji
Colorado Rapids
Colorado Rapids - Philadelphia Union 3-0
Sun 1 april 2018
3
53', 61', 87'
Josef Martinez
Atlanta United FC
Atlanta United FC - Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4-1
Sun 18 march 2018
3
15', 60', 88'

The season start for MLS 2018 was 3 March 2018, the finishing round was being played 8 December 2018. More information and the winning top scorers in MLS between the seasons 2000-2024 here.