2026 MLS player ratings: finishing, passing, dribbling, defending, shot stopping

Ratings from 0 to 100, computed from data over four seasons, never by hand, specific to each position: a striker's finishing and shot threat, a winger's vision and dribbling, a midfielder's or defender's passing and defending, a goalkeeper's shot stopping, distribution and claiming, durability, experience. OV weights them by position. No potential rating: we only rate what the player has shown.

Season in progress: 28 games at most per team, out of 34. Minute thresholds (regulars, replacement) are prorated to games played; until the season ends, rankings can still move.

Regulars only

#	Player
1	Petar MusaDAL · ST · 28	96	85	90	78	81	83	80	84	54
2	Sam SurridgeNSH · ST · 27	93	93	87	84	66	87	74	81	63
3	Brian WhiteVAN · ST · 30	90	84	93	96	67	67	45	87	76
4	Hugo CuypersCHI · ST · 29	89	89	88	78	73	76	69	78	54
5	Milan IloskiPHI · ST · 26	88	74	96	74	84	84	83	83	54
6	Antoine GriezmannORL · ST · 35	87	81	81	85	85	77	85	67	27
7	Luis SuárezMIA · ST · 39	86	86	79	76	86	73	79	82	54
8	Kévin DenkeyCIN · ST · 25	85	83	82	73	69	88	67	89	43
9	Sergi SolansRSL · ST · 23	84	77	84	93	76	66	77	80	27
10	Tai BariboDC · ST · 28	84	96	81	89	61	68	74	74	63
11	Prince OwusuMTL · ST · 29	83	77	80	88	84	69	65	86	63
12	Preston JuddSJ · ST · 27	82	76	85	90	74	80	72	71	63
13	Kelvin YeboahMIN · ST · 26	81	78	89	79	55	81	57	79	54
14	Rafael NavarroCOL · ST · 26	81	72	83	62	72	85	76	93	63
15	Martín OjedaORL · ST · 27	80	70	78	69	90	79	88	84	63
16	Marcus IngvartsenSD · ST · 30	80	79	77	83	78	50	76	70	43
17	Hany MukhtarNSH · ST · 31	79	62	80	61	88	80	87	96	76
18	Son Heung-MinLAFC · ST · 33	79	55	86	59	89	96	90	76	43
19	Nicolás FernándezNYC · ST · 26	78	81	63	45	87	90	93	81	43
20	Robert LewandowskiCHI · ST · 37	78	79	79	74	63	78	79	62	27
21	Idan ToklomatiCLT · ST · 21	77	88	67	81	70	63	73	75	54
22	Christian RamírezATX · ST · 35	77	90	67	79	71	69	75	67	70
23	Louis MunteanuDC · ST · 24	76	59	84	70	81	77	82	76	27
24	Germán BerterameMIA · ST · 27	76	69	75	82	80	65	64	85	27
25	Dejan JoveljicSEA · ST · 26	75	87	69	57	75	72	50	90	76
26	Josh SargentTOR · ST · 26	75	71	76	72	67	84	80	77	27
27	Simon BecherSTL · ST · 26	74	65	78	86	77	71	63	74	70
28	Julian HallRBNY · ST · 18	74	76	71	80	69	86	55	71	63
29	Dániel GazdagNE · ST · 30	73	80	61	80	74	75	61	78	76
30	Dor TurgemanNE · ST · 22	72	67	72	75	77	82	70	75	43
31	Diego RossiCLB · ST · 28	72	71	73	68	80	74	81	77	70
32	Danny MusovskiSEA · ST · 30	71	74	77	84	57	61	60	65	76
33	Tom BarlowCIN · ST · 30	71	82	64	81	65	71	68	61	76
34	Kevin KelsyPOR · ST · 21	70	78	75	75	62	55	71	69	54
35	Marco ReusLA · ST · 37	69	75	57	69	96	74	89	73	54
36	Logan FarringtonDAL · ST · 24	69	75	66	72	79	75	78	72	54
37	Bruno DamianiPHI · ST · 24	68	63	74	67	75	70	81	88	43
38	Robin LodCHI · ST · 33	67	72	45	63	83	76	84	79	76
39	Stephen AfrifaSKC · ST · 25	67	61	74	77	71	89	69	45	63
40	Taylor CalheiraSKC · ST · 24	66	68	71	66	82	67	86	66	27
41	Daniel RíosMTL · ST · 31	65	67	72	87	68	45	67	63	70
42	Duncan McGuireORL · ST · 25	64	84	55	71	72	59	62	64	63
43	Brandon VázquezATX · ST · 27	63	45	76	77	45	79	71	68	70
44	Fafa PicaultATL · ST · 35	62	80	59	76	59	60	72	57	76
45	Brais MéndezCLB · ST · 29	61	69	65	50	78	81	84	55	27
46	Justin EllisORL · ST · 19	60	57	62	55	93	93	96	59	43
47	Nathan OrdazLAFC · ST · 22	59	73	50	67	79	72	66	50	63
48	Myrto UzuniATX · ST · 31	57	64	69	60	64	64	77	80	43
49	Emmanuel Latte LathATL · ST · 27	55	60	70	71	60	78	59	69	43
50	Ezekiel AlladohPHI · ST · 20	50	66	60	65	76	62	78	60	27

How it's calculated

As in the other leagues: four weighted seasons (50%, 25%, 15%, 10%), a prior toward the group average by sample size, the percentile rank among the group's regulars, then the rating (50th percentile → 75, 90th → 87, 99.5th → 97). Durability: share of his club's minutes played, over several seasons. Experience: MLS seasons since 2021. Neither PAL nor WAR enters OV. Hover a header to read what each rating measures.

Data: American Soccer Analysis (goals added, xG, xPass) and ESPN. PickALeague calculations.