2023 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.

Regulars only

#	Player
1	Georgios GiakoumakisATL · ST · 28	96	93	93	93	73	56	60	81	27
2	Christian BentekeDC · ST · 32	93	72	91	91	80	82	79	85	43
3	Brian WhiteVAN · ST · 27	91	80	85	96	80	71	61	87	54
4	Hany MukhtarNSH · ST · 28	90	72	90	72	91	93	90	96	54
5	Dejan JoveljicLA · ST · 23	89	85	83	85	84	70	73	74	54
6	Leonardo CampanaMIA · ST · 22	88	81	84	79	75	76	84	79	43
7	Jesús FerreiraDAL · ST · 22	87	85	76	60	90	87	86	90	54
8	Cucho HernándezCLB · ST · 24	86	43	96	80	85	96	89	85	43
9	Julián CarranzaPHI · ST · 23	85	78	83	76	78	76	69	86	54
10	Mikael UhrePHI · ST · 28	84	82	76	75	83	77	78	83	43
11	Teemu PukkiMIN · ST · 33	84	88	87	59	81	76	88	65	27
12	Brandon VázquezCIN · ST · 24	83	79	80	83	70	70	72	88	54
13	Duncan McGuireORL · ST · 22	83	96	70	79	82	78	76	75	27
14	Ryan GauldVAN · ST · 27	82	71	78	76	96	79	93	89	54
15	Gyasi ZardesATX · ST · 31	81	89	68	74	76	80	81	80	54
16	Carlos VelaLAFC · ST · 34	81	78	79	75	93	62	96	84	54
17	Danny MusovskiRSL · ST · 27	80	87	71	85	74	80	49	61	54
18	Cory BurkeRBNY · ST · 31	80	67	81	84	76	85	87	64	54
19	Nicholas GioacchiniSTL · ST · 22	80	91	73	82	78	67	64	75	43
20	Anderson JulioRSL · ST · 27	79	76	80	78	76	85	58	63	54
21	Franck BoliPOR · ST · 29	79	70	81	81	67	74	85	76	27
22	HéberSEA · ST · 31	78	69	86	86	77	73	64	59	54
23	Josef MartínezMIA · ST · 30	78	83	78	58	73	72	80	80	54
24	Alan PulidoSKC · ST · 32	78	90	77	49	79	63	77	76	43
25	João KlaussSTL · ST · 26	77	84	77	73	69	78	74	58	27
26	Gustavo BouNE · ST · 33	77	59	85	69	89	91	65	78	54
27	Sergio SantosCIN · ST · 28	76	73	80	88	86	64	53	62	54
28	Bobby WoodNE · ST · 30	76	86	72	81	60	66	75	68	54
29	Sunusi IbrahimMTL · ST · 20	76	67	76	89	85	80	68	53	54
30	Giacomo VrioniNE · ST · 24	75	77	82	67	53	89	69	64	43
31	Christian RamírezCLB · ST · 32	75	76	74	83	79	58	66	72	43
32	Karol SwiderskiCLT · ST · 26	74	70	78	71	80	67	68	91	43
33	Sam AdeniranSTL · ST · 24	74	80	79	56	68	86	76	43	54
34	Raúl RuidíazSEA · ST · 32	73	74	89	73	56	53	71	73	54
35	Jeremy EbobisseSJ · ST · 26	73	78	72	65	70	69	78	93	54
36	Mender GarcíaMIN · ST · 25	72	73	69	90	88	43	79	56	43
37	Dominique BadjiCIN · ST · 30	72	75	70	69	81	90	80	60	54
38	Kei KamaraCHI · ST · 38	71	66	75	76	66	84	72	79	43
39	Kacper PrzybylkoCHI · ST · 30	70	77	65	64	75	81	76	76	54
40	Kwadwo OpokuLAFC · ST · 21	70	64	69	80	83	64	82	80	54
41	Taxiarchis FountasDC · ST · 27	69	60	88	70	68	59	80	70	43
42	Corey BairdHOU · ST · 27	69	83	49	61	77	72	67	81	54
43	Ramiro EnriqueORL · ST · 22	68	68	75	78	58	77	73	67	27
44	Deandre KerrTOR · ST · 20	68	81	56	68	67	83	70	69	43
45	Ibrahim AliyuHOU · ST · 21	67	80	66	77	63	49	56	71	27
46	Georgios KoutsiasCHI · ST · 19	67	79	64	77	64	73	59	66	27
47	Damir KreilachRSL · ST · 34	66	69	68	66	72	81	81	72	54
48	Enzo CopettiCLT · ST · 27	65	76	58	80	64	60	62	82	27
49	Rubio RubínRSL · ST · 27	64	49	63	78	69	79	83	74	54
50	Teal BunburyNSH · ST · 33	64	63	74	72	59	75	74	73	54

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.