Player rankingsMLS - Liga USA 2026

Player on player duels over possession of the ball where the ball is on the ground and possession is not won

Pos.	Player	Team	Player on player duels over possession of the ball where the ball is on the ground and possession is not won
1	Indiana Vassilev	Philadelphia Union	13
2	Zavier Gozo	Real Salt Lake	12
3	Philip Zinckernagel	Chicago Fire	11
4	Wessam Abou Ali	Columbus Crew	10
5	Niko Tsakiris	San José Earthquakes	9
5	Ousséni Bouda	San José Earthquakes	9
5	Wilfred Zaha	Charlotte FC	9
5	Rafael Santos	St. Louis City SC	9
5	Jake Davis	Sporting Kansas City	9
6	Jackson Hopkins	DC United	8
6	Gabriel Pirani	DC United	8
6	Jesús Bueno	Philadelphia Union	8
6	Hany Mukhtar	Nashville SC	8
6	Najar	Nashville SC	8
6	Peglow	DC United	8
6	Maren Haile-Selassie	Chicago Fire	8
7	Matti Peltola	DC United	7
7	Tyrese Spicer	Orlando City	7
7	Robin Lod	Chicago Fire	7
7	Aiden Hezarkhani	Real Salt Lake	7
7	Braian Ojeda	Orlando City	7
8	Dani Pereira	Austin FC	6
8	Griffin Yow	New England Revolution	6
8	Alexandros Katranis	Real Salt Lake	6
8	José Cifuentes	Toronto FC	6
8	Agustín Bouzat	Houston Dynamo	6
8	Herman Johansson	FC Dallas	6
8	Milan Iloski	Philadelphia Union	6
8	Emmanuel Sabbi	Vancouver Whitecaps	6
8	Cade Cowell	New York Red Bulls	6
8	Bernard Kamungo	FC Dallas	6
8	Emmanuel Latte Lath	Atlanta United FC	6
8	Dejan Joveljic	Sporting Kansas City	6
8	Joaquín Pereyra	Minnesota United FC	6
8	Olwethu Makhanya	Philadelphia Union	6
8	Steven Alzate	Atlanta United FC	6
8	Cooper Sanchez	Atlanta United FC	6
8	Logan Farrington	FC Dallas	6
8	Tai Baribo	DC United	6
9	Ronald Hernández	Atlanta United FC	5
9	Evander Ferreira	FC Cincinnati	5
9	Silvan Hefti	DC United	5
9	Kelvin Yeboah	Minnesota United FC	5
9	Conrad Wallem	St. Louis City SC	5
9	Stephen Eustáquio	Los Angeles FC	5
9	Brandon Bye	Portland Timbers	5
9	Kaick	FC Dallas	5
9	Mathías Laborda	Vancouver Whitecaps	5
9	Aziel Jackson	Vancouver Whitecaps	5
9	Beau Leroux	San José Earthquakes	5
9	Adri Mehmeti	New York Red Bulls	5
9	Marco Pasalic	Orlando City	5
9	Walker Zimmerman	Toronto FC	5
9	Samuel Gidi	FC Cincinnati	5
9	Denis Bouanga	Los Angeles FC	5
9	Prince Osei Owusu	Montreal Impact	5
9	Bode Hidalgo	Montreal Impact	5
9	Antony	Portland Timbers	5
9	Anton Salétros	Chicago Fire	5
9	Leonardo Barroso	Chicago Fire	5
9	Brooklyn Raines	New England Revolution	5
10	Will Trapp	Minnesota United FC	4
10	Anthony Markanich	Minnesota United FC	4
10	Bryan Ramírez	FC Cincinnati	4
10	Elías Báez	Atlanta United FC	4
10	Julian Hall	New York Red Bulls	4
10	Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty	New York Red Bulls	4
10	Facundo Torres	Austin FC	4
10	Brian White	Vancouver Whitecaps	4
10	Petar Musa	FC Dallas	4
10	Diego Rossi	Columbus Crew	4
10	Pavel Bucha	FC Cincinnati	4
10	Malik Henry	Toronto FC	4
10	Liel Abada	Charlotte FC	4
10	Ian Fray	Inter Miami CF	4
10	Nathan Byrne	Charlotte FC	4
10	Mateusz Bogusz	Houston Dynamo	4
10	Ariath Piol	Real Salt Lake	4
10	Griffin Dorsey	Orlando City	4
10	Victor Loturi	Montreal Impact	4
10	Japhet Sery	Philadelphia Union	4
10	Tristan Blackmon	Vancouver Whitecaps	4
10	Zach Booth	Real Salt Lake	4
10	Telasco Segovia	Inter Miami CF	4
10	Jayden Nelson	Austin FC	4
10	Kristoffer Velde	Portland Timbers	4
10	Gerardo Valenzuela	FC Cincinnati	4
10	Lucas Halter	Houston Dynamo	4
10	Nectarios Triantis	Minnesota United FC	4
10	Chris Durkin	St. Louis City SC	4
10	Jaziel Orozco	St. Louis City SC	4
10	Joseph Rosales	Austin FC	4
10	Timothy Tillman	Los Angeles FC	4
10	Enea Mihaj	Atlanta United FC	4
10	Christian Cappis	FC Dallas	4
10	Sergi Solans	Real Salt Lake	4
10	Ayoub Jabbari	FC Cincinnati	4
10	Messi	Inter Miami CF	4
10	Cole Bassett	Portland Timbers	4
11	Ahoueke Denkey	FC Cincinnati	3