Free Kick Takers — MLS
Season 2025/26 · USA/CanadaUpdated 20 Mar 2026
30 clubs • 225 entries
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Who takes free kick in the MLS this season? Our 2025/26 MLS free kick taker data covers all clubs — including Philadelphia Union, Charlotte and NE Revolution — with full volume breakdowns updated throughout the season. Sort by club or taker to find your edge before matchday.
| Taker | Club | Taken |
|---|---|---|
| Kai Wagner | Philadelphia Union | 143 |
| Ashley Westwood | Charlotte | 106 |
| Carles Gil | NE Revolution | 104 |
| Sebastian Berhalter | Vancouver Wcaps | 99 |
| Jack McGlynn | Houston Dynamo | 95 |
| Cristian Espinoza | SJ Earthquakes | 91 |
| Emil Forsberg | NY Red Bulls | 72 |
| Marcel Hartel | St. Louis | 69 |
| Albert Rusnák | Seattle Sounders | 68 |
| Evander | FC Cincinnati | 66 |
| Djordje Mihailovic | Colorado Rapids | 66 |
| Maximiliano Moralez | NYCFC | 64 |
| Eduard Löwen | St. Louis | 63 |
| Anders Dreyer | San Diego FC | 61 |
| Joaquín Pereyra | Minnesota Utd | 60 |
| Owen Wolff | Austin | 59 |
| Brandan Craig | CF Montréal | 57 |
| Philip Zinckernagel | Chicago Fire | 55 |
| Alonso Coello | Toronto FC | 54 |
| Aaron Herrera | D.C. United | 54 |
| Dylan Chambost | Columbus Crew | 54 |
| Jacob Bartlett | Sporting KC | 53 |
| Brayan Vera | Real Salt Lake | 51 |
| Luciano Acosta | FC Dallas | 51 |
| Martín Ojeda | Orlando City | 47 |
| Diego Luna | Real Salt Lake | 44 |
| Jonathan Osorio | Toronto FC | 44 |
| Hany Mukhtar | Nashville SC | 42 |
| Diego Fagúndez | LA Galaxy | 41 |
| Alexandros Katranis | Real Salt Lake | 41 |
| Jordi Alba | Inter Miami | 41 |
| Luca Bombino | San Diego FC | 41 |
| Lionel Messi | Inter Miami | 39 |
| Eduard Atuesta | Orlando City | 38 |
| Edvard Sandvik Tagseth | Nashville SC | 36 |
| Victor Loturi | CF Montréal | 36 |
| Patrickson Delgado | FC Dallas | 35 |
| Connor Ronan | Colorado Rapids | 34 |
| Gabriel Chaves | LA Galaxy | 32 |
| Ilay Feingold | NE Revolution | 32 |
| Jake Davis | Sporting KC | 32 |
| Noel Caliskan | Real Salt Lake | 32 |
| Denis Bouanga | LAFC | 32 |
| Cole Bassett | Colorado Rapids | 31 |
| Timmy Tillman | LAFC | 30 |
| Aleksei Miranchuk | Atlanta Utd | 30 |
| David Schnegg | D.C. United | 29 |
| Juan David Mosquera | Portland Timbers | 28 |
| Ian Harkes | SJ Earthquakes | 28 |
| Rodrigo De Paul | Inter Miami | 27 |
| João Paulo Mior | Seattle Sounders | 26 |
| Manu García | Sporting KC | 26 |
| Santiago Moreno | Portland Timbers | 26 |
| Hirving Lozano | San Diego FC | 25 |
| Matti Peltola | D.C. United | 25 |
| Andrew Gutman | Chicago Fire | 24 |
| Luca Petrasso | CF Montréal | 24 |
| Pedro Vite | Vancouver Wcaps | 24 |
| Marco Reus | LA Galaxy | 23 |
| Raheem Edwards | NY Red Bulls | 23 |
| Daniel Pereira | Austin | 23 |
| Nathan Saliba | CF Montréal | 22 |
| Julian Gressel | Minnesota Utd | 21 |
| Beau Leroux | SJ Earthquakes | 21 |
| Magomed-Shapi Suleymanov | Sporting KC | 21 |
| Peglow | D.C. United | 21 |
| Tom Pearce | CF Montréal | 21 |
| Wilfried Zaha | Charlotte | 21 |
| Aiden ONeill | NYCFC | 21 |
| David Costa | Portland Timbers | 20 |
| Miguel Almirón | Atlanta Utd | 20 |
| Sam Vines | Colorado Rapids | 20 |
| Sebastian Lletget | FC Dallas | 20 |
| Steven Alzate | Atlanta Utd | 20 |
| Cristian Arango | SJ Earthquakes | 20 |
| Diego Rossi | Columbus Crew | 19 |
| Brooks Lennon | Atlanta Utd | 19 |
| Djordje Mihailovic | Toronto FC | 18 |
| Ian Fray | Inter Miami | 18 |
| Isaiah Parente | LA Galaxy | 18 |
| Pablo Ruíz | Real Salt Lake | 18 |
| Pep Biel | Charlotte | 18 |
| Tim Leibold | Sporting KC | 18 |
| Dante Sealy | CF Montréal | 18 |
| Ronald Hernández | Atlanta Utd | 17 |
| André Franco | Chicago Fire | 17 |
| Conrad Wallem | St. Louis | 17 |
| Joseph Rosales | Minnesota Utd | 17 |
| Max Arfsten | Columbus Crew | 17 |
| Quinn Sullivan | Philadelphia Union | 17 |
| Amine Bassi | Houston Dynamo | 16 |
| Jackson Yueill | NE Revolution | 16 |
| Luca Orellano | FC Cincinnati | 16 |
| Memo Rodriguez | Sporting KC | 16 |
| Omar Valencia | NY Red Bulls | 16 |
| Shaq Moore | FC Dallas | 16 |
| Besard Sabovic | Austin | 15 |
| Diogo Gonçalves | Real Salt Lake | 15 |
| Eryk Williamson | Charlotte | 15 |
| Jackson Hopkins | D.C. United | 15 |
| Jesús Daniel Bueno | Philadelphia Union | 15 |
| Nicolás Ezequiel Fernández | NYCFC | 15 |
| Ralph Priso-Mbongue | Vancouver Wcaps | 15 |
| Felipe Carballo | NY Red Bulls | 14 |
| Julián Fernández | NYCFC | 14 |
| Nicolás Lodeiro | Houston Dynamo | 14 |
| Oliver Larraz | Colorado Rapids | 14 |
| Pavel Bucha | FC Cincinnati | 14 |
| Zorhan Bassong | Sporting KC | 14 |
| Federico Bernardeschi | Toronto FC | 13 |
| Brandon Servania | D.C. United | 13 |
| Brian Gutiérrez | Chicago Fire | 13 |
| Danny Leyva | Seattle Sounders | 13 |
| Jamar Ricketts | SJ Earthquakes | 13 |
| Kaick | FC Dallas | 13 |
| Luca Langoni | NE Revolution | 13 |
| Ondřej Lingr | Houston Dynamo | 13 |
| Sam Junqua | Real Salt Lake | 13 |
| Bryce Duke | CF Montréal | 12 |
| Hennadii Synchuk | CF Montréal | 12 |
| Jesús Ferreira | Seattle Sounders | 12 |
| Niko Tsakiris | SJ Earthquakes | 12 |
| Amar Sejdic | Columbus Crew | 11 |
| Boris Enow | D.C. United | 11 |
| Bryan Acosta | Nashville SC | 11 |
| Kristoffer Velde | Portland Timbers | 11 |
| Kyle Smith | Orlando City | 11 |
| Lorenzo Insigne | Toronto FC | 11 |
| Marcelo Herrera | Columbus Crew | 11 |
| Maren Haile-Selassie | Chicago Fire | 11 |
| Matthew Longstaff | Toronto FC | 11 |
| Onni Valakari | San Diego FC | 11 |
| Pedrinho | FC Dallas | 11 |
| Rafael Santos | Colorado Rapids | 11 |
| Tomás Chancalay | NE Revolution | 11 |
| Erik Thommy | Sporting KC | 10 |
| Marky Delgado | LAFC | 10 |
| Randall Leal | D.C. United | 10 |
| Saba Lobzhanidze | Atlanta Utd | 10 |
| Žan Kolmanič | Austin | 10 |
| Ian Smith | Portland Timbers | 9 |
| Indiana Vassilev | Philadelphia Union | 9 |
| Jonathan Bamba | Chicago Fire | 9 |
| Kellyn Acosta | Chicago Fire | 9 |
| Mauricio Cuevas | LA Galaxy | 9 |
| Son Heung-min | LAFC | 9 |
| Ariel Lassiter | Portland Timbers | 8 |
| DeJuan Jones | SJ Earthquakes | 8 |
| Hannes Wolf | NYCFC | 8 |
| Jean-Claude Ngando | Vancouver Wcaps | 8 |
| Cengiz Ünder | LAFC | 7 |
| Dagur Dan Þórhallsson | Orlando City | 7 |
| Griffin Dorsey | Houston Dynamo | 7 |
| Joseph Paintsil | LA Galaxy | 7 |
| Ousseni Bouda | SJ Earthquakes | 7 |
| Willy Kumado | San Diego FC | 7 |
| Ben Cremaschi | Inter Miami | 6 |
| Gabriel Pirani | D.C. United | 6 |
| Jonathan Shore | NYCFC | 6 |
| Paul Rothrock | Seattle Sounders | 6 |
| Rafael Santos | Orlando City | 6 |
| Robin Lod | Minnesota Utd | 6 |
| Telasco Segovia | Inter Miami | 6 |
| Ali Ahmed | Vancouver Wcaps | 5 |
| Caden Clark | CF Montréal | 5 |
| Christian Cappis | FC Dallas | 5 |
| Célio Pompeu | St. Louis | 5 |
| David Martínez | LAFC | 5 |
| Gerardo Valenzuela | FC Cincinnati | 5 |
| Luca de la Torre | San Diego FC | 5 |
| Luis Muriel | Orlando City | 5 |
| Paul Marie | SJ Earthquakes | 5 |
| Pedro De la Vega | Seattle Sounders | 5 |
| Tucker Lepley | LA Galaxy | 5 |
| Artem Smoliakov | LAFC | 4 |
| Aziel Jackson | Columbus Crew | 4 |
| Diego Rubio | Austin | 4 |
| Duane Holmes | Houston Dynamo | 4 |
| Fabian Herbers | CF Montréal | 4 |
| Harry Toffolo | Charlotte | 4 |
| Hernán López Muñoz | SJ Earthquakes | 4 |
| Jared Stroud | D.C. United | 4 |
| Matías Rojas | Portland Timbers | 4 |
| Milan Iloski | Philadelphia Union | 4 |
| Rida Zouhir | D.C. United | 4 |
| Wikelman Carmona | NY Red Bulls | 4 |
| Yuya Kubo | FC Cincinnati | 4 |
| Amahl Pellegrino | San Diego FC | 3 |
| Javairô Dilrosun | LAFC | 3 |
| Jayden Nelson | Vancouver Wcaps | 3 |
| Johnny Russell | Real Salt Lake | 3 |
| Jáder Obrian | Austin | 3 |
| Marco Pašalić | Orlando City | 3 |
| Milan Iloski | San Diego FC | 3 |
| Osman Bukari | Austin | 3 |
| Paxten Aaronson | Colorado Rapids | 3 |
| Sebastian Kowalczyk | Houston Dynamo | 3 |
| Ahmed Qasem | Nashville SC | 2 |
| Baltasar Rodríguez | Inter Miami | 2 |
| Emmanuel Sabbi | Vancouver Wcaps | 2 |
| Jeremy Rafanello | Philadelphia Union | 2 |
| Kerwin Vargas | Charlotte | 2 |
| Lawrence Ennali | Houston Dynamo | 2 |
| Luis Suárez | Inter Miami | 2 |
| Omir Fernandez | Portland Timbers | 2 |
| Petar Musa | FC Dallas | 2 |
| Rafael Navarro | Colorado Rapids | 2 |
| Ryan Gauld | Vancouver Wcaps | 2 |
| Tadeo Allende | Inter Miami | 2 |
| Cole Mrowka | Columbus Crew | 1 |
| Corey Baird | FC Cincinnati | 1 |
| Dominik Fitz | Minnesota Utd | 1 |
| Dániel Sallói | Sporting KC | 1 |
| Gustav Berggren | NY Red Bulls | 1 |
| Ignatius Ganago | NE Revolution | 1 |
| Ivan Jaime Pajuelo | CF Montréal | 1 |
| Jackson Castro | Vancouver Wcaps | 1 |
| Jeong Sangbin | Minnesota Utd | 1 |
| Jesús Barea | Real Salt Lake | 1 |
| Marcelo Morales | NY Red Bulls | 1 |
| Mohammed Sofo | NY Red Bulls | 1 |
| Myrto Uzuni | Austin | 1 |
| Robert Taylor | Austin | 1 |
| Ryan Kent | Seattle Sounders | 1 |
| Santi Morales | Inter Miami | 1 |
225 clubs shown
Our data is derived from live feeds, which do not always include every detail. Please interpret with caution.
We aim to track only direct free kicks that present clear scoring opportunities, not routine restarts such as passes from the goalkeeper to a defender. This distinction helps focus on meaningful attacking situations.
League Summary
4451
Total Free Kicks
Most Active Taker
Kai Wagner
Philadelphia Union
Most Active Team
Real Salt Lake
225 clubs tracked
Clubs by Free Kicks Taken
Philadelphia Union143
Charlotte106
NE Revolution104
Vancouver Wcaps99
Houston Dynamo95
SJ Earthquakes91
NY Red Bulls72
St. Louis69
Seattle Sounders68
FC Cincinnati66
Top 10 of 225 clubs
Top 10 by Volume