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MLS 2024 Stats Leaders: Goals, Assists, Clean Sheets, Dribbles, Minutes Played

Luis Suárez and Lionel Messi were among the best goalscorers in the 2024 MLS season | Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images

The 2024 Major League Soccer regular season had it all—fantastic goals and assists, rock-solid clean sheets along with handful of players to feature in every single minute for their respective clubs.

In total, 986 regular season matches were played starting in late February to the end of October. We saw the eight-time Ballon d'or winner that is Lionel Messi lead Inter Miami to Supporters' Shield glory while also achieving the greatest single-season in league history with 74 points.

On the defensive end, we saw a pair of experienced goalkeepers battle it out all season to keep the same amount of clean sheets while leading their backlines to excellent records.

Here are the top stats from the 2024 MLS regular season.


2024 MLS Regular Season Top Goalscorers

Christian Benteke claimed the Golden Boot award with just three penalty-kick goals while Messi, Luis Suárez and Denis Bouanga all managed 20 goals each.


2024 MLS Regular Season Assists Leaders

2023 MLS MVP Luciano 'Lucho' Acosta didn't slow down in the 2024 season, tallying the joint-most assists alongside Portland Timbers star Evander.

* MLS credits the pre-assist as well as the traditional assist.


2024 MLS Regular Season Goal Contribution Leaders

In just 19 matches, Messi nearly doubled his goal contribution output for the south Florida side.


2024 MLS Regular Season Shots-on-Target Leaders

LAFC's star winger in Bouanga put up plenty of shots-on-target while Benteke proved to be rather clinical with his efforts at goal.


2024 MLS Regular Season Completed Dribbles

Not only did Bouanga score 20 goals for the second consecutive season, the Gabon international also led all MLS players in completed dribbles.


2024 MLS Regular Season Clean Sheets Leaders

Former Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Hugo Lloris kept the joint-most clean sheets alongside Charlotte FC's Kristijan Kahlina.


2024 MLS Regular Season Penalty Kick Leaders

Bouanga proved to be consistent from the penalty spot and the same can be said for Emil Forsberg after his first regular season with New York Red Bulls.


2024 MLS Regular Season Playing Time Leaders

Only three goalkeepers managed to play all 34 matches during the regular season while four outfield players played every single minute of the campaign.


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This article was originally published on www.si.com as MLS 2024 Stats Leaders: Goals, Assists, Clean Sheets, Dribbles, Minutes Played.

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