With another decade of Major League Soccer action in the history books, MLSsoccer.com has counted up the leaders in various statistical categories.
Not too surprisingly, Sporting Kansas City has a strong contingency of leaders across 22 wide-ranging classifications. Some of the categories cover the standard stats fans peruse on a regular basis, while others detail more specialized numbers you may not have thought much about.
Unless otherwise specified, all counts cover both regular-season and playoff MLS games played between 2010 and this past season. Current Sporting players and coaches are listed in bold.
ASSISTS
- Diego Valeri: 88
- Graham Zusi: 70
- Landon Donovan: 68
- Federico Higuain: 68
- Javier Morales: 67
SHUTOUT PARTICIPATIONS
- Matt Besler: 92
- Steve Beitashour: 88
- Chad Marshall: 81
- Jordan Harvey: 80
- Seth Sinovic: 80 (no longer with the club, but all of Sinovic's shutouts came at Sporting)
PENALTY KICK SAVES
- Nick Rimando: 17
- Tim Melia: 13
- Luis Robles: 10
- Zack Steffen: 9
GOALS AGAINST MINUS EXPECTED GOALS AGAINST
- Bill Hamid: -40.39
- Nick Rimando: -30.85
- Luis Robles: -25.50
- Tim Melia: -21.70
- Stefan Frei: -21.54
HEAD COACHING WINS
- Peter Vermes: 147
- Bruce Arena: 135
- Sigi Schmid: 122
- Ben Olsen: 117
- Oscar Pareja: 107
MAJOR TITLES PLUS COACH OF THE YEAR AWARDS
- Bruce Arena: 6
- Greg Vanney: 6
- Sigi Schmid: 4
- Peter Vermes: 4
- Oscar Pareja: 3
MAJOR TROPHIES WON
- Toronto FC: 8
- Seattle: 6
- LA Galaxy: 5
- Sporting KC: 4
- Atlanta United: 3
- Montreal: 3
- Red Bulls: 3
GOALS ALLOWED PER GAME
- Sporting KC: 1.14
- Seattle: 1.17
- Atlanta: 1.20
- Real Salt Lake: 1.23
- Dallas: 1.24
