MLS Goals (Defenders) Leaders

All-time MLS regular season goal scorers among defenders

Top 50

50 players

Viktor Laurent

New York Red Bulls · 9 seasons

Jake Cox

New York Red Bulls · 7 seasons

Mason Jackson

Columbus Crew · 8 seasons

#	Player	Team	Nat	Seasons	Goals (Defenders)
1	Viktor Laurent	New York Red Bulls	Poland	9	57
2	Jake Cox	New York Red Bulls	United States	7	56
3	Mason Jackson	Columbus Crew	Canada	8	55
4	Nate Phillips	Columbus Crew	United States	8	54
5	Robin Moreau	Seattle Sounders FC	Sweden	7	54
6	Emanuel Suarez	Houston Dynamo FC	Colombia	10	54
7	Niklas Lopez	San Jose Earthquakes	Portugal	10	54
8	Amadou Camara	Charlotte FC	Ghana	7	54
9	Rodrigo Paredes	CF Montréal	Dominican Republic	8	53
10	Kang Heung-min	Colorado Rapids	South Korea	9	53
11	Hidemasa Morita	Austin FC	Japan	10	52
12	Enrique Ortiz	LA Galaxy	Chile	9	52
13	Liam Fischer	Columbus Crew	Norway	9	52
14	Oscar Molina	Sporting Kansas City	Brazil	10	50
15	Pierre Clark	San Diego FC	Scotland	7	49
16	Rafael Lopez	FC Dallas	Guatemala	9	49
17	Marcel Bernard	Houston Dynamo FC	France	8	49
18	Miguel Rios	Philadelphia Union	Argentina	7	48
19	Jan Evans	St. Louis City SC	Finland	8	48
20	Jorge Ramirez	Austin FC	Paraguay	10	48
21	Kevin Agyemang	FC Cincinnati	Jamaica	8	48
22	Cesar Castillo	Nashville SC	Dominican Republic	10	47
23	Magnus Roberts	Portland Timbers	Scotland	9	46
24	Lucas Nielsen	Inter Miami CF	Spain	7	46
25	Caleb Cox	Seattle Sounders FC	United States	6	46
26	Emiliano Cabrera	Inter Miami CF	Dominican Republic	6	45
27	Niklas Johansson	New York City FC	Australia	10	45
28	Sebastian Ramos	New England Revolution	Argentina	10	45
29	Kwesi Owusu	Houston Dynamo FC	Senegal	6	45
30	Shane Cruz	St. Louis City SC	United States	10	44
31	Tomas Delgado	Inter Miami CF	Honduras	9	43
32	Amadou White	Houston Dynamo FC	Jamaica	6	43
33	Seo Dong-jun	FC Dallas	South Korea	9	43
34	Felix Dahl	Philadelphia Union	Germany	9	43
35	Antoine Wilson	Seattle Sounders FC	Spain	10	43
36	Brandon Campbell	San Diego FC	United States	8	43
37	Hunter Martin	Atlanta United FC	United States	6	43
38	Franco Ramos	Philadelphia Union	Colombia	8	42
39	Sergio Delgado	CF Montréal	Costa Rica	9	42
40	Joakim Clark	Portland Timbers	Germany	7	42
41	Adama Mensah	Real Salt Lake	Senegal	8	42
42	Jordan Gomez	Houston Dynamo FC	United States	6	41
43	Thiago Hernandez	San Diego FC	Peru	7	41
44	Nicolas Diaz	Colorado Rapids	Mexico	6	41
45	Jonas Gonzalez	Portland Timbers	Scotland	9	41
46	Samuel Petersen	Atlanta United FC	Belgium	5	40
47	Santiago Cruz	Toronto FC	Chile	9	40
48	Carson Howard	FC Dallas	Canada	10	40
49	Lukas Hall	Austin FC	Portugal	9	40
50	Viktor King	Atlanta United FC	Scotland	10	39