MLS October 2026: table, stats and top scorers

October in MLS brought as many as 85 matches played over four weeks and 281 goals. Nashville SC lead MLS table with 74 points, while Columbus Crew collected the most points in October alone. Below you will find the table, results, top scorers and stats for October 2026.

All figures come from the Sports AI-Pro match feed. In this article: table, stats, top scorers and results for October 2026.

The league averaged 3.31 goals per match, and 69% of games finished with over 2.5 goals. Both teams scored in 68% of matches, with home wins in 45% of them, away wins in 25% and as many as 31% draws.

Home sides won 45% of matches, 31% ended level and away sides won 25%.

Nashville SC have 74 points after 33 games (22 wins, 8 draws, 3 defeats) and a goal tally of 69-25. Vancouver Whitecaps are second on 61 points, and New England Revolution are third on 58. Inter Miami (56 points) have the most goals scored among the leading sides, 75.

#	Team	MP	W-D-L	GF-GA	Pts
1	Nashville SC	33	22-8-3	69-25	74
2	Vancouver Whitecaps	33	18-7-8	72-34	61
3	New England Revolution	32	18-4-10	54-44	58
4	Inter Miami CF	32	15-11-6	75-55	56
5	Chicago Fire	33	16-7-10	61-50	55
6	FC Dallas	33	15-10-8	59-50	55
7	Charlotte FC	33	15-8-10	63-48	53
8	San Jose Earthquakes	33	14-10-9	56-48	52
9	St.Louis City	33	14-9-10	58-48	51
10	Houston Dynamo	32	14-9-9	42-39	51
11	Philadelphia Union	33	13-8-12	62-51	47
12	Los Angeles FC	32	12-11-9	50-35	47
13	FC Cincinnati	33	12-10-11	67-73	46
14	Columbus Crew	33	13-5-15	55-49	44
15	LA Galaxy	33	11-11-11	49-55	44
16	Orlando City SC	33	13-7-14	62-78	43
17	Colorado Rapids	33	12-7-14	46-47	43
18	Seattle Sounders FC	33	11-10-12	42-45	43
19	Real Salt Lake	33	12-6-15	51-51	42
20	Portland Timbers	32	11-7-14	57-60	40
21	New York Red Bulls	33	11-6-16	45-62	39
22	New York City FC	33	9-12-13	48-45	39
23	Toronto FC	33	9-12-12	51-63	39
24	San Diego FC	33	9-11-13	57-62	38
25	Minnesota United	32	9-11-12	50-56	38
26	Austin FC	33	8-10-15	42-63	34
27	Atlanta United	33	9-6-18	43-57	33
28	DC United	33	7-12-14	39-60	33
29	CF Montréal	33	6-8-19	37-67	26
30	Sporting Kansas City	33	6-5-22	39-81	23

The biggest results of the month were St. Louis City 6-2 LA Galaxy and Nashville SC 4-0 Sporting Kansas City. Inter Miami beat DC United 4-0, and Charlotte FC won 4-0 against CF Montréal and 4-0 against Orlando City. Nashville also won 4-1 away at Austin FC, and the New York Red Bulls beat San Diego FC 4-1.

Round	Match
10.10	Inter Miami CF4-0DC United
10.10	New York Red Bulls4-1San Diego FC
11.10	Austin FC1-4Nashville SC
11.10	St.Louis City6-2LA Galaxy
15.10	Nashville SC4-0Sporting Kansas City
17.10	Orlando City SC4-1DC United
28.10	Charlotte FC4-0CF Montréal
31.10	Charlotte FC4-0Orlando City SC

Ranked by points won in October, these three teams set the pace. The table shows their month in full.

Columbus Crew

15 pts · 16-6

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FC Cincinnati

13 pts · 12-9

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New England Revolution

12 pts · 9-8

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Columbus Crew won five of six games, scoring 16 goals and conceding 6, and ended the month on a run of five straight wins.

FC Cincinnati took 13 points from seven games (4 wins, 1 draw, 2 defeats), scoring 12 goals and conceding 9.

New England Revolution won four of five games, scoring 9 goals and conceding 8, and ended the month with four straight wins. They are third in the table with 58 points.

Players are ranked by average rating this season (minimum 23 appearances), with their goals and assists shown alongside. This is a season-long ranking as of today, not a monthly one.

The ranking is led by Lionel Messi (rating 8.39; goals: 26, assists: 13), followed by Guilherme (7.82), Nicolás Fernández (7.80), Evander (7.71) and Carles Gil (7.65).

Top 5 players of the season by rating

1Lionel MessiInter Miami CF30Apps26Goals13Assists8.39Rating

2GuilhermeHouston Dynamo30Apps16Goals8Assists7.82Rating

3Nicolás FernándezNew York City FC32Apps16Goals6Assists7.80Rating

4EvanderFC Cincinnati30Apps14Goals13Assists7.71Rating

5Carles GilNew England Revolution33Apps13Goals7Assists7.65Rating

In the scoring chart Messi (26) is ahead of Petar Musa (22) and Brian White (20). Rafael Navarro and Milan Iloski have 19 each. In assists, Messi, Evander and Cristian Espinoza lead with 13.

In the assists table Lionel Messi leads with 13, followed by Evander (13) and Cristian Espinoza (13).

Matches averaged 27.8 shots compared with 27.6 in September, and 10.2 on target compared with 10.0. Clean sheets came in 18% of matches (23% in September), and there were 10.2 corners per match (10.3 in September).

• Will Nashville SC hold their lead over Vancouver in the closing stretch?
• Will Columbus Crew, the best team of October, climb the table after their winning run?
• Will Lionel Messi extend his lead over Petar Musa in the scoring chart?

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Columbus Crew won 5 of 6 matches, scored 16 goals and took 15 points in October.

Lionel Messi leads with 26 goals, ahead of Petar Musa (22) and Brian White (20).

An average of 3.31 goals per match across 85 matches, with 69% of games over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 68%.

Nashville SC lead with 74 points after 33 matches, ahead of Vancouver Whitecaps (61) and New England Revolution (58).

Lionel Messi with 13 assists, ahead of Evander (13) and Cristian Espinoza (13).