The top season by VAL (value above league) for every MLS year from 2013 to 2026, with the four runners-up.
Rankings as of 2026-09-30, as declared by the corpus that produced them.
Anders Dreyer 18.9 · Evander 18 · Guilherme 17.4 · Dénis Bouanga 17.1
Evander 23.1 · Lionel Messi 22.4 · Martín Ojeda 22.4 · Dénis Bouanga 21.9
Dénis Bouanga 22.7 · Evander 21.9 · Luciano Acosta 21.7 · Christian Benteke 20.2
Hany Mukhtar 21.5 · Ryan Gauld 21.2 · Thiago Almada 20.9 · Dénis Bouanga 20.8
Brandon Vázquez 21.1 · Sebastián Driussi 21.1 · Dániel Gazdag 20.3 · Jeremy Ebobisse 20.3
Hany Mukhtar 21.3 · Taty Castellanos 20.6 · Dániel Sallói 19.8 · Gustavo Bou 19
Robert Beric 11.9 · Cristian Pavón 10.7 · Gyasi Zardes 10.5 · Jordan Morris 10.5
Zlatan Ibrahimovic 20.8 · Carles Gil 19.7 · Josef Martínez 18.9 · Mauro Manotas 18.6
Bradley Wright-Phillips 19.7 · Ignacio Piatti 19.5 · Carlos Vela 19.3 · Mauro Manotas 18.9
Ola Kamara 20.7 · C.J. Sapong 20.4 · Romain Alessandrini 20.4 · David Villa 20.2
Ignacio Piatti 20.9 · Sebastian Giovinco 20.8 · Bradley Wright-Phillips 20.3 · Dom Dwyer 19.8
Kei Kamara 21 · Bradley Wright-Phillips 20.4 · David Villa 19.9 · Benny Feilhaber 19.7
Obafemi Martins 20.2 · Robbie Keane 20.2 · Pedro Morales 19.9 · Dom Dwyer 19.2
Marco Di Vaio 19.6 · Dominic Oduro 19.2 · Federico Higuaín 19.2 · Camilo Sanvezzo 18.5