Lionel Messi and Luis Suáreztwo of the top scorers in the recent history of world football, share costumes in the Inter Miami of the MLS And, as in his years in Barcelona, the competition to see who scores the most goals is still news.
In the 2024 season of Major League Soccer, both finished with 20 goals, leaving only behind the Belgian Christian Benteke (DC United), who consecrated Máximo scorer with 23 scores.
MLS 2025 Season: Messi leads
In the current campaign, Lionel Messi takes the lead in front of his Uruguayan partner. According to the most recent scorers of the MLS 2025:
Lionel Messi (Inter Miami): 19 goals
Sam Surridge (Nashville SC): 18 goals
Evander (Cincinnati): 16 goals
Tai Baribo (Philadelphia Union): 15 goals
Hugo Cuypers (Chicago Fire): 15 goals
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (NYRB): 15 goals
Messi is placed as the maximum gunner of the tournament, confirming that he is still an offensive reference in the American League. For its part, Luis Suarez does not appear in the Top of scorers of the 2025 season, which makes a difference with respect to the parity they showed in 2024.
Recent MLS scorers
2024: Christian Benteke (DC United) – 23 goals
2023: Denis Bouanga (LAFC) – 20 goals
2022: Hany Mukhtar (Nashville SC) – 23 goals
2021: Taty Castellanos (NYCFC) / Ola Kamara (DC United) – 17 goals
2020: Diego Rossi (LAFC) – 14 goals
2019: Carlos Vela (LAFC) – 34 goals
2018: Josef Martínez (Atlanta United) – 31 goals
2017: Nemanja Nikolics (Chicago Fire) – 24 goals
In the duel between Messi and Suárez in the 2025 season of the MLS, the Argentine remains as a top scorer with 19 annotations, surpassing his friend and partner in the Inter Miami attack. While Messi fights for the gold spoil, Suarez is going through a more discreet course in terms of scoring figures.
