New York City FC's Mounsef Bakrar is one of the best strikers in Major League Soccer.
That is, if you go by every metric except for goals scored. Bakrar's non-penalty xG of .42 per 90 minutes puts him among the league elite per Opta — his xG puts him just ahead of Cucho Hernandez of Columbus Crew (.40) and Dániel Gazdag of Philadelphia Union (.40). His Attack Contribution, also from Opta, is in the 92%, which puts him above Dejean Joveljic of LA Galaxy and just behind Teemu Pukki of Minnesota United.
The 23-year-old has 5.89 touches per 90 minutes in the attacking penalty area according to FBRef, which puts him in the 89%. And his 1.14 carries into the penalty area per 90 minutes, also per FBRef, puts him in the 90%.
But Bakrar has zero goals in seven starts this season. And that puts him at the very bottom for strikers in Major League Soccer.
MLS Strikers Through Matchday 10
| Name | Club | Goals | Minutes | Min/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Suárez | Inter Miami CF | 6 | 534 | 89.0 |
| Christian Benteke | DC United | 6 | 540 | 90.0 |
| Dejan Joveljic | LA Galaxy | 6 | 583 | 97.2 |
| Lewis Morgan | New York Red Bulls | 6 | 592 | 98.7 |
| Cristian Arango | Real Salt Lake | 6 | 715 | 119.2 |
| Giorgos Giakoumakis | Atlanta United | 5 | 323 | 64.6 |
| Raúl Ruidíaz | Seattle Sounders | 4 | 508 | 127.0 |
| Julián Carranza | Philadelphia Union | 4 | 540 | 135.0 |
| Rafael Navarro | Colorado Rapids | 4 | 636 | 159.0 |
| Felipe Mora | Portland FC | 3 | 146 | 48.7 |
| Teal Bunbury | Nashville SC | 3 | 279 | 93.0 |
| Willy Agada | Sporting Kansas City | 3 | 373 | 124.3 |
| Matías Cóccaro | CF Montréal | 3 | 384 | 128.0 |
| Prince Owusu | Toronto FC | 3 | 399 | 133.0 |
| Duncan McGuire | Orlando City | 3 | 419 | 139.7 |
| Brian White | Vancouver Whitecaps | 3 | 497 | 165.7 |
| Cucho Hernández | Columbus Crew | 3 | 523 | 174.3 |
| Denis Bouanga | LAFC | 3 | 720 | 240.0 |
| Sebastián Driussi | Austin FC | 2 | 359 | 179.5 |
| Patrick Agyemang | Charlotte FC | 2 | 375 | 187.5 |
| Jeremy Ebobisse | San Jose Earthquakes | 2 | 438 | 219.0 |
| Aaron Boupendza | FC Cincinnati | 2 | 459 | 229.5 |
| Teemu Pukki | Minnesota United | 2 | 483 | 241.5 |
| João Klauss | St. Louis City | 2 | 557 | 278.5 |
| Hugo Cuypers | Chicago Fire | 2 | 666 | 333.0 |
| Gabe Segal | Houston Dynamo | 1 | 174 | 174.0 |
| Jesús Ferreira | FC Dallas | 1 | 195 | 195.0 |
| Giacomo Vrioni | New England | 1 | 452 | 452.0 |
| Mounsef Bakrar | New York City FC | 0 | 589 | 0.0 |
