Sixty-three goals in 26 games. That is the number sitting at the top of the global charts right now, and it belongs to Inter Miami CF, who are averaging 2.4 goals per game in MLS this season. It is the largest raw total among the leading scoring sides tracked across the world's top divisions, but it is not the fastest rate.
The rate race
Two clubs are actually outscoring Miami on a per-game basis. Lions FC, playing in NPL Queensland, have found the net 57 times in just 22 matches, a rate of 2.6 per game. Viking FK in Norway's Eliteserien match that exact rate, scoring 54 in 21 outings. Both sides are doing it in fewer matches than Miami, which says as much about tempo as it does about firepower.
Just behind that pair sit two more sides at 2.4 goals per game: Miami themselves, and IK Sirius of the Swedish Allsvenskan, who have scored 52 in 22 matches.
The rest of the pack
Further down the table, the numbers still make for eye-catching reading:
- Yunnan Yukun (Chinese Super League): 54 goals in 26 games, 2.1 per game
- Flamengo (Brasileirão Serie A): 55 goals in 28 games, 2.0 per game
- Charleston Battery (USL Championship): 50 goals in 25 games, 2.0 per game
- FC Seoul (K League 1): 56 goals in 30 games, 1.9 per game
FC Seoul's total of 56 is actually the third-highest on this list, but it has come across 30 matches, more than any other club here, which pulls their per-game average down to 1.9. It is a reminder that raw goal counts and scoring rates can tell slightly different stories depending on how many games a club has played.
What ties all eight sides together is consistency in front of goal, regardless of league or continent. Whether it is Viking FK banging in goals in Norway or Lions FC doing it in the Queensland state league, the common thread is a scoring rate north of two goals a game, the kind of number that turns matches into contests few teams want to face.