There are 240 players available to expansion sides New York City FC and Orlando City SC in Wednesday's MLS Expansion Draft (WATCH IT LIVE HERE AT 2 PM ET).
But they only have 10 picks each to make.
How do you begin to sift through all those names? Well, we took a crack at it using statistics to help differentiate the top performers.
Below is a look at a handful of statistical categories and the Expansion Draft candidates who topped the respective charts in 2014 (minimum 500 minutes played).
ATTACKING STATISTICS
Non-penalty goals plus assists per 90 minutes | ||
Team | Players | Stat |
![]() | Kenny Cooper | .64 |
![]() | Conor Casey | .63 |
![]() | Gaston Fernandez | .52 |
![]() | Ben Speas | .51 |
![]() | Aaron Schoenfeld | .48 |
Shots Per 90 minutes | ||
Team | Players | Stat |
![]() | Dwayne De Rosario | 3.38 |
![]() | Jairo Arrieta | 3.20 |
![]() | Soony Saad | 3.08 |
![]() | Alan Gordon | 2.98 |
![]() | Aaron Schoenfeld | 2.89 |
Passing Accuracy in Final Third | ||
Team | Players | Stat |
![]() | Andres Escobar | 81.5% |
![]() | Ned Grabavoy | 80.5% |
![]() | Kamani Hill | 79.2% |
![]() | Lewis Neal | 77.0% |
![]() | Bobby Convey | 76.1% |
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS
Tackles Per 90 minutes | ||
Team | Players | Stat |
![]() | Hendry Thomas | 3.4 |
![]() | Servando Carrasco | 3.2 |
![]() | Krzysztof Krol | 3.2 |
![]() | Gonzalo Segares | 3.1 |
![]() | Andy Dorman | 3.1 |
Interceptions Per 90 minutes | ||
Team | Players | Stat |
![]() | Norberto Paparatto | 4.4 |
![]() | Patrick Ianni | 4.3 |
![]() | Matteo Ferrari | 4.2 |
![]() | Hendry Thomas | 4.2 |
![]() | Brandon Barklage | 3.7 |
AERIAL PROWESS
Percentage of Aerials won (min. 50 aerials) | ||
Team | Players | Stat |
![]() | Norberto Paparatto | 4.4 |
![]() | David Horst | 4.3 |
![]() | Matteo Ferrari | 4.2 |
![]() | Steven Caldwell | 4.2 |
![]() | Bakary Soumare | 3.7 |