Designated Player Rule
{{short description|Major League Soccer rule}}
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File:David Beckham 2010 LA Galaxy.jpg was the league's first Designated Player, with the rule being nicknamed the "Beckham Rule".]]
The Designated Player Rule, nicknamed the Beckham Rule, allows Major League Soccer franchises to sign up to three players that would be considered outside their salary cap (either by offering the player higher wages or by paying a transfer fee for the player). The rule, which was adopted ahead of the 2007 MLS season, enables teams to compete for star players in the international football market. The rule is one of two mechanisms by which MLS teams may exceed their salary cap, the other being allocation money. As of December 2019, there have been 209 Designated Players in league history.
The rule is informally named after David Beckham, in anticipation of MLS teams signing lucrative deals with internationally recognized players, after Beckham entered into negotiations to join the league.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/vault/2011/11/28/106135817/hollywood-ending|title=Hollywood Ending: If this was indeed David Beckham's final game in MLS, he went out in style, carrying the Galaxy to a championship and affirming the value of star power in America|last=Wahl|first=Grant|date=November 28, 2011|magazine=Sports Illustrated|access-date=November 25, 2011|quote=In the first four seasons of MLS's Beckham Rule, which allowed clubs to sign up to three designated players outside the salary cap, ....}}{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060413/asp/sports/story_6093255.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060414155630/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060413/asp/sports/story_6093255.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 14, 2006|title=Becks could be the next American idol|work=The Telegraph|access-date=December 1, 2007|date=April 13, 2007|author=Lansley, Pete}} Beckham was the first player signed under this rule, signing a five-year contract with the Los Angeles Galaxy in 2007 with a guaranteed annual salary of $6.5 million.{{cite web |url=http://www.mlsplayers.org/salary_info.html |title=PlayersUnion |publisher=Mlsplayers.org |access-date=April 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511125731/http://www.mlsplayers.org/salary_info.html |archive-date=May 11, 2012 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/6256125.stm|title=Beckham hopes to make US history|publisher=BBC|access-date=December 1, 2007 | date=January 12, 2007}}
History
The team salary cap was estimated to be around US$1.9 million in 2006,{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/26/AR2006042602276.html|title=Palencia Has Richest MLS Salary|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=December 1, 2007|date=April 26, 2006|author=Goff, Steven}} was $2.1 million in 2007, and was raised to $2.3 million for the 2008 season.{{cite news|url=http://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=article.main&articleId=57143&requestTimeout=900|title=Debate highlights MLS salary cap split|work=Sports Business Journal|access-date=December 1, 2007|date=November 26, 2007|author=Mickle, Tripp|archive-date=August 13, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100813112138/http://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=article.main&articleId=57143&requestTimeout=900|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/18/sports/soccer/18soccer.html?ref=soccer|title=In M.L.S., Designated Players Do Not Guarantee Great Expectations|work=The New York Times|access-date=March 18, 2009|date=March 18, 2009|author=Bell, Jack}} As part of the 2010 Collective Bargaining Agreement between MLS and the MLS Players' Union, the 2010 salary cap was $2.55 million, with an automatic five percent increase each year until the expiration of the agreement at the end of the 2014 season.
Under the 2007 rule:
- The rule expires at the end of the 2009 season, and must be renewed then or allowed to lapse.
- For each Designated Player, $400,000{{cite news | url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/soccer_america/02/24/aeg.beckham/ | publisher=CNN | title=Galaxy, Milan, Inter wait on Becks | date=February 24, 2009 | access-date=May 1, 2010 | archive-date=October 24, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024064112/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/soccer_america/02/24/aeg.beckham/ | url-status=dead }} of his salary is charged to the salary cap and paid by the league, with any remaining salary being paid by the team's operator. This value was increased for the 2009 season to $415,000.
- Prior to the 2007 season, there were three players whose salary exceeded $400,000. These players were Landon Donovan, Carlos Ruiz, and Eddie Johnson. According to the rule, these players were grandfathered in for the 2007 season, and the exemption was extended after the 2007 season, with the league planning to review the issue at a future date. It was possible that the league would be required to renegotiate these players' contracts or consider them Designated Players. However, prior to the start of the 2008 season, Johnson moved to Fulham of the Premier League,
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while following Dwayne De Rosario's signing by Toronto FC in January 2009, Ruiz was released by the club and left MLS to play for Olimpia Asunción. This left Donovan as the lone player whose 2009 salary remained grandfathered under the exemption provision. However, there were several more players whose guaranteed salary exceeded the Designated Player amount, but whose salary cap expense was actually lower than their true salary due to the allocation rule. These players include Shalrie Joseph ($450,000), Christian Gomez ($430,000), Dwayne De Rosario ($425,750), and Taylor Twellman ($420,000).
- Each team initially had one Designated Player spot, but could trade their Designated Spot to another team; teams were allowed a maximum of two Designated Players.
- Only $325,000 of a team's second Designated Player counted against the salary cap, which was increased to $335,000 in 2009.
- The rule has no expiration date.
- For each Designated Player, $335,000 of his salary is charged to the salary cap and paid by the league ($167,500 for DP players joining during the MLS summer transfer window), with any remaining salary being paid by the team's operator. This amount is halved for Designated Players signed in the middle of the season. The salary cap value of Designated Players can also be reduced using allocation money. Finally, teams whose Designated Players transfer abroad in the middle of a season can recoup part of the Designated Players' salary cap value.
- Landon Donovan is no longer grandfathered into the rule and must be considered a Designated Player.
- Each team is allowed two Designated Player spots, and they can no longer trade their Designated Player spots. The New York Red Bulls will receive $70,000 in allocation money in return for the nullification of their 2007 trade with Chivas USA for an additional Designated Player spot. This means that both New York and Chivas USA will have two Designated Player spots for the 2010 season.
- Teams can pay a $250,000 "luxury tax" for the right to sign a third Designated Player. This $250,000 would be distributed equally to all MLS teams that have not signed a third Designated Player in the form of allocation money.
Starting with the 2012 season, the rule was changed with respect to younger players. MLS announced the changes in August 2011 after clubs expressed concern about signing young international players with no guarantees that they would develop into stars.
- Designated Players over the age of 23 will carry a salary budget charge of $350,000, unless the player joins his club in the middle of the season, in which case his budget charge will be $175,000.
- Designated Players 21–23 years old count as $200,000 against the club's salary budget.
- Designated Players 20 years old or younger count as $150,000 against the club's salary budget.
- The budget charge for the midseason signing of a young Designated Player (23 years old and younger) is $150,000 and this amount cannot be lowered with allocation funds.
- Clubs will not have to buy the third DP roster slot to accommodate Designated Players 23 years old and younger.
- Age of player is determined by year (not date) of birth.
The maximum budget charge for Designated Players over age 23 was increased to $368,750 for 2013, $387,500 in 2014, $436,250 in 2015, $457,500 in 2016, and $480,625 in 2017. The budget charge for those who join during the midseason transfer window has remained at one-half of the full-season cap charge since the inception of the rule. The budget charges for younger players have not changed since 2012.{{cite web |url=http://pressbox.mlssoccer.com/content/roster-rules-and-regulations |title=Roster Rules and Regulations |publisher=Major League Soccer |access-date=May 11, 2015 |archive-date=August 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823031630/http://pressbox.mlssoccer.com/content/roster-rules-and-regulations |url-status=dead }}
Background
The rule is informally named after David Beckham, in anticipation of MLS teams signing lucrative deals with internationally recognized players of Beckham's caliber. Beckham was the first player to be signed under this rule, signing a lucrative contract with the Los Angeles Galaxy worth up to $250 million over five years, with direct guaranteed compensation from MLS and Galaxy at $6.5 million a year.
Current Designated Players
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| Year signed as DP | Player | Nation{{shy}}ality | Current club | style="width:100px;"| 2024 guaranteed compensation{{cite web|url=https://mlsplayers.org/resources/salary-guide|title=2024 MLS Player Salaries|publisher=Major League Soccer Players Union}} | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 2017 | align=center |{{sortname|Albert|Rusnák|Albert Rusnák (footballer, born 1994)}} | align=center |{{flagicon|SVK}} | align=center | Seattle Sounders | align=center | $2,221,667 | |
| align=center | 2019 | align=center |{{sortname|Carles|Gil}} | align=center |{{flagicon|ESP}} | align=center |New England Revolution | align=center | $4,452,083 | |
| align=center | 2020 | align=center |{{sortname|Hany|Mukhtar}} | align=center |{{flagicon|GER}} | align=center | Nashville SC | align=center | $5,211,667 | |
| align=center | 2020 | align=center |{{sortname|Darlington|Nagbe}} | align=center | {{flagicon|USA}} | align=center |Columbus Crew | align=center | $1,540,000 | |
| align=center | 2020 | align=center |{{sortname|Cristian|Espinoza}} | align=center |{{flagicon|ARG}} | align=center | San Jose Earthquakes | align=center | $2,002,000 | |
| align=center | 2021 | align=center |{{sortname|Luciano|Acosta}} | align=center |{{flagicon|ARG}} | align=center |FC Dallas | align=center | $4,216,413 | |
| align=center | 2021 | align=center |{{sortname|Kévin|Cabral}} | align=center |{{flagicon|FRA}} | align=center |Colorado Rapids | align=center | $1,950,000 | |
| align=center | 2021 | align=center |{{sortname | Talles Magno}}† | align=center |{{flagicon|BRA}} | align=center | New York City FC | align=center | $1,198,000 |
| align=center | 2021 | align=center |{{sortname|Ryan|Gauld}} | align=center |{{flagicon|SCO}} | align=center | Vancouver Whitecaps | align=center | $2,985,000 | |
| align=center | 2022 | align=center |{{sortname|Mikael|Uhre}} | align=center |{{flagicon|DEN}} | align=center | Philadelphia Union | align=center | $2,040,000 | |
| align=center | 2022 | align=center |{{sortname|Thiago|Martins|Thiago Martins (footballer, born 1995)}} | align=center |{{flagicon|BRA}} | align=center | New York City FC | align=center | $2,462,000 | |
| align=center | 2022 | align=center |{{sortname|Andrés|Cubas}} | align=center |{{flagicon|PRY}} | align=center | Vancouver Whitecaps | align=center | $1,146,375 | |
| align=center | 2022 | align=center |{{sortname|Walker|Zimmerman}} | align=center |{{flagicon|USA}} | align=center | Nashville SC | align=center | $3,456,979 | |
| align=center | 2022 | align=center |{{sortname|Lorenzo|Insigne}} | align=center |{{flagicon|ITA}} | align=center | Toronto FC | align=center | $15,400,000 | |
| align=center | 2022 | align=center |{{sortname|Giacomo|Vrioni}} | align=center |{{flagicon|ALB}} | align=center | CF Montréal | align=center | $1,947,500 | |
| align=center | 2022 | align=center |{{sortname|Federico|Bernardeschi}} | align=center |{{flagicon|ITA}} | align=center | Toronto FC | align=center | $6,295,381 | |
| align=center | 2022 | align=center |{{sortname|Christian|Benteke}} | align=center |{{flagicon|BEL}} | align=center | D.C. United | align=center | $4,432,778 | |
| align=center | 2022 | align=center |{{sortname|Denis|Bouanga}} | align=center |{{flagicon|GAB}} | align=center | Los Angeles FC | align=center | $3,609,500 | |
| align=center | 2023 | align=center |{{sortname|João|Klauss}} | align=center |{{flagicon|BRA}} | align=center | St. Louis City SC | align=center | $1,370,284 | |
| align=center | 2023 | align=center |{{sortname | Evander|Evander (footballer)}} | align=center |{{flagicon|BRA}} | align=center | FC Cincinnati | align=center | $2,355,000 |
| align=center | 2023 | align=center |{{sortname|Dániel|Gazdag}} | align=center |{{flagicon|HUN}} | align=center | Columbus Crew | align=center | $1,757,500 | |
| align=center | 2023 | align=center |{{sortname|Martín|Ojeda|Martín Ojeda (footballer, born 1998)}} | align=center |{{flagicon|ARG}} | align=center | Orlando City | align=center | $972,600 | |
| align=center | 2023 | align=center |{{sortname|Mateusz|Klich}}‡ | align=center |{{flagicon|POL}} | align=center | D.C. United | align=center | $2,093,588 | |
| align=center | 2023 | align=center |{{sortname|Riqui|Puig}} | align=center |{{flagicon|ESP}} | align=center | LA Galaxy | align=center | $2,449,996 | |
| align=center | 2023 | align=center |{{sortname|Cristian|Arango}} | align=center |{{flagicon|COL}} | align=center | San Jose Earthquakes | align=center | $2,088,746 | |
| align=center | 2023 | align=center |{{sortname|Rafael|Navarro|Rafael Navarro (footballer)}} | align=center |{{flagicon|BRA}} | align=center | Colorado Rapids | align=center | $1,427,708 | |
| align=center | 2023 | align=center |{{sortname|Lionel|Messi}} | align=center |{{flagicon|ARG}} | align=center | Inter Miami | align=center | $20,446,667 | |
| align=center | 2023 | align=center |{{sortname|Sergio|Busquets}} | align=center |{{flagicon|ESP}} | align=center | Inter Miami | align=center | $8,774,996 | |
| align=center | 2023 | align=center |{{sortname|Sam|Surridge}} | align=center |{{flagicon|ENG}} | align=center |Nashville SC | align=center | $2,907,639 | |
| align=center | 2023 | align=center |{{sortname|Diego|Rossi}} | align=center |{{flagicon|URU}} | align=center | Columbus Crew | align=center | $3,376,827 | |
| align=center | 2024 | align=center |{{sortname|Tomás|Chancalay}} | align=center |{{flagicon|ARG}} | align=center | New England Revolution | align=center | $1,010,000 | |
| align=center | 2024 | align=center |{{sortname|Emil|Forsberg}} | align=center |{{flagicon|SWE}} | align=center | New York Red Bulls | align=center | $6,035,625 | |
| align=center | 2024 | align=center |{{sortname|Djordje|Mihailovic}} | align=center |{{flagicon|USA}} | align=center | Colorado Rapids | align=center | $1,675,000 | |
| align=center | 2024 | align=center |{{sortname|Pedro|de la Vega}} | align=center |{{flagicon|ARG}} | align=center | Seattle Sounders | align=center | $1,164,000 | |
| align=center | 2024 | align=center |{{sortname|Gabriel|Pec}} | align=center |{{flagicon|BRA}} | align=center | LA Galaxy | align=center | $2,459,000 | |
| align=center | 2024 | align=center |{{sortname|Petar|Musa}} | align=center |{{flagicon|CRO}} | align=center | FC Dallas | align=center | $2,230,000 | |
| align=center | 2024 | align=center |{{sortname|Hugo|Cuypers}} | align=center |{{flagicon|BEL}} | align=center | Chicago Fire | align=center | $3,528,044 | |
| align=center | 2024 | align=center |{{sortname|Luis|Muriel}} | align=center |{{flagicon|COL}} | align=center | Orlando City | align=center | $4,336,150 | |
| align=center | 2024 | align=center |{{sortname|Joseph|Paintsil}} | align=center |{{flagicon|GHA}} | align=center | LA Galaxy | align=center | $3,358,000 | |
| align=center | 2024 | align=center |{{sortname|Liel|Abada}} | align=center |{{flagicon|ISR}} | align=center | Charlotte FC | align=center | $2,448,500 | |
| align=center | 2024 | align=center |{{sortname|Jonathan|Rodríguez|Jonathan Rodríguez (footballer, born 1993)}} | align=center |{{flagicon|URU}} | align=center | Portland Timbers | align=center | $2,627,500 | |
| align=center | 2024 | align=center |{{sortname|Hernán|López|Hernán López (footballer)}} | align=center |{{flagicon|ARG}} | align=center | San Jose Earthquakes | align=center | $1,020,000 | |
| align=center | 2024 | align=center |{{sortname|Ezequiel|Ponce}} | align=center |{{flagicon|ARG}} | align=center | Houston Dynamo | align=center | $2,822,200 | |
| align=center | 2024 | align=center |{{sortname|Olivier|Giroud}} | align=center |{{flagicon|FRA}} | align=center | Los Angeles FC | align=center | $3,675,000 | |
| align=center | 2024 | align=center |{{sortname|Osman|Bukari}} | align=center |{{flagicon|GHA}} | align=center | Austin FC | align=center | $1,000,000 | |
| align=center | 2024 | align=center |{{sortname|Marcel|Hartel}} | align=center |{{flagicon|GER}} | align=center | St. Louis City SC | align=center | $2,183,113 | |
| align=center | 2024 | align=center |{{sortname|Kelvin|Yeboah}} | align=center |{{flagicon|ITA}} | align=center | Minnesota United | align=center | $1,427,200 | |
| align=center | 2024 | align=center |{{sortname|Aleksei|Miranchuk}} | align=center |{{flagicon|RUS}} | align=center | Atlanta United | align=center | $3,685,441 | |
| align=center | 2024 | align=center |{{sortname|Diogo|Gonçalves}} | align=center |{{flagicon|POR}} | align=center | Real Salt Lake | align=center | $1,797,108 | |
| align=center | 2024 | align=center |{{sortname|Joaquín|Pereyra|Joaquín Pereyra (Argentine footballer)}} | align=center |{{flagicon|ARG}} | align=center | Minnesota United | align=center | $699,800 | |
| align=center | 2025 | align=center |{{sortname|Hirving|Lozano}} | align=center |{{flagicon|MEX}} | align=center | San Diego FC | align=center | $n/a | |
| align=center | 2025 | align=center |{{sortname|Kévin|Denkey}} | align=center |{{flagicon|TOG}} | align=center | FC Cincinnati | align=center | $n/a | |
| align=center | 2025 | align=center |{{sortname|Eric Maxim|Choupo-Moting}} | align=center |{{flagicon|CMR}} | align=center | New York Red Bulls | align=center | $n/a | |
| align=center | 2025 | align=center |{{sortname|Brandon|Vázquez}} | align=center |{{flagicon|USA}} | align=center | Austin FC | align=center | $n/a | |
| align=center | 2025 | align=center |{{sortname|Jordan|Morris}} | align=center |{{flagicon|USA}} | align=center | Seattle Sounders | align=center | $1,693,750 | |
| align=center | 2025 | align=center |{{sortname|Jonathan|Bamba}} | align=center |{{flagicon|CIV}} | align=center | Chicago Fire | align=center | $n/a | |
| align=center | 2025 | align=center |{{sortname|Wilfried|Zaha}} | align=center |{{flagicon|CIV}} | align=center | Charlotte FC | align=center | $n/a | |
| align=center | 2025 | align=center |{{sortname|Anders|Dreyer}} | align=center |{{flagicon|DEN}} | align=center | San Diego FC | align=center | $n/a | |
| align=center | 2025 | align=center |{{sortname|Myrto|Uzuni}} | align=center |{{flagicon|ALB}} | align=center | Austin FC | align=center | $n/a | |
| align=center | 2025 | align=center |{{sortname|Miguel|Almirón}} | align=center |{{flagicon|PRY}} | align=center | Atlanta United | align=center | $n/a | |
| align=center | 2025 | align=center |{{sortname|Dejan|Joveljić}} | align=center |{{flagicon|SRB}} | align=center | Sporting Kansas City | align=center | $683,750 | |
| align=center | 2025 | align=center |{{sortname|Manu|García|Manu García (footballer, born 1998)}} | align=center |{{flagicon|ESP}} | align=center | Sporting Kansas City | align=center | $n/a | |
| align=center | 2025 | align=center |{{sortname|Emmanuel|Latte Lath}} | align=center |{{flagicon|CIV}} | align=center | Atlanta United | align=center | $n/a | |
| align=center | 2025 | align=center |{{sortname|Marco|Pašalić}} | align=center |{{flagicon|CRO}} | align=center | Orlando City | align=center | $n/a | |
| align=center | 2025 | align=center |{{sortname|David|da Costa|David Costa (footballer)}} | align=center |{{flagicon|POR}} | align=center | Portland Timbers | align=center | $n/a | |
| align=center | 2025 | align=center |{{sortname|Bruno|Damiani}} | align=center |{{flagicon|URU}} | align=center | Philadelphia Union | align=center | $n/a | |
| align=center | 2025 | align=center |{{sortname|Cengiz|Ünder}} | align=center |{{flagicon|TUR}} | align=center | Los Angeles FC | align=center | $n/a | |
| align=center | 2025 | align=center |{{sortname | Artur|Artur (footballer, born 1996)}} | align=center |{{flagicon|BRA}} | align=center | Houston Dynamo | align=center | $783,375 |
| align=center | 2025 | align=center |{{sortname|Jordi|Alba}} | align=center |{{flagicon|ESP}} | align=center | Inter Miami | align=center | $1,500,000 | |
| align=center | 2025 | align=center |{{sortname|Ondřej|Lingr}} | align=center |{{flagicon|CZE}} | align=center | Houston Dynamo | align=center | $n/a |
Notes
- Chart indicates when players signed their current Designated Player contract, not necessarily their first year in MLS.
- Other players in MLS may also be paid a salary that takes them above the Designated Player threshold, but they have had their salary reduced against the salary cap using General or Targeted Allocation Money.{{cite web|url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/league/official-rules/mls-roster-rules-and-regulations#targeted-allocation-money|title=MLS Roster Rules and Regulations - MLSsoccer.com|access-date=June 20, 2017}}
- Player salaries may be below the Designated Player threshold, but their transfer fee might mean the total compensation takes them above the threshold.
- Player salaries include compensation from their MLS contract, not including any bonuses or compensation from contracts with individual teams or their affiliates.
† Player on loan at another club outside MLS
‡ Player on loan from another club inside MLS
Club DP history
{{updated|February 4, 2024|{{cite web|url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/glossary/former-designated-player|title=Former MLS Designated Players|access-date=August 22, 2017}}}}
Notes
- The below list indicates players who have had their contract assigned as a Designated Player (DP) contract during their time in MLS. Players may have not always have had a DP contract, or have later had their contract negotiated below a DP level. Similarly, some players have been in MLS whose salary has been at a DP level, but the club has opted to bring their salary below the DP threshold using General Allocation Money or Targeted Allocation Money. Their listed "Years as DP" indicates what seasons they were active as a DP for that club only. Players in bold are currently signed to a DP contract by their club.
- Former MLS sides Miami Fusion and Tampa Bay Mutiny were dissolved before the introduction of the Designated Player Rule.
=Atlanta United FC=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| style="background:#9D2235; color:#A89968; border:2px solid #000000;"|Player
! style="background:#9D2235; color:#A89968; border:2px solid #000000;"|Previous club ! style="background:#9D2235; color:#A89968; border:2px solid #000000;"|Years as DP |
|---|
| align=left| {{flagicon|PRY}} Héctor Villalba
| align=left| {{flagicon|ARG}} San Lorenzo | align=left| 2017 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|PRY}} Miguel Almirón
| align=left| {{flagicon|ARG}} Lanús | align=left | 2017–2018, 2025– |
| align=left | {{flagicon|VEN}} Josef Martínez
| align=left | {{flagicon|ITA}} Torino | align=left| 2017–2022 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Esequiel Barco
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Independiente | align=left| 2018–2021 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Pity Martínez
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} River Plate | align=left| 2019–2020 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Marcelino Moreno
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Lanús | align=left| 2020 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Alan Franco
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Independiente | align=left| 2021 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|BRA}} Luiz Araújo
| align=left | {{flagicon|FRA}} Lille | align=left| 2021–2023 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Thiago Almada
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Vélez Sarsfield | align=left| 2022–2024 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|GRE}} Giorgos Giakoumakis
| align=left | {{flagicon|SCO}} Celtic | align=left| 2023–2024 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|GEO}} Saba Lobzhanidze
| align=left | {{flagicon|TUR}} Hatayspor | align=left| 2023 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|NOR}} Stian Rode Gregersen
| align=left | {{flagicon|FRA}} Bordeaux | align=left| 2024 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|RUS}} Aleksei Miranchuk
| align=left | {{flagicon|ITA}} Atalanta | align=left| 2024– |
| align=left | {{flagicon|CIV}} Emmanuel Latte Lath
| align=left | {{flagicon|ENG}} Middlesbrough | align=left| 2025– |
=Austin FC=
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| style="background:#00B140; color:#000000; border:2px solid #000000;"|Player
! style="background:#00B140; color:#000000; border:2px solid #000000;"|Previous club ! style="background:#00B140; color:#000000; border:2px solid #000000;"|Years as DP |
|---|
| align=left | {{flagicon|PRY}} Cecilio Domínguez
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Independiente | align=left| 2021–2022 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Tomás Pochettino
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Talleres | align=left| 2021 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Sebastián Driussi
| align=left | {{flagicon|RUS}} Zenit Saint Petersburg | align=left| 2021–2024 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|FIN}} Alexander Ring
| align=left | {{flagicon|USA}} New York City FC |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Emiliano Rigoni
| align=left | {{flagicon|BRA}} São Paulo | align=left| 2022–2024 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|GHA}} Osman Bukari
| align=left | {{flagicon|SRB}} Red Star Belgrade | align=left| 2024– |
| align=left | {{flagicon|USA}} Brandon Vázquez
| align=left | {{flagicon|MEX}} Monterrey | align=left| 2025– |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ALB}} Myrto Uzuni
| align=left | {{flagicon|ESP}} Granada | align=left| 2025– |
=Charlotte FC=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| style="background:#0082CA; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #000000;"|Player
! style="background:#0082CA; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #000000;"|Previous club ! style="background:#0082CA; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #000000;"|Years as DP |
|---|
| align=left | {{flagicon|ECU}} Jordy Alcívar
| align=left | {{flagicon|ECU}} L.D.U. Quito | align=left| 2022 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|POL}} Karol Świderski
| align=left | {{flagicon|GRE}} PAOK | align=left| 2022–2023, 2024 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|POL}} Kamil Jóźwiak
| align=left | {{flagicon|ENG}} Derby County | align=left| 2022–2023 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Enzo Copetti
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Racing Club | align=left| 2023–2024 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ISR}} Liel Abada
| align=left | {{flagicon|SCO}} Celtic | align=left| 2024– |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ESP}} Pep Biel
| align=left | {{flagicon|GRE}} Olympiacos | align=left| 2024 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|CIV}} Wilfried Zaha
| align=left | {{flagicon|TUR}} Galatasaray | align=left| 2025– |
=Chicago Fire FC=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| style="background:#11284A; color:#FFC609; border:2px solid #C11F32;"|Player
! style="background:#11284A; color:#FFC609; border:2px solid #C11F32;"|Previous club ! style="background:#11284A; color:#FFC609; border:2px solid #C11F32;"|Years as DP |
|---|
| align=left| {{flagicon|MEX}} Cuauhtémoc Blanco
| align=left| {{flagicon|MEX}} América | align=left| 2007–2009 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|SWE}} Freddie Ljungberg
| align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Seattle Sounders | align=left| 2010 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|MEX}} Nery Castillo
| align=left| {{flagicon|UKR}} Shakhtar Donetsk | align=left| 2010 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|URU}} Álvaro Fernández
| align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Seattle Sounders | align=left| 2012–2013 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|NED}} Sherjill MacDonald
| align=left| {{flagicon|BEL}} Germinal Beerschot | align=left| 2012–2013 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|URU}} Federico Puppo
| align=left| {{flagicon|URU}} Danubio | align=left| 2012–2014 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|URU}} Egidio Arévalo Ríos
| align=left| {{flagicon|MEX}} Tijuana | align=left| 2013 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} Juan Luis Anangonó
| align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} El Nacional | align=left| 2013–2014 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|BRA}} Gilberto
| align=left| {{flagicon|CAN}} Toronto FC | align=left| 2015–2016 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|GHA}} David Accam
| align=left| {{flagicon|SWE}} Helsingborg | align=left| 2015–2017 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|SCO}} Shaun Maloney
| align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} Wigan Athletic | align=left| 2015 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|NGR}} Kennedy Igboananike
| align=left| {{flagicon|SWE}} AIK | align=left| 2015–2016 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|HUN}} Nemanja Nikolić
| align=left| {{flagicon|POL}} Legia Warsaw | align=left| 2017–2019 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|GER}} Bastian Schweinsteiger
| align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} Manchester United | align=left| 2017–2019 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|SRB}} Aleksandar Katai
| align=left| {{flagicon|ESP}} Alavés | align=left| 2019 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|Slovenia}} Robert Berić
| align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Saint-Étienne | align=left| 2020–2021 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|ARG}} Ignacio Aliseda
| align=left| {{flagicon|ARG}} Defensa y Justicia | align=left| 2020–2021 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|Paraguay}} Gastón Giménez
| align=left| {{flagicon|ARG}} Vélez Sarsfield | align=left| 2020–2022, 2024 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|SUI}} Xherdan Shaqiri
| align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Lyon | align=left| 2022–2024 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|MEX}} Jairo Torres
| align=left| {{flagicon|MEX}} Atlas | align=left| 2022–2023 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|CIV}} Ousmane Doumbia
| align=left| {{flagicon|SUI}} Lugano | align=left| 2023 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|BEL}} Hugo Cuypers
| align=left| {{flagicon|BEL}} Gent | align=left| 2024– |
| align=left| {{flagicon|CIV}} Jonathan Bamba
| align=left| {{flagicon|ESP}} Celta Vigo | align=left| 2025– |
=Chivas USA (defunct)=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| style="background:#DF0101; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #091F3F;"|Player
! style="background:#DF0101; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #091F3F;"|Previous club ! style="background:#DF0101; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #091F3F;"|Years as DP |
|---|
| align=left| {{flagicon|COL}} Juan Pablo Ángel
| align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} LA Galaxy | align=left | 2011–2012 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ECU}} Oswaldo Minda
| align=left | {{flagicon|ECU}} Deportivo Quito | align=left| 2012–2014 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|Grenada}} Shalrie Joseph
| align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} New England Revolution | align=left| 2012 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|MEX}} Erick Torres
| align=left | {{flagicon|MEX}} Guadalajara | align=left| 2013–2014 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Mauro Rosales
| align=left | {{flagicon|USA}} Seattle Sounders | align=left| 2014 |
=FC Cincinnati=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| style="background:#003087; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #FE5000;"|Player
! style="background:#003087; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #FE5000;"|Previous club ! style="background:#003087; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #FE5000;"|Years as DP |
|---|
| align=left | {{flagicon|NGA}} Fanendo Adi
| align=left | {{flagicon|USA}} Portland Timbers | align=left | 2019 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|CRC}} Allan Cruz
| align=left | {{flagicon|CRC}} Herediano | align=left | 2019–2020 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yuya Kubo
| align=left | {{flagicon|BEL}} Gent | align=left | 2020, 2021–2022 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|Curaçao}} Jürgen Locadia
| align=left | {{flagicon|ENG}} Brighton & Hove Albion | align=left | 2020–2021 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|BRA}} Brenner
| align=left | {{flagicon|BRA}} São Paulo | align=left | 2021–2023 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Luciano Acosta
| align=left | {{flagicon|MEX}} Atlas | align=left | 2021–2024 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|NGR}} Obinna Nwobodo
| align=left | {{flagicon|TUR}} Göztepe | align=left | 2022–2024 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|GAB}} Aaron Boupendza
| align=left | {{flagicon|KSA}} Al-Shabab | align=left | 2023–2024 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|TOG}} Kévin Denkey
| align=left | {{flagicon|BEL}} Cercle Brugge | align=left | 2025– |
| align=left| {{flagicon|BRA}} Evander
| align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Portland Timbers | align=left| 2025– |
=Colorado Rapids=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| style="background:#8A2432; color:#8BB8EA; border:2px solid #8BB8EA;"|Player
! style="background:#8A2432; color:#8BB8EA; border:2px solid #8BB8EA;"|Previous club ! style="background:#8A2432; color:#8BB8EA; border:2px solid #8BB8EA;"|Years as DP |
|---|
| align=left | {{flagicon|PAN}} Gabriel Torres
| align=left | {{flagicon|VEN}} Zamora | align=left| 2013–2015 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Juan Edgardo Ramírez
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Argentinos Juniors | align=left| 2015–2017 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|IRE}} Kevin Doyle
| align=left | {{flagicon|ENG}} Wolverhampton Wanderers | align=left| 2015–2016 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ALB}} Shkëlzen Gashi
| align=left | {{flagicon|SUI}} Basel | align=left| 2016–2018 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|USA}} Tim Howard
| align=left | {{flagicon|ENG}} Everton | align=left | 2016–2019 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|DEN}} Younes Namli
| align=left | {{flagicon|RUS}} Krasnodar | align=left | 2020–2021 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|USA}} Gyasi Zardes
| align=left | {{flagicon|USA}} Columbus Crew | align=left| 2022 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|FRA}} Kévin Cabral
| align=left | {{flagicon|USA}} LA Galaxy | align=left| 2023– |
| align=left | {{flagicon|DEN}} Andreas Maxsø
| align=left | {{flagicon|DEN}} Brøndby | align=left| 2023 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|BRA}} Rafael Navarro
| align=left | {{flagicon|BRA}} Palmeiras | align=left| 2023– |
| align=left | {{flagicon|USA}} Djordje Mihailovic
| align=left | {{flagicon|NED}} AZ | align=left| 2023– |
=Columbus Crew=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| style="background:#FEDD00; color:#000000; border:2px solid #000000;"|Player
! style="background:#FEDD00; color:#000000; border:2px solid #000000;"|Previous club ! style="background:#FEDD00; color:#000000; border:2px solid #000000;"|Years as DP |
|---|
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Guillermo Barros Schelotto
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Boca Juniors | align=left| 2009–2010 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|PER|football}} Andrés Mendoza
| align=left | {{flagicon|TUR}} Diyarbakırspor | align=left| 2010–2011 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Federico Higuaín
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Colón | align=left| 2012–2019 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|Sierra Leone}} Kei Kamara
| align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} Middlesbrough | align=left| 2016 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|GHA}} Jonathan Mensah
| align=left| {{flagicon|RUS}} Anzhi Makhachkala | align=left| 2017 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|POR}} Pedro Santos
| align=left | {{flagicon|POR}} Braga | align=left| 2017–2019 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|USA}} Gyasi Zardes
| align=left | {{flagicon|USA}} LA Galaxy | align=left| 2019–2022 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|USA}} Darlington Nagbe
| align=left | {{flagicon|USA}} Atlanta United | align=left| 2020– |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARM}} Lucas Zelarayán
| align=left | {{flagicon|MEX}} Tigres UANL | align=left| 2020–2023 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|COL}} Cucho Hernández
| align=left | {{flagicon|ENG}} Watford | align=left| 2022–2024 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|URU}} Diego Rossi
| align=left | {{flagicon|TUR}} Fenerbahçe | align=left| 2023– |
| align=left| {{flagicon|HUN}} Dániel Gazdag
| align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Philadelphia Union | align=left| 2025– |
=FC Dallas=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| style="background:#C6203E; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #001F5B;"|Player
! style="background:#C6203E; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #001F5B;"|Previous club ! style="background:#C6203E; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #001F5B;"|Years as DP |
|---|
| align=left | {{flagicon|BRA}} Denílson
| align=left | {{flagicon|KSA}} Al-Nassr | align=left| 2007 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|COL}} David Ferreira
| align=left | {{flagicon|BRA}} Atlético Paranaense | align=left| 2009–2013 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|COL}} Fabián Castillo
| align=left| {{flagicon|COL}} Deportivo Cali | align=left| 2011–2015 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|CAN}} Julian de Guzman
| align=left | {{flagicon|CAN}} Toronto FC | align=left| 2012 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|FRA}} Eric Hassli
| align=left | {{flagicon|CAN}} Toronto FC | align=left| 2013 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Mauro Díaz
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} River Plate | align=left| 2013–2016 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|COL}} Andrés Ramiro Escobar
| align=left | {{flagicon|UKR}} Dynamo Kyiv | align=left| 2014 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|URU}} David Texeira
| align=left | {{flagicon|NED}} Groningen | align=left| 2014–2015 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ECU}} Carlos Gruezo
| align=left | {{flagicon|GER}} VfB Stuttgart | align=left| 2016–2018 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ECU}} Aníbal Chalá
| align=left | {{flagicon|ECU}} El Nacional | align=left| 2017 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|PRY}} Cristian Colmán
| align=left | {{flagicon|PRY}} Nacional Asunción | align=left| 2017–2018 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|COL}} Santiago Mosquera
| align=left | {{flagicon|COL}} Millonarios | align=left| 2018–2020 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|HND}} Bryan Acosta
| align=left | {{flagicon|ESP}} Tenerife | align=left| 2019–2021 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|CHI}} Pablo Aránguiz
| align=left | {{flagicon|CHI}} Unión Española | align=left| 2019 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Franco Jara
| align=left | {{flagicon|MEX}} Pachuca | align=left| 2020–2022 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|USA}} Jesús Ferreira
| align=left | {{flagicon|USA}} FC Dallas Academy | align=left| 2022–2024 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Alan Velasco
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Independiente | align=left| 2022–2024 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|CRO}} Petar Musa
| align=left | {{flagicon|POR}} Benfica | align=left| 2024– |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Luciano Acosta
| align=left | {{flagicon|USA}} FC Cincinnati | align=left | 2025– |
=D.C. United=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" |
| style="background:#000000; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #E4002B;"|Player
! style="background:#000000; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #E4002B;"|Previous club ! style="background:#000000; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #E4002B;"|Years as DP |
|---|
| align=left | {{flagicon|BRA}} Luciano Emílio
| align=left | {{flagicon|HND}} Olimpia | align=left| 2008–2009 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Marcelo Gallardo
| align=left | {{flagicon|FRA}} Paris Saint-Germain | align=left| 2008 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|Montenegro}} Branko Bošković
| align=left | {{flagicon|Austria}} Rapid Wien | align=left| 2010–2012 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|CAN}} Dwayne De Rosario
| align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} New York Red Bulls | align=left| 2011–2013 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ALB}} Hamdi Salihi
| align=left | {{flagicon|Austria}} Rapid Wien | align=left| 2012 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|BRA}} Rafael Gladiador
| align=left | {{flagicon|BRA}} Bahia | align=left| 2013 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|USA}} Eddie Johnson
| align=left | {{flagicon|USA}} Seattle Sounders | align=left| 2014–2015 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Fabián Espíndola
| align=left | {{flagicon|USA}} New York Red Bulls | align=left| 2015–2016 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|USA}} Paul Arriola
| align=left | {{flagicon|MEX}} Tijuana | align=left| 2017–2021 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ENG}} Wayne Rooney
| align=left | {{flagicon|ENG}} Everton | align=left| 2018–2019 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Lucas Rodríguez
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Estudiantes | align=left| 2019 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|PER|football}} Edison Flores
| align=left | {{flagicon|MEX}} Morelia | align=left| 2020–2022 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|GRE}} Taxiarchis Fountas
| align=left | {{flagicon|AUT}} Rapid Wien | align=left| 2022–2023 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ISL}} Victor Pálsson
| align=left | {{flagicon|GER}} Schalke 04 | align=left| 2022 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|BEL}} Christian Benteke
| align=left | {{flagicon|ENG}} Crystal Palace | align=left| 2022– |
| align=left | {{flagicon|POL}} Mateusz Klich
| align=left | {{flagicon|ENG}} Leeds United | align=left| 2023– |
| align=left | {{flagicon|FIN}} Matti Peltola
| align=left | {{flagicon|FIN}} HJK | align=left| 2024 |
=Houston Dynamo FC=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| style="background:#FF6900; color:#101820; border:2px solid #C4CED4;"|Player
! style="background:#FF6900; color:#101820; border:2px solid #C4CED4;"|Previous club ! style="background:#FF6900; color:#101820; border:2px solid #C4CED4;"|Years as DP |
|---|
| align=left | {{flagicon|MEX}} Luis Ángel Landín
| align=left | {{flagicon|MEX}} Morelia | align=left| 2009–2010 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|HND}} Boniek García
| align=left| {{flagicon|HND}} Olimpia | align=left| 2012–2014 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|JAM}} Giles Barnes
| align=left | {{flagicon|ENG}} Doncaster Rovers | align=left| 2012–2016 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|HND}} Alexander López
| align=left| {{flagicon|HND}} Olimpia | align=left| 2013–2014 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|USA}} DaMarcus Beasley
| align=left | {{flagicon|MEX}} Puebla | align=left| 2014–2016 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|COL}} Mauro Manotas
| align=left | {{flagicon|COL}} Uniautónoma | align=left| 2015–2016, 2020 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|MEX}} Erick Torres
| align=left | {{flagicon|MEX}} Guadalajara | align=left| 2015–2017 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|HND}} Alberth Elis
| align=left | {{flagicon|MEX}} Monterrey | align=left| 2017–2020 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Tomás Martínez
| align=left | {{flagicon|POR}} Braga | align=left| 2017–2019 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|COL}} Darwin Quintero
| align=left | {{flagicon|USA}} Minnesota United | align=left| 2020–2021 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ZIM}} Teenage Hadebe
| align=left | {{flagicon|TUR}} Yeni Malatyaspor | align=left| 2021–2023 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|PRY}} Sebastián Ferreira
| align=left | {{flagicon|PRY}} Libertad | align=left| 2022–2024 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|MEX}} Héctor Herrera
| align=left | {{flagicon|ESP}} Atlético Madrid | align=left| 2022–2024 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Ezequiel Ponce
| align=left | {{flagicon|GRE}} AEK Athens | align=left| 2024– |
| align=left | {{flagicon|BRA}} Artur
| align=left | {{flagicon|USA}} Columbus Crew | align=left| 2025– |
| align=left | {{flagicon|CZE}} Ondřej Lingr
| align=left | {{flagicon|CZE}} Slavia Prague | align=left| 2025– |
=Inter Miami CF=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| style="background:#F7B5CD; color:#000000; border:2px solid #000000;"|Player
! style="background:#F7B5CD; color:#000000; border:2px solid #000000;"|Previous club ! style="background:#F7B5CD; color:#000000; border:2px solid #000000;"|Years as DP |
|---|
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Matías Pellegrini
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Estudiantes | align=left| 2020 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|MEX}} Rodolfo Pizarro
| align=left | {{flagicon|MEX}} Monterrey | align=left| 2020–2023 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Gonzalo Higuaín
| align=left | {{flagicon|ITA}} Juventus | align=left| 2020–2022 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|FRA}} Blaise Matuidi
| align=left | {{flagicon|ITA}} Juventus | align=left| 2021 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|BRA}} Gregore
| align=left | {{flagicon|BRA}} Bahia | align=left| 2021–2023 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ESP}} Alejandro Pozuelo
| align=left | {{flagicon|CAN}} Toronto FC | align=left| 2022 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ECU}} Leonardo Campana
| align=left | {{flagicon|ENG}} Wolverhampton Wanderers | align=left| 2023–2024 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Lionel Messi
| align=left | {{flagicon|FRA}} Paris Saint-Germain | align=left| 2023– |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ESP}} Sergio Busquets
| align=left | {{flagicon|ESP}} Barcelona | align=left| 2023– |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ESP}} Jordi Alba
| align=left | {{flagicon|ESP}} Barcelona | align=left| 2025– |
=Sporting Kansas City=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| style="background:#A7BCD6; color:#0C2340; border:2px solid #898D8D;"|Player
! style="background:#A7BCD6; color:#0C2340; border:2px solid #898D8D;"|Previous club ! style="background:#A7BCD6; color:#0C2340; border:2px solid #898D8D;"|Years as DP |
|---|
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Claudio López
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Racing Club | align=left | 2008 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|MEX}} Omar Bravo
| align=left| {{flagicon|MEX}} Guadalajara | align=left| 2011 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|BRA}} Jéferson
| align=left| {{flagicon|BRA}} Vasco da Gama | align=left| 2011 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|ARG}} Claudio Bieler
| align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} L.D.U. Quito | align=left| 2013–2014 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Matt Besler
| align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} University of Notre Dame | align=left| 2014–2016 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Graham Zusi
| align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} University of Maryland | align=left| 2014–2017 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|HND}} Roger Espinoza
| align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} Wigan Athletic | align=left| 2015–2018 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|CHI}} Diego Rubio
| align=left | {{flagicon|ESP}} Valladolid | align=left| 2016 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|GNB}} Gerso Fernandes
| align=left| {{flagicon|POR}} Belenenses | align=left| 2017 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Yohan Croizet
| align=left| {{flagicon|BEL}} Mechelen | align=left| 2018–2019 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|CHI}} Felipe Gutiérrez
| align=left| {{flagicon|ESP}} Real Betis | align=left| 2018–2020 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|SCO}} Johnny Russell
| align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} Derby County | align=left| 2019–2024 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|MEX}} Alan Pulido
| align=left| {{flagicon|MEX}} Guadalajara | align=left| 2020–2024 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|ISR}} Gadi Kinda
| align=left| {{flagicon|ISR}} Beitar Jerusalem | align=left| 2021–2023 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|SRB}} Nemanja Radoja
| align=left| {{flagicon|ESP}} Levante | align=left| 2024 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|HUN}} Dániel Sallói
| align=left| {{flagicon|HUN}} Újpest | align=left| 2024 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|SRB}} Dejan Joveljić
| align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} LA Galaxy | align=left| 2025– |
| align=left| {{flagicon|ESP}} Manu García
| align=left| {{flagicon|GRE}} Aris | align=left| 2025– |
=LA Galaxy=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| style="background:#FFFFFF; color:#13294B; border:2px solid #FFCD00;"|Player
! style="background:#FFFFFF; color:#13294B; border:2px solid #FFCD00;"|Previous club ! style="background:#FFFFFF; color:#13294B; border:2px solid #FFCD00;"|Years as DP |
|---|
| align=left | {{flagicon|ENG}} David Beckham
| align=left | {{flagicon|ESP}} Real Madrid | align=left| 2007–2012 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Landon Donovan
| align=left| {{flagicon|GER}} Bayer Leverkusen | align=left| 2010–2014 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|COL}} Juan Pablo Ángel
| align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} New York Red Bulls | align=left | 2011 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|IRE}} Robbie Keane
| align=left | {{flagicon|ENG}} Tottenham Hotspur | align=left| 2011–2016 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Omar Gonzalez
| align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} University of Maryland | align=left| 2013–2015 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ENG}} Steven Gerrard
| align=left | {{flagicon|ENG}} Liverpool | align=left| 2015–2016 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|MEX}} Giovani dos Santos
| align=left | {{flagicon|ESP}} Villarreal | align=left| 2015–2018 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|BEL}} Jelle Van Damme
| align=left | {{flagicon|BEL}} Standard Liège |
| align=left | {{flagicon|FRA}} Romain Alessandrini
| align=left | {{flagicon|FRA}} Marseille | align=left| 2017–2019 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|MEX}} Jonathan dos Santos
| align=left | {{flagicon|ESP}} Villarreal | align=left| 2017–2021 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|SWE}} Zlatan Ibrahimović
| align=left | {{flagicon|ENG}} Manchester United | align=left| 2019 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Cristian Pavón
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Boca Juniors | align=left| 2020 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|MEX}} Javier Hernández
| align=left | {{flagicon|ESP}} Sevilla | align=left| 2020–2023 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|FRA}} Kévin Cabral
| align=left | {{flagicon|FRA}} Valenciennes | align=left| 2021–2022 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|BRA}} Douglas Costa
| align=left | {{flagicon|ITA}} Juventus | align=left| 2022–2023 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ESP}} Riqui Puig
| align=left | {{flagicon|ESP}} Barcelona | align=left| 2023– |
| align=left | {{flagicon|BRA}} Gabriel Pec
| align=left | {{flagicon|BRA}} Vasco da Gama | align=left| 2024– |
| align=left | {{flagicon|GHA}} Joseph Paintsil
| align=left | {{flagicon|BEL}} Genk | align=left| 2024– |
=Los Angeles FC=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| style="background:#000000; color:#C39E6D; border:2px solid #C39E6D;"|Player
! style="background:#000000; color:#C39E6D; border:2px solid #C39E6D;"|Previous club ! style="background:#000000; color:#C39E6D; border:2px solid #C39E6D;"|Years as DP |
|---|
| align=left | {{flagicon|MEX}} Carlos Vela
| align=left | {{flagicon|ESP}} Real Sociedad | align=left| 2018–2023 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|URU}} Diego Rossi
| align=left | {{flagicon|URU}} Peñarol | align=left| 2018–2021 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|POR}} André Horta
| align=left | {{flagicon|POR}} Benfica | align=left| 2018–2019 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|URU}} Brian Rodríguez
| align=left | {{flagicon|URU}} Peñarol | align=left| 2019–2021 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|GAB}} Denis Bouanga
| align=left | {{flagicon|FRA}} Saint-Étienne | align=left| 2022– |
| align=left | {{flagicon|COL}} Eduard Atuesta
| align=left | {{flagicon|BRA}} Palmeiras | align=left| 2024 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|FRA}} Olivier Giroud
| align=left | {{flagicon|ITA}} AC Milan | align=left| 2024– |
| align=left | {{flagicon|TUR}} Cengiz Ünder
| align=left | {{flagicon|TUR}} Fenerbahçe | align=left| 2025– |
=Minnesota United FC=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| style="background:#8CD2F4; color:#231F20; border:2px solid #E4E5E6;"|Player
! style="background:#8CD2F4; color:#231F20; border:2px solid #E4E5E6;"|Previous club ! style="background:#8CD2F4; color:#231F20; border:2px solid #E4E5E6;"|Years as DP |
|---|
| align=left | {{flagicon|COL}} Darwin Quintero
| align=left | {{flagicon|MEX}} América | align=left| 2018–2019 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|COL}} Ángelo Rodríguez
| align=left | {{flagicon|COL}} Deportes Tolima | align=left| 2018–2019 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|SVK}} Ján Greguš
| align=left | {{flagicon|DEN}} Copenhagen | align=left| 2019–2021 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|URU}} Thomás Chacón
| align=left | {{flagicon|URU}} Danubio | align=left| 2019–2020 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Emanuel Reynoso
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Boca Juniors | align=left| 2020–2024 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|FRA}} Adrien Hunou
| align=left | {{flagicon|FRA}} Rennes | align=left| 2021–2022 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|PRY}} Luis Amarilla
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Vélez Sarsfield | align=left| 2022–2023 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|COL}} Ménder García
| align=left | {{flagicon|COL}} Once Caldas | align=left| 2022–2023 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|FIN}} Teemu Pukki
| align=left | {{flagicon|ENG}} Norwich City | align=left| 2023–2024 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ITA}} Kelvin Yeboah
| align=left | {{flagicon|ITA}} Genoa | align=left| 2024– |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Joaquín Pereyra
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Atlético Tucumán | align=left| 2024– |
=CF Montréal=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| style="background:#000000; color:#9EA1A2; border:2px solid #0033A1;"|Player
! style="background:#000000; color:#9EA1A2; border:2px solid #0033A1;"|Previous club ! style="background:#000000; color:#9EA1A2; border:2px solid #0033A1;"|Years as DP |
|---|
| align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Marco Di Vaio
| align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Bologna | align=left| 2012–2014 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Hernán Bernardello
| align=left | {{flagicon|ESP}} Almería | align=left| 2013–2014 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|ARG}} Ignacio Piatti
| align=left| {{flagicon|ARG}} San Lorenzo | align=left | 2014–2019 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|CIV}} Didier Drogba
| align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} Chelsea | align=left| 2015–2016 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Lucas Ontivero
| align=left | {{flagicon|TUR}} Galatasaray | align=left| 2016 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|SUI}} Blerim Džemaili
| align=left | {{flagicon|ITA}} Bologna | align=left| 2017 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|ALG}} Saphir Taïder
| align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Bologna | align=left | 2018–2020 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|KEN}} Victor Wanyama
| align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} Tottenham Hotspur | align=left | 2020–2024 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|SVN}} Aljaž Struna
| align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Houston Dynamo | align=left | 2021 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Djordje Mihailovic
| align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Chicago Fire | align=left | 2021 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|ALB}} Giacomo Vrioni
| align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} New England Revolution | align=left| 2025– |
=Nashville SC=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| style="background:#EDE939; color:#201357; border:2px solid #201357;"|Player
! style="background:#EDE939; color:#201357; border:2px solid #201357;"|Previous club ! style="background:#EDE939; color:#201357; border:2px solid #201357;"|Years as DP |
|---|
| align=left | {{flagicon|GER}} Hany Mukhtar{{Cite web|url=https://www.nashvillesc.com/players|title=Roster | Nashville SC}}
| align=left | {{flagicon|DEN}} Brøndby | align=left| 2020– |
| align=left | {{flagicon|CRC}} Randall Leal
| align=left | {{flagicon|CRC}} Saprissa | align=left| 2020–2021 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|VEN}} Jhonder Cádiz
| align=left | {{flagicon|POR}} Benfica | align=left | 2020–2021 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|CIV}} Aké Arnaud Loba
| align=left | {{flagicon|MEX}} Monterrey | align=left| 2021–2023 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|USA}} Walker Zimmerman
| align=left | {{flagicon|USA}} Los Angeles FC | align=left| 2022– |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ENG}} Sam Surridge
| align=left | {{flagicon|ENG}} Nottingham Forest | align=left| 2023– |
=New England Revolution=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| style="background:#0C2340; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #C8102E;"|Player
! style="background:#0C2340; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #C8102E;"|Previous club ! style="background:#0C2340; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #C8102E;"|Years as DP |
|---|
| align=left| {{flagicon|ARG}} Milton Caraglio
| align=left| {{flagicon|ARG}} Rosario Central | align=left| 2011 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|Grenada}} Shalrie Joseph
| align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} New York Freedom | align=left | 2012 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|HND}} Jerry Bengtson
| align=left | {{flagicon|HND}} Motagua | align=left| 2012–2014 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|USA}} Jermaine Jones
| align=left | {{flagicon|TUR}} Beşiktaş | align=left| 2014–2015 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|POR}} José Gonçalves
| align=left | {{flagicon|SUI}} Sion | align=left| 2016 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|CIV}} Xavier Kouassi
| align=left | {{flagicon|SUI}} Sion | align=left| 2016–2017 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|Sierra Leone}} Kei Kamara
| align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Columbus Crew | align=left| 2016–2017 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Claude Dielna
| align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} Sheffield Wednesday | align=left| 2018 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|ESP}} Carles Gil
| align=left| {{flagicon|ESP}} Deportivo La Coruña | align=left| 2019– |
| align=left| {{flagicon|ARG}} Gustavo Bou
| align=left| {{flagicon|MEX}} Tijuana | align=left| 2019–2023 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|POL}} Adam Buksa
| align=left| {{flagicon|POL}} Pogoń Szczecin | align=left| 2020–2022 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|ALB}} Giacomo Vrioni
| align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Juventus | align=left| 2022–2024 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|ARG}} Tomás Chancalay
| align=left| {{flagicon|ARG}} Racing Club | align=left| 2024– |
=New York City FC=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| style="background:#6CACE4; color:#041E42; border:2px solid #FE5000;"|Player
! style="background:#6CACE4; color:#041E42; border:2px solid #FE5000;"|Previous club ! style="background:#6CACE4; color:#041E42; border:2px solid #FE5000;"|Years as DP |
|---|
| align=left | {{flagicon|ESP}} David Villa
| align=left | {{flagicon|ESP}} Atlético Madrid | align=left| 2014–2018 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ENG}} Frank Lampard
| align=left | {{flagicon|ENG}} Manchester City | align=left| 2015–2016 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Pirlo
| align=left | {{flagicon|ITA}} Juventus | align=left| 2015–2017 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|ARG}} Maximiliano Moralez
| align=left| {{flagicon|MEX}} León | align=left| 2017–2021 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|PRY}} Jesús Medina
| align=left| {{flagicon|PRY}} Libertad | align=left| 2018–2021 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|ROU}} Alexandru Mitriță
| align=left| {{flagicon|ROU}} Universitatea Craiova | align=left| 2019–2020 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|BRA}} Talles Magno
| align=left| {{flagicon|BRA}} Vasco da Gama | align=left| 2021– |
| align=left| {{flagicon|BRA}} Thiago Martins
| align=left| {{flagicon|JPN}} Yokohama F. Marinos | align=left| 2022– |
| align=left| {{flagicon|URU}} Santiago Rodríguez
| align=left| {{flagicon|URU}} Montevideo City Torque | align=left| 2023–2025 |
=New York Red Bulls=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| style="background:#BA0C2F; color:#002554; border:2px solid #FFC72C;"|Player
! style="background:#BA0C2F; color:#002554; border:2px solid #FFC72C;"|Previous club ! style="background:#BA0C2F; color:#002554; border:2px solid #FFC72C;"|Years as DP |
|---|
| align=left | {{flagicon|USA}} Claudio Reyna
| align=left | {{flagicon|ENG}} Manchester City | align=left| 2007–2008 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|COL}} Juan Pablo Ángel
| align=left | {{flagicon|ENG}} Aston Villa | align=left| 2007–2010 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|FRA}} Thierry Henry
| align=left | {{flagicon|ESP}} Barcelona | align=left| 2010–2014 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|MEX}} Rafael Márquez
| align=left | {{flagicon|ESP}} Barcelona | align=left| 2010–2012 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|GER}} Frank Rost
| align=left| {{flagicon|GER}} Hamburger SV | align=left| 2011 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|AUS}} Tim Cahill
| align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} Everton | align=left| 2012–2014 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} Bradley Wright-Phillips
| align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} Charlton Athletic | align=left| 2015–2016, 2017–2019 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|ARG}} Gonzalo Verón
| align=left| {{flagicon|ARG}} San Lorenzo | align=left| 2015–2017 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Sacha Kljestan
| align=left| {{flagicon|BEL}} Anderlecht | align=left| 2016–2017 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|ISR}} Omer Damari
| align=left| {{flagicon|GER}} RB Leipzig | align=left| 2016 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|PAR}} Kaku
| align=left| {{flagicon|ARG}} Huracán | align=left| 2018–2021 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} Josh Sims
| align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} Southampton | align=left| 2019–2020 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} Dru Yearwood
| align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} Brentford | align=left| 2020–2021 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|POL}} Patryk Klimala
| align=left| {{flagicon|SCO}} Celtic | align=left| 2021–2022 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|BRA}} Luquinhas
| align=left| {{flagicon|POL}} Legia Warsaw | align=left| 2022–2023 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|BEL}} Dante Vanzeir
| align=left| {{flagicon|BEL}} Union SG | align=left| 2023–2024 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|SWE}} Emil Forsberg
| align=left| {{flagicon|GER}} RB Leipzig | align=left| 2024– |
| align=left| {{flagicon|URU}} Felipe Carballo
| align=left| {{flagicon|BRA}} Grêmio | align=left| 2024 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|CMR}} Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting
| align=left| {{flagicon|GER}} Bayern Munich | align=left| 2025– |
=Orlando City SC=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| style="background:#5F259F; color:#EED484; border:2px solid #EED484;"|Player
! style="background:#5F259F; color:#EED484; border:2px solid #EED484;"|Previous club ! style="background:#5F259F; color:#EED484; border:2px solid #EED484;"|Years as DP |
|---|
| align=left | {{flagicon|BRA}} Kaká
| align=left | {{flagicon|ITA}} Milan | align=left| 2014–2017 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|COL}} Carlos Rivas
| align=left | {{flagicon|COL}} Deportivo Cali | align=left| 2015–2017 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|HND}} Bryan Róchez
| align=left | {{flagicon|HND}} Real España | align=left| 2015–2016 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Matías Pérez García
| align=left | {{flagicon|USA}} San Jose Earthquakes | align=left| 2016–2017 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|JAM}} Giles Barnes
| align=left| {{flagicon|CAN}} Vancouver Whitecaps | align=left| 2017 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|PER|football}} Yoshimar Yotún
| align=left| {{flagicon|SWE}} Malmö FF | align=left| 2017 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Dom Dwyer
| align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Sporting Kansas City | align=left| 2018–2020 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Sacha Kljestan
| align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} New York Red Bulls | align=left| 2018 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|PRY}} Josué Colmán
| align=left| {{flagicon|PRY}} Cerro Porteño | align=left| 2018–2019 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|POR}} Nani
| align=left| {{flagicon|POR}} Sporting CP | align=left| 2019–2021 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|URU}} Mauricio Pereyra
| align=left| {{flagicon|RUS}} Krasnodar | align=left| 2019–2022 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|URU}} Facundo Torres
| align=left| {{flagicon|URU}} Peñarol | align=left| 2022–2024 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|AUT}} Ercan Kara
| align=left| {{flagicon|AUT}} Rapid Wien | align=left| 2022–2023 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|ARG}} Martín Ojeda
| align=left| {{flagicon|ARG}} Godoy Cruz | align=left| 2023– |
| align=left| {{flagicon|COL}} Luis Muriel
| align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Atalanta | align=left| 2024– |
| align=left| {{flagicon|CRO}} Marco Pašalić
| align=left| {{flagicon|CRO}} HNK Rijeka | align=left| 2025– |
=Philadelphia Union=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| style="background:#041C2C; color:#DFD1A7; border:2px solid #418FDE;"|Player
! style="background:#041C2C; color:#DFD1A7; border:2px solid #418FDE;"|Previous club ! style="background:#041C2C; color:#DFD1A7; border:2px solid #418FDE;"|Years as DP |
|---|
| align=left | {{flagicon|USA}} Freddy Adu
| align=left | {{flagicon|POR}} Benfica | align=left| 2011–2012 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|BRA}} José Kléberson
| align=left | {{flagicon|BRA}} Bahia | align=left| 2013 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Cristian Maidana
| align=left | {{flagicon|CHI}} Rangers de Talca | align=left| 2014–2015 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Maurice Edu
| align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} Stoke City | align=left| 2014–2017 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|VEN}} Fernando Aristeguieta
| align=left | {{flagicon|FRA}} Nantes | align=left| 2015 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Alejandro Bedoya
| align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Nantes | align=left| 2016–2019 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|CZE}} Bořek Dočkal
| align=left| {{flagicon|CHN}} Henan Jianye | align=left| 2018 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|MEX}} Marco Fabián
| align=left| {{flagicon|GER}} Eintracht Frankfurt | align=left| 2019 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|CPV}} Jamiro Monteiro
| align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Metz | align=left| 2020–2021 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|ARG}} Julián Carranza
| align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Inter Miami | align=left| 2022–2024 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|DEN}} Mikael Uhre
| align=left| {{flagicon|DEN}} Brøndby | align=left| 2022– |
| align=left| {{flagicon|HUN}} Dániel Gazdag
| align=left| {{flagicon|HUN}} Budapest Honvéd | align=left| 2023–2025 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|URU}} Bruno Damiani
| align=left| {{flagicon|URU}} Nacional | align=left| 2025– |
=Portland Timbers=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| style="background:#004812; color:#CB9700; border:2px solid #CB9700;"|Player
! style="background:#004812; color:#CB9700; border:2px solid #CB9700;"|Previous club ! style="background:#004812; color:#CB9700; border:2px solid #CB9700;"|Years as DP |
|---|
| align=left | {{flagicon|COL}} Diego Chará
| align=left | {{flagicon|COL}} Deportes Tolima | align=left| 2011–2013 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|SCO}} Kris Boyd
| align=left| {{flagicon|TUR}} Eskişehirspor | align=left| 2012 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Diego Valeri
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Lanús | align=left| 2013–2019 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|NGR}} Fanendo Adi
| align=left | {{flagicon|DEN}} Copenhagen | align=left| 2014–2015, 2016–2018 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} Liam Ridgewell
| align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} West Bromwich Albion | align=left| 2014–2016 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Lucas Melano
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Lanús | align=left| 2015–2016, 2019 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|ARG}} Sebastián Blanco
| align=left| {{flagicon|ARG}} San Lorenzo | align=left| 2017–2023 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|ARG}} Brian Fernández
| align=left| {{flagicon|MEX}} Necaxa | align=left| 2019 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|COL}} Yimmi Chará
| align=left| {{flagicon|BRA}} Atlético Mineiro | align=left| 2020–2023 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|POL}} Jarosław Niezgoda
| align=left| {{flagicon|POL}} Legia Warsaw | align=left| 2020–2023 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|BRA}} Evander
| align=left| {{flagicon|DEN}} Midtjylland | align=left| 2023–2024 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|URU}} Jonathan Rodríguez
| align=left| {{flagicon|MEX}} América | align=left| 2024– |
| align=left| {{flagicon|POR}} David da Costa
| align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Lens | align=left| 2025– |
=Real Salt Lake=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| style="background:#A41F35; color:#FFD100; border:2px solid #001E61;"|Player
! style="background:#A41F35; color:#FFD100; border:2px solid #001E61;"|Previous club ! style="background:#A41F35; color:#FFD100; border:2px solid #001E61;"|Years as DP |
|---|
| align=left | {{flagicon|CRC}} Álvaro Saborío
| align=left | {{flagicon|SUI}} Sion | align=left| 2011–2015 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|ARG}} Javier Morales
| align=left| {{flagicon|ESP}} Vecindario | align=left| 2011–2015 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|USA}} Kyle Beckerman
| align=left | {{flagicon|USA}} Colorado Rapids | align=left| 2015 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ECU}} Joao Plata
| align=left | {{flagicon|CAN}} Toronto FC | align=left| 2015–2016 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|CHI}} Sebastián Jaime
| align=left| {{flagicon|CHI}} Unión Española | align=left| 2014–2015 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Juan Manuel Martínez
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Boca Juniors | align=left| 2015–2016 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|ARM}} Yura Movsisyan
| align=left| {{flagicon|RUS}} Spartak Moscow | align=left| 2016–2017 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|Slovakia}} Albert Rusnák
| align=left| {{flagicon|NED}} Groningen | align=left| 2017–2021 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|VEN}} Jefferson Savarino
| align=left| {{flagicon|VEN}} Zulia | align=left| 2017–2019 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|LBR}} Sam Johnson
| align=left| {{flagicon|NOR}} Vålerenga | align=left| 2019–2020 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|VEN}} Jeizon Ramírez
| align=left| {{flagicon|VEN}} Deportivo Táchira | align=left| 2020–2021 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|CRO}} Damir Kreilach
| align=left| {{flagicon|GER}} Union Berlin | align=left| 2020–2023 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|COL}} Cristian Arango
| align=left| {{flagicon|MEX}} Pachuca | align=left| 2023–2024 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|POR}} Diogo Gonçalves
| align=left| {{flagicon|DEN}} Copenhagen | align=left| 2024– |
=St. Louis City SC=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| style="background:#EB1458; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #001544;"|Player
! style="background:#EB1458; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #001544;"|Previous club ! style="background:#EB1458; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #001544;"|Years as DP |
|---|
| align=left| {{flagicon|BRA}} João Klauss
| align=left| {{flagicon|GER}} TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | align=left| 2023– |
| align=left| {{flagicon|GER}} Eduard Löwen
| align=left| {{flagicon|GER}} Hertha BSC | align=left| 2023–2024 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|GER}} Marcel Hartel
| align=left| {{flagicon|GER}} FC St. Pauli | align=left| 2024– |
=San Diego FC=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| style="background:#00182C; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #00182C;"|Player
! style="background:#00182C; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #00182C;"|Previous club ! style="background:#00182C; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #00182C;"|Years as DP |
|---|
| align=left| {{flagicon|MEX}} Hirving Lozano
| align=left| {{flagicon|NED}} PSV Eindhoven | align=left| 2025– |
| align=left| {{flagicon|DEN}} Anders Dreyer
| align=left| {{flagicon|BEL}} Anderlecht | align=left| 2025– |
=San Jose Earthquakes=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| style="background:#003DA5; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #000000;"|Player
! style="background:#003DA5; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #000000;"|Previous club ! style="background:#003DA5; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #000000;"|Years as DP |
|---|
| align=left| {{flagicon|BRA}} Geovanni
| align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} Hull City | align=left| 2010 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|USA}} Chris Wondolowski
| align=left | {{flagicon|USA}} Houston Dynamo | align=left| 2013–2019 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Matías Pérez García
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Tigre | align=left| 2014–2016 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|SUI}} Innocent Emeghara
| align=left | {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} Qarabağ | align=left| 2015–2016 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|JAM}} Simon Dawkins
| align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} Derby County | align=left| 2016–2017 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|Georgia}} Valeri Qazaishvili
| align=left| {{flagicon|NED}} Vitesse | align=left| 2017–2020 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|SWE}} Magnus Eriksson
| align=left| {{flagicon|SWE}} Djurgårdens IF | align=left| 2018 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|ARG}} Cristian Espinoza
| align=left| {{flagicon|ESP}} Villarreal | align=left| 2020– |
| align=left| {{flagicon|MEX}} Javier Eduardo López
| align=left| {{flagicon|MEX}} Guadalajara | align=left| 2021–2022 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|CPV}} Jamiro Monteiro
| align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Philadelphia Union | align=left| 2022–2023 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|ECU}} Carlos Gruezo
| align=left| {{flagicon|GER}} FC Augsburg | align=left| 2023–2025 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|ARG}} Hernán López
| align=left| {{flagicon|ARG}} Godoy Cruz | align=left| 2024– |
| align=left| {{flagicon|COL}} Cristian Arango
| align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Real Salt Lake | align=left| 2025– |
=Seattle Sounders FC=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| style="background:#64A70B; color:#0047BB; border:2px solid #0047BB;"|Player
! style="background:#64A70B; color:#0047BB; border:2px solid #0047BB;"|Previous club ! style="background:#64A70B; color:#0047BB; border:2px solid #0047BB;"|Years as DP |
|---|
| align=left| {{flagicon|SWE}} Freddie Ljungberg
| align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} West Ham United | align=left| 2009–2010 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|URU}} Álvaro Fernández
| align=left| {{flagicon|URU}} Nacional | align=left| 2010–2012 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|SUI}} Blaise Nkufo
| align=left| {{flagicon|NED}} Twente | align=left| 2010 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|COL}} Fredy Montero
| align=left| {{flagicon|COL}} Deportivo Cali | align=left| 2011-2012 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|ARG}} Mauro Rosales
| align=left| {{flagicon|ARG}} River Plate | align=left| 2011–2013 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|GER}} Christian Tiffert
| align=left| {{flagicon|GER}} Kaiserslautern | align=left| 2012–2013 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|Grenada}} Shalrie Joseph
| align=left | {{flagicon|USA}} Chivas USA | align=left| 2013 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|NGR}} Obafemi Martins
| align=left| {{flagicon|ESP}} Levante | align=left| 2013–2015 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Clint Dempsey
| align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} Tottenham Hotspur | align=left| 2013–2018 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|Cuba}} Osvaldo Alonso
| align=left | {{flagicon|USA}} Charleston Battery | align=left| 2014–2018 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|PRY}} Nelson Valdez
| align=left| {{flagicon|GER}} Eintracht Frankfurt | align=left| 2015–2016 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|URU}} Nicolás Lodeiro
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Boca Juniors | align=left| 2016–2023 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|PER|football}} Raúl Ruidíaz
| align=left | {{flagicon|MEX}} Morelia | align=left| 2018–2024 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ESP}} Víctor Rodríguez
| align=left | {{flagicon|ESP}} Sporting Gijón | align=left| 2019 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ECU}} Xavier Arreaga
| align=left | {{flagicon|ECU}} Barcelona S.C. | align=left| 2019 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|BRA}} João Paulo
| align=left | {{flagicon|BRA}} Botafogo | align=left| 2020–2021 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|Slovakia}} Albert Rusnák
| align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Real Salt Lake | align=left| 2022– |
| align=left| {{flagicon|ARG}} Pedro de la Vega
| align=left| {{flagicon|ARG}} Lanús | align=left| 2024– |
| align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Jordan Morris
| align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Seattle Sounders Academy | align=left| 2025– |
=Toronto FC=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| style="background:#AE132A; color:#2B383E; border:2px solid #A2AAAD;"|Player
! style="background:#AE132A; color:#2B383E; border:2px solid #A2AAAD;"|Previous club ! style="background:#AE132A; color:#2B383E; border:2px solid #A2AAAD;"|Years as DP |
|---|
| align=left | {{flagicon|CAN}} Julian de Guzman
| align=left | {{flagicon|ESP}} Deportivo La Coruña | align=left | 2009–2012 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ESP}} Mista
| align=left | {{flagicon|ESP}} Deportivo La Coruña | align=left | 2010 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|NED}} Danny Koevermans
| align=left| {{flagicon|NED}} PSV Eindhoven | align=left| 2011–2013 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|GER}} Torsten Frings
| align=left| {{flagicon|GER}} Werder Bremen | align=left| 2011–2012 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Eric Hassli
| align=left| {{flagicon|CAN}} Vancouver Whitecaps | align=left| 2012 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|ARG}} Matías Laba
| align=left| {{flagicon|ARG}} Argentinos Juniors | align=left| 2013 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|BRA}} Gilberto
| align=left| {{flagicon|BRA}} Internacional | align=left| 2014 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Michael Bradley
| align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Roma | align=left| 2014–2019 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} Jermain Defoe
| align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} Tottenham Hotspur | align=left| 2014–2015 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Sebastian Giovinco
| align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Juventus | align=left| 2015–2018 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|USA}} Jozy Altidore
| align=left | {{flagicon|ENG}} Sunderland | align=left| 2015–2021 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ESP}} Alejandro Pozuelo
| align=left | {{flagicon|BEL}} Genk | align=left| 2019–2022 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Pablo Piatti
| align=left | {{flagicon|ESP}} Espanyol | align=left| 2020 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|VEN}} Yeferson Soteldo
| align=left | {{flagicon|BRA}} Santos | align=left| 2021 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|MEX}} Carlos Salcedo
| align=left | {{flagicon|MEX}} Tigres UANL | align=left| 2022 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ITA}} Lorenzo Insigne
| align=left | {{flagicon|ITA}} Napoli | align=left| 2022– |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ITA}} Federico Bernardeschi
| align=left | {{flagicon|ITA}} Juventus | align=left| 2022– |
| align=left | {{flagicon|CAN}} Jonathan Osorio
| align=left | {{flagicon|CAN}} SC Toronto | align=left| 2023–2024 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|CAN}} Richie Laryea
| align=left | {{flagicon|ENG}} Nottingham Forest | align=left| 2024 |
=Vancouver Whitecaps FC=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| style="background:#FFFFFF; color:#002244; border:2px solid #97999A;"|Player
! style="background:#FFFFFF; color:#002244; border:2px solid #97999A;"|Previous club ! style="background:#FFFFFF; color:#002244; border:2px solid #97999A;"|Years as DP |
|---|
| align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Eric Hassli
| align=left| {{flagicon|SUI}} Zürich | align=left| 2011–2012 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|GAM}} Mustapha Jarju
| align=left | {{flagicon|BEL}} Mons | align=left | 2011 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|SCO}} Barry Robson
| align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} Middlesbrough | align=left| 2012 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|SCO}} Kenny Miller
| align=left| {{flagicon|WAL}} Cardiff City | align=left| 2012–2014 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|ARG}} Matías Laba
| align=left| {{flagicon|CAN}} Toronto FC | align=left| 2014–2017 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARG}} Mauro Rosales
| align=left | {{flagicon|USA}} Chivas USA | align=left | 2014 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|CHI}} Pedro Morales
| align=left| {{flagicon|ESP}} Málaga | align=left| 2014–2016 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|URU}} Octavio Rivero
| align=left| {{flagicon|CHI}} O'Higgins | align=left| 2015–2016 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|COL}} Fredy Montero
| align=left| {{flagicon|China}} Tianjin TEDA | align=left| 2017 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|USA}} Brek Shea
| align=left | {{flagicon|USA}} Orlando City | align=left| 2017–2018 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|CRC}} Kendall Waston
| align=left | {{flagicon|CRC}} Saprissa | align=left| 2018 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|KOR}} Hwang In-beom
| align=left | {{flagicon|KOR}} Daejeon Citizen | align=left| 2019–2020 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|URU}} Joaquín Ardaiz
| align=left | {{flagicon|SUI}} Chiasso | align=left| 2019 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|IRQ}} Ali Adnan Kadhim
| align=left | {{flagicon|ITA}} Udinese | align=left| 2019–2021 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|CAN}} Lucas Cavallini
| align=left | {{flagicon|MEX}} Puebla | align=left| 2020–2022 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|SCO}} Ryan Gauld
| align=left | {{flagicon|POR}} Farense | align=left| 2021– |
| align=left | {{flagicon|PRY}} Andrés Cubas
| align=left | {{flagicon|FRA}} Nîmes | align=left| 2022– |
| align=left | {{flagicon|VEN}} Sergio Córdova
| align=left | {{flagicon|GER}} FC Augsburg | align=left| 2023 |
| align=left | {{flagicon|SCO}} Stuart Armstrong
| align=left | {{flagicon|ENG}} Southampton | align=left| 2024 |
Past and present Designated Players by country
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" |
| style="background:#FFFFFF; color:#000000; border:2px solid #000000;"|Number
! style="background:#FFFFFF; color:#000000; border:2px solid #000000; width:125px"|Country ! style="background:#FFFFFF; color:#000000; border:2px solid #000000;"|Players |
|---|
| align=left| 56
| align=left| {{flagicon|ARG}} Argentina | align=left| Luciano Acosta, Ignacio Aliseda, Thiago Almada, Esequiel Barco, Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Hernán Bernardello, Claudio Bieler, Sebastián Blanco, Gustavo Bou, Milton Caraglio, Julián Carranza, Tomás Chancalay, Enzo Copetti, Pedro de la Vega, Mauro Díaz, Sebastián Driussi, Fabián Espíndola, Cristian Espinoza, Brian Fernández, Alan Franco, Marcelo Gallardo, Federico Higuaín, Gonzalo Higuaín, Sebastián Jaime, Franco Jara, Matías Laba, Claudio López, Hernán López, Cristian Maidana, Juan Manuel Martínez, Pity Martínez, Tomás Martínez, Lucas Melano, Lionel Messi, Javier Morales, Maximiliano Moralez, Marcelino Moreno, Martín Ojeda, Lucas Ontivero, Cristian Pavón, Matías Pellegrini, Joaquín Pereyra, Matías Pérez García, Ignacio Piatti, Pablo Piatti, Tomás Pochettino, Ezequiel Ponce, Juan Edgardo Ramírez, Emanuel Reynoso, Emiliano Rigoni, Lucas Rodríguez, Mauro Rosales, Diego Valeri, Gonzalo Verón, Milton Valenzuela, Alan Velasco |
| align=left | 27
| align=left | {{flagicon|USA}} United States | align=left | Freddy Adu, Jozy Altidore, Paul Arriola, DaMarcus Beasley, Kyle Beckerman, Alejandro Bedoya, Matt Besler, Michael Bradley, Clint Dempsey, Landon Donovan, Dom Dwyer, Maurice Edu, Jesús Ferreira, Omar Gonzalez, Tim Howard, Eddie Johnson, Jermaine Jones, Djordje Mihailovic, Jordan Morris, Darlington Nagbe, Claudio Reyna, Brek Shea, Brandon Vázquez, Chris Wondolowski, Gyasi Zardes, Walker Zimmerman, Graham Zusi |
| align=left | 20
| align=left | {{flagicon|BRA}} Brazil | align=left | Luiz Araújo, Artur, Brenner, Douglas Costa, Denílson, Luciano Emílio, Evander, Geovanni, Gilberto, Rafael Gladiador, Jéferson, Kaká, João Klauss, José Kléberson, Luquinhas, Talles Magno, Thiago Martins, Rafael Navarro, João Paulo, Gabriel Pec |
| align=left | 18
| align=left | {{flagicon|MEX}} Mexico | align=left | Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Omar Bravo, Nery Castillo, Marco Fabián, Javier Hernández, Héctor Herrera, Luis Ángel Landín, Javier Eduardo López, Hirving Lozano, Rafael Márquez, Rodolfo Pizarro, Alan Pulido, Carlos Salcedo, Giovani dos Santos, Jonathan dos Santos, Erick Torres, Jairo Torres, Carlos Vela |
| align=left | 16
| align=left | {{flagicon|COL}} Colombia | align=left | Juan Pablo Ángel, Cristian Arango, Eduard Atuesta, Fabián Castillo, Diego Chará, Yimmi Chará, Andrés Ramiro Escobar, David Ferreira, Ménder García, Cucho Hernández, Mauro Manotas, Fredy Montero, Santiago Mosquera, Luis Muriel, Darwin Quintero, Ángelo Rodríguez |
| align=left | 16
| align=left | {{flagicon|URU}} Uruguay | align=left | Joaquín Ardaiz, Felipe Carballo, Thomás Chacón, Bruno Damiani, Álvaro Fernández, Nicolás Lodeiro, Mauricio Pereyra, Federico Puppo, Egidio Arévalo Rios, Octavio Rivero, Brian Rodríguez, Jonathan Rodríguez, Santiago Rodríguez, Diego Rossi, David Texeira, Facundo Torres |
| align=left | 12
| align=left | {{flagicon|PRY}} Paraguay | align=left | Miguel Almirón, Luis Amarilla, Cristian Colmán, Josué Colmán, Andrés Cubas, Cecilio Domínguez, Sebastián Ferreira, Gastón Giménez, Kaku, Jesús Medina, Nelson Valdez, Héctor Villalba |
| align=left | 10
| align=left | {{flagicon|ENG}} England | align=left | David Beckham, Jermain Defoe, Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, Liam Ridgewell, Wayne Rooney, Josh Sims, Sam Surridge, Bradley Wright-Phillips, Dru Yearwood |
| align=left | 10
| align=left | {{flagicon|ESP}} Spain | align=left | Jordi Alba, Pep Biel, Sergio Busquets, Manu García, Carles Gil, Mista, Alejandro Pozuelo, Riqui Puig, Víctor Rodríguez, David Villa |
| align=left | 9
| align=left | {{flagicon|FRA}} France | align=left | Romain Alessandrini, Kévin Cabral, Yohan Croizet, Claude Dielna, Olivier Giroud, Eric Hassli, Thierry Henry, Adrien Hunou, Blaise Matuidi |
| align=left | 8
| align=left | {{flagicon|ECU}} Ecuador | align=left | Jordy Alcívar, Juan Luis Anangonó, Xavier Arreaga, Leonardo Campana, Aníbal Chalá, Carlos Gruezo, Oswaldo Minda, Joao Plata |
| align=left | 7
| align=left | {{flagicon|GER}} Germany | align=left | Torsten Frings, Marcel Hartel, Eduard Löwen, Hany Mukhtar, Frank Rost, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Christian Tiffert |
| align=left | 7
| align=left | {{flagicon|HND}} Honduras | align=left | Bryan Acosta, Jerry Bengtson, Alberth Elis, Roger Espinoza, Boniek García, Alexander López, Bryan Róchez |
| align=left | 7
| align=left | {{flagicon|CIV}} Ivory Coast | align=left | Jonathan Bamba, Ousmane Doumbia, Didier Drogba, Xavier Kouassi, Emmanuel Latte Lath, Aké Arnaud Loba, Wilfried Zaha |
| align=left | 7
| align=left | {{flagicon|SCO}} Scotland | align=left | Stuart Armstrong, Kris Boyd, Ryan Gauld, Shaun Maloney, Kenny Miller, Barry Robson, Johnny Russell |
| align=left | 7
| align=left | {{flagicon|VEN}} Venezuela | align=left | Fernando Aristeguieta, Jhonder Cádiz, Sergio Córdova, Josef Martínez, Jeizon Ramírez, Jefferson Savarino, Yeferson Soteldo |
| align=left | 6
| align=left | {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy | align=left | Federico Bernardeschi, Marco Di Vaio, Sebastian Giovinco, Lorenzo Insigne, Andrea Pirlo, Kelvin Yeboah |
| align=left | 6
| align=left | {{flagicon|POL}} Poland | align=left | Adam Buksa, Kamil Jóźwiak, Mateusz Klich, Patryk Klimala, Jarosław Niezgoda, Karol Świderski |
| align=left | 6
| align=left | {{flagicon|POR}} Portugal | align=left | David da Costa, Diogo Gonçalves, José Gonçalves, André Horta, Nani, Pedro Santos |
| align=left | 5
| align=left | {{flagicon|CAN}} Canada | align=left | Lucas Cavallini, Julian de Guzman, Dwayne De Rosario, Richie Laryea, Jonathan Osorio |
| align=left | 5
| align=left | {{flagicon|CRC}} Costa Rica | align=left | Allan Cruz, Luis Díaz, Randall Leal, Álvaro Saborío, Kendall Waston |
| align=left | 4
| align=left | {{flagicon|BEL}} Belgium | align=left | Christian Benteke, Hugo Cuypers, Jelle Van Damme, Dante Vanzeir |
| align=left | 4
| align=left | {{flagicon|CHI}} Chile | align=left | Pablo Aránguiz, Felipe Gutiérrez, Pedro Morales, Diego Rubio |
| align=left | 4
| align=left | {{flagicon|DEN}} Denmark | align=left | Anders Dreyer, Andreas Maxsø, Younes Namli, Mikael Uhre |
| align=left | 4
| align=left | {{flagicon|GHA}} Ghana | align=left | David Accam, Osman Bukari, Jonathan Mensah, Joseph Paintsil |
| -
| align=left | 4 | align=left | {{flagicon|NGA}} Nigeria | align=left | Fanendo Adi, Kennedy Igboananike, Obafemi Martins, Obinna Nwobodo |
| align=left | 4
| align=left | {{flagicon|PER}} Peru | align=left | Edison Flores, Andrés Mendoza, Raúl Ruidíaz, Yoshimar Yotún |
| align=left | 4
| align=left | {{flagicon|SWE}} Sweden | align=left | Magnus Eriksson, Emil Forsberg, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Freddie Ljungberg |
| align=left | 4
| align=left | {{flagicon|SUI}} Switzerland | align=left | Blerim Džemaili, Innocent Emeghara, Blaise Nkufo, Xherdan Shaqiri |
| align=left | 4
| align=left | {{flagicon|ALB}} Albania | align=left | Shkëlzen Gashi, Hamdi Salihi, Myrto Uzuni, Giacomo Vrioni |
| align=left | 3
| align=left | {{flagicon|CRO}} Croatia | align=left | Damir Kreilach, Petar Musa, Marco Pašalić |
| align=left | 3
| align=left | {{flagicon|FIN}} Finland | align=left | Matti Peltola, Teemu Pukki, Alexander Ring |
| align=left | 3
| align=left | {{flagicon|HUN}} Hungary | align=left | Dániel Gazdag, Nemanja Nikolić, Dániel Sallói |
| align=left | 3
| align=left | {{flagicon|ISR}} Israel | align=left | Liel Abada, Omer Damari, Gadi Kinda |
| align=left | 3
| align=left | {{flagicon|SRB}} Serbia | align=left | Dejan Joveljić, Aleksandar Katai, Nemanja Radoja |
| align=left | 2
| align=left | {{flagicon|ARM}} Armenia | align=left | Yura Movsisyan, Lucas Zelarayán |
| align=left | 2
| align=left | {{flagicon|CZE}} Czechia | align=left | Bořek Dočkal, Ondřej Lingr |
| align=left | 2
| align=left | {{flagicon|GAB}} Gabon | align=left | Denis Bouanga, Aaron Boupendza |
| align=left | 2
| align=left | {{flagicon|GEO}} Georgia | align=left | Saba Lobzhanidze, Valeri Qazaishvili |
| align=left | 2
| align=left | {{flagicon|GRE}} Greece | align=left | Taxiarchis Fountas, Giorgos Giakoumakis |
| align=left | 2
| align=left | {{flagicon|IRE}} Ireland | align=left | Kevin Doyle, Robbie Keane |
| align=left | 2
| align=left | {{flagicon|JAM}} Jamaica | align=left | Giles Barnes, Simon Dawkins |
| align=left | 2
| align=left | {{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands | align=left | Danny Koevermans, Sherjill MacDonald |
| align=left | 2
| align=left | {{flagicon|SVK}} Slovakia | align=left | Ján Greguš, Albert Rusnák |
| align=left | 2
| align=left | {{flagicon|Slovenia}} Slovenia | align=left | Robert Berić, Aljaž Struna |
| align=left | 1
| align=left | {{flagicon|ALG}} Algeria | align=left | Saphir Taïder |
| align=left | 1
| align=left | {{flagicon|AUS}} Australia | align=left | Tim Cahill |
| align=left | 1
| align=left | {{flagicon|AUT}} Austria | align=left | Ercan Kara |
| align=left | 1
| align=left | {{flagicon|CMR}} Cameroon | align=left | Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting |
| align=left | 1
| align=left | {{flagicon|CPV}} Cape Verde | align=left | Jamiro Monteiro |
| align=left | 1
| align=left | {{flagicon|CUB}} Cuba | align=left | Osvaldo Alonso |
| align=left | 1
| align=left | {{flagicon|Curaçao}} Curaçao | align=left | Jürgen Locadia |
| align=left | 1
| align=left | {{flagicon|GAM}} Gambia | align=left | Mustapha Jarju |
| align=left | 1
| align=left | {{flagicon|GRN}} Grenada | align=left | Shalrie Joseph |
| align=left | 1
| align=left | {{flagicon|GNB}} Guinea-Bissau | align=left | Gerso Fernandes |
| align=left | 1
| align=left | {{flagicon|ISL}} Iceland | align=left | Victor Pálsson |
| align=left | 1
| align=left | {{flagicon|IRQ}} Iraq | align=left | Ali Adnan Kadhim |
| align=left | 1
| align=left | {{flagicon|JPN}} Japan | align=left | Yuya Kubo |
| align=left | 1
| align=left | {{flagicon|KEN}} Kenya | align=left | Victor Wanyama |
| align=left | 1
| align=left | {{flagicon|LBR}} Liberia | align=left | Sam Johnson |
| align=left | 1
| align=left | {{flagicon|MNE}} Montenegro | align=left | Branko Bošković |
| align=left | 1
| align=left | {{flagicon|NOR}} Norway | align=left | Stian Rode Gregersen |
| align=left | 1
| align=left | {{flagicon|PAN}} Panama | align=left | Gabriel Torres |
| align=left | 1
| align=left | {{flagicon|ROM}} Romania | align=left | Alexandru Mitriță |
| align=left | 1
| align=left | {{flagicon|RUS}} Russia | align=left | Aleksei Miranchuk |
| align=left | 1
| align=left | {{flagicon|SLE}} Sierra Leone | align=left | Kei Kamara |
| align=left | 1
| align=left | {{flagicon|KOR}} South Korea | align=left | Hwang In-beom |
| align=left | 1
| align=left | {{flagicon|TOG}} Togo | align=left | Kévin Denkey |
| align=left | 1
| align=left | {{flagicon|TUR}} Turkey | align=left | Cengiz Ünder |
| align=left | 1
| align=left | {{flagicon|ZIM}} Zimbabwe | align=left | Teenage Hadebe |
See also
{{Portal|Association football}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.mlssoccer.com/glossary/designated-player Designated Players glossary entry] at MLSsoccer.com
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