The King is well and truly back. Atlanta United forward Josef Martínez sits atop the list of best-selling adidas jerseys in MLS for the 2021 regular season, Major League Soccer announced Wednesday.
Martinez has been among the top five best-selling jerseys since joining MLS in 2017. The 2021 season marks his first year at No. 1.
As Jersey Week comes to a close, MLS unveiled the full list of 25 best-selling jerseys in the league this year. Seattle Sounders FC striker Raúl Ruidíaz is second on the list and LAFC forward Carlos Vela is third. LA Galaxy star Javier “Chicharito” Hernández and Sounders midfielder Nicolás Lodeiro round out the top five.
Fifteen MLS clubs are represented. For the third consecutive year, Seattle Sounders FC lead all clubs with four jerseys in the top 25 – Ruidíaz (No. 2), Lodeiro (No. 5), Cristian Roldan (No. 6) and Fredy Montero (No. 8).
Austin FC and LA Galaxy each have three jerseys ranking in the top 25 – Cecilio Domínguez, Alex Ring and Tomás Pochettino for Austin FC and Hernández, Jonathan dos Santos and Sebastian Lletget for LA Galaxy.
The full top 25 is listed below!
1 – Josef Martínez
Forward · Atlanta United
2 – Raúl Ruidíaz
Forward · Seattle Sounders FC
3 – Carlos Vela
Forward · Los Angeles Football Club
4 – Chicharito
Forward · LA Galaxy
5 – Nicolás Lodeiro
Midfielder · Seattle Sounders FC
6 – Cristian Roldan
Midfielder · Seattle Sounders FC
7 – Miles Robinson
Defender · Atlanta United
8 – Fredy Montero
Forward · Seattle Sounders FC
9 – Jonathan dos Santos
Midfielder · LA Galaxy
10 – Sebastian Lletget
Midfielder · LA Galaxy
11 – Nani
Midfielder · Orlando City SC
12 – Chris Wondolowski
Forward · San Jose Earthquakes
13 – Cecilio Domínguez
Midfielder · Austin FC
14 – Emanuel Reynoso
Midfielder · Minnesota United FC
15 – Brenner
Forward · FC Cincinnati
16 – Lucas Zelarayán
Midfielder · Columbus Crew
17 – Walker Zimmerman
Defender · Nashville SC
18 – Johnny Russell
Forward · Sporting Kansas City
19 – Diego Valeri
Midfielder · Portland Timbers
20 – Alejandro Bedoya
Midfielder · Philadelphia Union
21 – Gonzalo Higuaín
Forward · Inter Miami CF
22 -Diego Chara
Midfielder · Portland Timbers
23 – Alexander Ring
Midfielder · Austin FC
24 – Tomás Pochettino
Midfielder · Austin FC
25 – Hany Mukhtar
Midfielder · Nashville SC
