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Galaxy's Zlatan Ibrahimovic tops list of best-selling MLS jerseys in 2018

Awards - 2018 - top selling jerseys

You can add yet another milestone to Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s dazzling debut season in Major League Soccer.


The LA Galaxy striker tops the list of highest-selling player jerseys on MLSstore.com for 2018, the league announced on Monday, a year in which he's scored 22 goals and 10 assists in 26 games – including his 500th career goal – as he powers LA's dramatic late push for a spot in the Audi 2018 MLS Cup Playoffs.


LAFCDesignated Player and Mexican international Carlos Vela holds the No. 2 spot, one of 18 DPs featured on the list. Other DPs include Josef Martinez, Wayne Rooney, Miguel Almiron, Bastian Schweinsteiger, David Villa, Sebastian Giovinco, Clint Dempsey, Ezequiel Barco and Diego Rossi (both Young DPs), Diego Valeri, Bradley Wright-Phillips, Giovani dos Santos, Jozy Altidore, Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi, Darwin Quintero Jr. and Paul Arriola.


Atlanta United lead all MLS teams with five jerseys in the top 25: Martinez, Almiron, Barco, Darlington Nagbe and Hector "Tito" Villalba. Meanwhile, Sporting Kansas City defender Zusi is the only player to appear on the list for the last five consecutive seasons.


Thirteen different countries are represented among the top 25 sellers: Sweden (Ibrahimovic), Mexico (Vela, Giovani dos Santos), Venezuela (Martinez), England (Rooney, Wright-Phillips, Dwyer), Paraguay (Almiron), Germany (Schweinsteiger), Spain (Villa), Italy (Giovinco), United States (Dempsey, Altidore, Arriola, Zusi, Cristian Roldan, Nagbe), Argentina (Barco, Valeri, Villalba, Luciano Acosta), Uruguay (Rossi), Canada (Alphonso Davies), Colombia (Quintero, Diego Chara).


Eight players are 24 or under: Almiron, Barco, Rossi, Davies, Villalba, Luciano Acosta, Roldan, Arriola. That includes three on this year’s MLSsoccer.com 22 Under 22 list: Barco (19), Rossi (20), Davies (17).


The rankings are based on overall retail sales of adidas MLS jerseys on MLSStore.com since the beginning of 2018.

Rank
Player
Team
1
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
LA Galaxy
2 
Carlos Vela
LAFC
3
Josef Martinez
Atlanta United
4
Wayne Rooney
D.C. United
5
Miguel Almiron
Atlanta United
6
Bastian Schweinsteiger
Chicago Fire
7
David Villa
NYCFC
8
Sebastian Giovinco
Toronto FC
9
Clint Dempsey
Seattle Sounders
10
Ezequiel Barco
Atlanta United
11
Diego Valeri
Portland Timbers
12
Diego Rossi
LAFC
13
Bradley Wright-Phillips
New York Red Bulls
14
Giovani dos Santos
LA Galaxy
15
Darlington Nagbe
Atlanta United
16
Jozy Altidore
Toronto FC
17
Alphonso Davies
Vancouver Whitecaps
18
Hector Villalba
Atlanta United
19
Dom Dwyer
Orlando City
20
Luciano Acosta
D.C. United
21
Graham Zusi
Sporting KC
22
Cristian Roldan
Seattle Sounders
23
Darwin Quintero
Minnesota United
24
Paul Arriola
D.C. United
25
Diego Chara 
Portland Timbers