Josh Williams is MLS Player #1,498

Now two away from the 1,500 milestone as the Crew defender debuts in the CCL game at Municipal. He follows DC's Junior Carreira, who debuted over the weekend. This includes all competitions, and only those who've actually got into a game in a competitive match. Who's next? Pat Onstad's questionable injury status may mean the debut of Dynamo academy product Tyler Deric in goal this Saturday. That would leave us one away, and there aren't any other obvious candidates. KC's Nikos Kounenakis and Philly's J.T. Noone are two of them, though neither has made the bench in recent games. There's also several academy products, and once teams drop out of contention, we could see them used. And don't forget about pool goalkeepers; it would really amuse me if one of them ended up with this title. Closing in on 1,500 1,489 Geovanni SJ 2010-08-21 1,490 Zizzo, Sal CHV 2010-08-21 1,491 Mendoza, Andres CLB 2010-09-04 1,492 Luna, Ruben DAL 2010-09-04 1,493 Williams, Sheanon PHI 2010-09-11 1,494 Araujo, Paulo RSL 2010-09-15 1,495 Ristic, Bratislav CHI 2010-09-18 1,496 Valera, Carlos DC 2010-09-18 1,497 Carreiro, Junior DC 2010-09-25 1,498 Williams, Josh CLB 2010-09-29

MLS: Most Games Played History

I always enjoy looking at not just the all time leaders in a particular stat, but also the history of the record itself. You all probably know that Steve Ralston is the all time leader in MLS games played (regular season only). He played his 318th game on May 12, 2007, which gave him sole possession of the record over Chris Henderson. He's held it ever since. What follows is the list of the top 25 MLS players in games played at the conclusion of each MLS season, so you can see how the list has changed over the years. Remember, this is regular season only. At the bottom of the post, you can see each player's rank at the end of each year in one table. 1996 1 Agoos, Jeff 32 DC 1 Benedetti, Scott 32 COL 1 Chung, Mark 32 KC 1 Martin, Tim 32 SJ 1 Preki 32 KC 1 Trittschuh, Steve 32 COL 7 Bowers, Sean 31 KC 7 Bravo, Paul 31 SJ 7 Dodd, Mark 31 DAL 7 Farrer, Richard 31 DAL 7 Hamlett, Denis 31 COL 7 Harty, Rhett 31 NY 7 Kmosko, Matt 31 COL 7 Kreis, Jason 31 DAL 7 Lozzano, Lawrence 31 DAL 7 Michallik, Janusz 31 CLB 7 Ralston, Steve 31 TB 7 Sonora, Diego 31 DAL 7 Vasquez, Martin 31 TB 20 Baicher, Jeff 30 SJ 20 Carrera, Marcelo 30 CLB 20 Doyle, John 30 SJ 20 Lassiter, Roy 30 TB 20 Okafor, Uche 30 KC 20 Santel, Mark 30 DAL 20 Vermes, Peter 30 NY 20 Williams, Richie 30 DC 1997 1 Chung, Mark 64 KC 2 Kreis, Jason 63 DAL 3 Baicher, Jeff 62 SJ 3 Kmosko, Matt 62 COL 5 Agoos, Jeff 61 DC 5 Bravo, Paul 61 SJ-COL 5 Dodd, Mark 61 DAL 5 Santel, Mark 61 DAL 5 Trittschuh, Steve 61 COL 10 Calichman, Dan 60 LA 10 Lozzano, Lawrence 60 DAL-SJ 10 Martin, Tim 60 SJ 10 Ralston, Steve 60 TB 10 Williams, Richie 60 DC 15 Henderson, Chris 59 COL 15 Meola, Tony 59 NY 15 Preki 59 KC 15 Vasquez, Martin 59 TB 19 Clark, Mike 58 CLB 19 Johnston, Mo 58 KC 19 Karapetyan, Harut 58 LA 19 Medved, Shawn 58 DC-SJ 19 Welton 58 NE-LA 24 Bowers, Sean 57 KC 24 Doyle, John 57 SJ 24 Harty, Rhett 57 NY 24 Marino, Pete 57 CLB 24 Okafor, Uche 57 KC 24 Salcedo, Jorge 57 LA-CLB 24 Semioli, Mark 57 LA-NY 24 Vanney, Greg 57 LA 1998 1 Chung, Mark 94 KC 2 Kreis, Jason 93 DAL 3 Bravo, Paul 91 SJ-COL 3 Trittschuh, Steve 91 COL 3 Williams, Richie 91 DC 6 Meola, Tony 90 NY 6 Ralston, Steve 90 TB 8 Kmosko, Matt 89 COL-MIA 8 Welton 89 NE-LA 10 Clark, Mike 88 CLB 10 Vanney, Greg 88 LA 10 Yallop, Frank 88 TB 13 Eck, Ted 87 DAL 13 Henderson, Chris 87 COL 13 Vasquez, Martin 87 TB-SJ 13 Vermes, Peter 87 NY-COL 17 Bowers, Sean 86 KC 17 Dodd, Mark 86 DAL 17 Lewis, Eddie 86 SJ 20 Doyle, John 85 SJ 20 Lassiter, Roy 85 TB-DC 20 Savarese, Giovanni 85 NY 20 Takawira, Vitalis 85 KC 24 Johnston, Mo 84 KC 24 Preki 84 KC 1999 1 Kreis, Jason 125 DAL 2 Ralston, Steve 122 TB 3 Chung, Mark 120 KC-NY 4 Vanney, Greg 119 LA 4 Vermes, Peter 119 NY-COL 6 Clark, Mike 118 CLB 6 Eck, Ted 118 DAL 6 Welton 118 NE-LA-MIA 9 Henderson, Chris 117 COL-KC 10 Bravo, Paul 116 SJ-COL 11 Lassiter, Roy 115 TB-DC 11 Lewis, Eddie 115 SJ 13 Preki 114 KC 13 Williams, Richie 114 DC 15 Diaz Arce, Raul 113 DC-NE-SJ-TB 15 Johnston, Mo 113 KC 17 Agoos, Jeff 112 DC 17 Baicher, Jeff 112 SJ-NE 17 Doyle, John 112 SJ 17 Savarese, Giovanni 112 NY-NE 21 Bowers, Sean 111 KC 22 Cienguegos, Mauricio 110 LA 22 Lalas, Alexi 110 NE-NY-KC 24 McKinley, Ivan 109 TB-NE 25 Santel, Mark 108 DAL 2000 1 Kreis, Jason 152 DAL 1 Ralston, Steve 152 TB 3 Vermes, Peter 151 NY-COL-KC 4 Chung, Mark 150 KC-NY 5 Henderson, Chris 148 COL-KC 6 Eck, Ted 147 DAL 7 Clark, Mike 146 CLB 7 Vanney, Greg 146 LA 9 Preki 145 KC 10 Welton 144 NE-LA-MA 11 Bravo, Paul 143 SJ-COL 11 Williams, Richie 143 DC 13 Lassiter, Roy 142 TB-DC-MIA 14 Cienguegos, Mauricio 138 LA 14 Johnston, Mo 138 KC 16 Diaz Arce, Raul 136 DC-NE-SJ-TB 17 Agoos, Jeff 135 DC 17 Trittschuh, Steve 135 COL-TB 19 Warzycha, Robert 134 CLB 20 Harkes, John 133 DC-NE 20 Santel, Mark 133 DAL 22 Doyle, John 132 SJ 22 McKinley, Ivan 132 TB-NE-MIA 24 Jones, Cobi 131 LA 25 Meola, Tony 130 NY-KC 25 Yeagley, Todd 130 CLB 2001 1 Kreis, Jason 177 DAL 1 Ralston, Steve 177 TB 3 Chung, Mark 176 KC-NY 4 Henderson, Chris 173 COL-KC-MIA 5 Clark, Mike 171 CLB 5 Vermes, Peter 171 NY-COL-KC 7 Preki 169 KC-MIA 8 Vanney, Greg 168 LA 9 Bravo, Paul 166 SJ-COL 10 Lassiter, Roy 165 TB-DC-MIA-KC 11 Williams, Richie 164 DC-NY 12 Cienguegos, Mauricio 163 LA 13 Eck, Ted 156 DAL 13 Harkes, John 156 DC-NE-CLB 15 Agoos, Jeff 155 DC-SJ 16 Santel, Mark 154 DAL-KC 17 Jones, Cobi 153 LA 17 Trittschuh, Steve 153 COL-TB 19 Balboa, Marcelo 151 COL 19 Maessner, John 151 DC-MIA-TB 19 McKinley, Ivan 151 TB-NE-MIA 22 Diaz Arce, Raul 150 DC-NE-SJ-TB-COL 22 Farrer, Richard 150 DAL 24 Fraser, Robin 149 LA-COL 24 Johnston, Mo 149 KC 24 McKeon, Matt 149 KC-COL 2002 1 Kreis, Jason 204 DAL 1 Ralston, Steve 204 TB-NE 3 Chung, Mark 203 KC-NY-COL 4 Henderson, Chris 201 COL-KC-MIA 5 Preki 194 KC-MIA 6 Clark, Mike 192 CLB 7 Williams, Richie 190 DC-NY 8 Cienguegos, Mauricio 186 LA 9 Vermes, Peter 184 NY-COL-KC 10 Lassiter, Roy 179 TB-DC-MIA-KC 11 Fraser, Robin 177 LA-COL 12 Valderrama, Carlos 175 TB-MIA-COL 13 McKinley, Ivan 174 TB-NE-MIA-DC 14 Jones, Cobi 172 LA 14 McKeon, Matt 172 KC-COL 16 Burns, Mike 169 NE-SJ-KC 17 Vanney, Greg 168 LA 18 Agoos, Jeff 167 DC-SJ 18 Harkes, John 167 DC-NE-CLB 20 Bravo, Paul 166 SJ-COL 20 Etcheverry, Marco 166 DC 22 Meola, Tony 164 NY-KC 23 Chronopoulos, Ted 162 NE-NY 24 Warzycha, Robert 160 CLB 24 Washington, Dante 160 CLB-DAL 2003 1 Chung, Mark 232 KC-NY-COL 2 Ralston, Steve 230 TB-NE 3 Henderson, Chris 227 COL-KC-MIA 4 Preki 224 KC-MIA 5 Kreis, Jason 222 DAL 6 Clark, Mike 221 CLB 7 Williams, Richie 216 DC-NY 8 Cienguegos, Mauricio 206 LA 9 Fraser, Robin 203 LA-COL 10 Jones, Cobi 200 LA 11 Agoos, Jeff 195 DC-SJ 12 Meola, Tony 194 NY-KC 13 Etcheverry, Marco 191 DC 14 Harris, Wolde 184 COL-NE-KC 14 Vermes, Peter 184 NY-COL-KC 16 Lassiter, Roy 179 TB-DC-MIA-KC 17 Marsch, Jesse 177 DC-CHI 18 Valderrama, Carlos 175 TB-MIA-COL 19 McKinley, Ivan 174 TB-NE-MIA-DC 20 McKeon, Matt 172 KC-COL 21 Jolley, Steve 170 LA-NY 21 Thornton, Zach 170 NY-CHI 23 Armas, Chris 169 LA-CHI 23 Burns, Mike 169 NE-SJ-KC 23 Lalas, Alexi 169 NE-NY-KC-LA 2004 1 Ralston, Steve 260 TB-NE 2 Henderson, Chris 256 COL-KC-MIA 3 Chung, Mark 254 KC-NY-COL 4 Kreis, Jason 247 DAL 5 Fraser, Robin 231 LA-COL-CLB 6 Preki 226 KC-MIA 7 Jones, Cobi 223 LA 8 Clark, Mike 221 CLB 9 Agoos, Jeff 219 DC-SJ 10 Williams, Richie 216 DC-NY 11 Meola, Tony 215 NY-KC 12 Cienguegos, Mauricio 206 LA 13 Jolley, Steve 198 LA-NY-DAL 14 Paule, Ross 192 COL-NY-CLB 15 Etcheverry, Marco 191 DC 16 Armas, Chris 190 LA-CHI 17 Moreno, Jaime 188 DC-NY 18 Gutierrez, Diego 187 KC-CHI 18 Marsch, Jesse 187 DC-CHI 20 Kamler, Brian 186 DC-MIA-NY-NE 21 Petke, Mike 185 NY-DC 21 Pope, Eddie 185 DC-NY 23 Harris, Wolde 184 COL-NE-KC 23 Hartman, Kevin 184 LA 23 Vermes, Peter 184 NY-COL-KC 2005 1 Henderson, Chris 285 COL-KC-MIA-CLB 2 Chung, Mark 284 KC-NY-COL-SJ 3 Ralston, Steve 281 TB-NE 4 Kreis, Jason 271 DAL-RSL 5 Fraser, Robin 260 LA-COL-CLB 6 Jones, Cobi 254 LA 7 Agoos, Jeff 244 DC-SJ-NY 8 Preki 242 KC-MIA 9 Meola, Tony 230 NY-KC 10 Clark, Mike 221 CLB 11 Moreno, Jaime 217 DC-NY 12 Williams, Richie 216 DC-NY 13 Hartman, Kevin 215 LA 13 Marsch, Jesse 215 DC-CHI 15 Kamler, Brian 214 DC-MIA-NY-NE-RSL 16 Armas, Chris 212 LA-CHI 17 Jolley, Steve 211 LA-NY-DAL 17 Petke, Mike 211 NY-DC-COL 19 Cunningham, Jeff 208 CLB-COL 19 Gutierrez, Diego 208 KC-CHI 21 Cerritos, Ronald 206 SJ-DAL-DC 21 Cienguegos, Mauricio 206 LA 21 Garlick, Scott 206 DC-TB-COL-DAL 21 Hendrickson, Ezra 206 NY-LA-DAL-DC-CHV 25 Pope, Eddie 205 DC-NY-RSL 25 Zavagnin, Kerry 205 NY-KC 2006 1 Henderson, Chris 317 COL-KC-MIA-CLB-NY 2 Ralston, Steve 311 TB-NE 3 Kreis, Jason 301 DAL-RSL 4 Chung, Mark 284 KC-NY-COL-SJ 5 Jones, Cobi 281 LA 6 Fraser, Robin 260 LA-COL-CLB 7 Meola, Tony 250 NY-KC 8 Moreno, Jaime 249 DC-NY 9 Marsch, Jesse 245 DC-CHI-CHV 10 Agoos, Jeff 244 DC-SJ-NY 11 Hartman, Kevin 243 LA 12 Preki 242 KC-MIA 13 Armas, Chris 239 LA-CHI 13 Cunningham, Jeff 239 CLB-COL-RSL 15 Garlick, Scott 237 DC-TB-COL-DAL-RSL 15 Petke, Mike 237 NY-DC-COL 17 Gutierrez, Diego 233 KC-CHI 18 Klein, Chris 232 KC-RSL 19 Heaps, Jay 231 MIA-NE 20 Hendrickson, Ezra 230 NY-LA-DAL-DC-CHV-CLB 20 Zavagnin, Kerry 230 NY-KC 22 Jolley, Steve 227 LA-NY-DAL 22 Pope, Eddie 227 DC-NY-RSL 24 Talley, Carey 226 DC-KC-DAL-RSL 25 Kotschau, Ritchie 224 CHI-TB-COL-CLB 2007 1 Ralston, Steve 337 TB-NE 2 Henderson, Chris 317 COL-KC-MIA-CLB-NY 3 Jones, Cobi 306 LA 4 Kreis, Jason 305 DAL-RSL 5 Chung, Mark 284 KC-NY-COL-SJ 6 Hartman, Kevin 273 LA-KC 6 Marsch, Jesse 273 DC-CHI-CHV 8 Moreno, Jaime 270 DC-NY 9 Armas, Chris 264 LA-CHI 9 Klein, Chris 264 KC-RSL-LA 11 Cunningham, Jeff 262 CLB-COL-RSL-TOR 12 Petke, Mike 261 NY-DC-COL 13 Fraser, Robin 260 LA-COL-CLB 14 Heaps, Jay 259 MIA-NE 14 Zavagnin, Kerry 259 NY-KC 16 Gutierrez, Diego 256 KC-CHI 17 Pope, Eddie 254 DC-NY-RSL 18 Hendrickson, Ezra 253 NY-LA-DAL-DC-CHV-CLB 19 Talley, Carey 252 DC-KC-DAL-RSL 20 Meola, Tony 250 NY-KC 21 Brown, C.J. 249 CHI 22 Vanney, Greg 245 LA-DAL-COL-DC 23 Agoos, Jeff 244 DC-SJ-NY 23 Kotschau, Ritchie 244 CHI-TB-COL-CLB-RSL 25 Preki 242 KC-MIA 2008 1 Ralston, Steve 358 TB-NE 2 Henderson, Chris 317 COL-KC-MIA-CLB-NY 3 Jones, Cobi 306 LA 4 Kreis, Jason 305 DAL-RSL 5 Hartman, Kevin 303 LA-KC 6 Marsch, Jesse 298 DC-CHI-CHV 7 Moreno, Jaime 295 DC-NY 8 Klein, Chris 294 KC-RSL-LA 9 Cunningham, Jeff 289 CLB-COL-RSL-TOR-DAL 9 Heaps, Jay 289 MIA-NE 11 Chung, Mark 284 KC-NY-COL-SJ 12 Gutierrez, Diego 276 KC-CHI 12 Zavagnin, Kerry 276 NY-KC 14 Petke, Mike 272 NY-DC-COL 14 Talley, Carey 272 DC-KC-DAL-RSL-CHV 16 Vanney, Greg 270 LA-DAL-COL-DC 17 Hendrickson, Ezra 266 NY-LA-DAL-DC-CHV-CLB 18 Armas, Chris 264 LA-CHI 19 Razov, Ante 262 LA-CHI-CLB-NY-CHV 20 Fraser, Robin 260 LA-COL-CLB 21 Pope, Eddie 254 DC-NY-RSL 22 Brown, C.J. 252 CHI 23 Meola, Tony 250 NY-KC 24 Garcia, Nick 248 KC-SJ 24 Marshall, Tyrone 248 COL-MIA-LA-TOR 24 Mulrooney, Richard 248 SJ-DAL-TOR-HOU 24 Williams, Andy 248 CLB-MIA-NE-NY-CHI-RSL 2009 1 Ralston, Steve 378 TB-NE 2 Hartman, Kevin 333 LA-KC 3 Klein, Chris 322 KC-RSL-LA 4 Marsch, Jesse 321 DC-CHI-CHV 5 Moreno, Jaime 319 DC-NY 6 Cunningham, Jeff 317 CLB-COL-RSL-TOR-DAL 6 Henderson, Chris 317 COL-KC-MIA-CLB-NY 8 Heaps, Jay 314 MIA-NE 9 Jones, Cobi 306 LA 10 Kreis, Jason 305 DAL-RSL 11 Talley, Carey 299 DC-KC-DAL-RSL-CHV 12 Petke, Mike 291 NY-DC-COL 13 Chung, Mark 284 KC-NY-COL-SJ 14 Gutierrez, Diego 276 KC-CHI 14 Zavagnin, Kerry 276 NY-KC 16 Cannon, Joe 274 SJ-COL-LA 16 Marshall, Tyrone 274 COL-MIA-LA-TOR-SEA 18 Garcia, Nick 273 KC-SJ-TOR 19 Williams, Andy 271 CLB-MIA-NE-NY-CHI-RSL 20 Brown, C.J. 270 CHI 20 Vanney, Greg 270 LA-DAL-COL-DC 22 Hendrickson, Ezra 266 NY-LA-DAL-DC-CHV-CLB 23 Armas, Chris 264 LA-CHI 24 Conrad, Jimmy 262 SJ-KC 24 Mulrooney, Richard 262 SJ-DAL-TOR-HOU 24 Razov, Ante 262 LA-CHI-CLB-NY-CHV Player List: Year End Ranks 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Ralston, Steve 7 10 6 2 1 1 1 2 1 3 2 1 1 1 Hartman, Kevin 23 13 11 6 5 2 Klein, Chris 18 9 8 3 Marsch, Jesse 17 18 13 9 6 6 4 Moreno, Jaime 17 11 8 8 7 5 Henderson, Chris 15 13 9 5 4 4 3 2 1 1 2 2 6 Cunningham, Jeff 19 13 11 9 6 Heaps, Jay 19 14 9 8 Jones, Cobi 24 17 14 10 7 6 5 3 3 9 Kreis, Jason 7 2 2 1 1 1 1 5 4 4 3 4 4 10 Talley, Carey 24 19 14 11 Petke, Mike 21 17 15 12 14 12 Chung, Mark 1 1 1 3 4 3 3 1 3 2 4 5 11 13 Zavagnin, Kerry 25 20 14 12 14 Gutierrez, Diego 18 19 17 16 12 14 Marshall, Tyrone 24 16 Cannon, Joe 16 Garcia, Nick 24 18 Williams, Andy 24 19 Vanney, Greg 24 10 4 7 8 17 22 16 20 Brown, C.J. 21 22 20 Hendrickson, Ezra 21 20 18 17 22 Armas, Chris 23 16 16 13 9 18 23 Razov, Ante 19 24 Mulrooney, Richard 24 24 Conrad, Jimmy 24 Fraser, Robin 24 11 9 5 5 6 13 20 Pope, Eddie 21 25 22 17 21 Meola, Tony 15 6 25 22 12 11 9 7 20 23 Agoos, Jeff 1 5 17 17 15 18 11 9 7 10 23 Kotschau, Ritchie 25 23 Preki 1 15 24 13 9 7 5 4 6 8 12 25 Garlick, Scott 21 15 Jolley, Steve 21 13 17 22 Clark, Mike 19 10 6 7 5 6 6 8 10 Williams, Richie 20 10 3 13 11 11 7 7 10 12 Kamler, Brian 20 15 Cienguegos, Mauricio 22 14 12 8 8 12 21 Cerritos, Ronald 21 Paule, Ross 14 Etcheverry, Marco 20 13 15 Vermes, Peter 20 13 4 3 5 9 14 23 Harris, Wolde 14 23 Lassiter, Roy 20 20 11 13 10 10 16 Valderrama, Carlos 12 18 McKinley, Ivan 24 22 19 13 19 McKeon, Matt 24 14 20 Thornton, Zach 21 Burns, Mike 16 23 Lalas, Alexi 22 23 Harkes, John 20 13 18 Bravo, Paul 7 5 3 10 11 9 20 Chronopoulos, Ted 23 Warzycha, Robert 19 24 Washington, Dante 24 Eck, Ted 13 6 6 13 Santel, Mark 20 5 25 20 16 Trittschuh, Steve 1 5 3 17 17 Balboa, Marcelo 19 Maessner, John 19 Diaz Arce, Raul 15 16 22 Farrer, Richard 7 22 Johnston, Mo 19 24 15 14 24 Welton 19 8 6 10 Doyle, John 20 24 20 17 22 Yeagley, Todd 25 Lewis, Eddie 17 11 Savarese, Giovanni 20 17 Baicher, Jeff 20 3 17 Bowers, Sean 7 24 17 21 Kmosko, Matt 7 3 8 Yallop, Frank 10 Vasquez, Martin 7 15 13 Dodd, Mark 7 5 17 Takawira, Vitalis 20 Martin, Tim 1 10 Lozzano, Lawrence 7 10 Calichman, Dan 10 Karapetyan, Harut 19 Medved, Shawn 19 Harty, Rhett 7 24 Okafor, Uche 20 24 Marino, Pete 24 Salcedo, Jorge 24 Semioli, Mark 24 Benedetti, Scott 1 Hamlett, Denis 7 Michallik, Janusz 7 Sonora, Diego 7 Carrera, Marcelo 20