Starts: 34
Minutes: 2,897
Age: 26
Key Stat: 17 goal contributions, second in the New York City squad
Hannes Wolf recorded the highest league goal contribution tally of his career in 2025, scoring seven goals and adding 11 assists. Yet he failed to reach his total potential for a second straight campaign.
The former Austria youth international was a key fixture in the New York City FC squad for Head Coach Pascal Jansen for the majority of 2025, and with good reason. Wolf's nine goals and four assists before the start of the Leagues Cup made the player an instrumental part of New York City's excellent mid-summer hot streak away from home.
Yet, as fans saw during his first full campaign in the Big Apple in 2024, Wolf went cold come August.
With just two goals and two assists from the end of July through to the end of the playoff run on November 29th, the NYCFC's second-best scorer became a ghost when his squad could have used his talents the most.
Slow start, summer fling, nosedive
Wolf is one of the top three highest-paid players in the New York City squad, and he can play like it. However, his inconsistency brings his stock down.
Wolf appeared in all 38 MLS matches this year, including the postseason, making 34 starts. In all, the Austrian finished 2025 with 11 goals and six assists, all from league play. But to understand the full scope of Wolf's season, you must break his campaign down into three phases: The slow start, the summer fling, and the nosedive.
