With one more goal, Hannes Wolf will notch his 10th goal of the Major League Soccer season — and become just the 10th player to score in double digits for New York City FC in league play.
If (when?) he scores again, Wolf will join a pantheon that features David Villa (4 times), Taty Castellanos (3), and Alonso Marínez (2), and that includes Héber, Frank Lampard, Alexandru Mitriță, Frank Lampard, Santiago Rodríguez, Ismael Tajouri-Shradi, and Jack Harrison. Just as telling are the players who aren't on the list. A 10-goal season eluded high-profile attackers such as Talles Magno (who scored seven goals in 2022), Gabriel Pereira (eight goals in 2022), Maxi Moralez (eight goals in 2018), and Jesús Medina (nine goals in 2021).
New York City FC | 10+ Goals, Regular Season
| Player | Year | Goals | Mins | G/90 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Villa | 2016 | 23 | 2869 | 0.72 |
| 2 | David Villa | 2017 | 22 | 2556 | 0.77 |
| 3 | Taty Castellanos | 2021 | 19 | 2760 | 0.62 |
| 4 | David Villa | 2015 | 18 | 2514 | 0.64 |
| 5 | Alonso Martínez | 2024 | 16 | 1498 | 0.96 |
| 6 | Héber | 2019 | 15 | 1575 | 0.86 |
| 7 | Alonso Martínez | 2025 | 14 | 2089 | 0.60 |
| David Villa | 2018 | 14 | 1754 | 0.72 | |
| 9 | Taty Castellanos | 2022 | 13 | 1436 | 0.81 |
| 10 | Frank Lampard | 2016 | 12 | 1280 | 0.84 |
| Alexandru Mitriță | 2019 | 12 | 2172 | 0.50 | |
| Santiago Rodríguez | 2024 | 12 | 2799 | 0.39 | |
| 13 | Ismael Tajouri-Shradi | 2018 | 11 | 1547 | 0.64 |
| Taty Castellanos | 2019 | 11 | 2052 | 0.48 | |
| 15 | Jack Harrison | 2017 | 10 | 2757 | 0.33 |
Not only would Wolf etch his name in club history, but it would be the first time ever that the 26-year-old scored 10 league goals in a single season. The nine goals he knocked in this year are already a personal best, topping the eight goals he twice scored with RB Salzburg in the Austrian Bundesliga, first in the 2017-18 season then again in 2018-19. Scoring a tenth will not only secure him a spot among the club's all-time goal leaders, it will represent a personal milestone for a player who suffered a horrific fracture in 2019 that derailed a once-promising career, and who is finding redemption at New York City.
