get_leaders

5 creditsStats + aggregationPOST /v1/get_leaders

Season leaders: goals, assists, shots, xG, cards, saves

Use it when you want who leads a stat in a season, as a total or per 90 minutes.

Parameters

statenum: goals | assists | goal_contributions | shots | shots_on_target | xg | yellow_cards | red_cards | saves | clean_sheetsoptional: Default goals.
seasonnumber | stringoptional: Season by the year it starts (default: the latest).
per90booleanoptional: Rank by the rate per 90 minutes.
min_gamesintegeroptional: Minimum appearances.
limitintegeroptional

Notes

Over MCP, ask for it in plain English and the client calls get_leaders itself. Point any MCP client at https://mcp.strikerapi.com/mcp?key=YOUR_API_KEY.
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Request

curl -X POST https://mcp.strikerapi.com/v1/get_leaders \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
  "stat": "xg",
  "season": 2025,
  "limit": 3
}'

Response

json

{
  "stat": "xg",
  "label": "Expected goals (ours)",
  "season": 2025,
  "min_games": 1,
  "leaders": [
    {
      "rank": 1,
      "player_id": "253989",
      "name": "Erling Haaland",
      "position": "Forward",
      "team": "MNC",
      "games": 35,
      "minutes": 2959,
      "value": 23.12,
      "per90": 0.7
    },
    {
      "rank": 2,
      "player_id": "301894",
      "name": "Igor Thiago",
      "position": "Forward",
      "team": "BRE",
      "games": 38,
      "minutes": 3287,
      "value": 19.1,
      "per90": 0.52
    },
    {
      "rank": 3,
      "player_id": "197717",
      "name": "Dominic Calvert-Lewin",
      "position": "Forward",
      "team": "LEE",
      "games": 35,
      "minutes": 2730,
      "value": 16.64,
      "per90": 0.55
    }
  ],
  "count": 3,
  "note": "xG covers located shots (from 2012-13; MLS 2008-09 and from 2012)."
}