Lionel Messi Is the Overwhelming Favorite to Win MLS MVP 2025 — A Historic Season for the Inter Miami Superstar

The numbers say it. The voters know it. MLS is witnessing the greatest to ever do it — and the only suspense left is how big the margin will be.

When the MLS Most Valuable Player finalists were revealed last Thursday, the league confirmed what everyone saw coming: Lionel Messi is on the brink of another MVP crown. Not because of hype. Not because of legacy.
But because he has delivered a season that feels almost unfair.

There are three finalists.
But only one MVP.

Messi hasn’t just outperformed the MLS — he has elevated it, dragged it into the global spotlight, and dominated it like a player dropped into the wrong difficulty setting.

Production That Defies the League

29 goals. 19 assists.
28 MLS matches.
48 direct goal contributions — 12 more than any other player.

He has scored in more games than most strikers even get chances.
He has turned defenders into mere speed bumps, goalkeepers into spectators, and stadiums into shrines.

And when Inter Miami needed him most?
He delivered, every single time.

Messi didn’t just show up in the big games — he defined them.

“Messi isn’t just winning MVP. He is resetting the bar of what MVP even means in MLS.”

That is 1.71 goal involvements per match — video game levels. 🎮🔥

He also set a new all-competitions scoring record for a single MLS club in a calendar year:

✅ 39 goals across competitions (📉 Breaking Denis Bouanga’s 2023 record of 38)

This isn’t just MVP-worthy.
It’s league-defining.

A Season in Records — One After Another

Messi now holds:

• Most multi-goal games: 10
• Most games with both a goal and assist: 10
• Most 3+ G/A performances: 8
• Highest player rating across every major platform: 8.56

And that doesn’t include the fact that he already set a new single-club calendar year scoring record in MLS history:
✅ 39 goals across all competitions. (Surpassing Bounanga 38 in 2023)

It’s rare when statistics and storytelling point the same direction.
Here — they scream it.

A Coronation Awaits

The final vote margin might be the most lopsided in MLS history.
The trophy might as well already be engraved.
The GOAT isn’t just here — he’s in control.

Whether it’s Seattle in November or a stage in Miami, the 2025 MLS MVP is coming home to the player who, even in his late 30s, continues to make football look like art.

Back-to-back MVPs.
Back-to-back history.
Lionel Andrés Messi.