Houston Dynamo records and statistics

This article is about all-time records. For a season-by-season statistical breakdown, see List of Houston Dynamo seasons.

This article is a list of statistics and records relating to Houston Dynamo. The Houston Dynamo is an American professional soccer club based in Houston, Texas. The club was founded in 2006 and plays in Major League Soccer.

This list encompasses the major honors won by Houston Dynamo and records set by the club, their coaches, and their players. The player records section includes details of the club's leading goal scorers and those who have made most appearances in first-team competitions. It also records notable achievements by Houston Dynamo players on the international stage. The club's attendance records at Robertson Stadium are also included in the list.

Honors

Houston Dynamo's first trophy was the Carolina Challenge Cup, a preseason tournament before the 2006 campaign. Houston went on to win the 2006 MLS Cup before duplicating the feat in the 2007 MLS Cup. They returned to the MLS cup in 2011 and 2012, both times Falling to the host Los Angeles Galaxy. In 2015 the Dynamo won they're third Carolina Challenge Cup and two years later won another preseason tournament, The Desert Diamond Cup. The Dynamo have also won two editions of the U.S. Open Cup. The first in 2018 and the most recent in 2023.

Domestic

• MLS Cup (2) 2006, 2007
  • runners up (2) 2011, 2012
• Supporters Shield
  • runners up(1) 2008
• U.S. Open Cup (2) 2018, 2023

Preseason and Friendly Trophies

• Dynamo Charities Cup (5):

2009 : 2–1 vs. Monterrey

2010 : 4–0 vs. Águila

2013 : 2–0 vs. Stoke City

2015 : 4–0 vs. Santos Laguna

2016 : 3–3 (5–4p) vs. Real Sociedad

• Carolina Challenge Cup (3): 2006, 2007, 2015
• Texas Pro Soccer Festival (1): 2008
• Desert Diamond Cup (1): 2017

Player Stats

See also: All-time Houston Dynamo roster

All current players are in bold

Houston's all-time appearance and assist leader, Brad Davis

Most appearances

Competitive, professional matches only. MLS Playoffs count as other. Substitutions count as appearances. Correct as of the end of the 2021 season.^[1]

No.	Name	Pos.	Years	Total	MLS	Other
1	Brad Davis	MF	2006–2015	328	271	57
2	Ricardo Clark	MF	2006–09, 2012–17	304	253	51
3	Boniek García	MF	2012–2021	266	235	31
3	Corey Ashe	DF	2007–2015	266	211	55
5	Bobby Boswell	DF	2008–2013	234	177	57
6	Brian Ching	FW	2006–2013	224	169	55
7	Will Bruin	FW	2011–2016	203	178	24
8	Brian Mullan	MF	2006–2010	184	136	48
9	Pat Onstad	GK	2006–2010	170	136	34
10	Mauro Manotas	FW	2015–2020	167	149	18

Most Goals

Major League Soccer

As of June 2, 2023^[2]

No.	Nationality	Name	Years	Goals
1	United States	Brian Ching	2006–2013	56
2	Colombia	Mauro Manotas	2015–2020	51
3	United States	Will Bruin	2011–2016	50
4	United States	Brad Davis	2006–2015	41
5	Honduras	Alberth Elis	2017–2020	34
6	Jamaica	Giles Barnes	2012–2016	31
7	United States	Ricardo Clark	2006–09, 2012–17	28
8	Canada	Dwayne De Rosario	2006–2008	24
9	United States	Memo Rodríguez	2017–2022	17
10	United States	Stuart Holden	2006–2009	15
	Honduras	Romell Quioto	2017–2019	15

• Most goals scored in MLS: 56 – Brian Ching, 2006–2013^[3]
• Most goals in one MLS season: 19 – Mauro Manotas, 2018^[4]
• Most goals scored in one MLS game: 4 – Brian Ching, against Colorado Rapids in 2006.^[5]
• Most MLS hat-tricks in one season: 1 – Seven players tied^[5]
• Most MLS hat-tricks overall: '2 – Brian Ching.^[5]

U.S. Open Cup

As of June 2, 2023

No.	Nationality	Name	Years	Goals
1	Colombia	Mauro Manotas	2015–2020	10
2	United States	Memo Rodríguez	2015, 2017–2022	4
3	Venezuela	Alejandro Moreno	2006	3
	Ghana	Dominic Oduro	2009–2011	3
5	United States	Eddie Robinson	2006–2011	2
	United States	Geoff Cameron	2008–2012	2
	Jamaica	Giles Barnes	2012–2016	2
	Argentina	Leonel Miranda	2015–2016	2
	Brazil	Alex Lima	2015–2017	2
	Mexico	Aldo Quintanilla	2018	2
	United States	Andrew Wenger	2016–2018	2
	Honduras	Romell Quioto	2017–2019	2
	Argentina	Tomás Martínez	2017–2020	2
	Venezuela	Ronaldo Peña	2018–2020	2

• Most goals scored in U.S. Open Cup: '10 – Mauro Manotas, 2015–2020
• Most goals scored in one Open Cup game: '2 – Alejandro Moreno, against Carolina Dynamo in 2006; Geoff Cameron against Charleston Battery in 2009; Mauro Manotas, against Sporting Kansas City in 2016; Memo Rodríguez and Aldo Quintanilla, against NTX Rayados in 2018;^[6] Mauro Manotas and Romell Quioto against Sporting Kansas City in 2018;^[7] Mauro Manotas against the Philadelphia Union in 2018^[8]
• Most goals scored in one Open Cup season: '6 – Mauro Manotas 2018

Hat-tricks

Date	Player	Goals	Opponent	Result*	Comp­etition	Ref
April 2, 2006	Brian Ching	4	Colorado Rapids	5–2	MLS	[9]
June 21, 2007	Brad Davis	3	Chivas USA	4–0	MLS	[9]
September 8, 2007	Nate Jaqua	3	Real Salt Lake	4–3	MLS	[9]
August 21, 2010	Brian Ching	3	Chicago Fire	4–3	MLS	[9]
April 29, 2011	Will Bruin	3	D.C. United	4–1	MLS	[9]
September 24, 2016	Mauro Manotas	3	Portland Timbers	3–1	MLS	[10]
April 1, 2017	Erick Torres	3	New York Red Bulls	4–1	MLS	[11]

*Dynamo goals listed first.

Most Assists

Competitive, professional matches only. Current as of the end of the 2021 season.^[1]

No.	Name	Pos.	Years	Total	MLS	Other
1	Brad Davis	MF	2006–2015	120	104	16
2	Boniek Garcia	MF	2012–2021	41	39	2
3	Alberth Elis	FW	2017–2020	31	27	4
4	Brian Ching	FW	2006–2012	30	22	8
5	Brian Mullan	MF	2006–2010	29	19	10
6	Corey Ashe	DF	2007–2015	27	18	9
7	Ricardo Clark	MF	2006–09,2012–17	25	23	2
8	Will Bruin	FW	2011–2016	21	20	1
9	Dwayne De Rosario	FW	2006–2008	21	11	10
10	Stuart Holden	MF	2006–2009	19	13	6
	Tomás Martínez	MF	2017–Present	19	16	3

Eddie Robinson has been sent off the most times in club history

Most Yellow Cards

Competitive, professional matches only. Current as of the end of the 2020 season.^[1]

	Name	Pos.	Years	Total	MLS	Others
1	Ricardo Clark	MF	2006–2009,2012–2017	46	38	8
2	Boniek García	MF	2012–present	46	36	10
3	Eddie Robinson	DF	2006–2011	42	31	11
4	Bobby Boswell	DF	2008–2013	39	31	8
5	Brad Davis	MF	2006–2015	36	28	8
6	Brian Mullan	MF	2006–2010	31	16	15
7	Kofi Sarkodie	DF	2011–2015	29	19	10
8	Alberth Elis	FW	2017–2020	25	21	4
9	Geoff Cameron	DF	2008–2012	23	15	8
10	Corey Ashe	DF	2007–2015	22	15	7

Most Red Cards

Competitive, professional matches only. Current as of the end of the 2020 season.^[1]

	Name	Pos.	Years	Total	MLS	Others
1	Eddie Robinson	DF	2006–2011	6	4	2
2	Ricardo Clark	MF	2006–2009,2012–2017	3	3	0
	Lovel Palmer	DF	2010–2011	3	3	0
	Brian Ching	FW	2006–2012	3	3	0
	Brad Davis	MF	2006–2015	3	3	0
	Kofi Sarkodie	DF	2011–2015	3	3	0
	Alberth Elis	FW	2017–2020	3	3	0
	Tyler Deric	GK	2009–2019	3	2	1
	Dwayne De Rosario	FW	2006–2008	3	2	1

Pat Onstad leads the club in all major goalkeeping stats

Goalkeeping

MLS regular season matches only. Current as of the end of the 2021 season^[2]

No.	Name	Years	Shutouts	Apps	Saves	Goals Allowed
1	Pat Onstad	2005–2010	37	136	384	155
2	Tally Hall	2009–2014	35	130	367	173
3	Tyler Deric	2009–2019	21	90	273	120
4	Joe Willis	2015–2019	14	90	281	144
5	Marko Marić	2020–2021	6	45	148	74
6	Tony Caig	2008	3	7	24	8
7	Michael Nelson	2018–	2	11	31	18
8	Zach Wells	2006–2007	2	4	8	1
9	Chris Seitz	2018	1	6	14	9

Coaching records

All statistics are correct as of February 18, 2022^[update].

• First full-time head coach: Dominic Kinnear.
• Longest spell as head coach: Dominic Kinnear (managed the club for 288 league matches from April 2006 to October 2014).
• Most seasons as coach: Dominic Kinnear, nine seasons from 2006 to 2014.
• Most consecutive seasons as coach: Dominic Kinnear, nine consecutive seasons from 2006 to 2014.
• Most trophies won as coach: Dominic Kinnear, 2 MLS Cup titles and 4 conference titles between 2006 and 2014.

Club records

Matches

• First match: 1–0 vs Charleston Battery, Carolina Challenge Cup 2006, March 18, 2006
• First league match: 5–2 vs Colorado Rapids, April 2, 2006
• First U.S. Open Cup match: 4–2 vs Carolina Dynamo, Fourth round, August 2, 2006
• First CONCACAF match: 0–1 vs Puntarenas F.C., Quarterfinals, February 22, 2007
• First match at Robertson Stadium: 5–2 vs Colorado Rapids, April 2, 2006
• First match at BBVA Compass Stadium: 1–0 vs DC United, May 8, 2012

Record wins

• Record win: 5–0 vs FC Dallas, March 12, 2016
• Record League win: 5–0 vs FC Dallas, March 12, 2016
• Record US Open Cup win: 5–0 vs NTX Rayados, June 6, 2018^[6]
• Record International win: 4–0 vs Atlante F.C., SuperLiga 2008, July 12, 2008; vs CD FAS, 2012 CONCACAF Champions League, September 20, 2012
• Record home win 5–0 vs FC Dallas, March 12, 2016
• Record away win: 4–0 vs Chicago Fire, July 12, 2007; vs DC United, May 8, 2013

Record defeats

• Record League defeats: 0–5 vs Montreal Impact, August 24, 2013; 0–5 vs Atlanta United FC, July 17, 2019
• Record U.S. Cup defeat: 0–3 vs FC Dallas, 2013 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, June 12, 2013
• Record CONCACAF defeat: 0–3 vs Deportivo Saprissa, 2008 CONCACAF Champions Cup Semifinals, April 9, 2008
• Record home defeat: 0–3 vs multiple
• Record away defeat: 0–5 vs Montreal Impact, August 24, 2013

Streaks

• Longest unbeaten run: 14 (all competitions), June 3 to August 1. 2007
• Longest unbeaten run: 11 (league competitions), June 3 to July 22, 2007
• Longest Home unbeaten run: 36, July 9, 2011 to May 12, 2013
• Longest winless run: 16 (league competitions), May 29 to September 3, 2021

Wins/draws/losses in a season

• Most wins in a league season: 15 2007
• Most draws in a league season: 13 2006, 2011, 2016
• Most defeats in a league season: 18 2019
• Fewest wins in a league season: 4 2020
• Fewest draws in a league season: 4 2019
• Fewest defeats in a league season: 5 2008

Goals

• Most league goals in a season: 58, 2018
• Fewest league goals in a season: 30, 2020
• Most league goals allowed in a season: 59; 2019
• Fewest league goals allowed in a season: 23; 2007

Points

• Most points in a season: 53 in 34 matches, 2012
• Fewest points in a season: 21 in 23 matches, 2020

Attendance

• Record home attendance: 70,550 v Los Angeles Galaxy at Reliant Stadium,^[12] 2006 Major League Soccer season, August 9, 2006^[13]
• Record home attendance at Robertson Stadium: 30,972 vs Kansas City Wizards, 2007 MLS Cup Playoffs, November 10, 2007^[13]
• Record home attendance at Robertson Stadium (MLS Regular Season): 30,588 vs LA Galaxy, 2007 Major League Soccer season, October 7, 2007^[13]
• Record home attendance at BBVA Compass Stadium: 22,661 vs Seattle Sounders FC, 2017 MLS Cup Playoffs, November 21, 2015^[14]
• Record home attendance at BBVA Compass Stadium (MLS Regular Season): 22,651 vs Chicago Fire, 2015 Major League Soccer season, July 3, 2015^[13]