League vs League
MLS vs NBA
Major League Soccer versus National Basketball Association — a side-by-side breakdown of two very different worlds of pro sports, plus the tools to compare their teams and players by the numbers.
Head to head
Soccer
Sport
Basketball
1993
Founded
1946
30
Teams
30
February – December
Season
October – June
Goals
Scoring
Points (2s, 3s, FTs)
2 × 45 min
Game length
4 × 12 min
Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez, Son Heung-min
Stars today
LeBron James, Nikola Jokić, Stephen Curry
Soccer
MLS
Major League Soccer
North America's top-flight soccer league.
Since 199330 teamsFebruary – December
Basketball
NBA
National Basketball Association
Global superstar league with the highest-paid athletes in team sports.
Since 194630 teamsOctober – June
Take it further
Compare teams & players from either league
CompariSport pulls real, historical stats going back decades. Pick 2–4 teams or players and see who leads every stat.