# The 20 Best Vancouver Whitecaps Players of All Time

> Homegrown prospects, designated stars and NASL-era names from every chapter of the club's history, so the debates run from Vancouver's first kick to today. Which one gets your vote?

*By YPB Team · Published October 3, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/the-20-best-vancouver-whitecaps-players-of-all-time*

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## Current results (no votes yet)

1. **Alphonso Davies** — score 1000/1000
   Whitecaps academy product who left for Bayern Munich in 2019 and became one of the world's best left backs.
2. **Thomas Müller** — score 960/1000
   Bayern Munich and Germany World Cup winner who joined the Whitecaps in 2025 as a creative forward.
3. **Fredy Montero** — score 914/1000
   Colombian forward who scored freely in two Whitecaps spells and ranks among the club's top MLS scorers.
4. **Darren Mattocks** — score 705/1000
   Jamaican striker picked second overall in the 2012 MLS draft who scored for the Whitecaps in the early 2010s.
5. **Sebastian Berhalter** — score 632/1000
   American midfielder who developed into a United States international during his Whitecaps years.
6. **Eric Hassli** — score 548/1000
   French striker who was the Whitecaps' first Designated Player in their first MLS season, 2011.
7. **Jay DeMerit** — score 548/1000
   American centre back and World Cup veteran who captained the Whitecaps in their first MLS season.
8. **Sam Adekugbe** — score 548/1000
   Canadian left back who came through the Whitecaps academy and later played for Canada at the 2022 World Cup.
9. **Brian White** — score 548/1000
   Striker who became the Whitecaps' main goal threat through the early 2020s.
10. **Kekuta Manneh** — score 448/1000
   Young winger who broke into the Whitecaps first team in the early 2010s.
11. **Kei Kamara** — score 448/1000
   Sierra Leonean striker and one of MLS's all-time leading scorers who spent time with the Whitecaps.
12. **Camilo Sanvezzo** — score 448/1000
   Brazilian striker who scored 22 league goals in 2013 and was named a Whitecaps designated threat.
13. **Peter Beardsley** — score 329/1000
   England forward who starred for the NASL Whitecaps in the early 1980s before his Liverpool years.
14. **Willie Johnston** — score 329/1000
   Scottish winger and Rangers legend who played for the NASL Whitecaps in the late 1970s.
15. **Andrés Cubas** — score 329/1000
   Paraguayan holding midfielder who anchors the current Whitecaps midfield as a ball-winner.
16. **Yordy Reyna** — score 329/1000
   Peruvian forward who joined the Whitecaps in 2017 as a young attacking talent.
17. **Cristian Techera** — score 329/1000
   Uruguayan winger who provided assists and pace for the Whitecaps in the mid-2010s.
18. **Yohei Takaoka** — score 329/1000
   Japanese goalkeeper who became the Whitecaps' first-choice starter in the mid-2020s.
19. **Pedro Morales** — score 0/1000
   Chilean playmaker and Whitecaps captain who ran the midfield through the mid-2010s.
20. **Kendall Waston** — score 0/1000
   Costa Rican centre back and imposing defender who anchored the Whitecaps backline in the mid-2010s.

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