Appearances and Minutes vs the Chicago Fire

Some new stats that I'm starting.  A look at the players who have played the most games and minutes for Kansas City and in the season series with each MLS team. With 20 teams to go through I'm going to go through each team one at a time.  In alphabetical order, starting with the Chicago Fire.

Vs the Chicago Fire

KC appearances League play
1. Davy Arnaud - 22
Kerry Zavagnin - 22
3. Nick Garcia - 21
4. Jimmy Conrad - 20
Chris Klein - 20
6. Jack Jewsbury - 18
7. Josh Wolff - 17
Preki - 17
9. Sasha Victorine - 13
Jose Burciaga - 13

The highest number of appearances by a current player for KC is Matt Besler with 8.

KC appearances all competitions
1. Kerry Zavagnin - 26
2. Nick Garcia - 24
3. Davy Arnaud - 23
4. Chris Klein - 22
5. Jimmy Conrad - 21
6. Jack Jewsbury - 19
Josh Wolff - 19
8. Preki - 18
9. Sasha Victorine - 14
Jose Burciaga - 14

Once again, Besler with 8 appearances is the cloest to making the list.

When it comes to minutes played for Kansas City vs the Fire here's a look at league play.

1. Davy Arnaud - 1,927
2. Nick Garcia - 1,889
3. Kerry Zavagnin - 1,857
4. Jimmy Conrad - 1,791
5. Chris Klein - 1,585
6. Josh Wolff - 1,456
7. Preki - 1,339
8. Jose Burciaga - 1,125
9. Jack Jewsbury - 1,089
10. Sasha Victorine - 1,085

Besler again is the closet active player with 654 minutes played.

Here's a look the minutes in all competitions.

1. Kerry zavagnin - 2,222
2. Nick Garcia - 2,164
3. Davy Arnaud - 2,022
4. Jimmy Conrad - 1,886
5. Chris Klein - 1,764
6. Josh Wolff - 1,572
7. Preki - 1,413
8. Jose Burciaga - 1,220
9. Tony Meola - 1,166
10. Jack Jewsbury - 1,157

Now that we've seen who for KC is in the top 10 for each here's a look at the top 10 with Chicago's players factored in for who's the top 10 in that series all time.  In each of these categories there is still an active player on the lists, Logan Pause from the Fire is still playing.

In league play, it's Chicago Fire players that lead the way, although a couple of them played for both teams.

1. CJ Brown - 29
2. Diego Gutierrez - 28 (played for both teams)
3. Logan Pause - 26
Josh Wolff - 26 (played for both teams)
5. Zach Thornton - 23
6. Davy Arnaud - 22
Kerry Zavagnin - 22
8. Nick Garcia - 21
Chris Armas - 21
10. Jimmy conrad - 20
Justin Mapp - 20
Chris Klein - 20
Jesse Marsch - 20

In all competitions, again Chicago players lead the list.

1. CJ Brown - 33
2. Diego Gutierrez - 31 (played for both)
3. Josh Wolff - 29 (played for both)
4. Logan Pause - 28
5. Kerry zavagnin - 26
6. Zach Thornton - 25
7. Nick Garcia - 24
Chris Armas - 24
9. Davy Arnaud - 23
Jesse Marsch - 23

As expected when it comes to minutes, Chicago again leads the list with the most plyaers.

1. CJ Brown - 2,536
2. Diego Gutierrez - 2,247 (played for both)
3. Logan Pause - 2,038
4. Zach Thornton - 1,995
5. Josh Wolff - 1,959 (played for both)
6. Davy Arnaud - 1,927
7. Nick Garcia - 1,889
8. Chris Armas - 1,878
9. Kerry Zavagnin - 1,857
10. Jimmy Conrad - 1,791

Here are the minutes in all competitions.

1. CJ Brown - 2,804
2. Diego Gutierrez - 2,464 (played for both)
3. Kerry Zavagnin - 2,222
4. Logan Pause - 2,216
5. Zach Thornton - 2,175
6. Nick Garcia - 2,164
7. Josh Wolff - 2,106 (played for both
8. Chris Armas - 2,065
9. Davy Arnaud - 2,022
10. Jimmy Conrad - 1,886