At the mid-way point of the 2017 season, the Chicago Fire rest atop the Eastern Conference and Supporters' Shield Standings with 38 points through 18 matches played as MLS breaks for the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup tournament.
Alongside the club's ascension over the season's first half, there have been a number of individual accolades to go around, including a pair of MLS Player of the Week winners in Nemanja Nikolic (twice) and David Accam. So while no single statistic is more important than that No. 1 spot in the table, have a look at how head coach Veljko Paunovic and his players stack up among the rest of the league in various statistical categories heading into the second half of the season.