Bradley Wright-Phillips arrived in New York a summer ago out of favor and out of a job, a streaky goal scorer whose goals had dried up. Today, he is the MLS Golden Boot leader, within striking distance of the league’s all-time scoring record and the deserving MVP, according to his Red Bull teammates.

Of course, Wright-Phillips — the son of Arsenal icon Ian Wright and brother of England’s Shaun Wright-Phillips — won’t say it himself. Quiet, humble and introverted, that’s not his style. Think of him as the anti-Giorgio Chinaglia. The striker would rather have root canal than talk about himself or his 25 goals (including one in the 26th minute of a 3-1 win against Toronto FC Saturday), a team record and two shy of the MLS mark with two games left.

“I sure as hell hope [he gets the record]. He deserves it. He’s earned it,’’ coach Mike Petke told The Post.

Thierry Henry, who supplanted Wright as Arsenal’s all-time scorer, stumped for Wright’s son, even if the shy Brit wouldn’t do it himself.

“Bradley deserves it … even though he should be on 60 goals,’’ Henry joked. “But he deserves it, from where he’s coming from, the abuse he used to get, the stick he used to get because he wasn’t finding the back of the net. He does that [now] on a regular basis. … For me, he should be MVP.’’

It’s been a huge leap from DNP to MVP, but Wright-Phillips made it. After signing last July from Charlton but not playing his first four games and scoring just once in seven matches, Wright-Phillips only tallied one in his first six this year. But an April 23 hat trick vs. Houston sent him rolling toward his historic season.

“I don’t think about the record. If I’m going to break it, I’m going to break it,’’ Wright-Phillips said. “[My father] would tell me just relax, don’t think about goals. If you’re going to score, you’re going to score. He drummed it into me from young, just hit the target. If I speak to him now he’ll tell me don’t think about goals, just make your runs, get into good positions and hit the target.’’

Wright — the perfect mentor and teacher — hit the target for years, the Gunners’ leading scorer six times and retiring with a team-record 185 goals. Wright-Phillips still remembers going to his first soccer game and watching his father score twice and be serenaded at Highbury. He said he decided that day to become a professional soccer player. No, make that professional goal scorer.

He was 5.

“I got it from Dad,” Wright-Phillips said. “I knew then I wanted to play. I don’t even know if I wanted to play; I wanted to celebrate, because back then, you could do proper celebrations. You could get in the crowd. Not just that game, watching my dad, I used to love that he’d wind up the away supporters.

“It feels good [to score on the road]. It just goes quiet, especially over here, because you don’t get too many away fans. … The stadium is just quiet, so you can just shout stuff. It’s fun. You can see them at the crowd just pointing at you. I like that.’’

It’s hard to imagine the reserved Wright-Phillips winding up the away fans, far more laid-back than his more famous father.

“Me and my dad [are different],” he said. “He was very aggressive. I wish I had a bit more of that. I’m not aggressive enough. I don’t have that in me, I got more of my mom’s personality. He was more aggressive in every way when it comes to scoring and playing, I wish that’s something I could add to my game.’’

In a bit of irony, the teammate that helps bring that intensity out of him, helps prod Wright-Phillips at every turn, is the man who surpassed his father’s records.

“I have massive respect for [Wright]. It’s funny to see genetics. You look at Bradley now, he’s just like his dad. A bit less crazy — he didn’t pass that on to him. I knew him fairly well, even though I didn’t play with him,’’ said Henry, noting Wright-Phillips is more mellow. “That’s fair to say. If Ian would’ve been in MLS, I think he would’ve played one game a season [from cards]. Let’s leave it there.’’

But even the quieter Wright-Phillips has drawn competitiveness from Henry and confidence from the arrival of his family. Despite Wright-Phillips’ assault on the record book, Henry hasn’t just praised him for the goals he has scored, but repeatedly tweaked him about the easy ones he has missed.

“If you want to be a real teammate, you also have to tell a guy what he isn’t doing well,” Henry said. “You’re not going to [only] tell him what he’s doing well, because we know what he can do.

“I told him the chances he had against L.A., Houston, that record should’ve been done by now. Not having a go but that’s the thing, what else, what else?’’ Henry said, tapping a reporter to symbolize pushing his teammate.

“Although I can be hard sometimes — OK, most of the time — that’s the way I’ve been brought up … with the guys who educated me in the game, and that’s what I tried to pass on. Thankfully for us, he took it on board, and hopefully he won’t stop now, because we need him even more.’’

For Wright-Phillips, it’s been a delicious twist, growing up the son of an Arsenal legend, now playing alongside the man who broke his father’s records.

“I grew up watching Arsenal. You don’t think you’re going to get to play with Thierry Henry. Him breaking my dad’s record and now he assists half my goals, it’s weird. How’d that happen?’’ Wright-Phillips asked rhetorically. “A comment from Thierry’s always good, because he’s a truthful guy. When you’re rubbish, he’ll tell you you were rubbish. When he says something nice, it hits home.

“I’m laid back. I need someone like that, or else I’ll settle for less. He makes you know where your standard is, and if you’re not getting that, then what are you doing here? When you’re out there with him, you have to pull your weight. The guy’s a genius, so you can’t be up there halfhearted. He brings the best out of you. I appreciate that.’’

Wright-Phillips’ first experience wearing the franchise’s jersey came when he was 13, buying a MetroStars jersey while in New York visiting family. Now, it’s getting his family — fiancée Leanne, children Riley (5) and Ryan (2) — to the U.S. late last year that made him more comfortable.

“He’s a shy boy and it took him a while to settle — but you can see the proof is in the pudding now,’’ said Red Bulls sporting director Andy Roxburgh, who inked Wright-Phillips to a contract with an extension that kicked in for 2015.

“Once you feel at home, you’re comfortable. You come to training, you’ve got your family at home, it definitely helps,’’ Wright-Phillips said. “When they get here, it’s serious. It’s business time. That’s who I’m supporting. It definitely makes a difference when your family is here.’’