# MLS Golden Boot

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American soccer award

The **MLS Golden Boot** (currently commercially termed "*MLS Golden Boot presented by [Audi](/source/Audi)*") has been awarded since the [2005 season](/source/2005_Major_League_Soccer_season) to [Major League Soccer](/source/Major_League_Soccer)'s regular–season leading scorer. The award replaced the MLS Scoring Champion Award that was awarded since the league's inception in 1996.

## 1996–2004

Prior to 2005 MLS used a point system that awarded two points for a goal and one point for an assist to give the MLS Scoring Champion Award.

MLS Scoring Champion Season Player Club Goals (2 points) Assists (1 point) Points 1996 Roy Lassiter Tampa Bay Mutiny 27 4 58 1997 Preki Kansas City Wizards 12 17 41 1998 Stern John Columbus Crew 26 5 57 1999 Jason Kreis Dallas Burn 18 15 51 2000 Mamadou Diallo Tampa Bay Mutiny 26 4 56 2001 Alex Pineda Chacón Miami Fusion 19 9 47 2002 Taylor Twellman New England Revolution 23 6 52 2003 Preki (2) Kansas City Wizards 12 17 41 2004 Amado Guevara MetroStars 10 10 30 Pat Noonan New England Revolution 11 8

## 2005–present

[Carlos Vela](/source/Carlos_Vela) scored a record 34 goals for [Los Angeles FC](/source/Los_Angeles_FC) during the [2019 season](/source/2019_Major_League_Soccer_season).

[Chris Wondolowski](/source/Chris_Wondolowski) is a two-time winner of the Golden Boot award and the all-time top scorer in MLS history.

Since 2005 Major League Soccer has awarded the MLS Golden Boot to the player who has scored the most goals outright, with ties being broken by assists.[1]

MLS Golden Boot Season Player Club Goals Games Rate 2005 Taylor Twellman (2) New England Revolution 17 25 0.68 2006 Jeff Cunningham Real Salt Lake 16 31 0.52 2007 Luciano Emilio D.C. United 20 29 0.69 2008 Landon Donovan Los Angeles Galaxy 20 25 0.80 2009 Jeff Cunningham (2) FC Dallas 17 28 0.61 2010 Chris Wondolowski San Jose Earthquakes 18 28 0.64 2011 Dwayne De Rosario D.C. United 16 33 0.48 2012 Chris Wondolowski (2) San Jose Earthquakes 27 32 0.84 2013 Camilo Sanvezzo Vancouver Whitecaps FC 22 32 0.69 2014 Bradley Wright-Phillips New York Red Bulls 27 32 0.84 2015 Sebastian Giovinco Toronto FC 22 33 0.67 2016 Bradley Wright-Phillips (2) New York Red Bulls 24 34 0.71 2017 Nemanja Nikolić Chicago Fire 24 33 0.73 2018 Josef Martínez Atlanta United FC 31 34 0.91 2019 Carlos Vela Los Angeles FC 34 31 1.10 2020 Diego Rossi Los Angeles FC 14 19 0.74 2021 Taty Castellanos New York City FC 19 32 0.59 2022 Hany Mukhtar Nashville SC 23 33 0.70 2023 Denis Bouanga Los Angeles FC 20 31 0.65 2024 Christian Benteke D.C. United 23 30 0.77 2025 Lionel Messi Inter Miami CF 29 28 1.04

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["MLS Golden Boot winners | MLSsoccer.com"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160117021709/http://www.mlssoccer.com/history/honors/mls-golden-boot). Archived from [the original](https://www.mlssoccer.com/history/honors/mls-golden-boot) on January 17, 2016.

v t e MLS top scorers 1996: Lassiter 1997: Moreno 1998: John 1999: Kreis 2000: Diallo 2001: Pineda Chacón 2002: Ruiz 2003: Ruiz & Twellman 2004: Ching & Johnson 2005: Twellman 2006: Cunningham 2007: Emílio 2008: Donovan 2009: Cunningham 2010: Wondolowski 2011: De Rosario 2012: Wondolowski 2013: Camilo 2014: Wright-Phillips 2015: Giovinco 2016: Wright-Phillips 2017: Nikolić 2018: Martínez 2019: Vela 2020: Rossi 2021: Castellanos 2022: Mukhtar 2023: Bouanga 2024: Benteke 2025: Messi

v t e Major League Soccer awards Team awards Philip F. Anschutz Trophy Supporters' Shield Fair Play Individual awards MLS Cup ring Most Valuable Player Coach of the Year Golden Boot Goalkeeper of the Year Young Player of the Year Defender of the Year Best XI Goal of the Year Save of the Year Comeback Player of the Year Newcomer of the Year Referee of the Year Fair Play

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