North American Soccer League & Major League Soccer Top Goalscorers from season 1968 to 2024 with player nationalities and club affiliations.
NASL & MLS Highest Goalscorers by Year from 1968 to 2024
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| Season | Player | Nat | Club | | Goals |
| NASL 1968 to 1984 | | | | |
| 1968 | Janusz Kowalik | 
| 
| Chicago Mustangs | 30 |
| 1969 | Kaizer Motaung | 
| 
| Atlanta Chiefs | 16 |
| 1970 | Kirk Apostolidis | 
| 
| Dallas Tornado | ? |
| 1971 | Carlos Metidieri | 
| 
| Rochester Lancers | ? |
| 1972 | Randy Horton | 
| 
| New York Cosmos | 22 |
| 1973 | Kyle Rote, Jr. |
|
| Dallas Tornado | ? |
| 1974 | Paul Child |
| 
| San Jose Earthquakes | 15 |
| 1975 | Steve David | 
| 
| Miami Toros | ? |
| 1976 | Giorgio Chinaglia | 
|
| New York Cosmos | ? |
| 1977 | Steve David |
| 
| Los Angeles Aztecs | ? |
| 1978 | Giorgio Chinaglia |
|
| New York Cosmos | ? |
| 1979 | Oscar Fabbiani | 
| 
| Tampa Bay Rowdies | ? |
| 1980 | Giorgio Chinaglia |
|
| New York Cosmos | ? |
| 1981 | Giorgio Chinaglia |
|
| New York Cosmos | ? |
| 1982 | Giorgio Chinaglia |
|
| New York Cosmos | ? |
| 1983 | Roberto Cabañas | 
|
| New York Cosmos | ? |
| 1984 | Slaviša (Steve) Žungul | 
| 
| Golden Bay Earthquakes | ? |
| NASL Top Goalscorer determined by points from combined goals & assists | | | | |
| Major League Soccer (MLS) 1996 to Present | | | | |
| 1996 | Roy Lassiter |
|
| Tampa Bay Mutiny | 27 |
| 1997 | Jaime Moreno | 
| 
| D.C. United | 16 |
| 1998 | Stern John |
| 
| Columbus Crew | 26 |
| 1999 | Jason Kreis |
| 
| (FC) Dallas Burn | 18 |
| 2000 | Mamadou Diallo | 
|
| Tampa Bay Mutiny | 26 |
| 2001 | Alex Pineda Chacón | 
| 
| Miami Fusion | 19 |
| 2002 | Carlos Ruíz | 
| 
| Los Angeles Galaxy | 24 |
| 2003 | Carlos Ruíz |
|
| Los Angeles Galaxy | 15 |
| Taylor Twellman |
| 
| New England Revolution | |
| 2004 | Brian Ching |
|
| San Jose Earthquakes | 12 |
| 2005 | Taylor Twellman |
|
| New England Revolution | 17 |
| 2006 | Jeff Cunningham |
| 
| Real Salt Lake | 16 |
| 2007 | Luciano Emilio | 
|
| D.C. United | 20 |
| 2008 | Landon Donovan |
|
| Los Angeles Galaxy | 20 |
| 2009 | Jeff Cunningham |
|
| FC Dallas | 17 |
| 2010 | Chris Wondolowski |
|
| San Jose Earthquakes | 18 |
| 2011 | Dwayne De Rosario | 
|
| D.C. United | 33 |
| 2012 | Chris Wondolowski |
|
| San Jose Earthquakes | 27 |
| 2013 | Camilo |
| 
| Vancouver Whitecaps | 22 |
| 2014 | Bradley Wright-Phillips | 
| 
| New York Red Bulls | 27 |
| 2015 | Sebastian Giovinco |
| 
| Toronto FC | 22 |
| Kei Kamara |
|
| Columbus Crew SC | |
| 2016 | Bradley Wright-Phillips |
|
| New York Red Bulls | 24 |
| 2017 | Nemanja Nikolić | 
| 
| Chicago Fire | 24 |
| 2018 | Josef Martínez | 
| 
| Atlanta United FC | 31 |
| 2019 | Carlos Vela | 
|
| Los Angeles FC | 34 |
| 2020 | Diego Rossi | 
|
| Los Angeles FC | 14 |
| 2021 | Valentin Castellanos | 
| 
| New York City FC | 23 |
| 2022 | Hany Mukhtar | 
|  | Nashville SC | 23 |
| 2023 | Giorgos Giakoumakis |  |
| Atlanta United FC | 17 |
| 2024 | Christian Benteke |  |  | DC United | 23 |
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NASL & MLS Highest Goalscorers from Season 1968 to 2024 Total by Player
| Player | Nat | Titles |
|---|
| Giorgio Chinaglia |
| 5 |
| Bradley Wright-Phillips |
| 2 |
| Carlos Ruíz |
| 2 |
| Chris Wondolowski |
| 2 |
| Jeff Cunningham |
| 2 |
| Steve David |
| 2 |
| Taylor Twellman |
| 2 |
| Alex Pineda Chacón |
| 1 |
| Brian Ching |
| 1 |
| Camilo | 
| 1 |
| Carlos Metidieri |
| 1 |
| Carlos Vela |
| 1 |
| Christian Benteke |
| 1 |
| Diego Rossi |
| 1 |
| Dwayne De Rosario |
| 1 |
| Giorgos Giakoumakis |
| 1 |
| Jaime Moreno |
| 1 |
| Janusz Kowalik |
| 1 |
| Jason Kreis |
| 1 |
| Josef Martínez |
| 1 |
| Kaizer Motaung |
| 1 |
| Kei Kamara |
| 1 |
| Kirk Apostolidis |
| 1 |
| Kyle Rote, Jr. |
| 1 |
| Landon Donovan |
| 1 |
| Luciano Emilio |
| 1 |
| Mamadou Diallo |
| 1 |
| Nemanja Nikolić |
| 1 |
| Oscar Fabbiani |
| 1 |
| Paul Child |
| 1 |
| Randy Horton |
| 1 |
| Roberto Cabañas |
| 1 |
| Roy Lassiter |
| 1 |
| Sebastian Giovinco |
| 1 |
| Slaviša (Steve) Žungul |
| 1 |
| Stern John |
| 1 |
| Valentin Castellanos |
| 1 |
| Hany Mukhtar |
| 1 |
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NASL & MLS Highest Goalscorers from Season 1968 to 2024 Total by Club
| Club | Titles |
|---|
| New York Cosmos | 7 |
| SJ & GB Earthquakes | 5 |
| D.C. United | 4 |
| Los Angeles Galaxy | 3 |
| Atlanta United FC | 2 |
| Columbus Crew | 2 |
| Dallas Tornado | 2 |
| FC Dallas (Burn) | 2 |
| Los Angeles FC | 2 |
| New England Revolution | 2 |
| Tampa Bay Mutiny | 2 |
| Atlanta Chiefs | 1 |
| Chicago Mustangs | 1 |
| Chicago Fire | 1 |
| Los Angeles Aztecs | 1 |
| Miami Fusion | 1 |
| Miami Toros | 1 |
| Nashville SC | 1 |
| New York City FC | 1 |
| New York Red Bulls | 1 |
| Real Salt Lake | 1 |
| Rochester Lancers | 1 |
| Toronto FC | 1 |
| Tampa Bay Rowdies | 1 |
| Vancouver Whitecaps | 1 |
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United States Men’s National Team All-Time Highest Goalscorers
Clint Dempsey (57), Landon Donovan (57), Jozy Altidore (42),
Eric Wynalda (34), Brian McBride (30), Christian Pulisic (26)
