# List of NCAA Division I men's soccer season goals leaders

In association football, or soccer, scoring a goal is the only method of scoring. In National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I soccer, there is no formal award for a golden boot, which indicates the top goalscorer in American college soccer for the season. Despite this, the NCAA keeps record of the season goalscoring leader by season.
From 1959 to 1971, there were no classifications to the NCAA nor its predecessor, the Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association (ISFA). Then, from 1972 to 1973, colleges were classified as either "NCAA University Division (Major College)" or "NCAA College Division (Small College)". Since 1974, the NCAA has been broken down into three divisions.
Below is a list of the NCAA Division I men's soccer season goals leaders since the NCAA sponsored men's soccer in 1959.

## Key

| Pos. | FW | MF | DF | GPG | Ref. |
| Position | Forward | Midfielder | Defender | Goals per game | References |
Class (Cl.) key :
| Fr | Freshman | So | Sophomore | Jr | Junior | Sr | Senior |
| ^ | Player still competing in NCAA Division I |
| * | Elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame |
| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player had been the scoring leader up to and including that season |

## List

| Season | Player | Pos. | Cl. | Team | GP | GS | GPG |
| 1959 | Walter Chyzowych* | MF | So. | Temple | 14 | 25 | 1.79 |
| 1960 | Herb Schmidt | FW | Jr. | Rutgers | 13 | 33 | 2.54 |
| 1961 | Pete Milich | FW | Jr. | Akron | 14 | 31 | 2.43 |
| 1962 | | | | | | | |
| 1963 | Carl Gentile | FW | | Saint Louis | 14 | 30 | 2.14 |
| 1964 | | | | | | | |
| 1965 | Dov Markus | FW | Sr. | LIU Brooklyn | 14 | 35 | 2.50 |
| 1966 | | | | | | | |
| 1967 | Charlie Duccilli | FW | Sr. | Temple | 14 | 23 | 1.64 |
| 1968 | | | | | | | |
| 1969 | Manuel Hernandez | | | San Jose State | 13 | 26 | |
| 1970 | Shoa Agonafer | | | UCLA | 15 | 23 | |
| 1971 | Sergio Velasquez | FW | | UCLA | 15 | 24 | |
| 1972 | Jose Almeyda | | | Wright State | 12 | 25 | 2.08 |
| 1973 | Jack Cardosa | | | West Virginia | 17 | 29 | |
| 1974 | | | | | | | |
| 1975 | Bob Rohrbach | | | Dayton | 14 | 31 | |
| 1976 | Angelo DiBernardo | FW | Fr. | Indiana | | | |
| 1977 | | | | | | | |
| 1978 | Thompson Usiyan | FW | So. | Appalachian State | 13 | 34 | |
| 1979 | Bjørn Tronstad | FW | Fr. | San Francisco | 26 | 29 | |
| 1980 | Thompson Usiyan | FW | Sr. | Appalachian State | 17 | 45 | 2.65 |
| 1981 | Damien Kelly | FW | So. | Eastern Illinois | 23 | 24 | 1.04 |
| 1982 | Michael King | | | Fairleigh Dickinson | 21 | 31 | |
| 1983 | Mark Erwin | | | Wake Forest | 21 | 36 | |
| 1984 | Sam Okpodu | | | | 19 | 29 | |
| 1985 | | | | | | | |
| 1986 | David Doyle | | | Campbell | 20 | 34 | |
| 1987 | Ken Snow | FW | Fr. | Indiana | 25 | 28 | 1.12 |
| 1988 | Ken Snow (2) | FW | So. | Indiana | 22 | 22 | 1.00 |
| 1989 | Ken Snow (3) | FW | Jr. | Indiana | 22 | 20 | 0.91 |
| 1990 | | | | | | | |
| 1991 | Mike Gailey* | | Sr. | UNC Greensboro | 21 | 25 | |
| 1992 | Robert Ukrop | | Jr. | Davidson | 27 | 31 | |
| 1993 | Jimmy Glenn | | | Clemson | 24 | 32 | |
| 1994 | | | | | | | |
| 1995 | | | | | | | |
| 1996 | | | | | | | |
| 1997 | | | | | | | |
| 1998 | Wojtek Krakowiak | MF | Jr. | Clemson | 24 | 31 | 1.29 |
| 1999 | Conor Casey | FW | Fr. | Portland | 18 | 23 | 1.28 |
| 2000 | Chris Carrieri | FW | Jr. | North Carolina | 24 | 25 | 1.04 |
| 2001 | Dipsy Selolwane | FW | Sr. | Saint Louis | 20 | 25 | 1.25 |
| 2002 | Joseph Ngwenya | FW | So. | Coastal Carolina | 24 | 27 | 1.13 |
| 2003 | Joseph Ngwenya (2) | FW | Jr. | Coastal Carolina | 22 | 21 | 0.95 |
| 2004 | Jason Garey | FW | Jr. | Maryland | 25 | 22 | 0.88 |
| 2004 | Ryan Pore | FW | Jr. | Tulsa | 23 | 22 | 0.96 |
| 2005 | Jason Garey (2) | FW | Sr. | Maryland | 25 | 22 | 0.88 |
| 2006 | Joseph Lapira | FW | Jr. | Notre Dame | 23 | 22 | 0.96 |
| 2007 | O'Brian White | FW | Jr. | Connecticut | 24 | 23 | 0.96 |
| 2008 | Steve Zakuani | FW | So. | Akron | 23 | 20 | 0.87 |
| 2009 | Teal Bunbury | FW | So. | Akron | 25 | 17 | 0.68 |
| 2010 | Corey Hertzog | FW | Jr. | Penn State | 22 | 20 | 0.91 |
| 2011 | Ashton Bennett | FW | Sr. | Coastal Carolina | 22 | 23 | 1.05 |
| 2012 | Chris Thomas | FW | Sr. | Elon | 22 | 23 | 1.05 |
| 2013 | Patrick Mullins | FW | Jr. | Maryland | 26 | 19 | 0.73 |
| 2014 | Cameron Porter | FW | Sr. | Princeton | 17 | 15 | 0.88 |
| 2014 | Neco Brett | FW | Jr. | Robert Morris | 18 | 15 | 0.83 |
| 2014 | Andy Craven | FW | Sr. | North Carolina | 22 | 15 | 0.68 |
| 2015 | David Olsen | FW | Sr. | Seattle | 23 | 16 | 0.70 |
| 2015 | Gordon Wild | FW | Fr. | USC Upstate | 15 | 16 | 1.07 |
| 2016 | Albert Ruiz | FW | Sr. | Florida Gulf Coast | 20 | 22 | 1.10 |
| 2017 | Niklas Brodacki | FW | So. | Central Arkansas | 21 | 17 | 0.81 |
| 2018 | Andre Shinyashiki | FW | Sr. | Denver | 21 | 28 | 1.33 |
| 2019 | Robbie Robinson | FW | Jr. | Clemson | 19 | 18 | 0.95 |
| 2019 | Thibaut Jacquel | FW | So. | Campbell | 21 | 18 | 0.86 |
| 2020 | Gloire Amanda | FW | Jr. | Oregon State | 14 | 15 | 1.07 |
| 2021 | Nick Markanich | FW | Sr. | Northern Illinois | 20 | 16 | 0.80 |
| 2022 | Duncan McGuire | FW | Sr. | Creighton | 24 | 23 | 0.96 |
| 2023 | Charlie Sharp | FW | Sr. | Western Michigan | 20 | 19 | 0.95 |
| 2024 | Emil Jääskeläinen | FW | Sr. | Akron | 21 | 23 | 1.10 |