MLS Golden Boot

The MLS Golden Boot (currently the Audi Golden Boot for sponsorship reasons) has been awarded since the 2005 MLS season to the Major League Soccer regular–season leading scorer.  The award replaced the MLS Scoring Champion Award that was awarded since the league's creation 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 ChampionSeasonPlayerClubPoints1996 Roy LassiterTampa Bay Mutiny581997 PrekiKansas City Wizards411998 Stern JohnColumbus Crew571999 Jason KreisDallas Burn512000 Mamadou DialloTampa Bay Mutiny562001 Alex Pineda ChacónMiami Fusion472002 Taylor TwellmanNew England Revolution522003 Preki (2)Kansas City Wizards412004 Amado Guevara Pat NoonanMetroStarsNew England Revolution30

2005–present
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.

+ MLS Golden BootSeasonPlayerClubGoalsGamesRate2005 Taylor Twellman (2)New England Revolution17250.682006 Jeff CunninghamReal Salt Lake16310.522007 Luciano EmilioD.C. United20290.692008 Landon DonovanLos Angeles Galaxy20250.802009 Jeff Cunningham (2)FC Dallas17280.612010 Chris WondolowskiSan Jose Earthquakes18280.642011 Dwayne De RosarioD.C. United330.482012 Chris Wondolowski (2)San Jose Earthquakes27320.842013 Camilo SanvezzoVancouver Whitecaps FC22320.692014 Bradley Wright-PhillipsNew York Red Bulls27320.842015 Sebastian GiovincoToronto FC22330.672016 Bradley Wright-Phillips (2)New York Red Bulls24340.712017 Nemanja NikolićChicago Fire24330.732018 Josef MartínezAtlanta United31340.912019 Carlos VelaLos Angeles FC34311.092020 Diego RossiLos Angeles FC14190.742021 Valentín CastellanosNew York City FC19320.592022 Hany MukhtarNashville SC23330.702023 Denis BouangaLos Angeles FC20310.652024 Christian BentekeD.C. United23300.772025 Lionel MessiInter Miami CF29281.04

References

Category:Major League Soccer
Category:Sports trophies and awards