The MLS Golden Boot (currently commercially termed "MLS Golden Boot presented by Audi") has been awarded since the 2005 season to 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 ChampionSeasonPlayerClubGoals (2 points)Assists (1 point)Points1996 Roy LassiterTampa Bay Mutiny274581997 PrekiKansas City Wizards1217411998 Stern JohnColumbus Crew265571999 Jason KreisDallas Burn1815512000 Mamadou DialloTampa Bay Mutiny264562001 Alex Pineda ChacónMiami Fusion199472002 Taylor TwellmanNew England Revolution236522003 Preki (2)Kansas City Wizards1217412004 Amado GuevaraMetroStars101030 Pat NoonanNew England Revolution118
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 United FC31340.912019 Carlos VelaLos Angeles FC34311.102020 Diego RossiLos Angeles FC14190.742021 Taty CastellanosNew York City FC19320.592022 Hany MukhtarNashville SC23330.702023 Denis BouangaLos Angeles FC20310.652024 Christian BentekeD.C. United23300.772025 Lionel MessiInter Miami CF29281.04
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