All-time Goalscorers, Major League Soccer (through 2009)
* – indicates player active in 2009.
Leag Years Player, primary team Seas GP GOALS MLS 96-09 *Jaime Moreno, D. C. United 14 319 131 MLS 98-09 *Jeff Cunningham, Columbus Crew, Toronto FC 12 317 121 MLS 96-08 Ante Razov, Chicago Fire, L. A. Galaxy etc 13 262 114 MLS 96-07 Jason Kreis, Dallas Burn, Real Salt Lake 12 305 108 MLS 02-09 *Taylor Twellman, New England Revolution 8 174 101 MLS 01-09 *Donovan, Landon, San Jose, Los Angeles 9 208 96 MLS 96-02 Roy Lassiter, D. C. United 7 199 88 MLS 96-01 Raul Diaz Arce, D. C. United 6 150 82 MLS 02-08 Carlos Ruiz, FC Dallas 7 155 82 MLS 96-05 Preki, Kansas City Wizards 10 242 79 MLS 96-09 *Steve Ralston, Tampa Bay, New England 14 378 76 MLS 96-09 *Brian McBride, Columbus Crew 10 194 74 MLS 98-09 *Josh Wolff, Chicago Fire, Kansas City 12 203 73 MLS 02-09 *Edson Buddle, Columbus Crew et al 9 206 73 MLS 96-07 Cobi Jones, Los Angeles Galaxy 12 306 70 MLS 97-09 *Ronald Cerritos, San Jose Earthquakes 10 214 70 MLS 01-09 *Ching, Brian, San Jose, Houston et al 8 149 65 MLS 01-09 *De Rosario, Dwayne, San Jose Earthquakes 9 214 62 MLS 96-06 Mark Chung, Various Teams 11 284 61 MLS 98-09 *Clint Mathis, Los Angeles, MetroStars 11 249 61 MLS 98-03 Diego Serna, Various Teams 6 123 57 MLS 96-01 Paul Bravo, Colorado Rapids 6 166 52 MLS 96-05 Dante Washington, Columbus Crew, Dallas 8 170 52 MLS 97-05 Wolde Harris, Colorado, New England 8 194 51 MLS 96-00 Giovanno Savarese, MetroStars 5 116 51 MLS 96-06 Chris Henderson, Colorado Rapids et al 11 317 51 MLS 97-09 *Chris Klein, Kansas City et al 12 322 49 MLS 04-09 *Christian Gomez, D. C. United et al 6 144 48 MLS 03-09 *Nate Jacqua, Chicago et al 7 159 48 MLS 96-00 Eduardo Hurtado, Los Angeles Galaxy 5 108 47 MLS 00-02 Mamadou Diallo, Tampa Bay Mutiny 3 74 47 MLS 99-02 Ariel Graziani, New England Revolution 4 88 44 MLS 98-99 Stern John, Columbus Crew 2 55 44 MLS 03-09 *Alejandro Moreno, Various 8 200 43 MLS 01-09 *Lucien Emilio, D. C. United 3 83 41 MLS 03-09 *Amado Guevara, various 7 153 41 MLS 01-07 Eddie Johnson, Kansas City, Dallas 8 127 41 MLS 03-09 *Pat Noonan, New England et al 7 152 40 MLS 96-04 Joe-Max Moore, New England 6 96 41 MLS 06-09 *Kenny Cooper, FC Dallas 4 90 40
All-time Goalscorers, North American Soccer League
Leag Years Player, primary team Seas GP GOALS NASL 76-83 Giorgio Chinaglia, New York Cosmos 8 213 193 NASL 76-84 Alan Willey, Minnesota Kicks 9 238 129 NASL 78-84 Karl-Heinz Granitza, Chicago Sting 7 199 128 NASL 76-84 Ron Futcher, Minnesota Kicks 9 201 119 NASL 72-81 Paul Child, San Jose Earthquakes 10 241 102 NASL 68-78 Illja Mitic, Dallas Tornado 9 166 101 NASL 74-81 Steve David, various teams 8 175 100 NASL 73-84 Ace Ntsoelengoe, Minnesota Kicks 11 244 87 NASL 76-82 Mike Stojanovic, Rochester Lancers 7 179 83 NASL 77-84 Alan Green, various teams 7 138 82 NASL 78-84 Laurie Abrahams, various teams 7 162 76 NASL 74-84 Ade Coker, various teams 10 156 74 NASL 79-84 Branko Segota, Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 6 147 73 NASL 75-80 Derek Smethurst, Tampa Bay Rowdies 5 118 73 NASL 76-81 Jeff Bourne, various teams 5 139 69 NASL 79-84 Richardo Alzonso, Minnesota Kicks 6 129 67 NASL 77-84 Steve Moyers, California Surf 8 166 65 NASL 81-84 Brian Kidd, Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 4 84 63 NASL 68-74 Carlos Metidieri, Rochester Lancers 6 130 61 NASL 78-83 Arno Steffehagen, Chicago Sting 6 119 60 NASL 79-83 Teofilo Cubillas, Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 5 120 59 NASL 80-83 Luis Fernando, Tampa Bay Rowdies 4 91 59 NASL 67-76 Warren Archibald, Miami Toros 9 162 58 NASL 67-79 Leroy DeLeon, Washington Diplomats 11 153 56 NASL 75-82 Clyde Best, Portland Timbers 8 177 55 NASL 76-81 George Best, various teams 6 139 54 NASL 73-80 Tommy Ord, various teams 8 163 53 NASL 71-76 Randy Horton, New York Cosmos 6 89 51 NASL 78-84 John Bain, Portland Timbers 7 191 50 NASL 80-83 Mark Peterson, Seattle Sounders 4 106 49 NASL 79-84 Jan Goossens, Edmonton Drillers 6 145 48 NASL 76-79 Rodney Marsh, Tampa Bay Rowdies 4 94 48 NASL 82-84 Peter Ward, Seattle Sounders 3 86 47 NASL 76-81 Paul Cannell, Washington Diplomats 5 109 45 NASL 67-77 Art Welch, various teams 11 194 45 NASL 81-84 Kaz Deyna, San Diego Sockers 4 90 44 NASL 67-74 Casey Frankiewicz, St. Louis Stars 8 110 44 NASL 77-84 Ray Hudson, Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 8 197 44 NASL 75-80 Ivan Lukacevic, Toronto Metros 5 80 44 NASL 79-84 Carl Valentine, Vancouver Whitecaps 6 165 44
All-time Goalscorers, American Soccer League
Leag Years Player, primary team Seas GP GOALS ASL 21-31 Archie Stark, Bethlehem Steel 10 293 253 ASL 23-31 Johnny Nelson, Brooklyn Wanderers 8 250 223 ASL 21-31 Dave Brown, New York Giants 10 276 189 ASL 26-31 Bill Patterson, various teams 5 196 152 ASL 24-30 Andy Stevens, New Bedford Whalers 6 177 150 ASL 24-31 Jerry Best, New Bedford Whalers 7 232 138 ASL 22-31 Bart McGhee, various teams 9 350 137 ASL 21-28 Harold Brittain, Fall River Marksmen 7 168 135 ASL 25-29 Bobby Blair, Boston Wonder Workers 4 170 131 ASL 26-31 Werner Nilsen, Boston Wonder Workers 5 239 131 ASL 21-31 Tommy Florie, Providence/New Befford 10 315 126 ASL 25-31 Tec White, Fall River Marksmen 6 281 124 ASL 28-31 Part Patenaude, Fall River Marksmen 4 124 118 ASL 23-31 Mike McLeavey, New Bedford Whalers 8 259 108 ASL 24-31 Herbert Carlson, New York Nationals 7 268 107 ASL 21-29 Tommy Fleming, Boston Wonder Workers 8 234 96 ASL 27-32 Billy Gonsalves, Fall River Marksmen 5 180 92 ASL 27-30 Janos Nehadoma, Brooklyn Wanderers 3 105 80 ASL 21-29 Dougie Brown, Fall River Marksmen 8 224 78 ASL 26-31 Thomas Gillespie, Bethlehem Steel 5 136 74 ASL 26-31 Max Gruenwald, New York Giants/Hakoah 5 161 72 ASL 22-29 Billy Hogg, Brooklyn Wanderers 7 163 71 ASL 23-31 Bobby Curtis, Brooklyn Wanderers 8 234 68 ASL 24-29 Jim Purvis, various teams 5 126 64 ASL 21-29 Frank McKenna, Fall River Marksmen 8 160 63 ASL 22-30 Malcolm Goldie, Bethlehem Steel 8 277 63 ASL 22-31 Billy Adams, J&P; Coates 9 252 62 ASL 24-31 Alex McNab, various teams 7 283 61 ASL 30-31 Robert McIntyre, Pawtucket Rangers 2 65 61 ASL 26-30 David McEachran, various teams 4 144 60 ASL 21-31 Jim Gallagher, various teams 10 346 58 ASL 26-30 Hookey Leonard, New York Nationals 4 89 57 ASL 26-31 Moritz Haeusler, Hakoah 5 178 57 ASL 23-31 Johnny Harvey, J&P; Coates 8 302 56 ASL 21-31 Alexander Lorimer, New Bedford Whalers 10 311 55 ASL 21-28 Bob Millar, various teams 7 155 55 ASL 21-30 Tommy Duggan, various teams 9 172 54 ASL 22-31 Bill McPherson, Fall River Marksmen 9 366 54 ASL 25-31 Leslie Lyell, Brooklyn Wanderers 6 169 54 ASL 24-30 Billy Adair, Brooklyn Wanderers 6 193 53 ASL 26-31 Arnold Oliver, various teams 6 108 52 ASL 21-31 Johnny Jaap, Bethlehem Steel 7 136 51 ASL 26-31 Josef Eisenhoffer, Brooklyn Wanderers 5 161 51 ASL 24-28 Johnny Ballyntine, Boston Wonder Workers 4 146 50 ASL 27-31 Jimmy McAuley, various teams 4 168 49 ASL 23-31 Bobby Yule, Brooklyn Wanderers 8 228 49 ASL 22-31 Willie Crilley, various teams 9 90 46 ASL 24-29 Tommy Croft, Fall River Marksmen 5 102 45 ASL 23-31 George Moorehouse, New York Giants 8 262 45 ASL 26-31 Sam Kennedy, Pawtucket Rangers 5 129 45 ASL 22-29 Bob Drummond, J&P; Coates 7 149 44
All-time Goalscorers, Combined – all Div. 1 Leagues
Leag Years Player, primary team Seas GP GOALS ASL 21-31 Archie Stark, Bethlehem Steel 10 293 253 ASL 23-31 Johnny Nelson, Brooklyn Wanderers 8 250 223 NASL 76-83 Giorgio Chinaglia, New York Cosmos 8 213 193 ASL 21-31 Dave Brown, New York Giants 10 276 189 ASL 26-31 Bill Patterson, various teams 5 196 152 ASL 24-30 Andy Stevens, New Bedford Whalers 6 177 150 ASL 24-31 Jerry Best, New Bedford Whalers 7 232 138 ASL 22-31 Bart McGhee, various teams 9 350 137 ASL 21-28 Harold Brittain, Fall River Marksmen 7 168 135 MLS 96-09 *Jaime Moreno, D. C. United 14 319 131 ASL 25-29 Bobby Blair, Boston Wonder Workers 4 170 131 ASL 26-31 Werner Nilsen, Boston Wonder Workers 5 239 131 NASL 76-84 Alan Willey, Minnesota Kicks 9 238 129 NASL 78-84 Karl-Heinz Granitza, Chicago Sting 7 199 128 ASL 21-31 Tommy Florie, Providence/New Befford 10 315 126 ASL 25-31 Tec White, Fall River Marksmen 6 281 124 MLS 98-09 *Jeff Cunningham, Columbus Crew, Toronto FC 12 317 121 NASL 76-84 Ron Futcher, Minnesota Kicks 9 201 119 ASL 28-31 Part Patenaude, Fall River Marksmen 4 124 118 MLS 96-08 Ante Razov, Chicago Fire, L. A. Galaxy etc 13 262 114 ASL 23-31 Mike McLeavey, New Bedford Whalers 8 259 108 ASL 24-31 Herbert Carlson, New York Nationals 7 268 107 MLS 96-07 Jason Kreis, Dallas Burn, Real Salt Lake 12 305 108 NASL 72-81 Paul Child, San Jose Earthquakes 10 241 102 MLS 02-09 *Taylor Twellman, New England Revolution 8 174 101 NASL 68-78 Illja Mitic, Dallas Tornado 9 166 101 NASL 74-81 Steve David, various teams 8 175 100 MLS 01-09 *Donovan, Landon, San Jose, Los Angeles 9 208 96 ASL 21-29 Tommy Fleming, Boston Wonder Workers 8 234 96 ASL 27-32 Billy Gonsalves, Fall river Marksmen 5 180 92 MLS 96-02 Roy Lassiter, D. C. United 7 199 88 NASL 73-84 Ace Ntsoelengoe, Minnesota Kicks 11 244 87 NASL 76-82 Mike Stojanovic, Rochester Lancers 7 179 83 MLS 02-08 Carlos Ruiz, FC Dallas 7 155 82 NASL 77-84 Alan Green, various teams 7 138 82 MLS 96-01 Raul Diaz Arce, D. C. United 6 150 82 ASL 27-30 Janos Nehadoma, Brooklyn Wanderers 3 105 80 MLS 96-05 Preki, Kansas City Wizards 10 242 79 ASL 21-29 Dougie Brown, Fall River Marksmen 8 224 78 MLS 96-09 *Steve Ralston, Tampa Bay, New England 14 378 76 NASL 78-84 Laurie Abrahams, various teams 7 162 76 MLS 96-09 *Brian McBride, Columbus Crew 10 194 74 ASL 26-31 Thomas Gillespie, Bethlehem Steel 5 136 74 NASL 74-84 Ade Coker, various teams 10 156 74 MLS 98-09 *Josh Wolff, Chicago Fire, Kansas City 12 203 73 MLS 02-09 *Edson Buddle, Columbus Crew et al 9 206 73 NASL 79-84 Branko Segota, Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 6 147 73 NASL 75-80 Derek Smethurst, Tampa Bay Rowdies 5 118 73 ASL 26-31 Max Gruenwald, New York Giants/Hakoah 5 161 72 ASL 22-29 Billy Hogg, Brooklyn Wanderers 7 163 71 MLS 96-07 Cobi Jones, Los Angeles Galaxy 12 306 70 MLS 97-09 *Ronald Cerritos, San Jose Earthquakes 10 214 70 NASL 76-81 Jeff Bourne, various teams 5 139 69 ASL 23-31 Bobby Curtis, Brooklyn Wanderers 8 234 68 NASL 79-84 Richardo Alzonso, Minnesota Kicks 6 129 67 MLS 01-09 *Ching, Brian, San Jose, Houston et al 8 149 65 NASL 77-84 Steve Moyers, California Surf 8 166 65 ASL 24-29 Jim Purvis, various teams 5 126 64 NASL 81-84 Brian Kidd, Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 4 84 63 MLS 97-03 Ronald Cerritos, San Jose Earthquakes 7 166 63 ASL 21-29 Frank McKenna, Fall River Marksmen 8 160 63 ASL 22-30 Malcolm Goldie, Bethlehem Steel 8 277 63 ASL 22-31 Billy Adams, J&P; Coates 9 252 62 MLS 01-09 *De Rosario, Dwayne, San Jose Earthquakes 9 214 62 MLS 98-09 *Clint Mathis, Los Angeles, MetroStars 11 249 61 MLS 96-06 Mark Chung, Various Teams 11 284 61 ASL 24-31 Alex McNab, various teams 7 283 61 ASL 30-31 Robert McIntyre, Pawtucket Rangers 2 65 61 NASL 68-74 Carlos Metidieri, Rochester Lancers 6 130 61 NASL 78-83 Arno Steffehagen, Chicago Sting 6 119 60 ASL 26-30 David McEachran, various teams 4 144 60