First Division leagues - regular season only
MLS = Major League Soccer (1996-present)
NASL = North American Soccer League (1967-1984)
ASL = American Soccer League (1921-1931)
"primary" team is current team for active players (marked by *).
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
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
Prepared and maintained by David A. Litterer for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: David A. Litterer
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Last updated: 2 Sep 2010
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