After nine years, there have been 5,563 goals scored by MLS teams in official games, including the regular season, playoffs, open cup, and continental competitions (counting Champions Cup, Merconorte, Interamerican Cup, Giants Cup, Recopa; not counting friendly cups like La Norte, the Korean Peace Cup). Here are the leaders of those nine years. Enjoy. MLS 91-Jason Kreis 88-Roy Lassiter 82-Raul Diaz Arce 78-Jaime Moreno 77-Ante Razov 77-Preki 65-Ronald Cerritos 62-Brian McBride 62-Jeff Cunningham 59-Cobi Jones Playoffs 13-Roy Lassiter 12-Jaime Moreno 11-Carlos Ruiz 10-Ante Razov 10-Landon Donovan 10-Preki 9-Brian McBride 8-Raul Diaz Arce 8-Stern John 7-Mauricio Cienfuegos Open Cup 10-Jaime Moreno 8-Brian McBride 8-Dante Washington 7-Abdul Thompson Conteh 7-Chris Albright 7-Josh Wolff 6-5 tied Continental 9-Roy Lassiter 6-Carey Talley 4-Chris Brown 4-Dema Kovalenko 4-Edson Buddle 4-Eduardo Hurtado 3-7 tied Overall 111-Roy Lassiter 102-Jaime Moreno 99-Jason Kreis 98-Raul Diaz Arce 96-Ante Razov 89-Preki 79-Brian McBride 72-Ronald Cerritos 71-Jeff Cunningham 70-Cobi Jones Overall Team Leaders CHI-Ante Razov, 95 COL-Paul Bravo, 46 CLB-Brian McBride, 79 DAL-Jason Kreis, 99 DC-Jaime Moreno, 100 KC-Preki, 79 LA-Cobi Jones, 70 MET-Giovanni Savarese, 44 NE-Taylor Twellman, 53 SJ-Ronald Cerritos, 59 MIA-Diego Serna, 59 TB-Roy Lassiter, 44 MLS Single Season 27-Roy Lassiter (1996) 26-Stern John (1998) 26-Mamadou Diallo (2000) 24-Carlos Ruiz (2002) 24-Raul Diaz Arce (1996) 23-Taylor Twellman (2002) 21-Eduardo Hurtado (1996) 19-Cobi Jones (1998) 19-Alex Pineda Chacon (2001) 18-7 tied Overall Single Season 35-Carlos Ruiz (2002) 34-Roy Lassiter (1996) 30-Raul Diaz Arce (1996) 30-Stern John (1998) 29-Mamadou Diallo (2000) 28-Roy Lassiter (1998) 25-Stern John (1999) 25-Ante Razov (2000) 25-Taylor Twellman (2002) 24-Eduardo Hurtado (1996) Team Totals (MLS, Playoffs, Open Cup, Continental) 601-Los Angeles (468-71-42-20) 600-DC (469-55-43-33) 530-Columbus (441-37-45-7) 494-Dallas (417-30-45-2) 486-San Jose (414-30-32-10) 484-Kansas City (399-42-27-16) 468-Chicago (362-44-44-18) 467-Metrostars (404-23-36-4) 447-New England (402-21-21-3) 422-Colorado (385-20-14-3) 335-Tampa Bay (312-12-11-0) 229-Miami (199-6-24-0) 5563-Overall (4672-391-384-116) I have also posted the leaders for each team on the respective team boards. Here are some links. Chicago: https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=151813 Colorado: https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=151804 Columbus: https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=151766 Dallas: https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=151759 DC: https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=151763 Kansas City: https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=151254 Los Angeles: https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=151199 Metrostars: https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=151196 New England: https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=151067 San Jose: https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=151031 Miami: https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=151815 Tampa Bay: https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=151814
Thanks for putting this together, SI. One suggestion for future lists: it'd be nice to see a bit more info about active leaders (bold above) ... how quickly are Twellman and Ruiz making ground?
A short update: Colorado's overall goals should be 421, not 422. This is because there was one MLS game where it doubled as an Open Cup game (COL 1-0 TB, 8/13/99). So while the line of (385-20-14-3) is still correct, you have to subtract one for the overall number. This also gives Jorge Dely Valdes 19 overall goals, despite having scored 17 in MLS and 3 in the Open Cup, if anyone was wondering.
Twellman (with 6 in '05) now has 52 MLS goals. Ruiz (with 5) has 55. I'd be curious (and I doubt anyone has the time to do this, or find the stats) to know how many of those goals by both are during the run of play and not just PKs.
This took me about two minutes: Twellman has scored 3 PKs (3 for 5) Ruiz has scored 14! (14 for 17) About a 4th of his career goals have been PKs! Including 7 in 2003!
Hilarious. Chicago has out-scored three teams that have played two more years of soccer than them. You should add in a goal-per-game stat to make it more interesting. I would, but I have to run.
Actually, another small thing: Since Colorado only has 421 overall goals, not 422, then the total I mentioned at the start of the thread is also off by one. It's 5,562.
Carlos Ruiz has 78 goals scored in MLS, hes only on single season lists. Would not doubt if he hit 90 total goals after this season alone.. If he plays in MLS next year, He will probolly become the most prolific goal scorer in MLS history.. in only 4 years. That should say something. On a personal Note, I really hate the guy. But I will give credit where credit is due.. he can find the net with the best of them.
I would like to offer a couple meaningless yet interesting goal scoring tidbits: Steve Ralston has the most career league goals for a player never having launched a 10 goal season with 50 career goals (96: 7, 97: 5, 98: 5, 99: 5, 00: 5, 01: 7, 02: 5, 03: 4, 04: 7). Chris Klein is second with 36. -and- The MetroStars have been led in goals by a South American for their first 7 seasons of existence (Savarese 96-98, Hurtado 99, Valencia 00, Faria 01-02).