List of NCAA Division I men's soccer season goals leaders explained

In association football, or soccer, scoring a goal is the only method of scoring. In National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I soccer, there is no formal award for a golden boot, which indicates the top goalscorer in American college soccer for the season. Despite this, the NCAA keeps record of the season goalscoring leader by season.

From 1959 to 1971, there were no classifications to the NCAA nor its predecessor, the Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association (ISFA). Then, from 1972 to 1973, colleges were classified as either "NCAA University Division (Major College)" or "NCAA College Division (Small College)". Since 1974, the NCAA has been broken down into three divisions.

Below is a list of the NCAA Division I men's soccer season goals leaders since the NCAA sponsored men's soccer in 1959.

Key

Pos.	FW	MF	DF	GPG	Ref.
Position	Forward	Midfielder	Defender	Goals per game	References

^	Player still competing in NCAA Division I
	Elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame
Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player had been the scoring leader up to and including that season

List

Season	width=20%	Player	Pos.	Cl.	Team	GP	GS	GPG	Ref.
					14	25	1.79	^[1]
1960				Rutgers	13	33	2.54	^[2]
1961				Akron	14	31	2.43	^[3]
1962
1963				Saint Louis	14	30	2.14
1964
1965					14	35	2.50
1966
1967					14	23	1.64
1968
1969	Manuel Hernandez			San Jose State	13	26
1970				UCLA	15	23		^[4]
1971				UCLA	15	24
1972	Jose Almeyda			Wright State	12	25	2.08
1973	Jack Cardosa			West Virginia	17	29
1974
1975	Bob Rohrbach			Dayton	14	31
1976								^[5]
1977
1978				Appalachian State	13	34
1979	Bjørn Tronstad			San Francisco	26	29
1980					17	45	2.65	^[6]
1981					23	24	1.04	^[7]
1982	Michael King			Fairleigh Dickinson	21	31
1983	Mark Erwin			Wake Forest	21	36		^[8]
1984					19	29
1985
1986				Campbell	20	34
1987					25	28	1.12
1988	(2)				22	22	1.00
1989	(3)				22	20	0.91
1990
1991				Saint Louis	24	20
1992				Davidson	27	31
1993				Clemson	24	32
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998				Clemson	24	31	1.29
1999				Portland	18	23	1.28
2000				North Carolina	24	25	1.04
2001				Saint Louis	20	25	1.25
2002				Coastal Carolina	24	27	1.13
2003	(2)			Coastal Carolina	22	21	0.95
2004				Maryland	25	22	0.88
				Tulsa	23	22	0.96
2005	(2)			Maryland	25	22	0.88
2006				Notre Dame	23	22	0.96
2007				Connecticut	24	23	0.96
2008				Akron	23	20	0.87
2009				Akron	25	17	0.68
2010				Penn State	22	20	0.91
				Coastal Carolina	22	23	1.05
				Elon	22	23	1.05
	Patrick Mullins			Maryland	26	19	0.73	^[9]
	Cameron Porter			Princeton	17	15	0.88
					18	15	0.83
					22	15	0.68
				Seattle	23	16	0.70
					15	16	1.07
	Albert Ruiz			Florida Gulf Coast	20	22	1.10
				Central Arkansas	21	17	0.81	^[10]
				Denver	21	28	1.33	^[11]
					19	18	0.95	^[12]
					21	18	0.86
					14	15	1.07	^[13]
					20	16	0.80	^[14]
					24	23	0.96
					20	19	0.95

External links

• NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Record Book

Notes and References

1. Web site: Season Scoring Records . Temple Men's Soccer Record Book (2021) . Owlsports.com . September 7, 2021 . August 12, 2021.
2. Web site: Holroyd . Steve . The Year in American Soccer - 1960 . . September 7, 2021 . January 28, 2006.
3. Web site: NCAA Division I Record Book - Men's Soccer. September 8, 2021. NCAA.
4. Web site: UCLA Single-Season Records. August 10, 2004. December 28, 2018.
5. Web site: 2021 Men's Soccer Media Guide . IUHoosiers.com . Indiana University Athletics . September 7, 2021 . August 31, 2021.
6. It's happy days at Appy. Reed. J. D.. November 10, 1980. Sports Illustrated. December 2, 2018.
7. Web site: EIU Men's Soccer Record Book . Sidearm Sports . Eastern Illinois University Athletics . September 8, 2021.
8. Web site: Mark Erwin (2008) - Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame. 2021-03-22. Wake Forest University Athletics. en.
9. Web site: 2020-07-23. NPSL Alum Patrick Mullins Continues to Impress in MLS. 2021-09-08. National Premier Soccer League. en-US.
10. https://web.archive.org/web/20171215122319/http://www.ncaa.com/stats/soccer-men/d1
11. Web site: Five of the most prolific scorers this men's college soccer season. 2021-09-08. www.ncaa.com. en.
12. Web site: Liljenwall. Ari. May 2, 2020. Inter Miami CF's Robbie Robinson wins Clemson male athlete of the year. September 8, 2021. Major League Soccer. en.
13. Web site: Severs. John. May 27, 2021. Oregon State's Gloire Amanda Is The Best College Soccer Player In The Country. September 7, 2021. Building the Dam.
14. Web site: NCAA College Men's Soccer DI Total Goals - 2021 . NCAA.com . January 25, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220125174522/https://www.ncaa.com/stats/soccer-men/d1/current/individual/573 . January 25, 2022 . December 21, 2021.