List of Major League Soccer players with 100 or more goals

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Chris Wondolowski became the MLS all-time leading goalscorer on May 18, 2019. Chris Wondolowski.jpg
Chris Wondolowski became the MLS all-time leading goalscorer on May 18, 2019.

This is a list of players who scored over 100 goals in Major League Soccer , the top flight men's soccer league of the United States and Canada, dating back to its inaugural season in 1996. This list does not include goals scored in the MLS Cup Playoffs. Thirteen players have reached the milestone.

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The first MLS player to reach 100 goals was Jason Kreis on August 13, 2005 with his goal in Real Salt Lake's 4–2 loss to the Kansas City Wizards (now Sporting Kansas City). [1] On August 22, 2007 Jaime Moreno took the record from Kreis with his 109th goal, a penalty in a 3–1 win over his former team the New York Red Bulls. [2] Moreno retired in 2010 with 133 goals and held the record until August 27, 2011 when Jeff Cunningham scored his final MLS goal for Columbus Crew SC in their 6–2 defeat at Seattle Sounders FC. [3] On May 25, 2014 Landon Donovan broke the record with his 135th goal in a 4–1 Los Angeles Galaxy win over the Philadelphia Union; [4] he retired in 2016 with 145 goals. The record was subsequently broken on May 18, 2019, as Chris Wondolowski scored his 146th goal in a 4–1 win for the San Jose Earthquakes over the Chicago Fire. [5]

Of the thirteen players, eight are Americans and one, Dwayne De Rosario, is Canadian. The highest scoring foreigner is Kei Kamara of Sierra Leone, with 144 goals. Jaime Moreno of Bolivia and Bradley Wright-Phillips of England are the highest scoring players from South America and Europe respectively.

List

Key

As of April 29, 2024 [6]
RankPlayerGoalsAppsRatioFirstLastClub(s) (goals/apps)
1 Flag of the United States.svg Chris Wondolowski 1714130.4120052021 Houston Dynamo (4/37), San Jose Earthquakes (167/374)
2 Flag of the United States.svg Landon Donovan 1453400.4320012016 San Jose Earthquakes (32/87), LA Galaxy (113/253)
3 Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Kei Kamara 1444230.3420062024 Columbus Crew (32/77), San Jose Earthquakes (2/12), Houston Dynamo (7/32), Sporting Kansas City (38/113), New England Revolution (19/52), Vancouver Whitecaps FC (14/28), Colorado Rapids (17/38), Minnesota United FC (1/7), CF Montréal (9/32), Chicago Fire FC (5/27), Los Angeles FC (0/5)
4 Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Cunningham 1343650.3719982011 Columbus Crew (64/203), Colorado Rapids (12/26), Real Salt Lake (19/38), Toronto FC (6/32), FC Dallas (33/66)
5 Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Jaime Moreno 1333400.3919962010 D.C. United (131/329), MetroStars (2/11)
6 Flag of England.svg Bradley Wright-Phillips 1172340.5020132021 New York Red Bulls (108/195), Los Angeles FC (8/18), Columbus Crew (1/21)
7 Flag of the United States.svg Ante Razov 1142620.4419962008 LA Galaxy (1/6), Chicago Fire FC (76/155), Columbus Crew (1/7), MetroStars (6/18), Chivas USA (30/76)
8 Flag of the United States.svg Jason Kreis 1083050.3519962007 Dallas Burn (91/247), Real Salt Lake (17/58)
9 Flag of Venezuela.svg Josef Martínez 1071680.6420172024 Atlanta United FC (98/134), Inter Miami CF (7/27), CF Montréal (2/7)
10 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dwayne De Rosario 1043430.3020012014 San Jose Earthquakes (27/108), Houston Dynamo (24/78), Toronto FC (28/76), New York Red Bulls (2/13), D.C. United (23/68)
11 Flag of the United States.svg Gyasi Zardes 1033050.3420132024 LA Galaxy (34/131), Columbus Crew (54/110), Colorado Rapids (9/26), Austin FC (6/38)
12 Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Twellman 1011740.5820022010 New England Revolution
13 Flag of the United States.svg Edson Buddle 1003040.3320012015 Columbus Crew (42/106), New York Red Bulls (6/28), Toronto FC (0/10), LA Galaxy (45/118), Colorado Rapids (7/42)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Soccer: Kreis is first MLS player with 100 goals". Seattle Times. Associated Press. August 14, 2005. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
  2. ↑ Taylor, Adam M. (August 28, 2014). "D.C. United vs. New York Red Bulls - Throwback Thursday: Jaime Moreno sets *the* record". Yahoo!. SB Nation. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
  3. ↑ McCarthy, Kyle (August 29, 2011). "Monday MLS Breakdown: Jeff Cunningham claims MLS goalscoring record in his own way". Goal.com. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
  4. ↑ "The Goal King! LA Galaxy's Landon Donovan sets new MLS goal record". Major League Soccer. May 25, 2014. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Chris Wondolowski breaks MLS all-time scoring record". Major League Soccer. May 19, 2019. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
  6. ↑ "All-Time Stats". Major League Soccer. Archived from the original on 28 March 2021.

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