In association football, or soccer, scoring a goal is the only method of scoring. In National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I soccer, where a player's career is at most four seasons long, it is considered a notable achievement to reach the 60-goal threshold. In even rarer instances, players have reached the 80 and 100-goal plateaus. The top 30 highest goal-scorers in NCAA Division I men's soccer history are listed below. The NCAA did not split into its current divisions format until August 1973. 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)".

Key

Pos.DFMFFWRef.PositionDefenderMidfielderForwardReferences

* Elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame Team (X) Denotes the number of times a player from that team appears on the list

List

Nat.PlayerPos.TeamCareerstartCareerendMatchesplayedGoalsscoredGPGRef. Thompson Usiyan FW Appalachian State 1977 1980 49 109 2.224 Herb Schmidt FW Rutgers 1959 1961 39 90 2.308 Heikki Ritvanen FW UCF 1996 1999 69 88 1.275 Michael King FW Fairleigh Dickinson 1982 1985 91 87 0.956 Pete Milich FW Akron 1960 1963 48 85 1.771 Ken Snow FW Indiana 1987 1990 87 84 0.967 Ole Mikkelsen FW UCLA 1977 1980 100 82 0.820 Dante Washington FW Radford 1988 1992 88 82 0.932 Dale Russell FW Philadelphia U 1973 1976 66 81 1.227 Dov Markus FW LIU Brooklyn 1965 1967 48 78 1.625 Sam Okpodu FW NC State1981198479780.987 Steve BurksFWIndiana (2)1973197672771.069Nick PapadakisFWHartwick1963196643761.767Shoa AgonaferFWUCLA1969197270761.086Robert UkropFWDavidson1988199295760.800Wolde HarrisFWClemson1993199561761.246Cesidio ColasanteMFLa Salle1994199777760.987 Ismael PerezMFSan Jose State1975197860751.250John WolyniecFWFordham1995199881750.926 Siggi EyjólfssonMFUNC Greensboro1995199887750.862 Nnamdi NwokochaMFClemson (2)1979198263741.174 David DoyleFWCampbell1983198675720.960Brian McBride*FWSaint Louis1990199389720.809Jeff GaffneyFWVirginia1982198584690.821Manuel HernandezFWSan Jose State (2)1975197847681.447Mark ErwinFWWake Forest1980198383680.819Keith DeFiniFWCreighton1990199377680.883Toni SiikalaFWCampbell (2)1992199560681.133

References

External links NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Record Book