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.FWMFDFGPGRef.PositionForwardMidfielderDefenderGoals per gameReferences Class (Cl.) keyFr FreshmanSo SophomoreJr JuniorSr Senior

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

List

SeasonPlayerPos.Cl.TeamGPGSGPGRef. 1959 * Temple 14 25 1.79 1960 Rutgers 13 33 2.54 1961 Akron 14 31 2.43 1962 1963 Saint Louis 14 30 2.14 1964 1965 LIU Brooklyn 14 35 2.50 1966 1967 Temple 14 23 1.64 1968 1969 Manuel Hernandez San Jose State 13 26 1970 UCLA 15 23 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 Angelo DiBernardo Indiana 1977 1978 Appalachian State 13 34 1979 Bjørn TronstadSan Francisco 26 29 1980 Appalachian State 17 45 2.65 1981 Eastern Illinois 23 24 1.04 1982 Michael King Fairleigh Dickinson 21 31 1983 Mark Erwin Wake Forest 21 36 1984 19 29 1985 1986 Campbell 20 34 1987 Indiana 25 28 1.12 1988 (2) Indiana 22 22 1.00 1989 (3) Indiana 22 20 0.91 1990 1991 * UNC Greensboro 21 25 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 0.952004 Maryland 25 220.88 Tulsa 23 220.96 2005 (2) Maryland 25 220.88 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 2011 Coastal Carolina 22 23 1.05 2012 Elon 22 23 1.05 2013 Patrick MullinsMaryland 26 19 0.73 2014 Cameron PorterPrinceton 17 15 0.88 Robert Morris 18 15 0.83 North Carolina 22 15 0.68 2015 Seattle 23 16 0.70 USC Upstate 15 16 1.07 2016 Albert RuizFlorida Gulf Coast 20 22 1.10 2017 Central Arkansas 21 170.81 2018 Denver 21 28 1.33 2019 Clemson 19 18 0.95 Campbell 21 18 0.86 2020 Oregon State 14 15 1.07 2021 Northern Illinois 20 16 0.80 2022 Creighton 24 23 0.96 2023 Western Michigan 20 19 0.95 2024 Akron 21 23 1.10 2025 NC State 22 19 0.86

References

External links NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Record Book