{"id":1397417,"date":"2025-10-19T13:24:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T12:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?post_type=outright_markets&p=1397417"},"modified":"2025-10-19T13:24:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T12:24:40","slug":"mls-top-scorer-outright-odds","status":"publish","type":"outright_markets","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/outright-markets\/mls-top-scorer-outright-odds\/","title":{"rendered":"MLS Golden Boot standings 2025: Who is the favourite to finish as top goalscorer?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Lionel Messi has won the 2025 MLS Golden Boot.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a long time, English striker Sam Surridge topped the goalscoring charts, and he finished the campaign with a very impressive 24 goals — level with LAFC’s Denis Bouanga — which would have been enough to win each of the previous five Golden Boots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, Surridge and Bouanga were going up against a force of nature, with Messi hitting five goals in his last two matches — including a hat-trick against Surridge’s Nashville SC on Decision Day — to finish exactly that far ahead of the duo on 29. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s the first time Messi has won the award since arriving in MLS, and it’s the most goals scored by a player in a single regular season since Carlos Vela netted 34 goals in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, of course, Messi will look to take this goalscoring form into the MLS Cup Playoffs, where Inter Miami are looking to overcome a poor post-season record<\/a> to win the title for the first time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before that, take a look at the full MLS Golden Boot standings below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MLS 2025 most goals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Player<\/strong><\/th>Club<\/strong><\/th>Goals<\/strong><\/th>Minutes played<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Lionel Messi<\/td>Inter Miami<\/td>29<\/td>2,420<\/td><\/tr>
Denis Bouanga<\/td>LAFC<\/td>24<\/td>2,661<\/td><\/tr>
Sam Surridge<\/td>Nashville SC<\/td>24<\/td>2,942<\/td><\/tr>
Anders Dreyer<\/td>San Diego FC<\/td>19<\/td>3,025<\/td><\/tr>
Petar Musa<\/td>FC Dallas<\/td>18<\/td>2,304<\/td><\/tr>
Evander<\/td>FC Cincinnati<\/td>18<\/td>2,744<\/td><\/tr>
Dejan Joveljic<\/td>Sporting KC<\/td>18<\/td>2,772<\/td><\/tr>
Alonso Martinez<\/td>NYCFC<\/td>17<\/td>2,508<\/td><\/tr>
Eric Choupo-Moting<\/td>New York Red Bulls<\/td>17<\/td>2,761<\/td><\/tr>
Hugo Cuypers<\/td>Chicago Fire<\/td>17<\/td>2,815<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
Players with the same number of goals are separated by minutes played.<\/em> Stats correct as of 19\/10\/25<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n

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    MLS Golden Boot previous winners<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
    Year<\/th>Player<\/th>Club<\/th>Goals<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
    1996<\/td>Roy Lassiter<\/td>Tampa Bay Mutiny<\/td>27<\/td><\/tr>
    1997<\/td>Preki<\/td>Kansas City Wizards<\/td>12<\/td><\/tr>
    1998<\/td>Stern John<\/td>Columbus Crew<\/td>26<\/td><\/tr>
    1999<\/td>Jason Kreis<\/td>Dallas Burn<\/td>18<\/td><\/tr>
    2000<\/td>Mamadou Diallo<\/td>Tampa Bay Mutiny<\/td>26<\/td><\/tr>
    2001<\/td>Alex Pineda Chacon<\/td>Miami Fusion<\/td>19<\/td><\/tr>
    2002<\/td>Taylor Twellman<\/td>New England Revolution<\/td>23<\/td><\/tr>
    2003<\/td>Preki<\/td>Kansas City Wizards<\/td>12<\/td><\/tr>
    2004<\/td>Amado Guevara\/Pat Noonan<\/td>MetroStars\/New England Revolution<\/td>10\/11*<\/td><\/tr>
    2005<\/td>Taylor Twellman<\/td>New England Revolution<\/td>17<\/td><\/tr>
    2006<\/td>Jeff Cunningham<\/td>Real Salt Lake<\/td>16<\/td><\/tr>
    2007<\/td>Luciano Emilio<\/td>DC United<\/td>20<\/td><\/tr>
    2008<\/td>Landon Donovan<\/td>LA Galaxy<\/td>20<\/td><\/tr>
    2009<\/td>Jeff Cunningham<\/td>FC Dallas<\/td>17<\/td><\/tr>
    2010<\/td>Chris Wondolowski<\/td>San Jose Earthquakes<\/td>18<\/td><\/tr>
    2011<\/td>Dwayne De Rosario<\/td>DC United<\/td>16<\/td><\/tr>
    2012<\/td>Chris Wondolowski<\/td>San Jose Earthquakes<\/td>27<\/td><\/tr>
    2013<\/td>Camilo Sanvezzo<\/td>Vancouver Whitecaps<\/td>22<\/td><\/tr>
    2014<\/td>Bradley Wright-Phillips<\/td>New York Red Bulls<\/td>27<\/td><\/tr>
    2015<\/td>Sebastian Giovinco<\/td>Toronto FC<\/td>22<\/td><\/tr>
    2016<\/td>Bradley Wright-Phillips<\/td>New York Red Bulls<\/td>24<\/td><\/tr>
    2017<\/td>Nemanja Nikolic<\/td>Chicago Fire<\/td>24<\/td><\/tr>
    2018<\/td>Josef Martinez<\/td>Atlanta United<\/td>31<\/td><\/tr>
    2019<\/td>Carlos Vela<\/td>LAFC<\/td>34<\/td><\/tr>
    2020<\/td>Diego Rossi<\/td>LAFC<\/td>14<\/td><\/tr>
    2021<\/td>Taty Castellanos<\/td>NYCFC<\/td>19<\/td><\/tr>
    2022<\/td>Hany Mukhtar<\/td>Nashville SC<\/td>23<\/td><\/tr>
    2023<\/td>Denis Bouanga<\/td>LAFC<\/td>20<\/td><\/tr>
    2024<\/td>Christian Benteke<\/td>DC United<\/td>23<\/td><\/tr>
    2025<\/td>Lionel Messi<\/td>Inter Miami<\/td>29<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
    *Points-based system<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n

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