List of NCAA Division I men's soccer career goals leaders

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. DF MF FW Ref. Position Defender Midfielder Forward References

* 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

John Wolyniec scored 75 goals for Fordham.

Brian McBride scored 72 goals for Saint Louis.

Nat.	Player	Pos.	Team	Career start	Career end	Matches played	Goals scored	GPG	Ref.
NGA	Thompson Usiyan	FW	Appalachian State	1977	1980	49	109	2.224	[1]
USA	Herb Schmidt	FW	Rutgers	1959	1961	39	90	2.308	[2]
FIN	Heikki Ritvanen	FW	UCF	1996	1999	69	88	1.275	[3]
USA	Michael King	FW	Fairleigh Dickinson	1982	1985	91	87	0.956	[4]
USA	Pete Milich	FW	Akron	1960	1963	48	85	1.771	[5]
USA	Ken Snow	FW	Indiana	1987	1990	87	84	0.967	[6]
SWE	Ole Mikkelsen	FW	UCLA	1977	1980	100	82	0.820	[7]
USA	Dante Washington	FW	Radford	1988	1992	88	82	0.932	[8]
BER	Dale Russell	FW	Philadelphia U	1973	1976	66	81	1.227	[9]
URS	Dov Markus	FW	LIU Brooklyn	1965	1967	48	78	1.625	[10]
NGA	Sam Okpodu	FW	NC State	1981	1984	79	78	0.987	[11]
USA	Steve Burks	FW	Indiana (2)	1973	1976	72	77	1.069	[12]
CAN	Nick Papadakis	FW	Hartwick	1963	1966	43	76	1.767	[13]
ETH	Shoa Agonafer	FW	UCLA	1969	1972	70	76	1.086	[14]
USA	Robert Ukrop	FW	Davidson	1988	1992	95	76	0.800	[15]
JAM	Wolde Harris	FW	Clemson	1993	1995	61	76	1.246	[16]
USA	Cesidio Colasante	MF	La Salle	1994	1997	77	76	0.987	[17]
USA	Ismael Perez	MF	San Jose State	1975	1978	60	75	1.250	[18]
USA	John Wolyniec	FW	Fordham	1995	1998	81	75	0.926	[19]
ISL	Siggi Eyjólfsson	MF	UNC Greensboro	1995	1998	87	75	0.862	[20]
NGA	Nnamdi Nwokocha	MF	Clemson (2)	1979	1982	63	74	1.174	[21]
IRL	David Doyle	FW	Campbell	1983	1986	75	72	0.960	[22]
USA	Brian McBride*	FW	Saint Louis	1990	1993	89	72	0.809	[23]
USA	Jeff Gaffney	FW	Virginia	1982	1985	84	69	0.821	[24]
ESP	Manuel Hernandez	FW	San Jose State (2)	1975	1978	47	68	1.447	[25]
USA	Mark Erwin	FW	Wake Forest	1980	1983	83	68	0.819	[26]
USA	Keith DeFini	FW	Creighton	1990	1993	77	68	0.883	[27]
FIN	Toni Siikala	FW	Campbell (2)	1992	1995	60	68	1.133	[28]

References

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21. "Nnamdi Nwokocha Passes". Clemson Tigers Official Athletics Site. 2009-05-11. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
22. "Big South Hall of Fame to induct former Campbell great David Doyle". Campbell University. April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
23. "Brian McBride Inducted into the Soccer Hall of Fame". Saint Louis University. February 15, 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
24. "Ten Former Virginia Players Selected to the Atlantic Coast Conference 50th Anniversary Men's Soccer Team". Virginia Cavaliers Official Athletic Site. August 13, 2002. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
25. "Former Earthquakes forward Mani Hernandez named to San Jose Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2015". September 22, 2015. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
26. "Mark Erwin (2008) - Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame". Wake Forest University Athletics. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
27. "Keith DeFini (2005) - Creighton Athletics Hall of Fame". Creighton University Athletics. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
28. "Toni Siikala inducted into Campbell Sports Hall of Fame". Campbell University. Retrieved 2021-03-22.

External links

• NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Record Book