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 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 goalscorers 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. Then, from 1972 to 1973, colleges were classified as either "NCAA University Division " or "NCAA College Division ".
Below is a list of the top goal-scorers in NCAA Division I men's soccer history.

Key

Pos.DFMFFWRef.
PositionDefenderMidfielderForwardReferences

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

List

Nat.PlayerPos.TeamCareer
start		Career
end		Matches
played		Goals
scored		GPGRef.
Thompson UsiyanFWAppalachian State19771980491092.224
Herb SchmidtFWRutgers1959196139902.308
Heikki RitvanenFWUCF1996199969881.275
Michael KingFWFairleigh Dickinson1982198591870.956
Pete MilichFWAkron1960196348851.771
Ken SnowFWIndiana1987199087840.967
Ole MikkelsenFWUCLA19771980100820.820
Dante WashingtonFWRadford1988199288820.932
Dale RussellFWPhiladelphia U1973197666811.227
Dov MarkusFWLIU Brooklyn1965196748781.625
Sam OkpoduFWNC State1981198479780.987
Steve BurksFWIndiana 1973197672771.069
Nick PapadakisFWHartwick1963196643761.767
Shoa AgonaferFWUCLA1969197270761.086
Robert UkropFWDavidson1988199295760.800
Wolde HarrisFWClemson1993199561761.246
Cesidio ColasanteMFLa Salle1994199777760.987
Ismael PerezMFSan Jose State1975197860751.250
John WolyniecFWFordham1995199881750.926
Siggi EyjólfssonMFUNC Greensboro1995199887750.862
Nnamdi NwokochaMFClemson 1979198263741.174
David DoyleFWCampbell1983198675720.960
Brian McBride*FWSaint Louis1990199389720.809
Jeff GaffneyFWVirginia1982198584690.821
Manuel HernandezFWSan Jose State 1975197847681.447
Mark ErwinFWWake Forest1980198383680.819
Keith DeFiniFWCreighton1990199377680.883
Toni SiikalaFWCampbell 1992199560681.133