MLS: Top 100 Single Season Goal Totals

Everybody knows the top few, I covered that when posting about the top multiple year goal totals last April. I think it's fun to see a larger list. Regular season only, of course. Below this one, you'll find a list of the top single season goalscorers in all competitions. Goals Team Season Nationality 1 Roy Lassiter 27 TB 1996 USA 2 Mamadou Diallo 26 TB 2000 Senegal 2 Stern John 26 CLB 1998 Trinidad 4 Carlos Ruiz 24 LA 2002 Guatemala 5 Raul Diaz Arce 23 DC 1996 El Salvador 5 Taylor Twellman 23 NE 2002 USA 7 Eduardo Hurtado 21 LA 1996 Ecuador 8 Cobi Jones 19 LA 1998 USA 8 Alex Pineda Chacon 19 MIA 2001 Honduras 10 Raul Diaz Arce 18 NE 1998 El Salvador 10 Stern John 18 CLB 1999 Trinidad 10 Jason Kreis 18 DAL 1999 USA 10 Roy Lassiter 18 TB/DC 1998 USA 10 Roy Lassiter 18 DC 1999 USA 10 Preki 18 KC 1996 USA 10 Ante Razov 18 CHI 2000 USA 17 Brian McBride 17 CLB 1996 USA 17 Taylor Twellman 17 NE 2005 USA 17 Welton 17 LA 1998 Brazil 20 Jeff Cunningham 16 CLB 2002 USA 20 Jeff Cunningham 16 RSL 2006 USA 20 Clint Mathis 16 LA/NY 2000 USA 20 Jaime Moreno 16 DC 1997 Bolivia 20 Jaime Moreno 16 DC 1998 Bolivia 20 Jaime Moreno 16 DC 2005 Bolivia 20 Diego Serna 16 MIA 2000 Colombia 20 Adolfo Valencia 16 NY 2000 Colombia 28 Ronald Cerritos 15 SJ 1999 El Salvador 28 Raul Diaz Arce 15 DC 1997 El Salvador 28 Ariel Graziani 15 DAL 2000 Ecuador 28 Wolde Harris 15 NE 2000 Jamaica 28 Joe-Max Moore 15 NE 1999 USA 28 Carlos Ruiz 15 LA 2003 Guatemala 28 Diego Serna 15 MIA 2001 Colombia 28 Taylor Twellman 15 NE 2003 USA 28 Dante Washington 15 CLB 2000 USA 37 Abdul Thompson Conteh 14 DC 2001 Sierra Leone 37 Christian Gomez 14 DC 2006 Argentina 37 Ariel Graziani 14 SJ 2002 Ecuador 37 Steve Rammel 14 DC 1996 USA 37 Ante Razov 14 CHI 1999 USA 37 Ante Razov 14 CHI 2002 USA 37 Ante Razov 14 CHI 2003 USA 37 Ante Razov 14 CHV 2006 USA 37 Giovanni Savarese 14 NY 1997 Venezuela 37 Giovanni Savarese 14 NY 1998 Venezuela 37 John Spencer 14 COL 2001 Scotland 37 John Spencer 14 COL 2003 Scotland 49 Paul Bravo 13 SJ 1996 USA 49 Ronald Cerritos 13 SJ 1998 El Salvador 49 Mauricio Cienfuegos 13 LA 1998 El Salvador 49 Alex Comas 13 NY 2000 Colombia 49 Raul Diaz Arce 13 SJ/TB 1999 El Salvador 49 Wolde Harris 13 COL 1998 Jamaica 49 Jason Kreis 13 DAL 1996 USA 49 Jason Kreis 13 DAL 2002 USA 49 Carlos Ruiz 13 DAL 2006 Guatemala 49 Giovanni Savarese 13 NY 1996 Venezuela 49 Vitalis Takawira 13 KC 1996 Zimbabwe 60 Ronald Cerritos 12 SJ 1997 El Salvador 60 Brian Ching 12 SJ 2004 USA 60 Jeff Cunningham 12 CLB 1999 USA 60 Jeff Cunningham 12 COL 2005 USA 60 Mamadou Diallo 12 NE/NY 2002 Senegal 60 Landon Donovan 12 SJ 2003 USA 60 Landon Donovan 12 LA 2005 USA 60 Landon Donovan 12 LA 2006 USA 60 Rodrigo Faria 12 NY 2002 Brazil 60 Eddie Johnson 12 DAL 2004 USA 60 Brian McBride 12 CLB 2003 USA 60 Miklos Molnar 12 KC 2000 Denmark 60 Jaime Moreno 12 DC 2000 Bolivia 60 Preki 12 KC 1997 USA 60 Preki 12 KC 2003 USA 60 Musa Shannon 12 TB 1999 Liberia 60 Dante Washington 12 DAL 1997 USA 77 Paul Bravo 11 COL 1998 USA 77 Edson Buddle 11 CLB 2004 USA 77 Chris Carrieri 11 COL 2002 USA 77 Ronald Cerritos 11 SJ 2001 El Salvador 77 Brian Ching 11 HOU 2006 USA 77 Mark Chung 11 COL 2002 USA 77 Mark Chung 11 COL 2003 USA 77 Kenny Cooper 11 DAL 2006 USA 77 Damian 11 DAL 1997 Mexico 77 Dwayne De Rosario 11 HOU 2006 Canada 77 Christian Gomez 11 DC 2005 Argentina 77 Herculez Gomez 11 LA 2005 USA 77 Ariel Graziani 11 DAL 2001 Ecuador 77 Amado Guevara 11 NY 2005 Honduras 77 Jean Harbor 11 COL 1996 USA 77 Chris Henderson 11 COL 2002 USA 77 Eduardo Hurtado 11 LA/NY 1998 Ecuador 77 Mo Johnston 11 KC 1998 Scotland 77 Jason Kreis 11 DAL 2000 USA 77 Pete Marino 11 CLB 1996 USA 77 Joe-Max Moore 11 NE 1996 USA 77 Jaime Moreno 11 DC 2006 Bolivia 77 Pat Noonan 11 NE 2004 USA 77 Damani Ralph 11 CHI 2003 Jamaica 77 Damani Ralph 11 CHI 2004 Jamaica 77 Carlos Ruiz 11 LA 2004 Guatemala 77 Carlos Ruiz 11 DAL 2005 Guatemala 77 Diego Serna 11 MIA 1998 Colombia 77 Taylor Twellman 11 NE 2006 USA 77 Welton 11 LA 1997 Brazil In all competitions, here are the players who have scored 20 times or more in a single season: Goals Team Season 1 Carlos Ruiz 35 LA 2002 2 Roy Lassiter 34 TB 1996 3 Raul Diaz Arce 30 DC 1996 3 Stern John 30 CLB 1998 5 Mamadou Diallo 29 TB 2000 6 Roy Lassiter 28 TB/DC 1998 7 Stern John 25 CLB 1999 7 Ante Razov 25 CHI 2000 7 Taylor Twellman 25 NE 2002 10 Eduardo Hurtado 24 LA 1996 11 Preki 22 KC 1996 12 Roy Lassiter 21 DC 1999 12 Clint Mathis 21 LA/NY 2000 12 Carlos Ruiz 21 LA 2003 12 Adolfo Valencia 21 NY 2000 16 Jason Kreis 20 DAL 1999 16 Jaime Moreno 20 DC 1997 16 Alex Pineda Chacon 20 MIA 2001 16 Diego Serna 20 MIA 2000 Certainly, older players are helped due to the old best of 3 format the playoffs used to have. Now there are only 4 playoff games per team no matter what. But this year with the Superliga, you have some additional games. In 1996, Lassiter scored his 34 goals in 36 games. In 1999, John scored 30 in 33, while Diallo scored 29 in 32 back in 2000. The best has to go to Ruiz, who scored his 35 in 36 games. After the MLS Cup he was at 35 in 35, but he failed to score in the US Open Cup final. Can any MLS player ever score a goal per game with that many games? According to Wikipedia, Ruud van Nistelrooy scored 36 in 36 for Man Utd during the 2001/2 season.