EDIT: Updated through the 2010 season.
The title of this post refers to the age of a player for a particular season. I set a specific age for a player in each season, which is something commonly done on baseball sites. That way, you can easily compare his age 22 year to those of other players. And it's also way easier than actually figuring out the exact numbers for the time the player actually was 22 years old.
I used July 1st as the cutoff date. That's the date used in baseball since it's about the halfway point of MLB, and that's pretty much the case in MLS as well (it was July 5th in 2008, for example). So whatever age the player is on July 1st, then that's the age I counted the player as for the lists below.
This post will list the top ten goalscorers for each age. Only regular season goals are counted. If a player played for two teams in that season, then the team listed should be the one where he scored more goals.
Age 15
Age 16
1 | DC | 2001 | Quaranta, Santino | 5 | 2 | DC | 2005 | Adu, Freddy | 4 | 3 | NY | 2006 | Altidore, Jozy | 3 | 4
| TOR
| 2008
| Ibrahim, Abdus
| 2
| 5
| NY | 2003 | Gaven, Eddie | 1 |
Age 17
1 | NY | 2007 | Altidore, Jozy | 9 | 2 | NY | 2004 | Gaven, Eddie | 7 | 3 | DC | 2010 | Najar, Andy | 5 | 4 | PHI | 2010 | McInerney, Jack | 3 | 4 | DC | 2002 | Quaranta, Santino | 3 | 6 | DC | 2006 | Adu, Freddy | 2 | 6 | DAL | 2001 | Johnson, Eddie | 2 | 8 | NY | 2005 | Bradley, Michael | 1 |
Age 18
1 | NY | 2005 | Gaven, Eddie | 8 | 2 | NY | 2003 | Magee, Mike | 7 | 2
| PHI
| 2010
| Mwanga, Danny
| 7
| 4
| NY | 2008 | Altidore, Jozy | 3 | 4
| TB | 2001 | Barclay, Devin | 3 | 4
| CHV | 2008 | Flores, Jorge | 3 | 4
| CHI | 2003 | Mapp, Justin | 3 | 8
| CHI | 2000 | Beasley, DaMarcus | 2 | 8
| NY | 2005 | Ibrahim, Abbe | 2 | 8
| DAL | 2002 | Johnson, Eddie | 2 | 8
| DAL | 2001 | Vaca, Joselito | 2 |
Age 19
1 | SJ | 2001 | Donovan, Landon | 7 | 2 | DC | 2002 | Convey, Bobby | 5 | 2 | KC | 2007 | Movsisyan, Yura | 5 | 2 | DAL | 2005 | Nunez, Ramon | 5 | 5 | CLB | 2006 | Gaven, Eddie | 4 | 6 | DAL | 2003 | Johnson, Eddie | 3 | 6 | NY | 2004 | Magee, Mike | 3 | 6 | NE | 2008 | Mansally, Kenny | 3 | 6 | CHI | 2004 | Mapp, Justin | 3 | 10 | CHI | 2001 | Beasley, DaMarcus | 2 | 10 | LA | 2010 | Bowen, Tristan | 2 | 10 | NE | 2008 | Nyassi, Sainey | 2 | 10 | DC | 2002 | Quintanilla, Eliseo | 2 | 10 | RSL | 2005 | Watson, Jamie | 2 |
Age 20
1 | DAL | 2004 | Johnson, Eddie | 12 | 2 | COL | 2000 | Agogo, Junior | 10 | 3 | SJ | 2002 | Donovan, Landon | 7 | 3 | DAL | 2005 | Mina, Roberto | 7 | 3 | RSL | 2008 | Movsisyan, Yura | 7 | 6 | DAL | 2006 | Nunez, Ramon | 6 | 7 | KC | 2010 | Bunbury, Teal | 5 | 7 | CLB | 2007 | Gaven, Eddie | 5 | 7 | NY | 2005 | Magee, Mike | 5 | 7 | DC | 2005 | Quaranta, Santino | 5 | 7 | DAL | 2010 | Shea, Brek | 5 |
Age 21
1 | CLB | 1998 | John, Stern | 26 | 2 | SJ | 2003 | Donovan, Landon | 12 | 2 | SEA | 2009 | Montero, Fredy | 12 | 4 | DAL | 2006 | Cooper, Kenny | 11 | 5 | DC | 2004 | Eskandarian, Alecko | 10 | 6 | CLB | 2002 | Buddle, Edson | 9 | 7 | CLB | 1998 | Cunningham, Jeff | 8 | 7 | RSL | 2007 | Findley, Robbie | 8 | 7 | RSL | 2009 | Movsisyan, Yura | 8 | 7 | CHI | 1998 | Wolff, Josh | 8 |
Age 22
1 | LA | 2002 | Ruiz, Carlos | 24 | 2 | NE | 2002 | Twellman, Taylor | 23 | 3 | CLB | 1999 | John, Stern | 18 | 4 | SJ | 1997 | Cerritos, Ronald | 12 | 4 | CLB | 1999 | Cunningham, Jeff | 12 | 6 | COL | 2002 | Carrieri, Chris | 11 | 6 | CHI | 2003 | Ralph, Damani | 11 | 6 | LA | 1997 | Welton | 11 | 9 | CLB | 2003 | Buddle, Edson | 10 | 9 | NE | 2005 | Dempsey, Clint | 10 | 9 | CHI | 2000 | Kovalenko, Dema | 10 | 9
| SEA
| 2010
| Montero, Fredy
| 10
| 9 | NE | 2003 | Noonan, Pat | 10 | 9 | COL | 1998 | Paule, Ross | 10 | 9 | CHI | 1999 | Wolff, Josh | 10 | 9
| SEA
| 2010
| Zakuani, Steve
| 10
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Age 23
1 | DAL | 2008 | Cooper, Kenny | 18 | 2 | LA | 1998 | Welton | 17 | 3 | NY | 2000 | Mathis, Clint | 16 | 3 | DC | 1997 | Moreno, Jaime | 16 | 5 | KC | 2007 | Johnson, Eddie | 15 | 5 | LA | 2003 | Ruiz, Carlos | 15 | 5 | NE | 2003 | Twellman, Taylor | 15 | 8 | SJ | 1998 | Cerritos, Ronald | 13 | 8 | DAL | 1996 | Kreis, Jason | 13 | 8 | KC | 1996 | Takawira, Vitalis | 13 |
Age 24
1 | CLB | 1996 | McBride, Brian | 17 | 2 | DC | 1998 | Moreno, Jaime | 16 | 3 | SJ | 1999 | Cerritos, Ronald | 15 | 4 | COL | 1998 | Harris, Wolde | 13 | 5 | LA | 2006 | Donovan, Landon | 12 | 6 | DAL | 1997 | Damian | 11 | 6
| SJ
| 2009
| Johnson, Ryan
| 11
| 6 | LA | 2004 | Ruiz, Carlos | 11 | 6 | MIA | 1998 | Serna, Diego | 11 | 10
| CLB | 2001 | Cunningham, Jeff | 10 | 10
| CHI | 1998 | Razov, Ante | 10 |
Age 25
1 | NE | 2005 | Twellman, Taylor | 17 | 2 | CLB | 2002 | Cunningham, Jeff | 16 | 3 | CHI | 1999 | Razov, Ante | 14 | 4 | NY | 1996 | Savarese, Giovanni | 13 | 5 | NY | 2002 | Faria, Rodrigo | 12 | 6 | NE | 1996 | Moore, Joe-Max | 11 | 6 | DAL | 2005 | Ruiz, Carlos | 11 | 8
| KC
| 2010
| Kamara, Kei
| 10
| 8 | DC | 1999 | Moreno, Jaime | 10 | 8 | KC | 2006 | Sealy, Scott | 10 | 8 | MIA | 1999 | Serna, Diego | 10 |
Age 26
1 | DC | 1996 | Diaz Arce, Raul | 23 | 2 | LA | 2008 | Donovan, Landon | 20 | 3 | DAL | 1999 | Kreis, Jason | 18 | 3 | CHI | 2000 | Razov, Ante | 18 | 3 | SJ | 2010 | Wondolowski, Chris | 18 | 6 | MIA | 2000 | Serna, Diego | 16 | 7 | NE | 2000 | Harris, Wolde | 15 | 8 | PHI | 2010 | Le Toux, Sebastien | 14 | 8 | NY | 1997 | Savarese, Giovanni | 14 | 10 | DAL | 2006 | Ruiz, Carlos | 13 |
Age 27
1 | TB | 1996 | Lassiter, Roy | 27 | 2 | LA | 1996 | Hurtado, Eduardo | 21 | 3 | COL | 2009 | Casey, Conor | 16 | 3 | NE | 2007 | Twellman, Taylor | 16 | 5 | LA | 2008 | Buddle, Edson | 15 | 5 | DC | 1997 | Diaz Arce, Raul | 15 | 5 | MIA | 2001 | Serna, Diego | 15 | 8
| COL
| 2010
| Cummings, Omar
| 14
| 8 | NY | 1998 | Savarese, Giovanni | 14 | 10
| SJ | 1996 | Bravo, Paul | 13 |
Age 28
1 | TB | 2000 | Diallo, Mamadou | 26 | 2 | DC | 2007 | Emilio, Luciano | 20 | 3 | LA | 1998 | Jones, Cobi | 19 | 4 | NE | 1998 | Diaz Arce, Raul | 18 | 5 | NE | 1999 | Moore, Joe-Max | 15 | 6 | DC | 2001 | Conteh, Abdul Thompson | 14 | 6 | DC | 1996 | Rammel, Steve | 14 | 6 | CHI | 2002 | Razov, Ante | 14 | 9
| COL
| 2010
| Casey, Conor
| 13
| 9 | NY | 2000 | Comas, Alex | 13 |
Age 29
1 | DC | 1998 | Lassiter, Roy | 18 | 2
| LA
| 2010
| Buddle, Edson
| 17
| 3
| RSL | 2006 | Cunningham, Jeff | 16 | 4
| DAL | 2000 | Graziani, Ariel | 15 | 4
| CLB | 2000 | Washington, Dante | 15 | 6
| CHI | 2003 | Razov, Ante | 14 | 7
| TB | 1999 | Diaz Arce, Raul | 13 | 7
| DAL | 2002 | Kreis, Jason | 13 | 9
| COL | 1998 | Bravo, Paul | 11 | 9
| DC
| 2008
| Emilio, Luciano
| 11
| 9
| NY | 2005 | Guevara, Amado | 11 | 9
| NY | 1998 | Hurtado, Eduardo | 11 |
Age 30
1 | DC | 1999 | Lassiter, Roy | 18 | 2 | COL | 2001 | Spencer, John | 14 | 3 | HOU | 2008 | Ching, Brian | 13 | 3 | LA | 1998 | Cienguegos, Mauricio | 13 | 5 | NY | 2002 | Diallo, Mamadou | 12 | 5 | KC | 2000 | Molnar, Miklos | 12 | 7 | DC | 2005 | Gomez, Christian | 11 | 7 | DAL | 2001 | Graziani, Ariel | 11 | 7 | COL | 1996 | Harbor, Jean | 11 | 10 | DC | 2009 | Emilio, Luciano
| 10
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Age 31
1 | NY | 2007 | Angel, Juan Pablo | 19 | 1 | MIA | 2001 | Pineda Chacon, Alex | 19 | 3 | DC | 2005 | Moreno, Jaime | 16 | 4 | DC | 2006 | Gomez, Christian | 14 | 4 | SJ | 2002 | Graziani, Ariel | 14 | 6 | CLB | 2003 | McBride, Brian | 12 | 7
| TOR
| 2009
| De Rosario, Dwayne
| 11
| 7 | COL | 2002 | Henderson, Chris | 11 | 9
| SJ | 1996 | Espinoza, Missael | 10 | 10
| HOU
| 2009
| Ching, Brian
| 8
| 10
| DAL
| 2008
| Cunningham, Jeff
| 8
| 10
| NE
| 2009
| Joseph, Shalrie
| 8
| 10
| MIA | 2000 | Lassiter, Roy | 8 | 10
| CHV
| 2009
| Lillingston, Eduardo
| 8
| 10
| CLB | 2001 | Perez, John Wilmar | 8 |
Age 32
1 | DAL | 2009 | Cunningham, Jeff | 17 | 2 | NY | 2000 | Valencia, Adolfo | 16 | 3
| TOR
| 2010
| De Rosario, Dwayne
| 15
| 4
| NY | 2008 | Angel, Juan Pablo | 14 | 4
| CHV | 2006 | Razov, Ante | 14 | 4
| COL | 2003 | Spencer, John | 14 | 7
| COL | 2002 | Chung, Mark | 11 | 7
| DC | 2006 | Moreno, Jaime | 11 | 7
| KC | 2009 | Wolff, Josh | 11 | 10
| COL | 1999 | Dely Valdes, Jorge | 10 | 10
| DC | 2007 | Gomez, Christian | 10 | 10
| CHI | 2001 | Wynalda, Eric | 10 |
Age 33
1 | KC | 1996 | Preki | 18 | 2
| NY
| 2009
| Angel, Juan Pablo
| 12
| 3
| COL | 2003 | Chung, Mark | 11 | 3
| DAL
| 2010
| Cunningham, Jeff
| 11
| 3
| CHV | 2007 | Razov, Ante | 11 | 6
| RSL | 2006 | Kreis, Jason | 8 | 7
| COL | 2000 | Dely Valdes, Jorge | 7 | 7
| TB | 1996 | Galderisi, Giuseppe | 7 | 7
| DC | 2007 | Moreno, Jaime | 7 | 10
| NY | 1996 | De Avila, Antony | 6 | 10
| LA | 1998 | Hermosillo, Carlos | 6 | 10
| KC | 1996 | Johnston, Mo | 6 | 10
| KC
| 2008
| Lopez, Claudio
| 6
| 10
| CHI | 1998 | Nowak, Peter | 6 |
Age 34
1 | NY | 2010 | Angel, Juan Pablo | 13 | 2 | KC | 1997 | Preki | 12 | 3 | DC | 2008 | Moreno, Jaime | 10 | 4 | NY | 1997 | De Avila, Antony | 9 | 4 | CHI | 2000 | Stoitchkov, Hristo | 9 | 6 | LA | 1999 | Hermosillo, Carlos | 8 | 6 | NE | 2008 | Ralston, Steve | 8 | 8 | NE | 1998 | Gorter, Edwin | 7 | 8 | CHI | 1998 | Kubik, Lubos | 7 | 8 | KC | 2009 | Lopez, Claudio | 7 |
Age 35
1 | KC | 1998 | Johnston, Mo | 11 | 2 | KC | 1998 | Preki | 10 | 3 | DC | 2009 | Moreno, Jaime | 9 | 4 | CLB | 2008 | Barros Schelotto, Guillermo | 7 | 4 | CHI | 2008 | Blanco, Cuauhtemoc | 7 | 4 | SJ | 2005 | Chung, Mark | 7 | 4 | NE | 2009 | Ralston, Steve | 7 | 8 | CHI | 2001 | Stoitchkov, Hristo | 6 | 9 | CHI | 1999 | Kubik, Lubos | 5 | 9
| SEA
| 2010
| Nkufo, Blaise
| 5
| 9 | CHI | 2000 | Nowak, Peter | 5 |
Age 36
1 | CLB | 2009 | Barros Schelotto, Guillermo | 12 | 2 | KC | 1999 | Preki | 7 | 3 | CHI | 2001 | Nowak, Peter | 6 | 3 | CLB | 2000 | Warzycha, Robert | 6 | 5 | CHI | 2009 | Blanco, Cuauhtemoc | 5 | 5 | CHI | 2008 | McBride, Brian | 5 | 7 | LA | 2006 | Jones, Cobi | 4 | 8 | LA | 2000 | Caligiuri, Paul | 3 | 8 | DAL | 1998 | Haynes, Brian | 3 | 8 | KC | 1999 | Johnston, Mo | 3 |
Age 37
1 | NY | 2005 | Djorkaeff, Youri | 10 | 2 | CLB | 2010 | Barros Schelotto, Guillermo | 9 | 3 | CHI | 2009 | McBride, Brian | 7 | 4 | DAL | 1996 | Sanchez, Hugo | 6 | 4 | CHV | 2006 | Suarez, Claudio | 6 | 6 | DC | 2003 | Stoitchkov, Hristo | 5 | 7 | KC | 2000 | Johnston, Mo | 4 | 7 | LA | 2007 | Jones, Cobi | 4 | 7 | TB | 1999 | Valderrama, Carlos | 4 | 10 | CHI | 2002 | Nowak, Peter | 3 | 10 | KC | 2000 | Preki | 3 | 10 | CLB | 2001 | Warzycha, Robert | 3 |
Age 38
1 | MIA | 2001 | Preki | 8 | 2
| CHI
| 2010
| McBride, Brian
| 6
| 3
| CHV | 2007 | Suarez, Claudio | 3 | 4
| NY | 2006 | Djorkaeff, Youri | 2 | 5
| KC | 2001 | Johnston, Mo | 1 | 5
| TB | 2000 | Valderrama, Carlos | 1 |
Age 39
1 | KC | 2002 | Preki | 7 | 2 | TB | 2001 | Valderrama, Carlos | 1 |
Age 40
1 | KC | 2003 | Preki | 12 | 2 | COL | 2002 | Valderrama, Carlos | 1 |
Age 41
N/A
Age 42
Recap
Top scorer for each age:
Age 15 | DC | 2004 | Adu, Freddy | 5 | Age 16 | DC | 2001 | Quaranta, Santino | 5 | Age 17 | NY | 2007 | Altidore, Josmer | 9 | Age 18 | NY | 2005 | Gaven, Eddie | 8 | Age 19 | SJ | 2001 | Donovan, Landon | 7 | Age 20
| DAL
| 2004
| Johnson, Eddie
| 12
| Age 21 | CLB | 1998 | John, Stern | 26 | Age 22 | LA | 2002 | Ruiz, Carlos | 24 | Age 23 | DAL
| 2008 | Cooper, Kenny | 18 | Age 24 | CLB | 1996 | McBride, Brian | 17 | Age 25 | NE | 2005 | Twellman, Taylor | 17 | Age 26 | DC | 1996 | Diaz Arce, Raul | 23 | Age 27 | TB | 1996 | Lassiter, Roy | 27 | Age 28 | TB | 2000 | Diallo, Mamadou | 26 | Age 29 | DC | 1998 | Lassiter, Roy | 18 | Age 30 | DC | 1999 | Lassiter, Roy | 18 | Age 31 | NY | 2007 | Angel, Juan Pablo | 19 |
| MIA | 2001 | Pineda Chacon, Alex | 19 | Age 32 | DAL
| 2009 | Cunningham, Jeff
| 17 | Age 33 | KC | 1996 | Preki | 18 | Age 34 | NY
| 2010
| Angel, Juan Pablo | 13 | Age 35 | KC | 1998 | Johnston, Mo | 11 | Age 36 | CLB
| 2009 | Barros Schelotto, Guillermo
| 7 | Age 37 | NY | 2005 | Djorkaeff, Youri | 10 | Age 38 | MIA | 2001 | Preki | 8 | Age 39 | KC | 2002 | Preki | 7 | Age 40 | KC | 2003 | Preki | 12 | Age 41 |
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| Age 42 | KC | 2005 | Preki | 2 | Cooper is the one new leader crowned in 2008, replacing Welton at age 23.
2009 saw the following players make top tens:
21-Montero/Movsisyan, 24-Johnson, 27-Casey/Donovan, 30-Emilio, 31-Ching/De Rosario/Joseph/Lillingston, 32-Cunningham/Wolff, 33-Angel, 34-Gomez/Lopez, 35-Moreno/Ralston, 36-Barros Schelotto/Blanco, 37-McBride.
New leaders were Barros Schelotto & Cunningham.
2010's players who made top tens:
17-McInerney/Najar, 18-Mwanga, 19-Bowen, 20-Bunbury/Shea, 22-Montero/Zakuani, 25-Kamara, 26-Le Toux/Wondolowski, 27-Cummings, 28-Casey, 29-Buddle, 32-De Rosario, 33-Cunningham, 34-Angel, 35-Nkufo, 37-Barros Schelotto, 38-McBride.
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