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The MLS Golden Boot (currently the Budweiser Golden Boot for sponsorship reasons) has been awarded since the 2005 season to Major League Soccer's regular season leading scorer. The award replaced the MLS Scoring Champion Award that was awarded since the league's inception in 1996.

[edit] 2005–Present

Since 2005 Major League Soccer has awarded the MLS Golden Boot to the player who has scored the most goals outright, with ties being broken by assists.

Season	Player	Club	Goals
2009	Jeff Cunningham	FC Dallas	17
2008	Landon Donovan	Los Angeles Galaxy	20
2007	Luciano Emilio	D.C. United	20
2006	Jeff Cunningham	Real Salt Lake	16
2005	Taylor Twellman	New England Revolution	17

[edit] 1996–2004

Prior to 2005 MLS used a point system that awarded two points for a goal and one point for an assist to give the MLS Scoring Champion Award. The players on the left won the Scoring Champion Award, while the players on the right would have won the Golden Boot if it had existed since 1996.

Season	MLS Scoring Champion			MLS Golden Boot
	Player	Club	Points	Player	Club	Goals
2004	Amado Guevara	MetroStars	30	Brian Ching	San Jose Earthquakes	12
	Pat Noonan	New England Revolution	30
2003	Preki	Kansas City Wizards	41	Carlos Ruíz	Los Angeles Galaxy	15
2002	Taylor Twellman	New England Revolution	52	Carlos Ruíz	Los Angeles Galaxy	24
2001	Alex Pineda Chacón	Miami Fusion	47	Alex Pineda Chacón	Miami Fusion	19
2000	Mamadou Diallo	Tampa Bay Mutiny	56	Mamadou Diallo	Tampa Bay Mutiny	26
1999	Jason Kreis	Dallas Burn	51	Jason Kreis	Dallas Burn	18
1998	Stern John	Columbus Crew	57	Stern John	Columbus Crew	26
1997	Preki	Kansas City Wizards	41	Jaime Moreno	D.C. United	16
1996	Roy Lassiter	Tampa Bay Mutiny	58	Roy Lassiter	Tampa Bay Mutiny	27