INTER MIAMI'S LIONEL MESSI WINS 2025 MLS GOLDEN BOOT PRESENTED BY AUDI

Inter Miami CF superstar Lionel Messi has won the 2025 MLS Golden Boot presented by Audi, netting 29 goals to become the league's top scorer during his second full season with the Herons.

Messi added 19 assists as he beat out LAFC's Denis Bouanga (24 goals) and Nashville SC's Sam Surridge (24 goals). He is Miami's first-ever Golden Boot winner and the first Argentine to take home the award since Valentín "Taty" Castellanos did so with New York City FC in 2021.

The iconic No. 10 tallied 3g/1a during Saturday's 5-2 Decision Day victory at Nashville, giving him 48 goal contributions this year – narrowly shy of Carlos Vela's MLS-record 49 for LAFC in 2019.

Now, Messi looks poised to become the league's first-ever back-to-back Landon Donovan MLS MVP winner, following a historic 2024 campaign that helped Miami claim that year's Supporters' Shield in record-breaking fashion.

Messi and Miami are the Eastern Conference No. 3 seed in the Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs, where they'll face No. 6 Nashville in a Round One Best-of-3 Series. This year's MLS Cup champion will be crowned on Dec. 6.

Messi, the most decorated soccer player of all time, now adds the MLS Golden Boot to his unmatched resumé. He's the latest in an exclusive list of players who have clinched the honor since the league's inaugural season in 1996.

From 1996-2004, the MLS Golden Boot was awarded under a points-based system that gave two points for a goal and one for an assist, before switching to outright goals. Check out the full list of winners below.

MLS Golden Boot winners 2005-2025 (outright goals)

2025: Lionel Messi, Miami - 29 goals

2024: Christian Benteke, D.C. - 23 goals

2023: Denis Bouanga, LAFC - 20 goals

2022: Hany Mukhtar, Nashville - 23 goals

2021: Taty Castellanos, NYCFC - 19 goals

2020: Diego Rossi, LAFC - 14 goals

2019: Carlos Vela, LAFC - 34 goals

2018: Josef Martínez, Atlanta - 31 goals

2017: Nemanja Nikolić, Chicago - 24 goals

2016: Bradley Wright-Phillips, New York - 24 goals

2015: Sebastian Giovinco, Toronto - 22 goals

2014: Bradley Wright-Phillips, New York - 27 goals

2013: Camilo Sanvezzo, Vancouver - 22 goals

2012: Chris Wondolowski, San Jose - 27 goals

2011: Dwayne De Rosario, D.C. - 16 goals

2010: Chris Wondolowski, San Jose - 18 goals

2009: Jeff Cunningham, Dallas - 17 goals

2008: Landon Donovan, LA - 20 goals

2007: Luciano Emilio, D.C. - 20 goals

2006: Jeff Cunningham, Salt Lake - 16 goals

2005: Taylor Twellman, New England - 17 goals

MLS Golden Boot winners 1996-2004 (points-based system)

2004: Amado Guevara, Pat Noonan; MetroStars, New England - 30 points

2003: Preki, Kansas City - 41 points

2002: Taylor Twellman, New England - 52 points

2001: Alex Pineda Chacón, Miami - 47 points

2000: Mamadou Diallo, Tampa Bay - 56 points

1999: Jason Kreis, Dallas- 51 points

1998: Stern John, Columbus - 57 points

1997: Preki, Kansas City - 41 points

1996: Roy Lassiter, Tampa Bay- 58 points

- MLSsoccer staff

RACE TO THE GOLDEN BOOT

 

NEW PREMIER LEAGUE RECORD SET FOR MORE GOALS IN A SEASON

Arsenal have been the highest scoring team in the Premier League this year. Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images

 The Premier League record for most goals scored in a 20-team season was broken on Wednesday night.

Last season's tally of 1084 goals had been the previous record and Harry Maguire's equaliser against Sheffield United took this season's total past that mark.

After Wednesday's action, there have been 1092 goals scored in 335 games this season, with 45 more still left to play.

The average goals scored per game this season has been 3.26 and if this scoring rate is maintained, 1329 goals will be scored by the the time the season finishes in May.

Arsenal have been the highest scoring team in the league this season with 82 goals, while bottom side Sheffield United have shipped the most with 92.

Manchester City's Erling Haaland and Chelsea's Cole Palmer are tied in the race for the Golden Boot with 20 goals each.

- ESPN

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