Nashville SC's Hany Mukhtar wins 2022 MLS Golden Boot

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·10 October 2022

Nashville SC's Hany Mukhtar wins 2022 MLS Golden Boot

Nashville SC forward Hany Mukhtar has won the 2022 MLS Golden Boot award.

In a hotly-contested race that went all the way down to Decision Day, Mukhtar notched 23 goals in 33 regular-season appearances.

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That was enough to not only fire Nashville SC to fifth in the Western Conference, but also lift Mukhtar above his closest rivals, Sebastian Driussi of Austin FC and Daniel Gazdag of Philadelphia Union, who each scored 22 goals.

Further back, Chicharito, Jesus Ferreira, and FC Cincinnati duo Brenner and Brandon Vazquez completed a quartet of strikers on 18 goals.

Mukhtar will now look to carry his regular-season form into the Cup Playoffs, where Nashville travel to the in round one.

Every MLS Golden Boot winner

Between 1996-2004, the MLS Golden Boot was awarded on a points-based system, with 2 points given for a goal and 1 point given for an assist.

1996: Roy Lassiter, Tampa Bay Mutiny - 58 points
1997: Preki, Kansas City Wizards - 41 points
1998: Stern John, Columbus Crew - 57 points
1999: Jason Kreis, Dallas Burn - 51 points
2000: Mamadou Diallo, Tampa Bay Mutiny - 56 points
2001: Alex Pineda Chacon, Miami Fusion - 47 points
2002: Taylor Twellman, New England Revolution - 52 points
2003: Preki, Kansas City Wizards - 41 points
2004: Amado Guevara & Pat Noonan, New England Revolution - 30 points

From 2005 onwards, the MLS Golden Boot was decided by most goals scored, with assists used as the tie-breaker.

2005: Taylor Twellman, New England Revolution - 17 goals
2006: Jeff Cunningham, Real Salt Lake - 16 goals
2007: Luciano Emilio, DC United - 20 goals
2008: Landon Donovan, LA Galaxy - 20 goals
2009: Jeff Cunningham, FC Dallas - 17 goals
2010: Chris Wondolowski, San Jose Earthquakes - 18 goals
2011: Dwayne De Rosario, DC United - 16 goals
2012: Chris Wondolowski, San Jose Earthquakes - 27 goals
2013: Camilo Sanvezzo, Vancouver Whitecaps - 22 goals
2014: Bradley Wright-Phillips, New York Red Bulls - 27 goals
2015: Sebastian Giovinco, Toronto FC - 22 goals
2016: Bradley Wright-Phillips, New York Red Bulls - 24 goals
2017: Nemanja Nikolic, Chicago Fire - 24 goals
2018: Josef Martinez, Atlanta United - 31 goals
2019: Carlos Vela, LAFC - 34 goals
2020: Diego Rossi, LAFC - 14 goals
2021: Taty Castellanos, NYCFC - 19 goals
2022: Hany Mukhtar, Nashville SC - 23 goals

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