A list of past MLS champions, best regular-season records & top goal scorers all time
MLS CUP CHAMPIONS
1996: D.C. United
1997: D.C. United
1998: Chicago Fire
1999: D.C. United
2000: Kansas City Wizards
2001: San Jose Earthquakes
2002: L.A. Galaxy
2003: San Jose Earthquakes
2004: D.C. United
2005: L.A. Galaxy
2006: Houston Dynamo
2007: Houston Dynamo
2008: Columbus Crew
2009: Real Salt Lake
2010: Colorado Rapids
2011: L.A. Galaxy
2012: L.A. Galaxy
2013: Sporting KC
2014: L.A. Galaxy
2015: Portland Timbers
2016: Seattle Sounders
2017: Toronto FC
2018: Atlanta United
2019: Seattle Sounders
Supporters’ Shield (best regular-season record)
1996: Tampa Bay Mutiny
1997: D.C. United
1998: L.A. Galaxy
1999: D.C. United
2000: Kansas City Wizards
2001: Miami Fusion
2002: L.A. Galaxy
2003: Chicago Fire
2004: Columbus Crew
2005: San Jose Earthquakes
2006: D.C. United
2007: D.C. United
2008: Columbus Crew
2009: Columbus Crew
2010: L.A. Galaxy
2011: L.A. Galaxy
2012: San Jose Earthquakes
2013: N.Y. Red Bulls
2014: Seattle Sounders
2015: N.Y. Red Bulls
2016: FC Dallas
2017: Toronto FC
2018: N.Y. Red Bulls
2019: Los Angeles FC
Golden Boot (top goal scorer)
1996: Roy Lassiter (Tampa Bay Mutiny) 27 goals
1997: Jaime Moreno (D.C. United) 16
1998: Stern John, (Columbus Crew) 26
1999: Jason Kreis (Dallas Burn), Roy Lassiter (D.C. United), Stern John (Columbus Crew) 18
2000: Mamadou Diallo (Tampa Bay Mutiny) 26
2001: Alex Pineda Chacon (Miami Fusion) 19
2002: Carlos Ruiz (L.A. Galaxy) 24
2003: Carlos Ruiz (L.A. Galaxy), Taylor Twellman (N.E. Revolution) 15
2004: Brian Ching (San Jose Earthquakes), Eddie Johnson (Dallas Burn) 12
2005: Taylor Twellman (NE Revolution) 17
2006: Jeff Cunningham (Real Salt Lake) 16
2007: Luciano Emilio (D.C. United) 20
2008: Landon Donovan (L.A. Galaxy) 20
2009: Jeff Cunningham (FC Dallas) 17
2010: Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes) 18
2011: Dwayne De Rosario (D.C. United), Chris Wondolowski (S.J. Earthquakes) 16
2012: Chris Wondolowski (S.J. Earthquakes) 27
2013: Camilo (Vancouver Whitecaps) 22
2014: Bradley Wright-Phillips (N.Y. Red Bulls) 27
2015: Sebastian Giovinco (Toronto FC), Kei Kamara (Columbus Crew) 22
2016: Bradley Wright-Phillips (N.Y. Red Bulls) 24
2017: Nemanja Nikolic (Chicago Fire) 24
2018: Josef Martinez (Atlanta United) 31
2019: Carlos Vela (LAFC) 34
This story was originally published February 26, 2020 at 5:11 PM.