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.

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 MLS Cup Playoffs, where Nashville travel to the LA Galaxy 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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