No other boys soccer player in N.C. High School Athletic Association history has more goals in a single season than Michael Richardson, except Michael Richardson.

The Surry Central and eventual UNC-Greensboro player is Nos. 1 and 2 in the NCHSAA all-time list.

Below, we have listed every season with 60 or more goals in a single season. Richardson is on there twice, as is Wallace-Rose Hill star Maynor Espinoza, who was our player of the decade for the 2010s.

In 2024, two new names cracked the top five as seniors, and both scored in state championship losses — Henry Garcia of Hobbton and Cam Letterlough of Asheboro.

NCHSAA boys soccer: most goals in a single-season

1. Michael Richardson, Surry Central — 92 in 2002
2. Michael Richardson, Surry Central — 87 in 2001
3. Maynor Espinoza, Wallace-Rose Hill — 84 in 2016
4. Henry Garcia, Hobbton — 82 in 2024
5. Cam Letterlough, Asheboro — 78 in 2024
6. Preston Walker, CHASE — 69 in 2016
7. (tie) Ben Baker, Ledford — 68 in 2017; Toni Pineda, Statesville — 68 in 2017
9. (tie) Matt Smith, Eastern Alamance — 66 in 2003; Landon Goodman, Salisbury — 66 in 2015
11. Edgar Herrera, South Johnston — 65 in 2009
12. Ben Parry, North Stanly — 63 in 1993
13. Scott Haymond, Hickory — 62 in 1988
14. (tie) Maynor Espinoza, Wallace-Rose Hill — 61 in 2014; Chase Gilley, East Lincoln — 61 in 2019
16. Austin Gullett, Manteo — 60 in 1997