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Individuals inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
| Year | Individual | Position | Ballot | Home State(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mark Abbott | Builder | N/A | |
| 2025 | Chris Armas | Midfielder | Veteran Player | N/A |
| 2025 | Mary Harvey | Goalkeeper | Veteran Player | N/A |
| 2025 | Carli Lloyd | Midfielder | Player | N/A |
| 2025 | Nick Rimando | Goalkeeper | Player | N/A |
| 2024 | Tim Howard | Goalkeeper | Player | N/A |
| 2024 | Francisco Marcos | Builder | N/A | |
| 2024 | Josh McKinney | Midfielder/Forward | Player | N/A |
| 2024 | Tisha Venturini-Hoch | Midfielder | Veteran Player | N/A |
| 2023 | DaMarcus Beasley | Defender/Midfielder | Player | N/A |
| 2023 | Landon Donovan | Forward/Midfielder | Player | N/A |
| 2023 | Jill Ellis | Builder | N/A | |
| 2023 | Lauren Holiday | Midfielder | Player | N/A |
| 2023 | Kate Markgraf | Defender | Veteran Player | N/A |
| 2023 | Steve Zungul | Forward | Veteran Player | N/A |
| 2022 | Esse Baharmast | Builder | N/A | |
| 2022 | Shannon Boxx | Midfielder | Player | N/A |
| 2022 | Clint Dempsey | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 2022 | Marco Etcheverry | Midfielder | Veteran Player | N/A |
| 2022 | Linda Hamilton | Defender | Veteran Player | N/A |
| 2022 | Hope Solo | Goalkeeper | Player | N/A |
| 2021 | Steve Cherundolo | Defender | Player | N/A |
| 2021 | Jaime Moreno | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 2021 | Kevin Payne | Builder | N/A | |
| 2021 | Christie Pearce | Defender | Player | N/A |
| 2020 | Carlos Bocanegra | Defender | Player | N/A |
| 2019 | Sunil Gulati | Builder | N/A | |
| 2019 | Abby Wambach | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 2018 | Bob Contiguglia | Builder | N/A | |
| 2018 | Brad Friedel | Goalkeeper | Player | N/A |
| 2018 | Tiffeny Milbrett | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 2018 | Cindy Parlow Cone | Midfielder | Veteran Player | N/A |
| 2017 | Joe Machnik | Builder | N/A | |
| 2017 | Briana Scurry | Goalkeeper | Player | N/A |
| 2016 | Brandi Chastain | Defender | Player | N/A |
| 2016 | Don Garber | Builder | N/A | |
| 2016 | Shannon MacMillan | Midfielder | Veteran Player | N/A |
| 2015 | Kasey Keller | Goalkeeper | Player | N/A |
| 2015 | Glenn Myernick | Defender | Veteran Player | N/A |
| 2015 | Sigi Schmid | Builder | N/A | |
| 2014 | Bob Bradley | Builder | N/A | |
| 2014 | Kristine Lilly | Defender | Player | N/A |
| 2014 | Brian McBride | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 2013 | Joe-Max Moore | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 2013 | Peter Vermes | Defender | Veteran Player | N/A |
| 2012 | Desmond Armstrong | Defender/Midfielder | Veteran Player | N/A |
| 2012 | Tony DiCicco | Builder | N/A | |
| 2012 | Tony Meola | Goalkeeper | Player | N/A |
| 2012 | Claudio Reyna | Midfielder | Player | N/A |
| 2011 | Bob Gansler | Builder | N/A | |
| 2011 | Cobi Jones | Midfielder | Player | N/A |
| 2011 | Bruce Murray | Forward/Midfielder | Veteran Player | N/A |
| 2011 | Eddie Pope | Defender | Player | N/A |
| 2011 | Earnie Stewart | Midfielder | Player | N/A |
| 2010 | Bruce Arena | Builder | N/A | |
| 2010 | Thomas Dooley | Defender | Player | N/A |
| 2010 | Preki | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 2010 | Kyle Rote | Forward | Veteran Player | N/A |
| 2009 | Jeff Agoos | Defender | Player | N/A |
| 2009 | Joy Fawcett | Defender | Player | N/A |
| 2008 | Anson Dorrance | Builder | N/A | |
| 2008 | Hugo Perez | Midfielder | Veteran Player | N/A |
| 2007 | Julie Foudy | Defender | Player | N/A |
| 2007 | Mia Hamm | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 2007 | Alan Rothenberg | Builder | N/A | |
| 2007 | Bobby Smith | Defender | Veteran Player | N/A |
| 2006 | Philip Anschutz | Builder | N/A | |
| 2006 | Alexi Lalas | Defender | Player | N/A |
| 2006 | Carla Overbeck | Defender | Player | N/A |
| 2006 | Al Trost | Midfielder | Veteran Player | N/A |
| 2005 | Marcelo Balboa | Defender | Player | N/A |
| 2005 | Fernando Clavijo | Defender | Veteran Player | N/A |
| 2005 | Tommy Fleming | Forward | Veteran Player | N/A |
| 2005 | John Harkes | Midfielder | Player | N/A |
| 2005 | Alex McNab | Forward | Veteran Player | N/A |
| 2005 | John Nelson | Forward | Veteran Player | N/A |
| 2005 | Werner Nilsen | Midfielder/Forward | Veteran Player | N/A |
| 2005 | Tab Ramos | Midfielder | Player | N/A |
| 2005 | Fabri Salcedo | Forward | Veteran Player | N/A |
| 2005 | Hank Steinbrecher | Builder | N/A | |
| 2004 | Michelle Akers | Midfielder | Player | N/A |
| 2004 | Paul Caligiuri | Midfielder | Player | N/A |
| 2004 | Mike Windischmann | Defender | Veteran Player | N/A |
| 2004 | Eric Wynalda | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 2003 | Carlos Alberto | Defender | Player | N/A |
| 2003 | Paul Child | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 2003 | Ahmet Ertegun | Builder | N/A | |
| 2003 | Nesuhi Ertegun | Builder | N/A | |
| 2003 | Karl-Heinz Granitza | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 2003 | Ted Howard | Builder | N/A | |
| 2003 | Bob Lenarduzzi | Defender | Player | N/A |
| 2003 | Arnie Mausser | Goalkeeper | Player | N/A |
| 2003 | Patrick Ntsoelengoe | Midfielder/Forward | Player | N/A |
| 2003 | Elizabeth Robbie | Builder | N/A | |
| 2003 | Joe Robbie | Builder | N/A | |
| 2003 | Steve Ross | Builder | N/A | |
| 2003 | Lee Stern | Builder | N/A | |
| 2003 | Clive Toye | Builder | N/A | |
| 2003 | Alan Willey | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 2003 | Bruce Wilson | Defender | Player | N/A |
| 2002 | Adolph Bachmeier | Midfielder/Defender | Player | N/A |
| 2002 | Vladislav Bogićević | Midfielder | Player | N/A |
| 2002 | Shannon Higgins | Midfielder | Player | N/A |
| 2001 | Rick Davis | Midfielder | Player | N/A |
| 2001 | Bob Hermann | Builder | N/A | |
| 2001 | William Looby | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 2000 | Giorgio Chinaglia | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 2000 | Carin Jennings-Gabarra | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 1998 | Franz Beckenbauer | Defender | Player | N/A |
| 1998 | Peter Collins | Builder | N/A | |
| 1998 | April Heinrichs | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 1998 | Ed Murphy | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 1998 | Patrick Smith | Builder | N/A | |
| 1997 | Walter Chyzowych | Builder | N/A | |
| 1997 | Robert Craddock | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 1997 | Alex Ely | Midfielder | Player | N/A |
| 1997 | Benny McLaughlin | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 1997 | Johnny Moore | Midfielder | Player | N/A |
| 1997 | Jimmy Roe | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 1997 | Phil Woosnam | Builder | N/A | |
| 1996 | Gordon Bradley | Builder | N/A | |
| 1996 | Paul Danilo | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 1996 | Nicholas Kropfelder | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 1996 | Len Oliver | Midfielder | Player | N/A |
| 1996 | Reinhold Spath | Builder | N/A | |
| 1995 | Clay Berling | Builder | N/A | |
| 1995 | George Brown | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 1995 | Alfred Kleinaitis | Builder | N/A | |
| 1995 | Al Miller | Builder | N/A | |
| 1995 | Willy Schaller | Defender | Player | N/A |
| 1994 | Frank Kelly | Builder | N/A | |
| 1994 | Pat McBride | Midfielder | Player | N/A |
| 1994 | Lloyd Monsen | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 1993 | Dennis Long | Builder | N/A | |
| 1993 | John Nanoski | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 1993 | Pelé | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 1992 | Efrain Chacurian | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 1992 | Werner Fricker | Midfielder | Player | N/A |
| 1992 | Ron Newman | Builder | N/A | |
| 1991 | Milton Aimi | Builder | N/A | |
| 1991 | Rudy Getzinger | Midfielder | Player | N/A |
| 1990 | Shamus O'Brien | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 1990 | Edward Pearson | Builder | N/A | |
| 1990 | Manfred Schellscheidt | Builder | N/A | |
| 1989 | Walter Dick | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 1989 | George Donnelly | Builder | N/A | |
| 1989 | Bob Gormley | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 1989 | Bob Kehoe | Builder | N/A | |
| 1989 | Werner Roth | Defender | Player | N/A |
| 1989 | Willy Roy | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 1989 | Jerry Yeagley | Builder | N/A | |
| 1988 | Herbert Heilpern | Builder | N/A | |
| 1988 | Bertil Larson | Builder | N/A | |
| 1987 | Mike Kabanica | Builder | N/A | |
| 1987 | Don Phillipson | Builder | N/A | |
| 1987 | Thomas Webb | Builder | N/A | |
| 1986 | Andy Auld | Midfielder | Player | N/A |
| 1986 | Mike Bookie | Midfielder | Player | N/A |
| 1986 | Jim Brown | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 1986 | John Coll | Builder | N/A | |
| 1986 | Thomas Florie | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 1986 | Jimmy Gallagher | Midfielder | Player | N/A |
| 1986 | Bart McGhee | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 1986 | Ed McIlvenny | Midfielder/Defender | Player | N/A |
| 1986 | George Moorhouse | Defender | Player | N/A |
| 1986 | Philip Slone | Midfielder | Player | N/A |
| 1986 | Raphael Tracey | Midfielder | Player | N/A |
| 1986 | Frank Vaughn | Defender | Player | N/A |
| 1986 | Alexander Wood | Defender | Player | N/A |
| 1985 | Gene Edwards | Builder | N/A | |
| 1985 | Donald Greer | Builder | N/A | |
| 1984 | Ernst Feibusch | Builder | N/A | |
| 1984 | Raymond Kraft | Builder | N/A | |
| 1984 | Giuseppe Lombardo | Builder | N/A | |
| 1983 | George Barr | Defender | Player | N/A |
| 1983 | Frank Kracher | Builder | N/A | |
| 1982 | John Best-SENIOR | Builder | N/A | |
| 1982 | Joe Carenza | Midfielder | Player | N/A |
| 1982 | Lamar Hunt | Builder | N/A | |
| 1981 | George Craggs | Builder | N/A | |
| 1981 | Harry Saunders | Builder | N/A | |
| 1981 | Erwin Single | Builder | N/A | |
| 1980 | John Boulos | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 1980 | Bob Guelker | Builder | N/A | |
| 1980 | G.K. Guennel | Builder | N/A | |
| 1979 | Enzo DeLuca | Builder | N/A | |
| 1979 | Margaret Fowler | Builder | N/A | |
| 1979 | Al Harker | Defender | Player | N/A |
| 1979 | Kurt Lamm | Builder | N/A | |
| 1979 | J.Eugene Ringsdorf | Builder | N/A | |
| 1978 | Raymond Bernabei | Defender | Player | N/A |
| 1978 | Lawrence Briggs | Builder | N/A | |
| 1978 | Frank McGrath | Builder | N/A | |
| 1978 | Giorgio Piscopo | Builder | N/A | |
| 1978 | Al Zerhusen | Midfielder | Player | N/A |
| 1977 | Jack Hynes | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 1977 | Enzo Magnozzi | Builder | N/A | |
| 1977 | Adolph Washauer | Builder | N/A | |
| 1976 | Robert Annis | Defender | Player | N/A |
| 1976 | Walter Bahr | Defender | Player | N/A |
| 1976 | Frank Borghi | Goalkeeper | Player | N/A |
| 1976 | Charlie Colombo | Defender | Player | N/A |
| 1976 | Geoff Coombes | Midfielder | Player | N/A |
| 1976 | Joe Gaetjens | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 1976 | Gino Gardassanich | Goalkeeper | Player | N/A |
| 1976 | James Gentle | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 1976 | Harry Keough | Defender | Player | N/A |
| 1976 | Joe Maca | Defender | Player | N/A |
| 1976 | Gino Pariani | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 1976 | Ed Souza | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 1976 | John Souza | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 1976 | Frank Wallace | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 1976 | Adam Wolanin | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 1975 | Ted Cordery | Builder | N/A | |
| 1975 | Alex Weir | Defender | Player | N/A |
| 1974 | Nicholas DiOrio | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 1974 | Jimmy Dunn | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 1974 | George Fishwick | Builder | N/A | |
| 1974 | Werner Mieth | Midfielder | Player | N/A |
| 1973 | Joseph Delach | Builder | N/A | |
| 1973 | Joseph Gryzik | Midfielder | Player | N/A |
| 1972 | Julius Alonso | Builder | N/A | |
| 1972 | Duncan Duff | Builder | N/A | |
| 1971 | Umberto Abronzino | Builder | N/A | |
| 1971 | John Ardizzone | Builder | N/A | |
| 1971 | Allan McClay | Builder | N/A | |
| 1971 | James Moore | Builder | N/A | |
| 1971 | Gene Olaff | Goalkeeper | Player | N/A |
| 1971 | Bert Patenaude | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 1971 | Jack Rottenberg | Builder | N/A | |
| 1971 | Nicolaas Steelink | Builder | N/A | |
| 1971 | Robert Stone | Builder | N/A | |
| 1971 | James Walder | Builder | N/A | |
| 1970 | Daniel Fowler | Builder | N/A | |
| 1970 | Jack Maher | Builder | N/A | |
| 1969 | Edmund Craggs | Builder | N/A | |
| 1969 | Samuel Foulds | Builder | N/A | |
| 1969 | August Steuer | Builder | N/A | |
| 1968 | John Dresmich | Builder | N/A | |
| 1968 | Arnie Oliver | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 1968 | Thomas Sager | Builder | N/A | |
| 1968 | Fred Shields | Builder | N/A | |
| 1967 | Colin Commander | Builder | N/A | |
| 1967 | Harry Fleming | Builder | N/A | |
| 1967 | William Morrissette | Builder | N/A | |
| 1967 | Wally Peters | Builder | N/A | |
| 1966 | Stanley Chesney | Goalkeeper | Player | N/A |
| 1966 | Maurice Hudson | Builder | N/A | |
| 1965 | Fred Beardsworth | Midfielder | Player | N/A |
| 1965 | Teddy Glover | Defender | Player | N/A |
| 1964 | Jack Flamhaft | Builder | N/A | |
| 1964 | Pete Garcia | Builder | N/A | |
| 1964 | Oscar Kozma | Builder | N/A | |
| 1963 | Harry Kraus | Builder | N/A | |
| 1963 | Rudolph Kuntner | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 1963 | Dimitrious Niotis | Builder | N/A | |
| 1962 | Walter Giesler | Builder | N/A | |
| 1961 | Matthew Boxer | Builder | N/A | |
| 1961 | William Hemmings | Builder | N/A | |
| 1961 | Peter Merovich | Builder | N/A | |
| 1961 | Milton Miller | Builder | N/A | |
| 1960 | Emil Schillinger | Builder | N/A | |
| 1959 | Ralph Caraffi | Midfielder | Player | N/A |
| 1959 | Robert Craddock | Builder | N/A | |
| 1958 | Charles Ferro | Builder | N/A | |
| 1958 | Fred Netto | Builder | N/A | |
| 1958 | Francis Ryan | Midfielder | Player | N/A |
| 1958 | John Young | Builder | N/A | |
| 1958 | Daniel Zampini | Builder | N/A | |
| 1957 | Arnold Ramsden | Builder | N/A | |
| 1957 | Vernon Reese | Builder | N/A | |
| 1956 | William Anderson | Builder | N/A | |
| 1956 | Victor Weston | Builder | N/A | |
| 1955 | Tommy Duggan | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 1955 | Edgar Pomeroy | Builder | N/A | |
| 1954 | Aldo Donelli | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 1954 | Jimmy Douglas | Goalkeeper | Player | N/A |
| 1954 | Jimmy Mills | Builder | N/A | |
| 1953 | Joseph Barriskill | Builder | N/A | |
| 1953 | Wilfred Cummings | Builder | N/A | |
| 1953 | Powys Foulds | Builder | N/A | |
| 1953 | David Gould | Builder | N/A | |
| 1953 | Johnny Jaap | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 1953 | Paul Klein | Builder | N/A | |
| 1953 | John MacEwan | Builder | N/A | |
| 1953 | John Marre | Builder | N/A | |
| 1953 | John Wood | Builder | N/A | |
| 1952 | James Armstrong | Builder | N/A | |
| 1952 | Joseph Booth | Builder | N/A | |
| 1952 | Jack Johnson | Builder | N/A | |
| 1952 | William Palmer | Builder | N/A | |
| 1952 | George Tintle | Goalkeeper | Player | N/A |
| 1952 | Joseph Triner | Builder | N/A | |
| 1951 | Harold Brittan | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 1951 | Davey Brown | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 1951 | George Collins | Builder | N/A | |
| 1951 | Edward Donaghy | Builder | N/A | |
| 1951 | Rudy Epperlein | Builder | N/A | |
| 1951 | Harry Fairfield | Builder | N/A | |
| 1951 | John Fernley | Builder | N/A | |
| 1951 | William Fryer | Midfielder | Player | N/A |
| 1951 | George Healey | Builder | N/A | |
| 1951 | Alfredda Iglehart | Builder | N/A | |
| 1951 | William Jeffrey | Builder | N/A | |
| 1951 | James McGuire | Builder | N/A | |
| 1951 | Johnny McGuire | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 1951 | Dent McSkimming | Builder | N/A | |
| 1951 | Robert Morrison | Midfielder | Player | N/A |
| 1951 | Peter Peel | Builder | N/A | |
| 1951 | Peter Renzulli | Goalkeeper | Player | N/A |
| 1951 | Elmer Schroeder | Builder | N/A | |
| 1951 | Ernő Schwarz | Builder | N/A | |
| 1951 | Alfred Smith | Builder | N/A | |
| 1951 | Thomas Swords | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 1950 | John Brock | Builder | N/A | |
| 1950 | Andrew Brown | Builder | N/A | |
| 1950 | Thomas Cahill | Builder | N/A | |
| 1950 | Jock Ferguson | Defender | Player | N/A |
| 1950 | Billy Gonsalves | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 1950 | Sheldon Govier | Midfielder | Player | N/A |
| 1950 | George Kempton | Builder | N/A | |
| 1950 | Millard Lang | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 1950 | Horace Lewis | Builder | N/A | |
| 1950 | G. Manning | Builder | N/A | |
| 1950 | Robert Millar | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 1950 | Harry Ratican | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 1950 | Dick Spalding | Defender | Player | N/A |
| 1950 | Archie Stark | Forward | Player | N/A |
| 1950 | Douglas Stewart | Builder | N/A | |
| 1950 | Peter Wilson | Defender | Player | N/A |