The Premier League Golden Boot is an annual football award bestowed to the leading goalscorer in the Premier League.
Since the inception of the Premier League in 1992, there have been 26 different players to win the Premier League Golden Boot in the last three decades.
Teddy Sheringham won the inaugural Premier League Golden Boot in 1993. Playing for Tottenham Hotspur, the former England forward netted 22 goals in 41 games to bag the prestigious award.
Later in 1994, Newcastle United’s Andy Cole won the Premier League Golden Boot after he scored 34 goals in 40 games that season.
Alan Shearer then became the first player to win the award in three consecutive seasons. He claimed the Premier League Golden Boot in 1994-95, 1995-96 and 1996-97 seasons.
In 1999, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Dwight Yorke were the first non-English and non-European winners, respectively, when they shared the award with Michael Owen.
Legendary Arsenal striker Thierry Henry has the most Premier League Golden Boot awards. He won the award on four occasions in 2001-02, 2003-04, 2004-05 and 2005-06.
Thierry Henry also became the second player after Alan Shearer to win the award in three successive seasons.
Meanwhile, Manchester City’s Erling Haaland scripted history as he scored the most goals to win the Premier League Golden Boot.
In the 2022-23 season, Erling Haaland won the award after he scored 36 goals in just 35 matches. Haaland once again bagged the award in the 2023-24 season with 27 goals in 31 games.
Former Chelsea forward Nicolas Anelka netted the fewest goals to bag the Golden Boot outright with 19 goals in 2008-09.
However, the all-time record for lowest number of goals scored to be presented the award is 18 goals, which was achieved during the 1997-98 and 1998-99 seasons.
Chris Sutton, Dion Dublin and Michael Owen shared the award with 18 goals in 1998, while the same thing was repeated by Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Dwight Yorke and Michael Owen in 1999.
Get Premier League Golden Boot winners list.
Premier League Golden Boot winners list
|
Season |
Player |
Club |
Goals |
|
1992-93 |
Teddy Sheringham |
Tottenham Hotspur |
22 |
|
1993-94 |
Andy Cole |
Newcastle United |
34 |
|
1994-95 |
Alan Shearer |
Blackburn Rovers |
34 |
|
1995-96 |
Alan Shearer |
Blackburn Rovers |
31 |
|
1996-97 |
Alan Shearer |
Newcastle United |
25 |
|
1997-98 |
Chris Sutton |
Blackburn Rovers |
18 |
|
Dion Dublin |
Coventry City |
18 |
|
|
Michael Owen |
Liverpool |
18 |
|
|
1998-99 |
Michael Owen |
Liverpool |
18 |
|
Dwight Yorke |
Manchester United |
18 |
|
|
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink |
Leeds United |
18 |
|
|
1999-2000 |
Kevin Phillips |
Sunderland |
30 |
|
2000-01 |
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink |
Chelsea |
23 |
|
2001-02 |
Thierry Henry |
Arsenal |
24 |
|
2002-03 |
Ruud van Nistelrooy |
Manchester United |
25 |
|
2003-04 |
Thierry Henry |
Arsenal |
30 |
|
2004-05 |
Thierry Henry |
Arsenal |
25 |
|
2005-06 |
Thierry Henry |
Arsenal |
27 |
|
2006-07 |
Didier Drogba |
Chelsea |
20 |
|
2007-08 |
Cristiano Ronaldo |
Manchester United |
31 |
|
2008-09 |
Nicolas Anelka |
Chelsea |
19 |
|
2009-10 |
Didier Drogba |
Chelsea |
29 |
|
2010-11 |
Carlos Tevez |
Manchester City |
20 |
|
Dimitar Berbatov |
Manchester United |
20 |
|
|
2011-12 |
Robin van Persie |
Arsenal |
30 |
|
2012-13 |
Robin van Persie |
Manchester United |
26 |
|
2013-14 |
Luis Suárez |
Liverpool |
31 |
|
2014-15 |
Sergio Agüero |
Manchester City |
26 |
|
2015-16 |
Harry Kane |
Tottenham Hotspur |
25 |
|
2016-17 |
Harry Kane |
Tottenham Hotspur |
29 |
|
2017-18 |
Mohamed Salah |
Liverpool |
32 |
|
2018-19 |
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang |
Arsenal |
22 |
|
Sadio Mané |
Liverpool |
22 |
|
|
Mohamed Salah |
Liverpool |
22 |
|
|
2019-20 |
Jamie Vardy |
Leicester City |
23 |
|
2020-21 |
Harry Kane |
Tottenham Hotspur |
23 |
|
2021-22 |
Mohamed Salah |
Liverpool |
23 |
|
Son Heung-min |
Tottenham Hotspur |
23 |
|
|
2022-23 |
Erling Haaland |
Manchester City |
36 |
|
2023-24 |
Erling Haaland |
Manchester City |
27 |
Most Premier League Golden Boot won by a player
|
Awards |
Player |
Seasons |
|
4 |
Thierry Henry |
2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06 |
|
3 |
Harry Kane |
2015–16, 2016–17, 2020–21 |
|
3 |
Mohamed Salah |
2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22 |
|
3 |
Alan Shearer |
1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97 |
|
2 |
Erling Haaland |
2022-23, 2023-24 |
|
2 |
Didier Drogba |
2006–07, 2009–10 |
|
2 |
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink |
1998–99, 2000–01 |
|
2 |
Michael Owen |
1997–98, 1998–99 |
|
2 |
Robin van Persie |
2011–12, 2012–13 |
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