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Premier League Golden Boot

The Premier League Golden Boot is a yearly football award that is given to footballers who score the most goals in a Premier league season. The winners are also given £1000 for each goal they have scored in the season.[1]

DescriptionThe leading goalscorer in a given Premier League season.
Sponsored byCadbury
Most awardsThierry Henry (4) Mohamed Salah (4)

The first person to win the Premier League Golden Boot was Teddy Sheringham during the 1992-93 season. Arsenal F.C.'s Thierry Henry and Liverpool F.C's Mohamed Salah have both won the award 4 times and currently hold the record for the most Golden Boots wins in the history of Premier League.[2] Only two players have won the award for 3 consecutive (back-to-back) years, namely Thierry Henry and Alan Shearer. Most recently (2024-25), the award was won by Mohamed Salah; who won it for the Fourth time.[3][4]

The first international players to win the Premier League Golden Boot were Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Dwight Yorke during the 1998-99 season.[5]

List of Winners

Key
Player (X) Name of the player and number of golden boots he has won (if more than one)
Games The number of Premier league matches played by the winner in that season[upper-alpha 1]
Rate Goals scored per game by the player (total no. of goals divided by total no. of games i.e. Average)
Indicates (meaning- to show/denote) that more than one player has won the award
Indicates that the player also won the European Golden Shoe in the same season
§ Indicates that the player's team won the Premier league that season
Premier League Golden Boot winners
Season Player Nationality Club Goals Games[upper-alpha 2] Rate Ref(s)
1992–93 Sheringham, TeddyTeddy Sheringham  England Tottenham Hotspur[upper-alpha 3] 22 41 0.54 [8]
1993–94

Cole, AndyAndy Cole

 England Newcastle United 34 40 0.85 [8]
1994–95 Shearer, AlanAlan Shearer  England Blackburn Rovers§ 34 42 0.81 [8][9]
1995–96 Shearer, AlanAlan Shearer (2)  England Blackburn Rovers 31 35 0.89 [8][9]
1996–97 Shearer, AlanAlan Shearer (3)  England Newcastle United 25 31 0.81 [8][9]
1997–98 Sutton, ChrisChris Sutton  England Blackburn Rovers 18 35 0.51 [8]
1997–98 Dublin, DionDion Dublin  England Coventry City 18 36 0.50 [8][10]
1997–98 Owen, MichaelMichael Owen  England Liverpool 18 36 0.50 [8]
1998–99 Owen, MichaelMichael Owen (2)  England Liverpool 18 30 0.60 [8]
1998–99 Yorke, DwightDwight Yorke  Trinidad and Tobago Manchester United§ 18 33 0.55 [11]
1998–99

Hasselbaink, Jimmy FloydJimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Leeds United 18 36 0.50 [8]
1999–2000 Phillips, KevinKevin Phillips  England Sunderland 30 36 0.83 [12][13]
2000–01

Hasselbaink, Jimmy FloydJimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (2)

File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Chelsea 23 35 0.66 [14]
2001–02 Henry, ThierryThierry Henry  France Arsenal§ 24 33 0.73 [11]
2002–03

Nistelrooy, Ruud vanRuud van Nistelrooy

File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Manchester United§ 25 34 0.74 [15]
2003–04 Henry, ThierryThierry Henry (2)  France Arsenal§ 30 37 0.81 [16][11]
2004–05 Henry, ThierryThierry Henry (3)  France Arsenal 25 32 0.78 [16]
2005–06 Henry, ThierryThierry Henry (4)  France Arsenal 27 32 0.84 [8]
2006–07 Drogba, DidierDidier Drogba  Ivory Coast Chelsea 20 36 0.56 [17]
2007–08 Ronaldo, CristianoCristiano Ronaldo  Portugal Manchester United§ 31 34 0.91[upper-alpha 4] [19][20]
2008–09 Anelka, NicolasNicolas Anelka  France Chelsea 19 36 0.53 [21]
2009–10 Drogba, DidierDidier Drogba (2)  Ivory Coast Chelsea§ 29 32 0.91[upper-alpha 4] [22]
2010–11 Tevez, CarlosCarlos Tevez File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Manchester City 20 31 0.65 [23]
2010–11 Berbatov, DimitarDimitar Berbatov  Bulgaria Manchester United§ 20 32 0.63 [23]
2011–12

Persie, Robin vanRobin van Persie

File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Arsenal 30 38[upper-alpha 5] 0.79 [25]
2012–13

Persie, Robin vanRobin van Persie (2)

File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Manchester United§ 26 38 0.68 [26]
2013–14

Suarez, LuisLuis Suárez

 File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay Liverpool 31 33 0.94 [27]
2014–15 Aguero, SergioSergio Agüero File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Manchester City 26 33 0.79 [28]
2015–16

Kane, HarryHarry Kane

 England Tottenham Hotspur 25 38 0.65 [29]
2016–17

Kane, HarryHarry Kane (2)

 England Tottenham Hotspur 29 30 0.97 [30]
2017–18 Salah, MohamedMohamed Salah  Egypt Liverpool 32 36 0.89 [31]
2018–19

Aubameyang, Pierre-EmerickPierre-Emerick Aubameyang

 Gabon Arsenal 22 36 0.61 [32]
2018–19

Mane, SadioSadio Mané

 Senegal Liverpool 22 36 0.61 [32]
2018–19 Salah, MohamedMohamed Salah (2)  Egypt Liverpool 22 38 0.58 [32]
2019-20

Vardy, JamieJamie Vardy

 England Leicester City 23 35 0.66 [33]
2020-21

Kane, HarryHarry Kane (3)

 England Tottenham Hotspur 23 35 0.66 [3]

Awards won by nationality

Country Total
 England 14
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 5
 France 5
File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 2
 Egypt 2
 Côte d'Ivoire 2
 Bulgaria 1
 Gabon 1
 Portugal 1
 Senegal 1
 Trinidad and Tobago 1
File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 1

Awards won by club

Club Total
Arsenal 6
Liverpool 6
Manchester United 5
Chelsea 4
Tottenham Hotspur 4
Blackburn Rovers 3
Manchester City 2
Newcastle United 2
Coventry City 1
Leeds United 1
Sunderland 1
Leicester City 1

Sponsorships

The award was sponsored by Carling for the time between 1994 and 2001. In 2001, Barclaycard took over the sponsorship rights and continued to own them until 2005 after which, Barclays bought the sponsorship rights of both the award and Premier league. Currently, the award is being sponsored by Cadbury.[1]

Notelist

  1. ↑ This won't match the total number of games in a season always.
  2. ↑ Since the 1995–96 season, only 20 teams are allowed to play in Premier league,[6] thus the number of games in a season dropped by 4 matches (42 to 38)
  3. ↑ Teddy Sheringham scored his first goal of the 1992–93 season as a Nottingham Forest player,[7] while the rest of his goals were scored for Tottenham Hotspur because of his transfer in August 1992.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 When rounding to three significant figures, Ronaldo's goal ratio in the 2007–08 season was 0.912, while Drogba's 2009–10 ratio was 0.906.[18]
  5. ↑ Arsenal's official website incorrectly shows that Van Persie played 37 matches in 2011–12 season. He played all 38 games, as confirmed by the Premier League.[24]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Premier League Golden Boot award winners (in en). www.premierleague.com. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  2. ↑ ESPNFC: Soccer A brief history of the English top division (2014-01-17). Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Harry Kane: Tottenham striker wins Premier League Golden Boot award for third time (in en). Sky Sports. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  4. ↑ Van Persie wins Premier League Golden Boot | News Archive | News | Arsenal.com (2013-12-03). Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  5. ↑ Ascough, Phil. Kissing the Badge: How much do you know about 20 years of the Premier League? (7 May 2012)A & C Black. ISBN 978-1-4081-7853-9. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  6. ↑ "Roller-coaster years". BBC Sport (BBC). 7 May 2001. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/1317152.stm. Retrieved 30 November 2013. 
  7. ↑ Player Profile – Teddy SheringhamPremier League. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  8. ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 Top Ten – Golden Boot. Sky Sports. May 2010. http://www.skysports.com/interactive/top_tens_story/0,25722,11065_6134449,00.html. Retrieved 7 October 2013. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Van Persie follows in Shearer's footsteps". FIFA.com (FIFA). 20 May 2013. https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=2081340.html. Retrieved 7 October 2013. 
  10. ↑ Lomas, Mark. Dublin: Rooney the cream of the crop. ESPN (24 May 2010)ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Question Nobody asked. 25 January 2010. http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/question-nobody-asked-26626033.html. Retrieved 7 October 2013. 
  12. ↑ (in en-GB) Why Carling called time on Premiership. 2001-01-19. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/1118425.stm. Retrieved 2020-06-22. 
  13. ↑ "Phillips nets Golden prize". BBC Sport (BBC). 29 July 2000. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/856691.stm. Retrieved 7 October 2013. 
  14. ↑ "Chelsea clinch Uefa Cup spot". BBC Sport (BBC). 19 May 2001. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/1338414.stm. Retrieved 7 October 2013. 
  15. ↑ "Van Nistelrooy nets Golden Boot". BBC Sport (BBC). 11 May 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/3018753.stm. Retrieved 7 October 2013. 
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Golden Shoe fits for Thierry Henry | News Archive | News | Arsenal.com (2013-12-03). Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  17. ↑ "Drogba collects Golden Boot award". BBC Sport (BBC). 18 May 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/6664459.stm. Retrieved 7 October 2013. 
  18. ↑ Prentice, David (23 December 2013). Suarez, MacKay, Dalglish... now how about some appreciation for Rodgers?. http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/luis-suarez-malky-mackay-kenny-6441710. Retrieved 22 January 2014. 
  19. ↑ (in en-GB) Ronaldo & Ferguson win top awards. 2008-05-14. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/7401795.stm. Retrieved 2020-06-22. 
  20. ↑ "Ronaldo receives Golden Boot in his native Madeira" (in en). Reuters. 2008-09-13. https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-ronaldo-boot-idUKLD30291020080913. Retrieved 2020-06-22. 
  21. ↑ Herman, Martyn (24 May 2009). Anelka tops Premier League scoring charts. Reuters. http://uk.reuters.com/article/2009/05/24/soccer-england-chelsea-anelka-idUKLO49811820090524. Retrieved 7 October 2013. 
  22. ↑ Terry calls for fresh investment to build on success. 11 May 2010. http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/terry-calls-for-fresh-investment-to-build-on-success-1.663646. Retrieved 7 October 2013.  (subscription needed)
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 Berbatov, Tevez share Premier League 'golden boot' on drama-filled last day. 23 May 2011. http://www.sofiaecho.com/2011/05/23/1093879_berbatov-tevez-share-premier-league-golden-boot-on-drama-filled-last-day. Retrieved 7 October 2013. 
  24. ↑ Player Profile – Robin Van PersiePremier League. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  25. ↑ "Van Persie wins Premier League Golden Boot". Arsenal.com (Arsenal FC). 14 May 2012. http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/van-persie-wins-premier-league-golden-boot. Retrieved 7 October 2013. 
  26. ↑ Robin van Persie retains Barclays Golden Boot Award. Premier League. 22 May 2013. http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/news/2012-13/may/robin-van-persie-wins-barclays-golden-boot.html. Retrieved 7 October 2013. 
  27. ↑ "Luis Suarez & Tony Pulis win Barclays Premier League awards". BBC Sport (BBC). 13 May 2014. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27389970. Retrieved 13 May 2014. 
  28. ↑ Aguero and Hart seal Golden Awards double for Man City (25 May 2015)Premier League. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  29. ↑ Tottenham's Harry Kane clinches Premier League Golden Boot (15 May 2016)Sky Sports. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  30. ↑ Harry Kane has won the Premier League's Golden Boot again (in en). The Independent (2017-05-21). Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  31. ↑ Mohamed Salah wins Golden Boot with new PL record. The Independent (13 May 2018). Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 Aubameyang, Salah and Mane share Golden Boot (12 May 2019)Premier League. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  33. ↑ Lawrence Ostlere. Premier League golden boot 2020: Jamie Vardy wins race to top goalscoring table. The Independent (26 July 2020). Retrieved 3 June 2021.
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