The Premier League Goal of the Season is an annual football award for the player deemed to have scored the best goal in the preceding Premier League season.
The shortlist features each of the season's nine Premier League Goal of the Month winners and on occasion, such as in 2016–17 and 2018–19, a goal from May which does not have a monthly vote. The winner is decided by a combination of an online public vote — which contributes to 10% of the final tally — and a panel of experts. [1]
The award was first given following the 2016–17 season and, since 2019–20, has been known by its sponsored name, the Budweiser Goal of the Season; the award had been previously sponsored by Carling for its first three iterations. In 2020, the Premier League backdated the award and named an unofficial winner for every season since its inception. [2]
First recipient of the award was Liverpool's Emre Can for his bicycle kick away at Watford. [3] The current holder of the award is Julio Enciso. [4]
Bold | Player still active in the Premier League |
† | Indicates player who also won the FIFA Puskás Award for this goal |
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‡ | Indicates player who also won the Premier League Golden Boot award in the same season |
§ | Denotes the club were Premier League champions in the same season |
Italics | Home team |
Season | Player | Nationality | Team | Score [lower-alpha 1] | Opponent | Date | Ref. |
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2016–17 | Emre Can | Germany | Liverpool | 1–0 | Watford | 1 May 2017 | [3] |
2017–18 | Sofiane Boufal | Morocco | Southampton | 1–0 | West Bromwich Albion | 21 October 2017 | [5] |
2018–19 | Andros Townsend | England | Crystal Palace | 2–1 | Manchester City | 22 December 2018 | [6] |
2019–20 | Son Heung-min † | South Korea | Tottenham Hotspur | 3–0 | Burnley | 7 December 2019 | [7] |
2020–21 | Erik Lamela † | Argentina | Tottenham Hotspur | 1–0 | Arsenal | 14 March 2021 | [8] |
2021–22 | Mohamed Salah ‡ | Egypt | Liverpool | 2–1 | Manchester City | 3 October 2021 | [9] |
2022–23 | Julio Enciso | Paraguay | Brighton & Hove Albion | 1–1 | Manchester City | 24 May 2023 | [4] |
The following awards were retrospectively given, dating back to the Premier League's founding season. [2] However, the awards were unofficial and thus shall not be counted. [10] [11] [12] [13]
Only counts official award winners (2016–17 onwards)
Country | Players | Total |
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Argentina | 1 | 1 |
Egypt | 1 | 1 |
England | 1 | 1 |
Germany | 1 | 1 |
Morocco | 1 | 1 |
Paraguay | 1 | 1 |
South Korea | 1 | 1 |
Only counts official award winners (2016–17 onwards)
Club | Players | Total |
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Liverpool | 2 | 2 |
Tottenham Hotspur | 2 | 2 |
Brighton & Hove Albion | 1 | 1 |
Crystal Palace | 1 | 1 |
Southampton | 1 | 1 |
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