Premier League Golden Boot

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Premier League Golden Boot
2008 Premier League GoldenBoot CR7Museum.jpg
Cristiano Ronaldo's Premier League Golden Boot in the Museu CR7.
Awarded forThe leading goalscorer in a given Premier League season.
Sponsored by Castrol
Country Flag of England.svg England
Presented byPremier League
First awarded1993
Currently held by Flag of Norway.svg Erling Haaland (2nd win)
Highlights
Most awards Flag of France.svg Thierry Henry (4)
Most consecutive wins Flag of England.svg Alan Shearer
Flag of France.svg Thierry Henry
(3 each)
Most team wins Liverpool (7)
Most consecutive team wins Arsenal (3)

The Premier League Golden Boot is an annual association football award presented to the leading goalscorer in the Premier League. For sponsorship purposes, it was called the Carling Golden Boot from 1994 to 2001, the Barclaycard Golden Boot from 2002 to 2004, the Barclays Golden Boot from 2005 to 2016, the Cadbury Golden Boot from 2017 to 2020, [1] [2] and the Coca-Cola Zero Sugar Golden Boot for 2021. Since 2022, it is referred to as the Castrol Golden Boot. In addition to the trophy, winners of the Golden Boot are usually given £1,000 for every goal they scored throughout the season to donate to a charity of their choice, [3] [4] although Robin van Persie was given £30,000 after scoring 26 goals in the 2012–13 season. [5] [6]

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The Premier League was founded in 1992, when the clubs of the First Division left the Football League and established a new commercially independent league that negotiated its own broadcast and sponsorship agreements. [2] The newly formed league had no sponsor for its inaugural season until Carling agreed to a four-year £12 million deal that started the following season, [7] and it was simply known as the Premier League in its first year. [2] As a result, the award was called the "Premier League Golden Boot" when Teddy Sheringham received the inaugural award in 1993. [8] Originally consisting of 22 teams, the league contracted to 20 teams after the 1994–95 season; this reduced the number of games played from 42 to 38. [2]

Thierry Henry has won the Golden Boot on four occasions, more than any other player. Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Dwight Yorke were the first non-English and non-European winners, respectively, when they shared the award with Michael Owen in 1999. [9] Alan Shearer and Henry have won the award in three consecutive seasons. [10] Kevin Phillips, Henry, Cristiano Ronaldo, Luis Suárez and Erling Haaland won the European Golden Shoe in the same season as the Premier League Golden Boot, [10] [11] with Henry achieving this on two occasions (2004 and 2005). [12] Shearer, Hasselbaink and Van Persie are the only players to win the Golden Boot with two clubs. [13]

Haaland scored the most goals to win the Golden Boot, with 36 in 2022–23. [14] With 35 games played in the season, he also recorded the highest goals-to-games ratio to win the award, of 1.03. Nicolas Anelka scored the fewest goals to clinch the award outright, with 19 goals in 2008–09. [8] The all-time record for lowest number of goals scored to be bestowed the award, however, is 18 goals; this was achieved during the 1997–98 and 1998–99 seasons, when the award was shared between three players both times. [15] The latter season marked the last time the Golden Boot was shared until 2010–11, [16] when Dimitar Berbatov and Carlos Tevez both scored 20 goals that season to tie for the award. [17] Since then, the award was shared two more times: in 2018–19 (by three players) and in 2021–22 (two players). The Premier League Golden Boot is currently held by Erling Haaland with 27 goals.

Winners

Key
Player (X)Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)
GamesThe number of Premier League games played by the winner that season [upper-alpha 1]
RateThe winner's goals-to-games ratio that season
Indicates multiple award winners in the same season
Indicates player also won the European Golden Shoe in the same season
§Denotes the club were Premier League champions in the same season
#Premier League record
Premier League Golden Boot winners
SeasonPlayerNationalityClubGoalsGames [upper-alpha 2] RateRef(s)
1992–93 Teddy Sheringham Flag of England.svg  England Tottenham Hotspur [upper-alpha 3] 22410.54 [8]
1993–94 Andy Cole Flag of England.svg  England Newcastle United 34400.85 [8]
1994–95 Alan Shearer (1)Flag of England.svg  England Blackburn Rovers §34420.81 [8] [20]
1995–96 Alan Shearer (2)Flag of England.svg  England Blackburn Rovers 31350.89 [8] [20]
1996–97 Alan Shearer (3)Flag of England.svg  England Newcastle United 25310.81 [8] [20]
1997–98 Chris Sutton Flag of England.svg  England Blackburn Rovers 18350.51 [8]
Dion Dublin Flag of England.svg  England Coventry City 18360.50 [8] [21]
Michael Owen (1)Flag of England.svg  England Liverpool 18360.50 [8]
1998–99 Michael Owen (2)Flag of England.svg  England Liverpool 18300.60 [8]
Dwight Yorke Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago Manchester United §18330.55 [22]
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (1)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Leeds United 18360.50 [8]
1999–2000 Kevin Phillips Flag of England.svg  England Sunderland 30360.83 [10] [23]
2000–01 Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (2)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Chelsea 23350.66 [24]
2001–02 Thierry Henry (1)Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France Arsenal §24330.73 [22]
2002–03 Ruud van Nistelrooy Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Manchester United §25340.74 [25]
2003–04 Thierry Henry (2)Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France Arsenal §30370.81 [12] [22]
2004–05 Thierry Henry (3)Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France Arsenal 25320.78 [12]
2005–06 Thierry Henry (4)Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France Arsenal 27320.84 [8]
2006–07 Didier Drogba (1)Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast Chelsea 20360.56 [26]
2007–08 Cristiano Ronaldo Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Manchester United §31340.91 [3] [11]
2008–09 Nicolas Anelka Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France Chelsea 19360.53 [27]
2009–10 Didier Drogba (2)Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast Chelsea §29320.91 [28]
2010–11 Carlos Tevez Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Manchester City 20310.65 [29]
Dimitar Berbatov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Manchester United §20320.63 [29]
2011–12 Robin van Persie (1)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Arsenal 3038 [upper-alpha 4] 0.79 [31]
2012–13 Robin van Persie (2)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Manchester United §26380.68 [5]
2013–14 Luis Suárez Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay Liverpool 31330.94 [32]
2014–15 Sergio Agüero Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Manchester City 26330.79 [33]
2015–16 Harry Kane (1)Flag of England.svg  England Tottenham Hotspur 25380.66 [34]
2016–17 Harry Kane (2)Flag of England.svg  England Tottenham Hotspur 29300.97 [35]
2017–18 Mohamed Salah (1)Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Liverpool 32360.89 [36]
2018–19 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon Arsenal 22360.61 [37]
Sadio Mané Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal Liverpool 22360.61 [37]
Mohamed Salah (2)Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Liverpool 22380.58 [37]
2019–20 Jamie Vardy Flag of England.svg  England Leicester City 23350.66 [38]
2020–21 Harry Kane (3)Flag of England.svg  England Tottenham Hotspur 23350.66 [39]
2021–22 Mohamed Salah (3)Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Liverpool 23350.66 [40]
Son Heung-min Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Tottenham Hotspur 23350.66 [40]
2022–23 Erling Haaland (1)Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Manchester City §36#351.03 [41]
2023–24 Erling Haaland (2)Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Manchester City §27310.87 [42]

Multiple awards won by player

The following table lists the number of awards won by players who have won at least two Golden Boot awards.

Players in bold are still active in the Premier League.

AwardsPlayerCountrySeasons
4 Thierry Henry Flag of France.svg  France 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06
3 Harry Kane Flag of England.svg  England 2015–16, 2016–17, 2020–21
Mohamed Salah Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22
Alan Shearer Flag of England.svg  England 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97
2 Didier Drogba Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 2006–07, 2009–10
Erling Haaland Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2022–23, 2023–24
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1998–99, 2000–01
Michael Owen Flag of England.svg  England 1997–98, 1998–99
Robin van Persie Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2011–12, 2012–13

Awards won by club

Alan Shearer 2008.jpg
Robin Van Persie vs Swansea 2011 (cropped).jpg
Alan Shearer (left) and Robin van Persie (right) won consecutive Golden Boot awards with two clubs.
ClubPlayersTotal
Liverpool 47
Arsenal 36
Manchester United 55
Tottenham Hotspur 35
Chelsea 34
Manchester City 34
Blackburn Rovers 23
Newcastle United 22
Coventry City 11
Leeds United 11
Leicester City 11
Sunderland 11

See also

Notes

  1. This does not necessarily match the total number of games in a season.
  2. From the 1995–96 season onwards, the Premier League was reduced from 22 teams to 20, [18] thus reducing the number of games in a league season from 42 to 38.
  3. Teddy Sheringham scored his first goal of the 1992–93 season as a Nottingham Forest player, [19] while the rest of his goals were scored for Tottenham Hotspur following his transfer in August 1992.
  4. Arsenal's official website incorrectly lists Van Persie as having played 37 games in the 2011–12 season. He played all 38 games, as confirmed by the Premier League. [30]

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