Premier League Most Powerful Goal

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Premier League Most Powerful Goal
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Alexander Isak is the current holder of the award.
Awarded forThe most powerful goal scored in a Premier League season.
Sponsored by Oracle
CountryEngland
Presented byPremier League
First award2022
Currently held by Alexander Isak
Highlights
Most powerful goal Fernandinho (for Manchester City vs. Leeds United, 30 April 2022, 117.6km/h)

The Premier League Most Powerful Goal is an annual English football award, presented to the player who has scored the most powerfully struck goal in a Premier League season. The speed of every goal is calculated by Opta Sports for the purpose of the award. [1] [2] For sponsorship purposes, it has been called the Oracle Most Powerful Goal since its inception at the end of the 2021–22 Premier League season. [3]

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The most powerful goal recorded was scored by Fernandinho in a 4–0 victory for Manchester City over Leeds United on 30 April 2022, calculated to be travelling at 117.6km/h. The latest award winner is Newcastle United forward Alexander Isak. [4]

Winners

Key
BoldPlayer still active in the Premier League
Indicates most powerful goal recorded
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
SeasonPlayerNationalityTeamScore [a] OpponentSpeedDateRef.
2021–22 Fernandinho Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Manchester City§4–0 Leeds United 30 April 2022 [5]
2022–23 Saïd Benrahma Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria West Ham United 1–0 Crystal Palace 6 November 2022 [6]
2023–24 Moussa Diaby Flag of France.svg  France Aston Villa 1–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 30 March 2024 [7]
2024–25 Alexander Isak Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Newcastle United 1–0 Liverpool 4 December 2024 [4]
  1. The score at the time of the goal. Player's team's score listed first.

Awards won by nationality

CountryPlayersTotal
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 11
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 11
Flag of France.svg  France 11
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 11

Awards won by club

ClubPlayersTotal
Aston Villa 11
Manchester City 11
Newcastle United 11
West Ham United 11

See also

References

  1. "How the Most Powerful Goal award works". www.premierleague.com. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  2. Cummins, Nigel (1 July 2021). "Oracle Cloud aids Premier League". The OR Society. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  3. "Premier League partners with Oracle to bring fans closer to the game". Oracle. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  4. 1 2 "Isak wins 2024/25 Oracle Most Powerful Goal award". Premier League. 31 May 2025. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
  5. "Fernandinho wins 2021/22 Oracle Most Powerful Goal award". Premier League. 26 May 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  6. "Benrahma wins 2022/23 Oracle Most Powerful Goal award". Premier League. 30 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  7. "Diaby wins 2023/24 Oracle Most Powerful Goal award". Premier League. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.