Premier League Golden Boot

annual association football award presented to the leading goalscorer in the Premier League

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]

Premier League Golden Boot
Thierry Henry, wearing a red shirt with white long sleeves and shorts with a number 12 and Nike logo on the left-leg side, applauds.
Thierry Henry has won the most Golden Boot awards.
DescriptionThe leading goalscorer in a given Premier League season.
Sponsored byCadbury
CountryEngland
Presented byPremier League
First awarded1993
Currently held byErling Haaland (1st time)
Most awardsThierry Henry (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 has won the award 4 times and currently holds 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 (2020-21), the award was won by Harry Kane; who won it for the third 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)
GamesThe number of Premier league matches played by the winner in that season[A]
RateGoals 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
SeasonPlayerNationalityClubGoalsGames[B]RateRef(s)
1992–93Teddy Sheringham  EnglandTottenham Hotspur[C]22410.54[8]
1993–94

Andy Cole

 EnglandNewcastle United34400.85[8]
1994–95Alan Shearer  EnglandBlackburn Rovers§34420.81[8][9]
1995–96Alan Shearer (2)  EnglandBlackburn Rovers31350.89[8][9]
1996–97Alan Shearer (3)  EnglandNewcastle United25310.81[8][9]
1997–98Chris Sutton  EnglandBlackburn Rovers18350.51[8]
1997–98Dion Dublin  EnglandCoventry City18360.50[8][10]
1997–98Michael Owen  EnglandLiverpool18360.50[8]
1998–99Michael Owen (2)  EnglandLiverpool18300.60[8]
1998–99Dwight Yorke  Trinidad and TobagoManchester United§18330.55[11]
1998–99

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

 NetherlandsLeeds United18360.50[8]
1999–2000Kevin Phillips  EnglandSunderland30360.83[12][13]
2000–01

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (2)

 NetherlandsChelsea23350.66[14]
2001–02Thierry Henry  FranceArsenal§24330.73[11]
2002–03

Ruud van Nistelrooy

 NetherlandsManchester United§25340.74[15]
2003–04Thierry Henry (2)  FranceArsenal§30370.81[16][11]
2004–05Thierry Henry (3)  FranceArsenal25320.78[16]
2005–06Thierry Henry (4)  FranceArsenal27320.84[8]
2006–07Didier Drogba  Ivory CoastChelsea20360.56[17]
2007–08Cristiano Ronaldo  PortugalManchester United§31340.91[D][19][20]
2008–09Nicolas Anelka  FranceChelsea19360.53[21]
2009–10Didier Drogba (2)  Ivory CoastChelsea§29320.91[D][22]
2010–11Carlos Tevez  ArgentinaManchester City20310.65[23]
2010–11Dimitar Berbatov  BulgariaManchester United§20320.63[23]
2011–12

Robin van Persie

 NetherlandsArsenal3038[E]0.79[25]
2012–13

Robin van Persie (2)

 NetherlandsManchester United§26380.68[26]
2013–14

Luis Suárez

 UruguayLiverpool31330.94[27]
2014–15Sergio Agüero  ArgentinaManchester City26330.79[28]
2015–16

Harry Kane

 EnglandTottenham Hotspur25380.65[29]
2016–17

Harry Kane (2)

 EnglandTottenham Hotspur29300.97[30]
2017–18Mohamed Salah  EgyptLiverpool32360.89[31]
2018–19

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

 GabonArsenal22360.61[32]
2018–19

Sadio Mané

 SenegalLiverpool22360.61[32]
2018–19Mohamed Salah (2)  EgyptLiverpool22380.58[32]
2019-20

Jamie Vardy

 EnglandLeicester City23350.66[33]
2020-21

Harry Kane (3)

 EnglandTottenham Hotspur23350.66[3]

Awards won by nationality

CountryTotal
 England14
 Netherlands5
 France5
 Argentina2
 Egypt2
 Ivory Coast2
 Bulgaria1
 Gabon1
 Portugal1
 Senegal1
 Trinidad and Tobago1
 Uruguay1

Awards won by club

ClubTotal
Arsenal6
Liverpool6
Manchester United5
Chelsea4
Tottenham Hotspur4
Blackburn Rovers3
Manchester City2
Newcastle United2
Coventry City1
Leeds United1
Sunderland1
Leicester City1

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

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