Most Premier League Golden Boots by player
Henry won four with Arsenal, in 2001-02 and then three in a row from 2003-04 to 2005-06, and Salah four with Liverpool, in 2017-18, 2018-19, 2021-22 and 2024-25, two of them shared. Alan Shearer and Harry Kane have three, as does Haaland, whose third came last season. Michael Owen, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Didier Drogba and Robin van Persie won two. Only Henry and Shearer, from 1994-95 to 1996-97, have won it three seasons running, the Premier League notes.
Kane, Salah and Haaland have won or shared 10 of the 11 Golden Boots since 2015-16, all but Jamie Vardy's for Leicester City in 2019-20, and with Henry and Shearer they hold 17 of the 42. Three players won it with two clubs: Shearer with Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United, Hasselbaink with Leeds United and Chelsea, and van Persie with Arsenal in 2011-12 and Manchester United in 2012-13. Career totals are in the Premier League's all-time top scorers.
Premier League Golden Boot winners list: top scorer each season
Clubs played 42 games in the first three seasons and 38 since 1995-96. The share column is the winner's part of all the goals scored in the league that season, counted from every result.
| Season | Golden Boot winner (club) | Goals | Share of league goals | Champions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Erling Haaland (Manchester City) | 27 | 2.6% | Arsenal |
| 2024-25 | Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) | 29 | 2.6% | Liverpool |
| 2023-24 | Erling Haaland (Manchester City) | 27 | 2.2% | Manchester City |
| 2022-23 | Erling Haaland (Manchester City) | 36 | 3.3% | Manchester City |
| 2021-22 | Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), Son Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur) | 23 | 2.1% | Manchester City |
| 2020-21 | Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) | 23 | 2.2% | Manchester City |
| 2019-20 | Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) | 23 | 2.2% | Liverpool |
| 2018-19 | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), Sadio Mané (Liverpool), Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) | 22 | 2.0% | Manchester City |
| 2017-18 | Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) | 32 | 3.1% | Manchester City |
| 2016-17 | Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) | 29 | 2.7% | Chelsea |
| 2015-16 | Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) | 25 | 2.4% | Leicester City |
| 2014-15 | Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) | 26 | 2.7% | Chelsea |
| 2013-14 | Luis Suárez (Liverpool) | 31 | 3.0% | Manchester City |
| 2012-13 | Robin van Persie (Manchester United) | 26 | 2.5% | Manchester United |
| 2011-12 | Robin van Persie (Arsenal) | 30 | 2.8% | Manchester City |
| 2010-11 | Carlos Tevez (Manchester City), Dimitar Berbatov (Manchester United) | 20 | 1.9% | Manchester United |
| 2009-10 | Didier Drogba (Chelsea) | 29 | 2.8% | Chelsea |
| 2008-09 | Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea) | 19 | 2.0% | Manchester United |
| 2007-08 | Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) | 31 | 3.1% | Manchester United |
| 2006-07 | Didier Drogba (Chelsea) | 20 | 2.1% | Manchester United |
| 2005-06 | Thierry Henry (Arsenal) | 27 | 2.9% | Chelsea |
| 2004-05 | Thierry Henry (Arsenal) | 25 | 2.6% | Chelsea |
| 2003-04 | Thierry Henry (Arsenal) | 30 | 3.0% | Arsenal |
| 2002-03 | Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United) | 25 | 2.5% | Manchester United |
| 2001-02 | Thierry Henry (Arsenal) | 24 | 2.4% | Arsenal |
| 2000-01 | Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (Chelsea) | 23 | 2.3% | Manchester United |
| 1999-00 | Kevin Phillips (Sunderland) | 30 | 2.8% | Manchester United |
| 1998-99 | Michael Owen (Liverpool), Dwight Yorke (Manchester United), Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (Leeds United) | 18 | 1.9% | Manchester United |
| 1997-98 | Dion Dublin (Coventry City), Michael Owen (Liverpool), Chris Sutton (Blackburn Rovers) | 18 | 1.8% | Arsenal |
| 1996-97 | Alan Shearer (Newcastle United) | 25 | 2.6% | Manchester United |
| 1995-96 | Alan Shearer (Blackburn Rovers) | 31 | 3.1% | Manchester United |
| 1994-95 | Alan Shearer (Blackburn Rovers) | 34* | 2.9% | Blackburn Rovers |
| 1993-94 | Andy Cole (Newcastle United) | 34* | 2.9% | Manchester United |
| 1992-93 | Teddy Sheringham (Nottingham Forest, Tottenham Hotspur) | 22* | 1.8% | Manchester United |
Goals needed to win the Golden Boot, per 38 games
The median winning total is 26 goals. Scaled to 38 games, the three 42-game seasons come down a little: Andy Cole's 34 for Newcastle in 1993-94 and Shearer's 34 for Blackburn in 1994-95 are worth 30.8, and Teddy Sheringham's 22 in 1992-93 are worth 19.9. That leaves Haaland's 36 as the most in any season and Salah's 32 in 2017-18 second, ahead of the 31 scored by Luis Suárez in 2013-14, Cristiano Ronaldo in 2007-08 and Shearer in 1995-96.
The lowest winning total was 18, in 1997-98 and 1998-99, both shared three ways, and Nicolas Anelka's 19 for Chelsea in 2008-09 is the lowest for an outright winner. By decade of the season's start, the winner averaged 25.4 goals per 38 games in the 1990s, 25.3 in the 2000s, 26.4 in the 2010s and 27.5 so far in the 2020s.
Measured against all the goals in the league, which also adjusts for how much scoring there was, Haaland's 36 were 3.3 percent of the 1,084 scored in 2022-23, the biggest share for any winner; no other reached 3.2 percent. The 2023-24 season had the most goals of any, 1,246, and Haaland won it with 27, 2.2 percent of them. How the Premier League's scoring compares with other leagues is in our goals-per-game comparison.
Shared Golden Boots: what happens when players finish level
There is no tiebreaker. The Golden Boot is shared when players finish level on goals, with an award for each, and five have been split, 13 awards among 11 players:
- 1997-98, 18 goals: Dion Dublin (Coventry City), Michael Owen (Liverpool) and Chris Sutton (Blackburn Rovers)
- 1998-99, 18 goals: Owen, Dwight Yorke (Manchester United) and Hasselbaink (Leeds United)
- 2010-11, 20 goals: Carlos Tevez (Manchester City) and Dimitar Berbatov (Manchester United)
- 2018-19, 22 goals: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), Sadio Mané and Salah (both Liverpool)
- 2021-22, 23 goals: Salah and Son Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur)
Golden Boot winners by club and nationality
Liverpool players have won eight Golden Boots: Salah four, Owen two, and Suárez and Mané one each. Arsenal have six, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham five each and Chelsea four, and 12 clubs have had a winner. Chelsea's last was Drogba in 2009-10, and United's van Persie in 2012-13. By nationality, 14 countries have had a winner:
- England, 14: Sheringham, Cole, Shearer (3), Dublin, Owen (2), Sutton, Kevin Phillips, Kane (3) and Vardy
- France, 5: Henry (4) and Anelka
- Netherlands, 5: Hasselbaink (2), Ruud van Nistelrooy and van Persie (2)
- Egypt, 4: Salah
- Norway, 3: Haaland
- Argentina, 2: Tevez and Sergio Agüero
- Ivory Coast, 2: Drogba
- One each: Bulgaria (Berbatov), Gabon (Aubameyang), Portugal (Ronaldo), Senegal (Mané), South Korea (Son), Trinidad and Tobago (Yorke) and Uruguay (Suárez)
English players won or shared each of the first eight Golden Boots, to 1999-00, and none of the 10 from 2000-01 to 2009-10. Since then the only English winners are Kane, three times, and Vardy, and Kane's in 2020-21 is the most recent.
Golden Boot and the title: how often the top scorer's club wins the league
A Golden Boot winner played for the champions in 12 of the 34 seasons, 35 percent, including three in a row before last season: Haaland's City in 2022-23 and 2023-24 and Salah's Liverpool in 2024-25. Manchester United won five of their 13 titles with the league's top scorer, more than any club: Dwight Yorke in 1998-99, Ruud van Nistelrooy in 2002-03, Ronaldo in 2007-08, Dimitar Berbatov in 2010-11 and van Persie in 2012-13.
Last season went the other way. Haaland scored 27 for a City side that finished second, seven points behind Arsenal, whose leading scorer, Viktor Gyökeres, had 14. In all, a Golden Boot winner's club finished in the top three in 26 seasons and outside it in eight, most recently Kane's Tottenham in 2020-21; every champion and runner-up is in our list of Premier League winners.
Most goals in a Premier League season: the scoring records
Haaland's 36 goals in 2022-23 set the Premier League record for a season, also the most in a player's first Premier League season. They came in 35 games, the only Golden Boot season with more goals than games played, ahead of Kane's 29 in 30 games in 2016-17. The 42-game record is 34, by Cole and Shearer, and before Haaland the best in 38 games was Salah's 32.
Shearer's 31 for Blackburn in 1993-94, three behind Cole, are the most goals by a player who did not win the Golden Boot, and Kane's 30 for Tottenham, in 2017-18 and again in 2022-23, the most in a 38-game season. Suárez won by the widest margin, 31 goals to 21 for Liverpool teammate Daniel Sturridge in 2013-14. Phillips's 30 for Sunderland in 1999-00 were 53 percent of the club's 57 goals, the biggest share for a winner, and Shearer's 31 of Blackburn's 61 in 1995-96 is the only other above half.
Premier League top scorers 2026-27 after matchweek 7
Haaland led the 2026-27 Golden Boot race with eight goals in seven games, three more than Chelsea's João Pedro and Liverpool's Alexander Isak, after the 70 games played from August 21 to October 19. Haaland had scored in each of City's last six league games, after a blank on the opening weekend, including twice in City's 3-2 win over Ipswich Town on October 17, and none of the eight was a penalty:
- 8: Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
- 5: João Pedro (Chelsea) and Alexander Isak (Liverpool)
- 4: Rayan Cherki (Manchester City), Morgan Rogers (Chelsea), Marcus Tavernier (Bournemouth), Bryan Mbeumo (Manchester United) and Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Leeds United)
We counted every goal in the Premier League's match data, leaving out own goals, and the totals match its Golden Boot standings. City had won all seven games and led the Premier League table then; since, after nine matchweeks, Haaland has nine goals, three more than Isak, in ESPN's league leaders. The Vertize simulator plays out the rest of the season from the current table.
Premier League Golden Boot: frequently asked questions
Who has won the most Premier League Golden Boots? Thierry Henry and Mohamed Salah, with four each. Alan Shearer, Harry Kane and Erling Haaland have three.
Who won the Premier League Golden Boot in 2025-26? Erling Haaland, with 27 goals for Manchester City, five more than Brentford's Igor Thiago.
What is the most goals in a Premier League season? 36, by Haaland for Manchester City in 2022-23. The record for a 42-game season is 34, by Andy Cole in 1993-94 and Alan Shearer in 1994-95.
Is the Golden Boot shared when players finish level? Yes, each gets an award. It has been shared five times, most recently by Mohamed Salah and Son Heung-min in 2021-22.
Who leads the Golden Boot race in 2026-27? Haaland, with nine goals after nine matchweeks, three more than Liverpool's Alexander Isak, in ESPN's league leaders on November 3. He had eight after seven.
How this was built: the official list of Golden Boot winners, 1992-93 to 2025-26, checked season by season against the Premier League's own data (season awards, top-scorer tables from 2008-09, nationalities) and Wikipedia's list and season articles. Per 38 games scales the three 42-game seasons by 38/42. League and club goals come from every result, in the results matrices of Wikipedia's season articles and, from 1993-94, in football-data.co.uk files, which agree. Games played are the Premier League's from 2008-09 and Wikipedia's before. Champions are those of our list of winners. Shared awards count for each player, and Sheringham's 1992-93 award for Tottenham. The 2026-27 chart counts the goals of the 70 games played from August 21 to October 19 in the Premier League's match data, without own goals. See also our methodology. Data collected October 21, 2026; the nine-matchweek figures of November 3 are ESPN's league leaders.