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Premier League Golden Boot
Premier League Golden Boot
Date May
Location London
Country Flag of England England
Host 1
Most consecutive wins Flag of England Alan Shearer
Flag of France Thierry Henry
(3 each)
Most team wins Liverpool (7)
Most consecutive team wins Arsenal (3)
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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, 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, although Robin van Persie was given £30,000 after scoring 26 goals in the 2012–13 season.

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. 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, and it was simply known as the Premier League in its first year. As a result, the award was called the "Premier League Golden Boot" when Teddy Sheringham received the inaugural award in 1993. 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.

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. Alan Shearer is the only player other than Henry to win the award in three consecutive seasons. Phillips, Henry, Cristiano Ronaldo and Luis Suárez won the European Golden Shoe in the same season as the Premier League Golden Boot, with Henry achieving this on two occasions (2004 and 2005). Shearer, Hasselbaink and Van Persie are the only players to win the Golden Boot with two clubs.

Andy Cole and Shearer – with 34 goals in 1993–94 and 1994–95, respectively – scored the most goals to win the Golden Boot when the Premier League was a 42-game season, Mohamed Salah with 32 goals in 2017–18 holds the record for the current 38-game season, while Nicolas Anelka scored the fewest to clinch the award outright, with 19 goals in 2008–09. 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. The latter season marked the last time the Golden Boot was shared until 2010–11, when Dimitar Berbatov and Carlos Tevez both scored 20 goals that season to tie for the award. Harry Kane recorded the highest goals-to-games ratio to win the award, scoring 29 goals in 30 games in 2016–17 for a rate of 0.97. The Premier League Golden Boot is currently shared by Son Heung-min and Mohamed Salah, with 23 goals each.

Winners[]

Key
Player (X) Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)
Games The number of Premier League games played by the winner that season
Rate The 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
Season Player Nationality Club Goals Games Rate
1992–93 Sheringham, TeddyTeddy Sheringham England England Tottenham Hotspur 22 41 0.54
1993–94 Cole, AndyAndy Cole England England Newcastle United 34# 40 0.85
1994–95 Shearer, AlanAlan Shearer England England Blackburn Rovers§ 34# 42 0.81
1995–96 Shearer, AlanAlan Shearer (2) England England Blackburn Rovers 31 35 0.89
1996–97 Shearer, AlanAlan Shearer (3) England England Newcastle United 25 31 0.81
1997–98. Sutton, ChrisChris Sutton England England Blackburn Rovers 18 35 0.51
Dublin, DionDion Dublin England England Coventry City 18 36 0.50
Owen, MichaelMichael Owen England England Liverpool 18 36 0.50
1998–99. Owen, MichaelMichael Owen (2) England England Liverpool 18 30 0.60
Yorke, DwightDwight Yorke Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Manchester United§ 18 33 0.55
Hasselbaink, Jimmy FloydJimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Netherlands Netherlands Leeds United 18 36 0.50
1999–2000 Phillips, KevinKevin Phillips. England England Sunderland 30 36 0.83
2000–01 Hasselbaink, Jimmy FloydJimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (2) Netherlands Netherlands Chelsea 23 35 0.66
2001–02 Henry, ThierryThierry Henry Flag of France France Arsenal§ 24 33 0.73
2002–03 Nistelrooy, Ruud vanRuud van Nistelrooy Netherlands Netherlands Manchester United§ 25 34 0.74
2003–04 Henry, ThierryThierry Henry. (2) Flag of France France Arsenal§ 30 37 0.81
2004–05 Henry, ThierryThierry Henry. (3) Flag of France France Arsenal 25 32 0.78
2005–06 Henry, ThierryThierry Henry (4) Flag of France France Arsenal 27 32 0.84
2006–07 Drogba, DidierDidier Drogba Flag of Cote d'Ivoire Ivory Coast Chelsea 20 36 0.56
2007–08 Ronaldo, CristianoCristiano Ronaldo. Flag of Portugal Portugal Manchester United§ 31 34 0.91
2008–09 Anelka, NicolasNicolas Anelka Flag of France France Chelsea 19 36 0.53
2009–10 Drogba, DidierDidier Drogba (2) Flag of Cote d'Ivoire Ivory Coast Chelsea§ 29 32 0.91
2010–11. Tevez, CarlosCarlos Tevez Flag of Argentina Argentina Manchester City 20 31 0.65
Berbatov, DimitarDimitar Berbatov Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria Manchester United§ 20 32 0.63
2011–12 Persie, Robin vanRobin van Persie Netherlands Netherlands Arsenal 30 0.79
2012–13 Persie, Robin vanRobin van Persie (2) Netherlands Netherlands Manchester United§ 26 38 0.68
2013–14 Suarez, LuisLuis Suárez. Flag of Uruguay Uruguay Liverpool 31 33 0.94
2014–15 Aguero, SergioSergio Agüero Flag of Argentina Argentina Manchester City 26 33 0.79
2015–16 Kane, HarryHarry Kane England England Tottenham Hotspur 25 38 0.66
2016–17 Kane, HarryHarry Kane (2) England England Tottenham Hotspur 29 30 0.97
2017–18 Salah, MohamedMohamed Salah Flag of Egypt Egypt Liverpool 32 36 0.89
2018–19. Aubameyang, Pierre-EmerickPierre-Emerick Aubameyang Flag of Gabon Gabon Arsenal 22 36 0.61
Mane, SadioSadio Mané Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal Liverpool 22 36 0.61
Salah, MohamedMohamed Salah (2) Flag of Egypt Egypt Liverpool 22 38 0.58
2019–20 Vardy, JamieJamie Vardy England England Leicester City 23 35 0.66
2020–21 Kane, HarryHarry Kane (3) England England Tottenham Hotspur 23 35 0.66
2021–22. Salah, MohamedMohamed Salah (3) Flag of Egypt Egypt Liverpool 23 35 0.66
Son Heung-min South Korea South Korea Tottenham Hotspur 23 35 0.66
2022–23 Haaland, ErlingErling Haaland Flag of Norway Norway Manchester City 36 35 1.03
2023–24 Haaland, ErlingErling Haaland Flag of Norway Norway Manchester City 27 31 0.87

Awards won by player[]

Awards Player Country Seasons
4 Henry, ThierryThierry Henry Flag of France France 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06
3 Kane, HarryHarry Kane England England 2015–16, 2016–17, 2020–21
Salah, MohamedMohamed Salah Flag of Egypt Egypt 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22
Shearer, AlanAlan Shearer England England 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97
2 Drogba, DidierDidier Drogba Flag of Cote d'Ivoire Ivory Coast 2006–07, 2009–10
Erling Haaland Flag of Norway Norway 2022–23, 2023–24
Hasselbaink, Jimmy FloydJimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Netherlands Netherlands 1998–99, 2000–01
Owen, MichaelMichael Owen England England 1997–98, 1998–99
Persie, Robin vanRobin van Persie Netherlands Netherlands 2011–12, 2012–13

Awards won by nationality[]

Country Players Total
England England 9 14
Netherlands Netherlands 3 5
Flag of France France 2 5
Flag of Egypt Egypt 1 3
Flag of Argentina Argentina 2 2
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire Ivory Coast 1 2
Flag of Norway Norway 1 2
Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria 1 1
Flag of Gabon Gabon 1 1
Flag of Portugal Portugal 1 1
Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal 1 1
South Korea South Korea 1 1
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 1 1
Flag of Uruguay Uruguay 1 1

Awards won by club[]

Club Players Total
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Awards in English football
Premier League

Manager of the Season · Player of the Season · Young Player of the Season · Goal of the Season · Playmaker of the Season · Save of the Season · Manager of the Month · Player of the Month · Goal of the Month · Save of the Month · Winning players · Golden Boot · Golden Glove · 10 Seasons Awards · 20 Seasons Awards · Hall of Fame

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