Since the Premier League began in 1992, the Golden Boot has been one of the competition’s most prestigious individual awards. Given to the player who scores the most league goals in a season, it has been claimed by some of the greatest forwards English football has ever seen.
From Alan Shearer and Thierry Henry to Mohamed Salah and Erling Haaland, the list of Premier League Golden Boot winners reads like a who’s who of elite attacking talent. Here, NetBet Sport looks back at the players who have topped the scoring charts through the years and the record-breaking campaigns that defined their seasons.
What Is the Premier League Golden Boot?
The Premier League Golden Boot is awarded to the player who scores the most goals during a single league campaign.
If two or more players finish level on goals, the award can be shared. That has happened several times during the Premier League era, creating memorable seasons in which multiple forwards finished with identical totals.
The prize has become a major marker of individual excellence, with many of the competition’s greatest strikers winning it more than once.
Every Premier League Golden Boot Winner
Below is the full list of Premier League Golden Boot winners from the competition’s first season through to 2025/26.
| Season | Winner | Club | Goals |
| 1992/93 | Teddy Sheringham | Tottenham Hotspur | 22 |
| 1993/94 | Andrew Cole | Newcastle United | 34 |
| 1994/95 | Alan Shearer | Blackburn Rovers | 34 |
| 1995/96 | Alan Shearer | Blackburn Rovers | 31 |
| 1996/97 | Alan Shearer | Newcastle United | 25 |
| 1997/98 | Chris Sutton, Dion Dublin, Michael Owen | Blackburn Rovers, Coventry City, Liverpool | 18 |
| 1998/99 | Michael Owen, Dwight Yorke, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | Liverpool, Manchester United, Leeds United | 18 |
| 1999/00 | Kevin Phillips | Sunderland | 30 |
| 2000/01 | Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | Chelsea | 23 |
| 2001/02 | Thierry Henry | Arsenal | 24 |
| 2002/03 | Ruud van Nistelrooy | Manchester United | 25 |
| 2003/04 | Thierry Henry | Arsenal | 30 |
| 2004/05 | Thierry Henry | Arsenal | 25 |
| 2005/06 | Thierry Henry | Arsenal | 27 |
| 2006/07 | Didier Drogba | Chelsea | 20 |
| 2007/08 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Manchester United | 31 |
| 2008/09 | Nicolas Anelka | Chelsea | 19 |
| 2009/10 | Didier Drogba | Chelsea | 29 |
| 2010/11 | Dimitar Berbatov, Carlos Tevez | Manchester United, Manchester City | 20 |
| 2011/12 | Robin van Persie | Arsenal | 30 |
| 2012/13 | Robin van Persie | Manchester United | 26 |
| 2013/14 | Luis Suárez | Liverpool | 31 |
| 2014/15 | Sergio Agüero | Manchester City | 26 |
| 2015/16 | Harry Kane | Tottenham Hotspur | 25 |
| 2016/17 | Harry Kane | Tottenham Hotspur | 29 |
| 2017/18 | Mohamed Salah | Liverpool | 32 |
| 2018/19 | Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mané, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | Liverpool, Liverpool, Arsenal | 22 |
| 2019/20 | Jamie Vardy | Leicester City | 23 |
| 2020/21 | Harry Kane | Tottenham Hotspur | 23 |
| 2021/22 | Mohamed Salah, Son Heung-min | Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur | 23 |
| 2022/23 | Erling Haaland | Manchester City | 36 |
| 2023/24 | Erling Haaland | Manchester City | 27 |
| 2024/25 | Mohamed Salah | Liverpool | 29 |
| 2025/26 | Erling Haaland | Manchester City | 27 |
The First Premier League Golden Boot Winners
Teddy Sheringham became the first player to finish as the Premier League’s leading scorer, netting 22 goals in the 1992/93 season.
The following campaign saw Andrew Cole take goalscoring to another level. Playing for Newcastle United, he scored 34 league goals in 1993/94.
Alan Shearer matched that figure for Blackburn Rovers one year later before continuing to dominate the scoring charts. He won the Golden Boot three seasons in a row from 1994/95 to 1996/97, establishing himself as one of the defining forwards of the early Premier League era.
Thierry Henry and the Arsenal Years
Few players have dominated the Golden Boot race quite like Thierry Henry.
The Arsenal forward won the award four times, taking the prize in 2001/02, 2003/04, 2004/05 and 2005/06.
Henry was much more than a conventional centre-forward. His pace, movement, close control and ability to create chances made him one of the most complete attackers of his generation.
His 30-goal campaign in 2003/04 was particularly memorable as Arsenal completed an unbeaten league season. Henry remains one of only two players to have won four Premier League Golden Boots.
Ronaldo, Drogba and the Premier League’s Superstar Strikers
The late 2000s produced another wave of world-class Golden Boot winners.
Didier Drogba claimed his first award with 20 goals for Chelsea in 2006/07 before returning to the top of the standings with 29 in 2009/10.
Between those two triumphs came one of Cristiano Ronaldo’s greatest individual league campaigns. The Manchester United forward scored 31 times in 2007/08, helping his side win the Premier League while becoming one of the world’s most feared attacking players.
Nicolas Anelka, Dimitar Berbatov and Carlos Tevez also claimed scoring honours during this period.
The Salah, Kane and Aguero Era
The 2010s featured several players who became regular contenders for the Premier League Golden Boot.
Sergio Agüero won the award with 26 goals for Manchester City in 2014/15, while Harry Kane claimed three Golden Boots during his time at Tottenham Hotspur.
Kane first topped the standings in 2015/16 before retaining the prize with 29 goals a year later. His third success arrived in 2020/21.
Mohamed Salah then emerged as another dominant scorer. He netted 32 goals for Liverpool in 2017/18 and shared the 2018/19 award with Sadio Mané and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Salah shared another Golden Boot with Son Heung-min in 2021/22 after both finished on 23 goals.
Erling Haaland and the Modern Golden Boot Race
Erling Haaland made an immediate impact on the Premier League after joining Manchester City.
In his first season, he scored 36 league goals in 2022/23, setting a new record for the most goals scored in a single 38-game Premier League campaign.
Haaland followed that with another Golden Boot in 2023/24, scoring 27 times.
Mohamed Salah returned to the top of the scoring charts in 2024/25 with 29 goals, before Haaland responded by winning his third Golden Boot in 2025/26 with another 27-goal campaign.
His rapid accumulation of scoring awards has already placed him among the most successful Golden Boot winners in Premier League history.
Who Has Won the Most Premier League Golden Boots?
Thierry Henry and Mohamed Salah share the record for the most Premier League Golden Boot victories, with four each.
Alan Shearer, Harry Kane and Erling Haaland have all won the award three times.
Henry’s four triumphs came across five seasons between 2001/02 and 2005/06, while Salah matched the record after finishing as top scorer again in 2024/25.
With Haaland already on three Golden Boots, he remains within striking distance of the record.
The Greatest Golden Boot Seasons
Several Golden Boot campaigns stand out above the rest.
Andrew Cole scored 34 goals in 1993/94, with Alan Shearer matching that total a season later. Both achievements came during the era when Premier League clubs played 42 matches instead of the modern 38-game schedule.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s 31-goal season in 2007/08 demonstrated how devastating he had become at Manchester United, while Luis Suárez reached the same mark for Liverpool in 2013/14.
Mohamed Salah raised the 38-game benchmark to 32 goals in 2017/18 before Erling Haaland shattered it with 36 goals in 2022/23.
Those campaigns underline how the Golden Boot has evolved alongside the Premier League itself. Different eras have produced different types of scorers, but the challenge remains the same: outperform every other goalscorer across an entire season.
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