Premier League Golden Boot Winners

The Premier League has always attracted top footballing talent, and some of the game’s most prolific goalscorers have graced the league over the years. So, let’s take a look at some of the finest examples by checking out the winners of the Premier League’s Golden Boot since the league’s inception in 1992.

2025/26 – Erling Haaland, Manchester City – 27 Goals

Already established as a Premier League great despite only being 25 years old, Erling Haaland won the 2025/26 Golden Boot at a canter. The Norwegian shot out of the blocks with a brace on opening weekend and would average a goal a game until the midway point of the season. A slight lull in the new year saw Haaland's usually incredibly high goalscoring rate drop slightly, but he still ended the year with a very respectable 27 goals.

2024/25 – Mohamed Salah, Liverpool – 29 Goals

Many thought that at 32 years old, Mohamed Salah may be heading towards the twilight of his career, but he would prove everyone wrong with an extraordinary season in 2024/25. The Egyptian King played a crucial role in Liverpool’s title-winning campaign, earning himself the PFA Player of the Year award along the way. Salah scored 29 times and, perhaps equally impressively, notched 18 assists, giving him a remarkable 47 goal contributions for the season.

2023/24 – Erling Haaland, Manchester City – 27 Goals

Another 27-goal season earned Erling Haaland the Golden Boot in 2023/24 and helped Man City win an unprecedented fourth consecutive Premier League title. What’s most impressive about Haaland’s record is that he missed seven games, primarily due to injury, during the season but was still five clear of the second-placed tally come the end of the season. A dominant four-goal outing against Wolves in gameweek 36 helped get him over the line for the 23/24 season.

2022/23 – Erling Haaland, Manchester City – 36 Goals

Haaland took the Premier League by storm in his debut season back in 2022/23. The Norwegian arrived in Manchester as an exciting, physically gifted forward, but no one could have predicted the immediate impact he would make. He scored twice on debut and had scored three hat-tricks by week nine! A fourth hat-trick and several braces later, Haaland had broken the record for the most goals in a Premier League season, with 36 to his name. He broke an almost 30-year-old record set when the season had four additional games – a special start to what continues to be a special career.

2021/22 – Mohamed Salah, Liverpool and Son Heung-Min, Tottenham – 23 Goals

The 2021/22 season saw a slightly lower tally win the Golden Boot, with Salah and Tottenham’s Son Heung-Min sharing the award on 23 goals. Salah led Liverpool to a 92-point second-placed finish and, despite missing time for AFCON, was a consistent source of goals for the Reds. Son’s 23 helped Spurs to a Champions League finish and made him the first, and only, ever Asian winner of the Premier League’s Golden Boot.

2020/21 – Harry Kane, Tottenham – 23 Goals

Harry Kane claimed the award in 2020/21 with 23 goals, adding to his overall tally which now sits at 213. Kane’s consistent play also saw him tally 14 assists, giving him almost one goal contribution per game for the year. The England captain’s goals helped him on his way to becoming the second-highest scorer in Premier League history. Will he return to England to have a stab at breaking the all-time record before he retires?

2019/20 – Jamie Vardy, Leicester – 23 Goals

Jamie Vardy’s heroics during the 2015/16 season, including an incredible goal-scoring run of eleven consecutive games, helped Leicester win a special Premier League title. However, Vardy’s fine form would continue for a number of seasons. The Englishman’s tally of 23 goals in 2019/20 helped Leicester return to European football for the first time since their title-winning season and earned Vardy a well-deserved Golden Boot trophy after he missed out by just one goal during his famous 2015/16 campaign.

2018/19 – Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Arsenal and Sadio Mane & Mohamed Salah, Liverpool – 22 Goals

The 2018/19 season saw a three-way tie for the Premier League’s top scorer. Arsenal’s then record signing, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, hit the ground running for the Gunners, notching 22 goals in his first full season in North London. Mo Salah and Sadio Mane also had great seasons, leading Liverpool to 97 points and another agonising second-placed league finish. The two between them had 44 goals and nine assists during the year, meaning they contributed to more than half of the Reds’ goals all season.

2017/18 – Mohamed Salah, Liverpool – 32 Goals

After a lacklustre spell at Chelsea and a few years out of the league in Italy, no one could have predicted Mo Salah’s incredible return to the Premier League in 2017/18. Salah scored on his debut and would continue scoring at a remarkable rate until the end of the season. A four-goal display during a 5-0 thrashing of Watford (Salah also assisted the fifth goal) was the climax of this incredible season, which saw Salah amass 32 goals, breaking the record for the 38-game format (since broken by Haaland).  Salah’s first season at Anfield was just the beginning, with the Egyptian King going on to cement himself as a Liverpool legend.

2016/17 – Harry Kane, Tottenham – 29 Goals

Kane only had 22 goals heading into the final two weeks of the 2016/17 campaign, but turned his already respectable tally into a historic one with seven goals over the last two gameweeks. A four-goal performance against Leicester was followed by a hat-trick to end the season, giving Kane 29 goals in just 30 games, after he missed several games due to injury. His goalscoring rate of 0.97 was the best in Premier League history and would only be bettered by Erling Haaland in 2022/23.

Other winners –

2015/16 – Harry Kane, Tottenham – 25 Goals
2014/15 – Sergio Aguero, Manchester City – 26 Goals
2013/14 – Luis Suarez, Liverpool – 31 Goals
2012/13 – Robin van Persie, Manchester United – 26 Goals
2011/12 – Robin van Persie, Arsenal – 30 Goals
2010/11 – Carlos Tevez, Manchester City and Dimitar Berbatov, Manchester United – 20 Goals
2009/10 – Didier Drogba, Chelsea – 29 Goals
2008/09 – Nicolas Anelka, Chelsea – 19 Goals
2007/08 – Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United – 31 Goals
2006/07 – Didier Drogba, Chelsea – 20 Goals
2005/06 – Thierry Henry, Arsenal – 27 Goals
2004/05 – Thierry Henry, Arsenal – 25 Goals
2003/04 – Thierry Henry, Arsenal – 30 Goals
2002/03 – Ruud van Nistelrooy, Manchester United – 25 Goals
2001/02 – Thierry Henry, Arsenal – 24 Goals
2000/01 – Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Chelsea – 23 Goals
1999/’00 – Kevin Phillips, Sunderland – 30 Goals
1998/99 – Michael Owen, Liverpool; Dwight Yorke, Manchester United; and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Leeds – 18 Goals
1997/98 – Dion Dublin, Coventry; Michael Owen, Liverpool; and Chris Sutton, Blackburn – 18 Goals
1996/97 – Alan Shearer, Newcastle – 25 Goals
1995/96 – Alan Shearer, Blackburn – 31 Goals
1994/95 – Alan Shearer, Blackburn – 34 Goals*
1994/94 – Andy Cole, Newcastle – 34 Goals*
1992/93 – Teddy Sheringham, Tottenham – 22 Goals

*42-game season