# Premier League Golden Boot
The Premier League Golden Boot is an annual award given to the player or players who score the most goals in league matches in a Premier League season. It has been presented since the competition's inaugural 1992/93 campaign, and the current sponsored name is the Coca-Cola Golden Boot.[1](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/4337263/premier-league-awards) Erling Haaland of Manchester City is the most recent winner, taking the 2025/26 award with 27 goals.[2](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/4591856/haaland-wins-202526-premier-league-golden-boot-award)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Most goals in league matches in a single Premier League season; ties are shared[1](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/4337263/premier-league-awards) |
| First season | 1992/93, the Premier League's inaugural campaign[3](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7PPYZbQbqA) |
| Most awards | 4, shared by Thierry Henry (Arsenal; 2001/02, 2003/04, 2004/05, 2005/06) and Mohamed Salah (Liverpool; 2017/18, 2018/19, 2021/22, 2024/25)[4](https://www.premierleague.com/en/stats/records) |
| Single-season record | 36 goals, Erling Haaland (Manchester City, 2022/23), the record for any Premier League season[4](https://www.premierleague.com/en/stats/records) • [5](https://futsimulator.com/en/blog/premier-league-golden-boot-winners-every-season) |
| Most recent winner | Erling Haaland, 27 goals in 2025/26[2](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/4591856/haaland-wins-202526-premier-league-golden-boot-award) |
| Shared seasons | Five seasons have ended in shared awards, including the 2018/19 three-way tie at 22 goals[6](https://www.soccernews.com/english-premier-league/golden-boot/) • [3](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7PPYZbQbqA) |
| Related award | Distinct from the European Golden Shoe, which weights goals by league strength[7](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c2k42j72ld1o) |
## How the award works
The award is decided purely on league goals scored in the campaign; cup, European and international goals do not count. The Premier League describes it as one of its end-of-season "Golden" awards, alongside the Golden Glove for the goalkeepers who keep the most clean sheets and the [Playmaker](https://www.edgepedia.org/playmaker) award for the players with the most assists.[1](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/4337263/premier-league-awards) When two or more players finish level on goals, the award is shared rather than decided by a tiebreaker.
## Multiple winners and records
**Thierry Henry and Mohamed Salah** hold the record of four Golden Boots each. Henry won in 2001/02, 2003/04, 2004/05 and 2005/06 with Arsenal, and Salah won in 2017/18, 2018/19, 2021/22 and 2024/25 with Liverpool.[4](https://www.premierleague.com/en/stats/records) After winning in 2025/26, Haaland stood one award short of equalling that record, and he has won three Golden Boots in four seasons.[2](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/4591856/haaland-wins-202526-premier-league-golden-boot-award) • [8](https://www.fourfourtwo.com/person/player/erling-haaland-adds-four-guinness-world-records-to-trophy-collection) Other multiple winners include [Harry Kane](https://www.edgepedia.org/harry-kane), Michael Owen, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, and [Didier Drogba](https://www.edgepedia.org/didier-drogba), with Drogba winning the award in 2006/07 with Chelsea and [Cristiano Ronaldo](https://www.edgepedia.org/cristiano-ronaldo) winning it in 2007/08 with Manchester United.[3](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7PPYZbQbqA) • [9](https://time.com/6240741/messi-ronaldo-greatest-of-all-time-stats-comparison/)
Owen occupies a distinctive place in the award's history: he is the only multiple winner who never won it outright, having shared both of his awards.[5](https://futsimulator.com/en/blog/premier-league-golden-boot-winners-every-season)
## Single-season scoring records
The single-season record has moved with the league's format. Andrew Cole in 1993/94 and [Alan Shearer](https://www.edgepedia.org/alan-shearer) in 1994/95 scored 34 goals each, both in 42-game seasons.[6](https://www.soccernews.com/english-premier-league/golden-boot/) Salah raised the record for a 38-game season to 32 goals in 2017/18, surpassing the previous best of 31 jointly held by Shearer, Ronaldo and [Luis Suárez](https://www.edgepedia.org/luis-suarez).[5](https://futsimulator.com/en/blog/premier-league-golden-boot-winners-every-season) • [10](https://premierleague-static-files.s3.amazonaws.com/premierleague/document/2019/01/24/5157d89d-2664-4111-9934-093f3a6a795c/This-is-PL-Interactive-Combined.pdf) Haaland then scored 36 in 2022/23, which also beat Cole and Shearer's 34 and stands as the record for any Premier League season.[5](https://futsimulator.com/en/blog/premier-league-golden-boot-winners-every-season) That season showed how dominant a winning total can be: Harry Kane scored 30 goals for Tottenham Hotspur and still finished six goals behind, a tally the Premier League noted would have won the Golden Boot in all but four of the previous 38-match seasons.[5](https://futsimulator.com/en/blog/premier-league-golden-boot-winners-every-season)
## Shared awards
Five seasons have produced shared Golden Boots.[6](https://www.soccernews.com/english-premier-league/golden-boot/) The most notable is 2018/19, when Salah, Sadio Mané and [Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang](https://www.edgepedia.org/pierre-emerick-aubameyang) all finished on 22 goals and shared the award.[3](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7PPYZbQbqA)
## Relationship to the European Golden Shoe
The Premier League Golden Boot is a domestic award and should not be confused with the [European Golden Shoe](https://www.edgepedia.org/european-golden-shoe) (also called the European Golden Boot), which is presented to the leading goalscorer across all of Europe's top divisions. The European award uses a coefficient system that weights goals by league strength: goals in the top five leagues, the Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A and [Ligue 1](https://www.edgepedia.org/ligue-1), are worth two points each, with lower multipliers elsewhere.[7](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c2k42j72ld1o) Because of this weighting, a player can win the Premier League Golden Boot while failing to win the European Golden Shoe if strikers in other leagues achieve a higher coefficient-weighted total.[11](https://beefootball.com/articles/golden-boot-winner-premier-league/)
The two awards can also coincide. Kevin Phillips won the 1999/2000 Premier League Golden Boot with 30 goals for [Sunderland](https://www.edgepedia.org/sunderland) and took the European Golden Shoe in the same season, which made him the only Englishman ever to win the European award.[12](https://quizireland.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/DQL-questions-2024-02-Match-5-Zapruder.pdf) Haaland combined his 2022/23 Golden Boot with that season's European Golden Shoe.[8](https://www.fourfourtwo.com/person/player/erling-haaland-adds-four-guinness-world-records-to-trophy-collection)
## References
1. [Premier League awards, Premier League](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/4337263/premier-league-awards)
2. [Haaland wins 2025/26 Premier League Golden Boot award, Premier League](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/4591856/haaland-wins-202526-premier-league-golden-boot-award)
3. [Premier League Golden Boot All Winners (1993-2024), Sport Insight](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7PPYZbQbqA)
4. [Premier League Club, Manager & Player Records, Premier League](https://www.premierleague.com/en/stats/records)
5. [Premier League Golden Boot winners: every season since 1992, FutSimulator](https://futsimulator.com/en/blog/premier-league-golden-boot-winners-every-season)
6. [Premier League Golden Boot 2026/27: Race & Past Winners, Soccer News](https://www.soccernews.com/english-premier-league/golden-boot/)
7. [Who's leading the Golden Shoe race?, BBC Sport](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c2k42j72ld1o)
8. [Erling Haaland adds four Guinness World Records to trophy collection, FourFourTwo](https://www.fourfourtwo.com/person/player/erling-haaland-adds-four-guinness-world-records-to-trophy-collection)
9. [Messi's World Cup Win May Have Finally Crowned Him the GOAT, Time](https://time.com/6240741/messi-ronaldo-greatest-of-all-time-stats-comparison/)
10. [This is PL (interactive publication), Premier League](https://premierleague-static-files.s3.amazonaws.com/premierleague/document/2019/01/24/5157d89d-2664-4111-9934-093f3a6a795c/This-is-PL-Interactive-Combined.pdf)
11. [Golden Boot Winner: Premier League vs European Golden Shoe, BeFootball](https://beefootball.com/articles/golden-boot-winner-premier-league/)
12. [DQL questions 2024-02, Quiz Ireland](https://quizireland.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/DQL-questions-2024-02-Match-5-Zapruder.pdf)
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