The premier league is a world-famous soccer league, which is played from August to May every year.
The player who scored the most goals in a season of this league is awarded the Golden Boot award at the end of the league.
The award Golden Boot is given from 1992-93, the same year this league also started.
Before 1992–93, the league was known as the Football League First Division, which began in 1988.
The game, which runs for 90 minutes, has a lot of adventure, due to which it has become one of the most popular games
Teddy Sheringham played for Tottenham with 22 goals in 1992–93 becoming the first Edison player to win the Golden Boot Award.
In the last season 2021–22, the award was won by Mohamed Salah for Liverpool and Son Heung-min for Tottenham with a combined 23 goals.
Arsenal’s legend player Thierry Henry has won the Golden Boot title a record four times in 2001–2, 2003–4, 2004–5, 2005–6.
Alan Shearer, and Mohamed Salah, have won three times each.
Winners of the Golden Boot Award
Season | Player | Club | Goals | Game |
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1992/93 | Teddy Sheringham | Tottenham Hotspur | 22 | 41 |
1993/94 | Andrew Cole | Newcastle United | 34 | 40 |
1994/95 | Alan Shearer | Blackburn Rovers | 34 | 42 |
1995/96 | Alan Shearer | Blackburn Rovers | 31 | 35 |
1996/97 | Alan Shearer | Newcastle United | 25 | 31 |
1997/98 | Dion Dublin, Michael Owen & Chris Sutton | Coventry City, Liverpool, & Blackburn Rovers | 18 | 36, 36 & 35 |
1998/99 | Michael Owen, Dwight Yorke & Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | Liverpool, Manchester United & Leeds United | 18 | 30, 33 & 36 |
1999/00 | Kevin Phillips | Sunderland | 30 | 36 |
2000/01 | Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | Chelsea | 23 | 35 |
2001/02 | Thierry Henry | Arsenal | 24 | 33 |
2002/03 | Ruud van Nistelrooy | Manchester United | 25 | 34 |
2003/04 | Thierry Henry | Arsenal | 30 | 37 |
2004/05 | Thierry Henry | Arsenal | 25 | 32 |
2005/06 | Thierry Henry | Arsenal | 27 | 32 |
2006/07 | Didier Drogba | Chelsea | 20 | 36 |
2007/08 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Manchester United | 31 | 34 |
2008/09 | Nicolas Anelka | Chelsea | 19 | 36 |
2009/10 | Didier Drogba | Chelsea | 29 | 32 |
2010/11 | Carlos Tevez & Dimitar Berbatov | Manchester City & Manchester United | 20 | 31 & 32 |
2011/12 | Robin van Persie | Arsenal | 30 | 38 |
2012/13 | Robin van Persie | Manchester United | 26 | 38 |
2013/14 | Luis Suarez | Liverpool | 31 | 33 |
2014/15 | Sergio Aguero | Manchester City | 26 | 33 |
2015/16 | Harry Kane | Tottenham Hotspur | 25 | 38 |
2016/17 | Harry Kane | Tottenham Hotspur | 29 | 30 |
2017/18 | Mohamed Salah | Liverpool | 32 | 36 |
2018/19 | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Sadio Mane & Mohamed Salah | Arsenal, Liverpool & Liverpool | 22 | 36, 36 & 38 |
2019/20 | Jamie Vardy | Leicester City | 23 | 35 |
2020/21 | Harry Kane | Tottenham Hotspur | 23 | 35 |
2021/22 | Mohamed Salah & Son Heung-min | Liverpool & Tottenham Hotspur | 23 | 35 & 35 |