TheLesley Manyathela Golden Boot is an annualassociation football award presented by thePremier Soccer League to the leading goalscorer in theSouth African Premiership.^[1] The award, colloquially known as the PSL Golden Boot or simply the Golden Boot, has been presented since the inception of the post-apartheid format of the league in 1996. It was named in 2003 in honour ofLesley Manyathela, aSouth African international footballer and former recipient of the award who died in a motor vehicle collision in August of that year.^[2]

Wilfred Mugeyi was the first recipient of the award after he scored 22 goals forBush Bucks in theinaugural Premiership season.^[3] He is one of five players to have scored 20 or more goals in a season alongsidePollen Ndlanya,Collins Mbesuma,Siyabonga Nomvethe andPeter Shalulile.^[3] Mbesuma holds the record for the most goals scored in a single campaign following his return of 25 goals forKaizer Chiefs in the2004–05 season.^[4] He was also the first player to have won the award more than once, having claimed the trophy for a second time during his spell withMpumalanga Black Aces in 2016, while Shalulile equalled this record in 2022, and broke it the following year.^[4][5][6] In doing so, the latter also became the only player to have won the award in back-to-back seasons.

Bernard Parker holds the record for the fewest goals needed to win the award, with his return of 10 goals for Kaizer Chiefs in the2013–14 season earning him the accolade.^[7] The award has been shared three times in the Premiership's history, an occurrence which first took place in the2017–18 season afterRodney Ramagalela ofPolokwane City andPercy Tau ofMamelodi Sundowns both ended the campaign on 11 goals.^[7] Players fromMoroka Swallows and Kaizer Chiefs have won the award the most times, with each club having four unique winners.^[3]

Lesley Manyathela Golden Boot winners

Season	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals	Ref
1996–97	Wilfred Mugeyi	Zimbabwe	Bush Bucks	22	[3]
1997–98	Keryn Jordan	South Africa	Manning Rangers	11	[3]
1998–99	Pollen Ndlanya	South Africa	Kaizer Chiefs	21	[3]
1999–2000	Dennis Lota	Zambia	Orlando Pirates	18	[3]
2000–01	Gilbert Mushangazhike	Zimbabwe	Manning Rangers	19	[3]
2001–02	Ishmael Maluleke	South Africa	Manning Rangers	18	[3]
2002–03	Lesley Manyathela	South Africa	Orlando Pirates‡	18	[3]
2003–04	Jackie Ledwaba	South Africa	Zulu Royals	14	[3]
2004–05	Collins Mbesuma	Zambia	Kaizer Chiefs‡	25§	[4]
2005–06	Mame Niang	Senegal	Moroka Swallows	14	[8]
2006–07	Christopher Katongo	Zambia	Jomo Cosmos	15	[9]
2007–08	James Chamanga	Zambia	Moroka Swallows	14	[10]
2008–09	Richard Henyekane	South Africa	Golden Arrows	19	[11]
2009–10	Katlego Mphela	South Africa	Mamelodi Sundowns	17	[3]
2010–11	Knowledge Musona	Zimbabwe	Kaizer Chiefs	17	[3]
2011–12	Siyabonga Nomvethe	South Africa	Moroka Swallows	20	[12]
2012–13	Katlego Mashego	South Africa	Moroka Swallows	13	[13]
2013–14	Bernard Parker	South Africa	Kaizer Chiefs	10¢	[14]
2014–15	Moeketsi Sekola	South Africa	Free State Stars	14	[15]
2015–16	Collins Mbesuma (2)	Zambia	Mpumalanga Black Aces	14	[16]
2016–17	Lebogang Manyama	South Africa	Cape Town City	13	[17]
2017–18†	Rodney Ramagalela	South Africa	Polokwane City	11	[18]
2017–18†	Percy Tau	South Africa	Mamelodi Sundowns‡	11	[18]
2018–19	Mwape Musonda	Zambia	Black Leopards	16	[19]
2019–20†	Gabadinho Mhango	Malawi	Orlando Pirates	16	[20]
2019–20†	Peter Shalulile	Namibia	Highlands Park	16	[20]
2020–21	Bradley Grobler	South Africa	SuperSport United	16	[21]
2021–22	Peter Shalulile (2)	Namibia	Mamelodi Sundowns‡	23	[22]
2022–23†	Peter Shalulile (3)	Namibia	Mamelodi Sundowns‡	12	[6]
2022–23†	Khanyisa Mayo	South Africa	Cape Town City	12	[6]
2023–24	Tshegofatso Mabasa	South Africa	Orlando Pirates	16	[23]
2024–25	Lucas Ribeiro Costa	Brazil	Mamelodi Sundowns‡	16	[24]

Country	Total
South Africa	17
Zambia	6
Namibia	3
Zimbabwe	3
Brazil	1
Malawi	1
Senegal	1

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