ThePremier League Golden Boot is an annualassociation football award presented to the leading goalscorer in thePremier League. For sponsorship purposes, it was called theCarling Golden Boot from 1994 to 2001, theBarclaycard Golden Boot from 2002 to 2004, theBarclays Golden Boot from 2005 to 2016, theCadbury Golden Boot from 2017 to 2020,[1][2] and theCoca-Cola Zero Sugar Golden Boot for 2021. Since 2022, it is referred to as theCastrol Golden Boot. In addition to the trophy, winners of the Golden Boot are usually given£1,000 for every goal they scored throughout the season to donate to a charity of their choice,[3][4] althoughRobin van Persie was given £30,000 after scoring 26 goals in the2012–13 season.[5][6]
The Premier League was founded in 1992, when the clubs of theFirst Division leftthe Football League and established a new commercially independent league that negotiated its own broadcast and sponsorship agreements.[2] The newly formed league had nosponsor for itsinaugural season until Carling agreed to a four-year £12 million deal that started thefollowing season,[7] and it was simply known as the Premier League in its first year.[2] As a result, the award was called the "Premier League Golden Boot" whenTeddy Sheringham received the inaugural award in 1993.[8] Originally consisting of 22 teams, the league contracted to 20 teams after the1994–95 season; this reduced the number of games played from 42 to 38.[2]
Haaland scored the most goals to win the Golden Boot, with 36 in2022–23.[14] With 35 games played in the season, he also recorded the highest goals-to-games ratio to win the award, of 1.03.Nicolas Anelka scored the fewest goals to clinch the award outright, with 19 goals in2008–09.[8] The all-time record for lowest number of goals scored to be bestowed the award, however, is 18 goals; this was achieved during the1997–98 and1998–99 seasons, when the award was shared between three players both times.[15] The latter season marked the last time the Golden Boot was shared until2010–11,[16] whenDimitar Berbatov andCarlos Tevez both scored 20 goals that season to tie for the award.[17] Since then, the award was shared two more times: in2018–19 (by three players) and in2021–22 (two players). Notably,Son Heung-min, who shared the award with Salah in the 2021–22 season, became the first Asian player to win the Golden Boot.[18] The Premier League Golden Boot is currently held by Mohamed Salah with 29 goals.
^This does not necessarily match the total number of games in a season.
^From the1995–96 season onwards, the Premier League was reduced from 22 teams to 20,[19] thus reducing the number of games in a league season from 42 to 38.
^Arsenal's official website incorrectly lists Van Persie as having played 37 games in the 2011–12 season. He played all 38 games, as confirmed by thePremier League.[31]
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