Premier League Golden Boot facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Premier League Golden Boot
Thierry Henry has won the most Golden Boot awards.
Awarded for	The leading goalscorer in a given Premier League season.
Presented by	Premier League
Country	England
First awarded	1993
Currently held by	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Sadio Mané Mohamed Salah

The Premier League Golden Boot is a yearly football award that is given to footballers who score the most goals in a Premier league season. The winners are also given £1000 for each goal they have scored in the season.

The first person to win the Premier League Golden Boot was Teddy Sheringham during the 1992-93 season. Arsenal F.C.'s Thierry Henry has won the award 4 times and currently holds the record for the most Golden Boots wins in the history of Premier League. Only two players have won the award for 3 consecutive (back-to-back) years, namely Thierry Henry and Alan Shearer. Most recently (2018-19), the award was won and shared by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Sadio Mané and Mohamed Salah, all of whom scored 22 goals.

The first international players to win the Premier League Golden Boot were Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Dwight Yorke during the 1998-99 season.

List of Winners

Key

Player (X)	Name of the player and number of golden boots he has won (if more than one)
Games	The number of Premier league matches played by the winner in that season
Rate	Goals scored per game by the player (total no. of goals divided by total no. of games i.e. Average)
	Indicates (meaning- to show/denote) that more than one player has won the award
§	Indicates that the player's team won the Premier league that season

Premier League Golden Boot winners

Season	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals	Games	Rate	Ref(s)
1992–93	Sheringham, TeddyTeddy Sheringham	England	Tottenham Hotspur	22	41	0.54
1993–94	Cole, AndyAndy Cole	England	Newcastle United	34	40	0.85
1994–95	Shearer, AlanAlan Shearer	England	Blackburn Rovers§	34	42	0.81
1995–96	Shearer, AlanAlan Shearer (2)	England	Blackburn Rovers	31	35	0.89
1996–97	Shearer, AlanAlan Shearer (3)	England	Newcastle United	25	31	0.81
1997–98	Sutton, ChrisChris Sutton	England	Blackburn Rovers	18	35	0.51
1997–98	Dublin, DionDion Dublin	England	Coventry City	18	36	0.50
1997–98	Owen, MichaelMichael Owen	England	Liverpool	18	36	0.50
1998–99	Owen, MichaelMichael Owen (2)	England	Liverpool	18	30	0.60
1998–99	Yorke, DwightDwight Yorke	Trinidad and Tobago	Manchester United§	18	33	0.55
1998–99	Hasselbaink, Jimmy FloydJimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	Netherlands	Leeds United	18	36	0.50
1999–2000	Phillips, KevinKevin Phillips	England	Sunderland	30	36	0.83
2000–01	Hasselbaink, Jimmy FloydJimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (2)	Netherlands	Chelsea	23	35	0.66
2001–02	Henry 1 Henry, ThierryThierry Henry	France	Arsenal§	24	33	0.73
2002–03	Nistelrooy, Ruud vanRuud van Nistelrooy	Netherlands	Manchester United§	25	34	0.74
2003–04	Henry 2 Henry, ThierryThierry Henry (2)	France	Arsenal§	30	37	0.81
2004–05	Henry 3 Henry, ThierryThierry Henry (3)	France	Arsenal	25	32	0.78
2005–06	Henry 4 Henry, ThierryThierry Henry (4)	France	Arsenal	27	32	0.84
2006–07	Drogba, DidierDidier Drogba	Ivory Coast	Chelsea	20	36	0.56
2007–08	Ronaldo, CristianoCristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	Manchester United§	31	34	0.91
2008–09	Anelka, NicolasNicolas Anelka	France	Chelsea	19	36	0.53
2009–10	Drogba, DidierDidier Drogba (2)	Ivory Coast	Chelsea§	29	32	0.91
2010–11	Tevez, CarlosCarlos Tevez	Argentina	Manchester City	20	31	0.65
2010–11	Berbatov, DimitarDimitar Berbatov	Bulgaria	Manchester United§	20	32	0.63
2011–12	Persie, Robin vanRobin van Persie	Netherlands	Arsenal	30	38	0.79
2012–13	Persie, Robin vanRobin van Persie (2)	Netherlands	Manchester United§	26	38	0.68
2013–14	Suarez, LuisLuis Suárez	Uruguay	Liverpool	31	33	0.94
2014–15	Aguero, SergioSergio Agüero	Argentina	Manchester City	26	33	0.79
2015–16	Kane, HarryHarry Kane	England	Tottenham Hotspur	25	38	0.65
2016–17	Kane, HarryHarry Kane (2)	England	Tottenham Hotspur	29	30	0.97
2017–18	Salah, MohamedMohamed Salah	Egypt	Liverpool	32	36	0.89
2018–19	Aubameyang, Pierre-EmerickPierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Gabon	Arsenal	22	36	0.61
2018–19	Mane, SadioSadio Mané	Senegal	Liverpool	22	36	0.61
2018–19	Salah, MohamedMohamed Salah (2)	Egypt	Liverpool	22	38	0.58

Awards won by nationality

Country	Total
England	&&&&&&&&&&&&&012.&&&&&012
Netherlands	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&05.&&&&&05
France	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&05.&&&&&05
Argentina	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&02.&&&&&02
Egypt	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&02.&&&&&02
Ivory Coast	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&02.&&&&&02
Bulgaria	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&01.&&&&&01
Gabon	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&01.&&&&&01
Portugal	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&01.&&&&&01
Senegal	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&01.&&&&&01
Trinidad and Tobago	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&01.&&&&&01
Uruguay	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&01.&&&&&01

Awards won by club

Sponsorships

The award was sponsored by Carling for the time between 1994 and 2001. In 2001, Barclaycard took over the sponsorship rights and continued to own them until 2005 after which, Barclays bought the sponsorship rights of both the award and Premier league. Currently, the award is being sponsored by Cadbury.

Notelist

Images for kids

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  Teddy Sheringham won the inaugural Premier League Golden Boot in 1993.

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  Cristiano Ronaldo, the 2008 winner, is one of four players to win the European Golden Shoe alongside the Golden Boot.

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  Dwight Yorke, the 1999 co-recipient, was the first Golden Boot winner from outside Europe.

See also

In Spanish: Anexo:Bota de Oro de la Premier League para niños