Every Premier League season's top scorer since the start in 1992

Becoming a top quality goalscorer is one thing, but winning the Golden Boot in the toughest league in the world is reaching a whole new level in itself. Here are the Golden Boot winners in each Premier League season. All statistics per Transfermarkt and the Premier League website.

After scoring on the opening day for Nottingham Forest, Teddy Sheringham was sold to Tottenham and scored a further 21 goals for the North London club, scoring 22 league goals and beating out Les Ferdinand by two.

Andy Cole had the record for most Premier League goals in a season before it was beaten by a certain Manchester City striker in 2023. Cole scored 34 goals for Newcastle, helping Newcastle finish third in the table.

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Alan Shearer scored 34 goals the following season for Blackburn Rovers, helping them defy the odds and win their only Premier League title. The Englishman scored three hat-tricks during the campaign.

The Premier League's record goalscorer followed up the year after by claiming his second Golden Boot, scoring 31 goals for Rovers. It was the third season in a row that Shearer had scored more than 30 Premier League goals.

In the summer of 1996, Shearer joined his hometown club of Newcastle United, breaking the world record transfer fee (£15 million) and going on to top the scoring charts for a third successive year, netting 25 Premier League goals.

Michael Owen broke on to the scene like no one had ever seen as a teenager for Liverpool, and in his first full season in the league, Owen scored a staggering 18 goals as an 18-year-old, finishing joint top with Aston Villa's Dion Dublin. He scored four less penalties than Dublin.

Owen continued his ridiculous goalscoring form as a teenager by scoring 18 goals again, finishing level with Leeds' Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Manchester United's Dwight Yorke. The Man United man was imperative in helping his team become the first English club to win the treble.

Kevin Philips had a season for the ages in 1999/00, scoring a miraculous 30 goals for Sunderland and firing them to seventh in the Premier League table. He is the only Englishman to win the European Golden Shoe.

Hasselbaink finally claimed his own Golden Boot in the 2000/01 season, scoring 23 league goals for Chelsea, who finished sixth in the league. He finished four ahead of Ipswich's Marcus Stewart in second place.

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French icon Thierry Henry fired Arsenal to the Premier League title in 2002, scoring 24 goals and helping Arsenal win the league by seven points. He scored 32 total goals and helped Arsenal win the FA Cup.

Manchester United needed a goalscorer to compete at the same level as Henry, and they got that through Ruud van Nistelrooy, who pipped Henry to the top of the goals standings with 25 goals. He helped United win back the Premier League title.

Henry regained the Golden Boot in 2004, scoring 30 Premier League goals and leading Arsenal to the only 'Invincibles' season in the league's history. Will it ever happen again?

The Arsenal legend topped the goalscoring charts again in 2005, finishing with 25 goals and beating out Crystal Palace's Andy Johnson by four goals, despite missing six of the last nine games.

Henry won the Golden Boot for a fourth time in five years in 2006, scoring 27 goals. He scored six more than Van Nistelrooy in second place. During the season, he became Arsenal's all-time record scorer and scored a hat-trick in the last league match at Highbury.

Ivorian Didier Drogba had found his feet at Chelsea under Jose Mourinho, netting 20 league goals in the campaign. He also scored the winning goals in the League Cup and FA Cup finals.

By 2007, Cristiano Ronaldo had established himself as the best player in the world. He scored 31 goals during the campaign, winning the Ballon d'Or, Champions League, and Premier League.

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Chelsea's Nicolas Anelka was the Premier League's top goalscorer in 2009 after netting 19 goals during the campaign. He replaced an injured Drogba at the start of the season and kept his place due to his impressive form.

Drogba sealed his Golden Boot in 2010 after scoring a hat-trick on the final day in Chelsea's 9-0 victory over Wigan. Before the game, he and Wayne Rooney were level on 26 goals, but Drogba came out on top after a fine performance.

Berbatov and Tevez once formed a deadly duo up front together, and in 2011, they shared the Golden Boot with 21 goals each. However, Tevez was playing for Manchester City and Berbatov was still plying his trade at Manchester United.

Robin van Persie's final season with Arsenal was electrifying. He scored 30 goals in the league and became only the second player to score against 17 Premier League clubs in a 20-team campaign.

Van Persie won his second Golden Boot in his first season at Manchester United. Sir Alex Ferguson knew they needed a striker to compete with Man City and the Dutchman delivered, scoring 26 goals in 38 games and securing his first Premier League title.

Luis Suarez's 2013/14 campaign is arguably the greatest goalscoring season in history, netting 31 league goals in 33 games. He was the Premier League Player of the Season and shared the European Golden Shoe. He scored three hat-tricks in the season.

Sergio Agüero was on the heels of the award a couple of years before picking it up in 2015, having scored 26 goals in 33 games for Manchester City. He beat out Tottenham's Harry Kane by five goals.

Harry Kane won his first Golden Boot in 2016, scoring 25 goals and beating Leicester's Jamie Vardy by a goal. It was Vardy who had the last laugh because his Leicester team beat Tottenham to the Premier League title in one of sport's greatest ever achievements.

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Kane topped the goalscoring charts again in 2017, having netted an incredible 29 goals in 30 games for Spurs. He scored four hat-tricks in the league, including four goals against Leicester.

Salah became the all-time top goalscorer for a 38 game Premier League season in his first year with Liverpool, scoring an impressive 32 goals in 36 games. He won the Golden Boot and the PFA Players' Player of the Year.

Liverpool's Salah and Mane, and Arsenal's Aubameyang won the Golden Boot after all three scored 22 goals in the 2018/19 season. Salah and Mane formed a deadly duo up top, securing the Champions League and missing out on the Premier League despite registering 97 points.

After winning the Premier League title in 2016, Leicester's Jamie Vardy finally got his hands on the Golden Boot in 2020, netting 23 goals in 35 games. In Leicester's 9-0 win at Southampton in October 2019, he netted his 100^th and 101^st Premier League goals, despite making his debut at 27.

Kane was the Premier League's top scorer for a third season in 2021, having scored 23 goals. He was also the Premier League Playmaker of the Year (14 assists), becoming the first player to win both awards.

Tottenham's Son Heung Min and Mo Salah shared the Golden Boot in 2022, with both players scoring 23 goals in 35 matches. Son fired Tottenham into the top four, while Salah helped Liverpool reach 94 points, despite finishing second to Manchester City.

Manchester City's Erling Haaland broke the record for goals scored in a Premier League campaign, netting an extraordinary 36 goals in 35 league games. He scored four hat-tricks and helped City win the second English treble.

Last season, Haaland finished atop of the goalscoring charts again, netting a sensational 27 goals in 31 games. He scored two hat-tricks and helped Manchester City win the league again.

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