IT is the most sought-after prize among Premier League forwards – and is a sure way of deciding who is the best striker in the English top flight.
Last year, Mohamed Salah and Son Heung-min shared the award with legends such as Thierry Henry, Cristiano Ronaldo and Harry Kane previously scooping the prize.
Erling Haaland has begun the Premier League season in stunning form
Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah won the Golden Boot with Son Heung-min last season
Who are the favourites to win the Premier League Golden Boot?
Once again, Liverpool superstar Salah is expected to be right at the top of the standings but he will face fierce competition.
New Manchester City signing Erling Haaland, Tottenham’s Harry Kane and Son Heung-min as well as Gabriel Jesus at Arsenal are all candidates to net the most.
Liverpool also brought in Darwin Nunez and Ronaldo is a sure bet to score plenty at an underperforming Manchester United.
Outsiders for the gong are the likes of Callum Wilson at Newcastle, Raheem Sterling at Chelsea and Jamie Vardy at Leicester.
Premier League top scorers 2022/23
As of December 26
- Erling Haaland – Man City – 18
- Harry Kane – Tottenham – 11
- Ivan Toney – Brentford – 11
- Aleksandar Mitrovic – Fulham – 9
- Rodrigo Moreno – Leeds – 9
- Miguel Almiron – Newcastle – 8
- Leandro Trossard – Brighton – 7
- Roberto Firmino – Liverpool – 7
- Phil Foden – Man City – 7
- James Maddison – Leicester – 7
- Mohamed Salah – Liverpool – 6
- Martin Odegaard – Arsenal – 6
Who scored in the Premier League this week?
Ivan Toney’s double against Manchester City saw him temporarily close the gap on Harry Kane before the England captain netted in Tottenham’s Leeds win.
Rodrigo Moreno, Roberto Firmino, Phil Foden and James Maddison all added to their tallies.
And Arsenal cemented top spot in the Premier League courtesy of Martin Odegaard.
Who has previously won the Premier League Golden Boot?
- 1992/93 – Terry Sheringham (Tottenham), 22 goals
- 1993/94 – Andy Cole (Newcastle), 34 goals
- 1994/95 – Alan Shearer (Blackburn), 34 goals
- 1995/96 – Alan Shearer (Blackburn), 31 goals
- 1996/97 – Alan Shearer (Newcastle), 25 goals
- 1997/98 – Chris Sutton (Blackburn), Dion Dublin (Coventry), Michael Owen (Liverpool), 18 goals
- 1998/99 – Michael Owen (Liverpool), Dwight Yorke (Man Utd), Jimmy-Floyd Hasselbaink (Leeds), 18 goals
- 1999/00 – Kevin Phillips (Sunderland), 30 goals
- 2000/01 – Jimmy-Floyd Hasselbaink (Chelsea), 23 goals
- 2001/02 – Thierry Henry (Arsenal), 24 goals
- 2002/03 – Ruud van Nistelrooy (Man Utd), 25 goals
- 2003/04 – Thierry Henry (Arsenal), 30 goals
- 2004/05 – Thierry Henry (Arsenal), 25 goals
- 2005/06 – Thierry Henry (Arsenal), 27 goals
- 2006/07 – Didier Drogba (Chelsea), 20 goals
Cristiano Ronaldo was the Premier League’s top goalscorer in the 2007/08 season
- 2007/08 – Cristiano Ronaldo (Man Utd), 31 goals
- 2008/09 – Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea), 19 goals
- 2009/10 – Didier Drogba (Chelsea), 29 goals
- 2010/11 – Carlos Tevez (Man City), Dimitar Berbatov (Man Utd), 20 goals
- 2011/12 – Robin van Persie (Arsenal), 30 goals
- 2012/13 – Robin van Persie (Man Utd), 26 goals
- 2013/14 – Luis Suarez (Liverpool), 31 goals
- 2014/15 – Sergio Aguero (Man City), 26 goals
- 2015/16 – Harry Kane (Tottenham), 25 goals
- 2016/17 – Harry Kane (Tottenham), 29 goals
- 2017/18 – Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 32 goals
- 2018/19 – Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), Sadio Mane (Liverpool), Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 22 goals
- 2019/20 – Jamie Vardy (Leicester), 23 goals
- 2020/21 – Harry Kane (Tottenham), 23 goals
- 2021/22 – Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), Son Heung-min (Tottenham), 23 goals
What Son said after sharing Golden Boot with Salah
After sharing the 2021/22 award with Salah of Liverpool, Tottenham’s Son was ecstatic.
He said: “Even Lucas [Moura] who came on, Stevie [Steven Bergwijn], H [Kane], Eric [Dier], Ben [Davies].
“Every player was next to me and said, ‘Sonny you’ve got to do this, you believe and you will get another chance’. Finally I scored and I scored second goal, it was just incredible.
The Golden Boot was shared by Son Heung-min and Mohamed Salah last season
“Today I missed the easiest chances but I scored one of the toughest chances.
“I’m very happy and I’m really, really grateful for the team that they helped me a lot, especially all season but this game today [Sunday], after 3-0 everyone was just like ‘Go on Son, go on Son! You got to do this, you deserve this’.
“I was really appreciative and that’s why I was pushing myself as well.”
