Premier League Golden Boot: Annual association football award presented to the leading goalscorer in the Premier League
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.
| Premier League Golden Boot | |
|---|---|
 Thierry Henry has won the most Golden Boot awards. | |
| Description | The leading goalscorer in a given Premier League season. |
| Sponsored by | Cadbury |
| Country | England |
| Presented by | Premier League |
| First awarded | 1993 |
| Currently held by | Erling Haaland (1st time) |
| Most awards | Thierry Henry (4) |
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 (2020-21), the award was won by Harry Kane; who won it for the third time.
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
| 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 also won the European Golden Shoe in the same season |
| § | Indicates that the player's team won the Premier league that season |
Awards won by nationality
| Country | Total |
|---|---|
 England | 14 |
 Netherlands | 5 |
 France | 5 |
 Argentina | 2 |
 Egypt | 2 |
 Ivory Coast | 2 |
 Bulgaria | 1 |
 Gabon | 1 |
 Portugal | 1 |
 Senegal | 1 |
 Trinidad and Tobago | 1 |
 Uruguay | 1 |
Awards won by club
| Club | Total |
|---|---|
| Arsenal | 6 |
| Liverpool | 6 |
| Manchester United | 5 |
| Chelsea | 4 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 4 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 3 |
| Manchester City | 2 |
| Newcastle United | 2 |
| Coventry City | 1 |
| Leeds United | 1 |
| Sunderland | 1 |
| Leicester City | 1 |
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.
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References
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