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The Premier League is no stranger to natural goalscorers. From Thierry Henry to Sergio Aguero, there have been several exceptional forwards in the history of the competition. Finding the back of the net is their foremost job and these superstars have done full justice to it.
Top Premier League forwards compete for the Golden Boot award each season
The Golden Boot has always been a sought-after trophy for forwards in the league. Each season, top players from various clubs fight tooth and nail to get their hands on the coveted award.
Tottenham Hotspur's Teddy Sheringham was the first winner of the Golden Boot in 1993. Since then, many iconic players have been crowned the goalscoring kings of the English top-flight.
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Let us now take a look at the five teams whose players have won the Premier League Golden Boot the most number of times:
#5 Tottenham Hotspur: 4
Tottenham Hotspur have been unable to get their hands on silverware, apart from two League Cups in 1999 and 2008, in the Premier League era. But they have been blessed with prolific strikers that have been a source of entertainment.
As aforementioned, Teddy Sheringham was the first player in the Premier League era to win the Golden Boot. The Englishman played three games for Nottingham Forest before shifting to Tottenham at the start of the 1992-93 season. He scored 22 goals in total and was awarded the inaugural Golden Boot award.
The other three Golden Boot awards have been awarded to striker supreme Harry Kane. He won the accolade consecutively in the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons for an incredible 25 and 29 goals respectively. He was also the league's leading goalscorer last season and finished the campaign with 23 goals. He also won the Playmaker of the Season award last campaign with 14 assists.
#4 Chelsea: 4
Chelsea have had their fair share of natural goalscorers over the past few decades. Frank Lampard is the Blues’ leading goalscorer with 117 Premier League goals. Several other superstars have also consistently found the back of the net for them.
The four Golden Boot awards that Chelsea have been awarded are split across three strikers. Jimmy-Floyd Hasselbaink won the Blues’ first Golden Boot of the Premier League era in the 2000-01 season with 23 goals. The Dutchman also won the award in the 1998-99 season with Leeds United.
Didier Drogba and Nikolas Anelka have also won the Golden Boot while playing for Chelsea. Drogba, one of Chelsea’s greatest strikers, won the accolade in the 2006-07 and 2009-10 seasons. The Ivorian scored 20 and 29 goals in those seasons respectively. Meanwhile, Anelka was presented with the award in the 2008-09 season for scoring 19 goals.
#3 Manchester United: 5
From Eric Cantona to Wayne Rooney, Manchester United have been home to some of the greatest goalscorers in the Premier League. Their dominance in the 90s and 2000s was fueled by these superstars who amassed a bag full of goals.
Five different Man United players have been awarded the Premier League Golden Boot award. Dwight Yorke won the Red Devils’ first accolade in the 1998-99 season by scoring 18 goals. Ruud van Nistelrooy and Cristiano Ronaldo were next, with 25 and 31 goals in the 2002-03 and 2007-08 seasons respectively.
The more recent winners of the coveted award were Dimitar Berbatov and Robin Van Persie in the 2010-11 and 2012-13 seasons respectively. Berbatov was level with City’s Carlos Tevez on 20 goals, whereas Van Persie found the back of the net on 26 occasions.
#2 Arsenal: 6
Arsenal are known for their majestic interplay and beautiful goals. The Gunners have had several world-class talents in their attack that have provided fans with all the thrill and excitement the Premier League has to offer.
Three Gunners strikers have won the Premier League Golden Boot during their time with Arsenal. Premier League legend Thierry Henry was the club’s first recipient of the award in the 2001-02 season for scoring 24 goals. The Frenchman then went on to win the accolade for three seasons running from 2003-04 to 2005-06. Henry scored 30, 25, and 27 goals respectively in those three campaigns.
Robin van Persie was the league’s leading goalscorer in the 2011-12 season for scoring a whopping 30 goals.
Arsenal’s most recent winner of the accolade was Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. He was part of a three-way tie alongside Liverpool’s Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah, who scored 22 goals each in the 2018-19 season.
#1 Liverpool: 6
The Golden Boot has been won by four Liverpool strikers over the years. Michael Owen was the first Red to get his hands on the award. He was the leading goalscorer in the 1997-98 and 1998-99 seasons with 18 goals on both occasions.
Owen was on par with Dion Dublin and Chris Sutton in the 1997-98 season. He was level with Dwight Yorke and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink the following campaign.
Luis Suarez’s 31-goal 2013-14 season saw the Golden Boot being awarded to a Red after 15 years. Mohamed Salah won the accolade in the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons for 32 and 22 goals respectively. Sadio Mane was also the joint-top scorer in the latter of the two seasons.
The Reds have always been a threat on the attack and even more so in recent times. With the way Mohamed Salah is currently playing, they look set to add a seventh Golden Boot award to their collection. He has already scored 19 goals this season in 26 games, seven more than second-placed Diogo Jota.
