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Top goalscorers in English football's First Division and Premier League from 1888/89 to 2024/25

Top goal scorer(s)	Premier League	First Division
2024/25 Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)	29	-
2023/24 Erling Haaland (Man City)	27	-
2022/23 Erling Haaland (Man City)	36	-
2021/22 Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), Son Heung-Min (Tottenham)	22	-
2020/21 Harry Kane (Tottenham)	23	-
2019/20 Jamie Vardy (Leicester)	23	-
2018/19 - Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), Sadio Mané, Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)	22	-
2017/18 Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)	32	-
2016/17 Harry Kane (Tottenham)	29	-
2015/16 Harry Kane (Tottenham)	25	-
2014/15 Sergio Agüero (Man City)	26	-
2013/14 Luis Suárez (Liverpool)	31	-
2012/13 Robin van Persie (Man Utd)	26	-
2011/12 Robin van Persie (Arsenal)	30	-
2010/11 Dimitar Berbatov (Man Utd), Carlos Tevez (Man City)	20	-
2009/10 Didier Drogba (Chelsea)	29	-
2008/09 Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea)	19	-
2007/08 Cristiano Ronaldo (Man Utd)	31	-
2006/07 Didier Drogba (Chelsea)	20	-
2005/06 Thierry Henry (Arsenal)	27	-
2004/05 Thierry Henry (Arsenal)	25	-
2003/04 Thierry Henry (Arsenal)	30	-
2002/03 Ruud van Nistelrooy (Man Utd)	25	-
2001/02 Thierry Henry (Arsenal)	24	-
2000/01 Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (Chelsea)	23	-
1999/00 Kevin Phillips (Sunderland)	30	-
1998/99 Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (Leeds)	18	-
1997/98 - Dion Dublin (Coventry), Michael Owen (Liverpool), Chris Sutton (Blackburn)	18	-
1996/97 Alan Shearer (Newcastle)	25	-
1995/96 Alan Shearer (Blackburn)	31	-
1994/95 Alan Shearer (Blackburn)	34	-
1993/94 Andy Cole (Man Utd)	34	-
1992/93 Teddy Sheringham** (Forest/Tottenham)	22	-
1991/92 Ian Wright* (Arsenal/Palace)	-	29
1990/91 Alan Smith (Arsenal)	-	23
1989/90 Gary Linekar (Tottenham)	-	24
1988/89 Alan Smith (Arsenal)	-	23
1987/88 John Aldridge (Liverpool)	-	26
1986/87 Clive Allen (Tottenham)	-	33
1985/86 Gary Linekar (Everton)	-	30
1984/85 Kerry Dixon (Chelsea), Gary Linekar (Leicester)	-	24
1983/84 Ian Rush (Liverpool)	-	32
1982/83 Luther Blissett (Watford)	-	27
1981/82 Kevin Keegan (Southampton)	-	26
1980/81 Peter Withe (Aston Villa), Steve Archibald (Tottenham)	-	20
1979/80 Phil Boyer (Southampton)	-	23
1978/79 Frank Worthington (Bolton)	-	24
1977/78 Bob Latchford (Everton)	-	30
1976/77 Malcolm Macdonald (Arsenal), Andy Gray (Aston Villa)	-	25
1975/76 Ted MacDougall (Norwich)	-	23
1974/75 Malcolm Macdonald (Newcastle)	-	21
1973/74 Mick Channon (Southampton)	-	21
1972/73 Pop Robson (West Ham)	-	28
1971/72 Francis Lee (Man City)	-	33
1970/71 Tony Brown (West Brom)	-	28
1969/70 Jeff Astle (West Brom)	-	25
1968/69 Jimmy Greaves (Tottenham)	-	27
1967/68 Ron Davies (Southampton), George Best (Man Utd)	-	28
1966/67 Ron Davies (Southampton)	-	37
1965/66 Willie Irvine (Burnley)	-	29
1964/65 Jimmy Greaves (Tottenham), Andy McEvoy (Blackburn)	-	29
1963/64 Jimmy Greaves (Tottenham)	-	35
1962/63 Jimmy Greaves (Tottenham)	-	37
1961/62 Ray Crawford (Ipswich)	-	32
1960/61 Jimmy Greaves (Chelsea)	-	32
1959/60 Dennis Viollet (Man Utd)	-	32
1958/59 Jimmy Greaves (Chelsea)	-	36
1957/58 Bobby Smith (Tottenham)	-	38
1956/57 John Charles (Leeds)	-	33
1955/56 Nat Lofthouse (Bolton)	-	27
1954/55 Ronnie Allen (West Brom)	-	29
1953/54 Jimmy Glazzard (Huddersfield), Johnny Nicholls (West Brom)	-	29
1952/53 Charlie Wayman (Preston)	-	24
1951/52 George Robledo (Newcastle)	-	33
1950/51 Stan Mortensen (Blackpool)	-	30
1949/50 Dickie Davis (Sunderland)	-	25
1948/49 Willie Moir (Bolton)	-	25
1947/48 Ronnie Rooke (Arsenal)	-	33
1946/47 Dennis Westcott (Wolves)	-	37
1939/40 - 1945/46 Break due to Second World War	-	-
1938/39 Tommy Lawton (Everton)	-	35
1937/38 Tommy Lawton (Everton)	-	38
1936/37 Freddie Steele (Stoke)	-	39
1935/36 W. G. Richardson (West Brom)	-	31
1934/35 Ted Drake (Arsenal)	-	42
1933/34 Jack Bowers (Derby)	-	34
1932/33 Jack Bowers (Derby)	-	35
1931/32 Dixie Dean (Everton)	-	44
1930/31 Tom Waring (Aston Villa)	-	49
1929/30 Vic Watson (West Ham)	-	41
1928/29 Dave Halliday (Sunderland)	-	43
1927/28 Dixie Dean (Everton)	-	60
1926/27 Jimmy Trotter (Sheffield Wed)	-	37
1925/26 Ted Harper (Blackburn)	-	43
1924/25 Frank Roberts (Man City)	-	28
1923/24 Wilf Chadwick (Everton)	-	28
1922/23 Charlie Buchan (Sunderland)	-	30
1921/22 Andy Wilson (Middlesbrough)	-	31
1920/21 Joe Smith (Bolton)	-	38
1919/20 Fred Morris (West Brom)	-	37
1915/16 - 1918/19 Break due to First World War	-	-
1914/15 Bobby Parker (Everton)	-	35
1913/14 George Elliot (Middlesbrough)	-	32
1912/13 David McClean (Sheffield Wed)	-	30
1911/12 - David McClean (Sheffield Wed), George Holley (Sunderland), Harry Hampton (Aston Villa)	-	25
1910/11 Albert Shepherd (Newcastle)	-	25
1909/10 Jack Parkinson (Liverpool)	-	30
1908/09 Bert Freeman (Everton)	-	38
1907/08 Enoch West (Forest)	-	27
1906/07 Alex Young (Everton)	-	28
1905/06 Albert Shepherd (Bolton)	-	26
1904/05 Arthur Brown (Sheffield Utd)	-	22
1903/04 Steve Bloomer (Derby County)	-	20
1902/03 Sam Raybould (Liverpool)	-	31
1901/02 Jimmy Settle (Everton)	-	18
1900/01 Steve Bloomer (Derby County)	-	23
1899/00 Billy Garraty (Aston Villa)	-	27
1898/99 Steve Bloomer (Derby County)	-	23
1897/98 Fred Wheldon (Aston Villa)	-	21
1896/97 Steve Bloomer (Derby County)	-	22
1895/96 John J. Campbell (Aston Villa), Steve Bloomer (Derby)	-	20
1894/95 Johnny Campbell (Sunderland)	-	22
1893/94 Jack Southworth (Everton)	-	27
1892/93 Johnny Campbell (Sunderland)	-	31
1891/92 Johnny Campbell (Sunderland)	-	32
1890/91 Jack Southworth (Blackburn)	-	26
1889/90 Jimmy Ross (Preston)	-	21
1888/89 John Goodall (Preston)	-	21

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Survey time period

1888 to 2025

Supplementary notes

*In the 1991/92 season, Ian Wright scored five goals for Crystal Palace before he was sold to Arsenal (where he scored a further 24 goals). In the 1992/93 season, Teddy Sheringham scored one goal for Nottingham Forest before he was sold to Tottenham Hotspurs (where he scored a further 21 goals).

Number of games per season:
1888/89-1890/91: 22
1891/92: 26
1892/93-1897/98: 30
1897/98-1904/05: 34
1905/06-1914/15: 38
1919/20-1994/95: 42
1995/96-present: 38

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In the English Premier League, the Golden Boot is awarded to the player(s) who scores the most league goals throughout the season. Since the 1888/89 season, the year of the first top flight season in English football, 109 different individuals have been named "top goal scorer" over 127 seasons. In the 2024/25 season, Liverpool's Mohamed Salah won the Golden Boot for the fourth time in eight seasons. Manchester City's Erling Haaland was the top goalscorer in the previous two seasons, including his record-breaking tally of 36 goals in his debut season in 2022/23.

Premier League records

Current records are generally given in the context of the past three decades, as the total number of games was reduced from 42 to 38 per season in 1995 (in the Premier League's fourth season). In the Premier League era, Thierry Henry and Mohamed Salah have won the Golden Boot more times than anybody else, winning this accolade four times each. Alan Shearer, who won three consecutive Golden Boots in the 90s, is the Premier League's all-time top goal scorer, with 260 goals. Interestingly, Wayne Rooney, who is the Premier League's third-highest goal scorer of all time, never won a Golden Boot.

All-time records

Outside the Premier League era, Jimmy Greaves has been the top scorer in England more times than any other player, appearing at the top of the list six times between 1958 and 1969, during his career with Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspurs. Derby County's Steve Bloomer finished five seasons as the league's top scorer between 1895 and 1904. The highest ever tally in a single season was sixty goals, which was scored by Everton's Dixie Dean in the 1927/28 season. Greaves, Bloomer, and Dean are also the three top goalscorers of all time in the English league, with 357, 314 and 310 goals respectively.

Players from Tottenham have been named top scorer more than players from any other club, appearing 13 times on this list. 20 different nationalities are represented here, and although the vast majority of players are English, there were 16 times where the top scorer in the First Division was Scottish. A much wider variety of nationalities has been represented in recent years, including in the 2018/19 season where it was shared between three players from different African nations.