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Premier League Golden Boot
annual association football award presented to the leading goalscorer in the Premier League / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.[1]
Premier League Golden Boot | |
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![]() 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.[2] 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.[3][4]
The first international players to win the Premier League Golden Boot were Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Dwight Yorke during the 1998-99 season.[5]