Premier League top goal scorers 2023/2024: Updated EPL golden boot rankings as Cole Palmer catches Haaland in race
After setting a new single-season Premier League goals record (36 goals) en route to the Golden Boot award in 2022/23, Manchester City star Erling Haaland came out of the gates strong once again.
After 15 appearances, Haaland was comfortably the leader in the 2023/24 Golden Boot race, with 14 goals. However, after suffering a foot injury in December, he did not play again until he made a substitute appearance in the 3-1 win over Burnley on January 31. Despite needing time to reacclimate himself after returning from injury, Haaland’s brilliant brace to down Everton 2-0 on February 10 put him out in front of the race once more.
He then scored against Brentford on February 20, giving him a goal against all 21 Premier League opponents he has faced thus far in his glittering young career. Despite a dreadful first-half miss, Haaland was on hand to crown City’s 3-1 derby win over Manchester United on March 3, but he drew blanks against Liverpool and Arsenal.
However, he’s been caught by Cole Palmer at the top of the table, who surged into the contenders with a four-spot against Everton in mid-April. The first three goals in that match marked the fastest perfect hat-trick in Premier League history, and gave Palmer his second trio in recent weeks following a dramatic late rescue act against Manchester United.
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Ollie Watkins of Aston Villa is one behind the leaders after his excellent goal against Arsenal taking him to 19 for the season. Impressively, not one of those has come from the penalty spot.
Mohamed Salah had long been on Haaland’s tail, his goal against Brentford taking him to 15 as he made a timely return from injury and Africa Cup of Nations duty. He missed the games against Luton Town and Nottingham Forest, though. Salah returned as a substitute during Liverpool’s 1-1 draw against City, where he and Haaland were each unable to find the target, but he did eventually score after nearly a dozen missed efforts in the 2-1 win over Brighton & Hove Albion.
Dominic Solanke had moved level with Salah after scoring the goal that triggered Bournemouth’s remarkable comeback from 3-0 down at home to Luton Town, and his strike against Everton saw him climb above the Liverpool star. Phil Foden is also surging, putting forth a Player of the Year caliber season, with the latest entry a brace against his favourite opponent Brighton to follow a hat-trick against Aston Villa in early April.
The Sporting News will update the top scorers’ table below, with assists and minutes played serving as the first and second tiebreakers as per major European tournaments run by UEFA.
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Premier League top scorers table 2023/24The Sporting News will be updating the table below during every matchday of the 2023/24 Premier League season through to the final matches on May 19, 2024.
Updated following match(es) on April 25, 2024.
Rank Player Club Goals (PKs) Assists Matches Mins 1. Erling Haaland Man City 20Â (4) 6 26 2186 Â Cole Palmer Chelsea 20 (7) 9 27 2087 3. Ollie Watkins Aston Villa 19Â (0) 12 33 2883 4. Dominic Solanke Bournemouth 18Â (2) 3 34 3030 5. Mohamed Salah Liverpool 17Â (5) 9 28 2254 Â Alexander Isak Newcastle 17Â (4) 1 24 1860 7. Phil Foden Man City 16Â (0) 7 31 2453 8. Son Heung-min Tottenham 15Â (1) 9 29 2408 Â Jarrod Bowen West Ham 15Â (0) 5 31 2750 10. Bukayo Saka Arsenal 14Â (4) 9 31 2585MORE: Premier League’s all-time top scorers
Premier League Golden Boot WinnersBelow are the top scorers in each season of the Premier League era (since 1992-93).
Andy Cole and Alan Shearer saw their record for most goals in a Premier League season shattered by Erling Haaland in 2022/23.
Thierry Henry finished atop the Premier League scoring chart in four different seasons, more than any player all-time. Shearer and Harry Kane follow with three scoring titles each.
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Year Player Team Goals 2022/23 Erling Haaland Manchester City 36 2021/22 Son Heung-min Tottenham Hotspur 23  Mohamed Salah Liverpool 23 2020/21 Harry Kane Tottenham Hotspur 23 2019/20 Jamie Vardy Leicester City 23 2018/19 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Arsenal 22  Sadio Mane Liverpool 22  Mohamed Salah Liverpool 22 2017/18 Mohamed Salah Liverpool 32 2016/17 Harry Kane Tottenham Hotspur 29 2015/16 Harry Kane Tottenham Hotspur 25 2014/15 Sergio Aguero Manchester City 26 2013/14 Luis Suarez Liverpool 31 2012/13 Robin Van Persie Arsenal 26 2011/12 Robin Van Persie Arsenal 30 2010/11 Dimitar Berbatov Manchester United 20  Carlos Tevez Manchester City 20 2009/10 Didier Drogba Chelsea 29 2008/09 Nicolas Anelka Chelsea 19 2007/08 Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester United 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 Manchester United 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 United 18  Michael Owen Liverpool 18  Dwight Yorke Manchester United 18 1997/98 Dion Dublin Coventry City 18  Michael Owen Liverpool 18  Chris Sutton Blackburn Rovers 18 1996/97 Alan Shearer Newcastle United 25 1995/96 Alan Shearer Blackburn Rovers 31 1994/95 Alan Shearer Blackburn Rovers 34 1993/94 Andy Cole Newcastle United 34 1992/93 Teddy Sheringham N. Forest / Tottenham 22Premier League Golden Boot table 2022/23Manchester City star Erling Haaland won the 2022/23 Premier League Golden Boot with a new Premier League single-season record of 36 goals.
The City striker had built an insurmountable lead over Harry Kane (30 goals), who previously won the Golden Boot three times. Brentford’s Ivan Toney was the other to hit the 20-goal mark, while the previous season’s joint-top scorer Mohamed Salah slowly rose up the ranks to fourth.
Final 2022/23 Premier League top scorer table Rank Player Club Goals (PKs) Assists Matches Mins 1. Erling Haaland Man City 36Â (7) 8 35 2,776 2. Harry Kane Tottenham 30Â (5) 3 38 3,406 3. Ivan Toney Brentford 20Â (6) 4 33 2,953 4. Mo Salah Liverpool 19Â (2) 12 38 3,294 5. Callum Wilson Newcastle 18Â (3) 5 31 1,885 6. Marcus Rashford Man United 17Â (0) 5 35 2,888 7. Martin Odegaard Arsenal 15 (0) 7 37 3,143 Â Ollie Watkins Aston Villa 15Â (1) 6 37 3,134 Â Gabriel Martinelli Arsenal 15 (0) 5 36 2,805 10. Bukayo Saka Arsenal 14Â (2) 11 38 3,191 Â Aleksandar Mitrovic Fulham 14Â (4) 1 24 2,011 12. Rodrigo Leeds United 13Â (1) 1 31 1,943 Â Harvey Barnes Leicester City 13Â (0) 1 34 2,718There were 1,084 total goals scored in the Premier League in 2022/23, including 45 own goals.
Premier League Golden Boot table 2021/22It came down to the final day of the 2021/22 season between Tottenham’s Son Heung-min and Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah.
Son’s two goals at Norwich City on the final day allowed him to momentarily move ahead of Salah in the scoring table. But the Liverpool star came off the bench and netted late to catch Son, as the two stars shared the Golden Boot on 23 goals.
Final 2021/22 Premier League top scorer tableFull Premier League goalscoring leaders & statistics from 2021/22 season.
Rank Player Club Goals (PKs) Assists Matches Mins 1. Mohamed Salah Liverpool 23 (5) 13 35 2,761 Â Son Heung-min Tottenham 23 (0) 7 35 3,019 3. Cristiano Ronaldo Man United 18 (3) 3 30 2,458 4. Harry Kane Tottenham 17 (4) 9 37 3,232 5. Sadio Mane Liverpool 16 (0) 2 34 2,824 6. Kevin De Bruyne Man City 15 (0) 8 30 2,205 Â Diogo Jota Liverpool 15 (0) 4 35 2,372 Â Jamie Vardy Leicester City 15 (0) 2 25 1,805 9. Wilfried Zaha Crystal Palace 14 (5) 1 33 2,761 10. Raheem Sterling Man City 13 (2) 5 30 2,127 11. Jarrod Bowen West Ham 12 (0) 10 36 2,987 Â James Maddison Leicester City 12 (0) 8 35 2,466 Â Ivan Toney Brentford 12 (5) 5 33 2,908There were 1,071 goals scored in the 2021/22 Premier League season, including 34 own goals.
Premier League 2023/24 TV channels, live streams Region TV Streaming Australia — Optus Sport Canada — Fubo Canada
India Star Sports Disney+, Hotstar,
JioTV UK Sky Sports, TNT Sports NOW TV, Sky Go,
Amazon Prime USA USA Network,
Telemundo, Universo Fubo, PeacockUK: Matches are carried across Sky Sports and TNT Sports streaming and TV platforms, with select matches on Amazon Prime.
USA: Select matches are televised on USA Network (English) and Telemundo or Universo (Spanish), and all three channels can be streamed on Fubo. The rest of the matches are streamed on NBC platform Peacock for subscribers.
Canada: Every Premier League game this season is live streamed exclusively via Fubo in Canada.
Australia: Fans in Australia can stream every match live and on demand on Optus Sport.
India:Â Star Sports network has the rights to show Premier League matches in India. As well as an English broadcast on Star Sports Select, select matches will be available via regional feeds on Star Sports 3 (in Bengali, English, Kannada, Malayalam), Star Sports 1 (Bangla) and Star Sports 1 (Tamil).
