Premier League top scorers 2022/23: Who is leading the race for the Golden Boot?

IT is every Premier League striker’s dream to add a Golden Boot to their cabinet – but a certain Norweigan goal machine seems to have written his name all over the award already!

Last season, Liverpool‘s Mohamed Salah and Tottenham’s Son Hueng-min were forced to share the prize after bagging 23 goals each.

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But Manchester City star Erling Haaland has already smashed that tally with over a month of Premier League action yet to play.

Premier League top scorers 2022/23

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As of April 16

1. Erling Haaland – Man City – 32
2. Harry Kane – Tottenham – 23
3. Ivan Toney – Brentford – 18
4. Marcus Rashford – Man Utd – 15
5. Mohamed Salah – Liverpool – 15
6. Gabriel Martinelli – Arsenal – 14
7. Bukayo Saka – Arsenal – 12
8. Aleksandar Mitrovic – Fulham – 11
9. Rodrigo Moreno – Leeds – 11
10. Miguel Almiron – Newcastle – 11
11. Martin Odegaard – Arsenal – 11
12. Callum Wilson – Newcastle – 10
13. Harvey Barnes – Leicester – 10
14. James Maddison – Leicester – 9
15. Phil Foden – Man City – 9
16. Ollie Watkins – Aston Villa – 9
17. Harvey Barnes – Leicester – 9
18. Roberto Firmino – Liverpool – 9
19. Leandro Trossard – Brighton/Arsenal – 8
20. Darwin Nunez – Liverpool – 8

Premier League 2022/23

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Who has previously won the Premier League Golden Boot?

• 1992/93 – Terry Sheringham (Tottenham), 22 goals
• 1993/94 – Andy Cole (Newcastle), 34 goals
• 1994/95 – Alan Shearer (Blackburn), 34 goals
• 1995/96 – Alan Shearer (Blackburn), 31 goals
• 1996/97 – Alan Shearer (Newcastle), 25 goals
• 1997/98 – Chris Sutton (Blackburn), Dion Dublin (Coventry), Michael Owen (Liverpool), 18 goals
• 1998/99 – Michael Owen (Liverpool), Dwight Yorke (Man Utd), Jimmy-Floyd Hasselbaink (Leeds), 18 goals
• 1999/00 – Kevin Phillips (Sunderland), 30 goals
• 2000/01 – Jimmy-Floyd Hasselbaink (Chelsea), 23 goals
• 2001/02 – Thierry Henry (Arsenal), 24 goals
• 2002/03 – Ruud van Nistelrooy (Man Utd), 25 goals
• 2003/04 – Thierry Henry (Arsenal), 30 goals
• 2004/05 – Thierry Henry (Arsenal), 25 goals
• 2005/06 – Thierry Henry (Arsenal), 27 goals
• 2006/07 – Didier Drogba (Chelsea), 20 goals

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• 2007/08 – Cristiano Ronaldo (Man Utd), 31 goals
• 2008/09 – Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea), 19 goals
• 2009/10 – Didier Drogba (Chelsea), 29 goals
• 2010/11 – Carlos Tevez (Man City), Dimitar Berbatov (Man Utd), 20 goals
• 2011/12 – Robin van Persie (Arsenal), 30 goals
• 2012/13 – Robin van Persie (Man Utd), 26 goals
• 2013/14 – Luis Suarez (Liverpool), 31 goals
• 2014/15 – Sergio Aguero (Man City), 26 goals
• 2015/16 – Harry Kane (Tottenham), 25 goals
• 2016/17 – Harry Kane (Tottenham), 29 goals
• 2017/18 – Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 32 goals
• 2018/19 – Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), Sadio Mane (Liverpool), Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 22 goals
• 2019/20 – Jamie Vardy (Leicester), 23 goals
• 2020/21 – Harry Kane (Tottenham), 23 goals
• 2021/22 – Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), Son Heung-min (Tottenham), 23 goals

What Son said after sharing Golden Boot with Salah

After sharing the 2021/22 award with Salah of Liverpool, Tottenham’s Son was ecstatic.

He said: “Even Lucas [Moura] who came on, Stevie [Steven Bergwijn], H [Kane], Eric [Dier], Ben [Davies].

“Every player was next to me and said, ‘Sonny you’ve got to do this, you believe and you will get another chance’. Finally I scored and I scored second goal, it was just incredible.

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“Today I missed the easiest chances but I scored one of the toughest chances.

“I’m very happy and I’m really, really grateful for the team that they helped me a lot, especially all season but this game today [Sunday], after 3-0 everyone was just like ‘Go on Son, go on Son! You got to do this, you deserve this’.

“I was really appreciative and that’s why I was pushing myself as well.”