Premier League top goal scorers 2023/2024: Updated EPL golden boot rankings as Erling Haaland moves clear – Sporting News
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 was 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. Haaland now sits one goal ahead.
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. Alexander Isak moved level with Watkins after helping Newcastle United beat Sheffield United 5-1.
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. Yet with just three games left in Liverpool’s season, and Salah drawing blanks against Crystal Palace, Everton and West Ham, it seems unlikely he will now finish top of the pile.
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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Updated on April 28, 2024.
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Andy Cole and Alan Shearer saw their record for most goals in a Premier League season shattered by Erling Haaland in 2022/23.
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Manchester 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.
There were 1,084 total goals scored in the Premier League in 2022/23, including 45 own goals.
It 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.
Full Premier League goalscoring leaders & statistics from 2021/22 season.
There were 1,071 goals scored in the 2021/22 Premier League season, including 34 own goals.
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Kyle Bonn is a soccer content producer for The Sporting News.
