Erling Haaland has won another Premier League Golden Boot despite a great deal of missed time in the 2023-24 Premier League season.
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Haaland missed quite a bit of time with a troublesome ankle injury, growing the list of would-be winners as the season went deeper into its thick second-half.
A two-start run without Premier League goals opened the door a bit, but Haaland fired forward with a robust May to climb onto 27 goals and run away with the honor.
The Golden Boot lead had, however, evaporated when Cole Palmer buried four goals in Week 33 versus Everton to go level with an injured-again Haaland. Newcastle’s Alexander Isak also climbed past 20 goals, finishing with 21.
Aston Villa’s Ollie Watkins, Bournemouth’s Dominic Solanke, and Man City’s Phil Foden finished with 19 for the season. Watkins also recorded 13 assists, the most in the Premier League, to further buttress his incredible campaign.
Who else was in the running?
For a while, it was a wide-open fight for the right to become the Premier League’s Golden Boot winner for the 2023-24 season. Mohamed Salah put 18 over the line, while Heung-min Son bagged his 17th in Week 36 at Liverpool. Bukayo Saka, Jean-Philippe Mateta, and Jarrod Bowen scored 16.
Next? Nicolas Jackson and Chris Wood on 14, followed by 13 for Kai Havertz.
It’s fair to say Haaland has a lot more competition this season even with Harry Kane off in Germany (and running past Haaland for Europe’s Golden Shoe). Haaland won the 2022-23 Golden Boot with Manchester City when he bagged 36 goals to set a new Premier League single season record, and he’ll be aiming to do it again this season.
Here are the top goal scorers for the 2023-24 Premier League season.
Is there a tiebreaker for the Golden Boot?
No, if multiple players end up level on the Golden Boot leaderboard they share the awards.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Sadio Mane, and Mohamed Salah all scored 22 goals in the 2018-19 season, while Carlos Tevez and Dimitar Berbatov shared the honors with 20 goals in 2010-11.
Michael Owen was a part of back-to-back Golden Boot shares, splitting with Chris Sutton and Dion Dublin in 1997-98 and Dwight Yorke and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink the following season.
Premier League 2023-24 goal scoring leaders
- Erling Haaland, Manchester City — 27
- Cole Palmer, Chelsea — 22
- Alexander Isak, Newcastle United — 21
- Ollie Watkins, Aston Villa — 19
- Dominic Solanke, Bournemouth — 19
- Phil Foden, Manchester City — 19
- Mohamed Salah, Liverpool — 18
- Heung-min Son, Tottenham — 17
- Jarrod Bowen, West Ham United — 16
- Bukayo Saka, Arsenal — 16
- Jean-Philippe Mateta, Crystal Palace — 16
- Nicolas Jackson, Chelsea — 14
- Chris Wood, Nottingham Forest — 14
- Kai Havertz, Arsenal — 13
- Leandro Trossard, Arsenal — 12
- Hee-chan Hwang, Wolverhampton Wanderers — 12
- Matheus Cunha, Wolves — 12
- Yoane Wissa, Brentford — 12
- Darwin Nunez, Liverpool — 11
- Richarlison, Tottenham Hotspur — 11
- Julian Alvarez, Manchester City — 11
- Carlton Morris, Luton Town — 11
- Anthony Gordon, Newcastle United — 11
- Eberechi Eze, Crystal Palace — 11
- Leon Bailey, Aston Villa — 10
- Diogo Jota, Liverpool — 10
- Bruno Fernandes, Manchester United — 10
- Michael Olise, Crystal Palace — 10
- Elijah Adebayo, Luton Town — 10
- Rasmus Hojlund, Manchester United — 10
- Douglas Luiz, Aston Villa — 9
- Rodrigo Muniz, Fulham — 9
- Callum Wilson, Newcastle United — 9
- Joao Pedro, Brighton — 9
- Bryan Mbeumo, Brentford — 9
List of Premier League hat tricks, 2023-24 season
Haaland, Heung-min Son, and Evan Ferguson scored hat tricks in Week 4 alone.
Ollie Watkins bagged one in Week 7 and the latest has come from Eddie Nketiah in Week 10.
Nicolas Jackson scored three in Chelsea’s win over 9-man Spurs in Week 11.
Dominic Solanke popped home three for Bournemouth in a 3-2 win over 10-man Forest in Week 18.
Chris Wood had himself a Boxing Day, nabbing three for Nottingham Forest against former club Newcastle in Week 19.
Elijah Adebayo bagged three goals in Luton Town’s 4-0 victory over Brighton to pull the Hatters out of the relegation zone.
Matheus Cunha of Wolves completed his Week 23 hat trick at Chelsea with a late penalty.
Phil Foden fired home three goals in the first 70 minutes of Manchester City’s Week 23 match at Brentford.
Jarrod Bowen scored thrice as West Ham snapped out of a slump and beat Brentford in Week 26.
Foden got his second hat trick of the season in Week 31 versus Aston Villa.
Cole Palmer scored early and then twice in stoppage time as Chelsea came back to beat Manchester United 4-3 at Stamford Bridge in Week 31.
Cole Palmer got his second hat trick within 30 minutes of kickoff between Chelsea and Everton in Week 33, finishing the game with four goals after a second-half penalty.
Erling Haaland’s second hat trick of the season may’ve just salted away another Golden Boot versus Wolves in Week 36.
Jean-Philippe Mateta bagged a trio of goals versus Aston Villa in Week 38.
