The Indian Super League Golden Boot is an annual association football award presented to the leading goalscorer in the Indian Super League.
The Indian Super League was founded in 2013, eight teams competed in the 2014 inaugural season. It became the joint top-tier of Indian football league system by 2017–18 season and is the top-tier since 2022–23 season. Elano of Chennaiyin won the inaugural award in 2014. Coro won the Golden Boot award twice with Goa, more than any other player.
Bartholomew Ogbeche, Roy Krishna and Nerijus Valskis were the top scorers in the 2019–20 season with 15 goals each. In the assist count tiebreaker, both Krishna and Valskis were tied on six assists. Valskis was awarded the Golden Boot for a better goals-to-minutes ratio. Igor Angulo and Roy Krishna were the top scorers in the 2020–21 season with 14 goals each. Angulo won the award for a better goals-to-minutes ratio. Diego Maurício, Cleiton Silva and Dimitri Petratos were the top scorers in the 2022–23 season with 12 goals each. Maurício won the award for a better goals-to-minutes ratio.
Winners
+KeyPlayer Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)MatchesThe number of Indian Super League matches played by the winner that seasonRateThe winner's goals-to-matches ratio that seasonDenotes the club were Indian Super League champions in the same seasonIndian Super League record
+Indian Super League Golden Boot WinnersSeasonPlayerNationalityClubGoalsMatchesRateAssists2014ElanoChennaiyin81112015Stiven Mendoza Chennaiyin131632016MarcelinhoOdisha101552017–18Coro Goa182052018–19Coro Goa162072019–20Nerijus ValskisChennaiyin152062020–21Igor AnguloGoa142102021–22Bartholomew Ogbeche Hyderabad182012022–23Diego MaurícioOdisha122142023–24Dimitrios DiamantakosKerala Blasters131732024–25Alaaeddine AjaraieNorthEast United232572025–26Youssef Ezzejjari East Bengal11130
Awards won by nationality CountryPlayersTotal34331111111111
Awards won by club ClubTotalChennaiyin3Goa3Odisha2Hyderabad1Kerala Blasters1NorthEast United1East Bengal1
Joint top scorers SeasonPlayerNationalityClubGoalsMatchesRate 2019–20Bartholomew OgbecheKerala Blasters1516Roy KrishnaATK15212020–21Roy KrishnaATK Mohun Bagan1423 2022–23Cleiton SilvaEast Bengal1220Dimitri PetratosMohun Bagan SG12232023–24Roy KrishnaOdisha1325
See also Indian Super League Indian Super League Golden Ball Indian Super League Golden Glove Indian Super League Emerging Player of the League Indian Super League Winning Pass of the League
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References
External links Indian Super League website