The top tier in Indian football league system is the Indian Super League, replacing the I-League from the 2022–23 season. The list includes records from the National Football League or the I-League (1996–97 – 2021–22) and the Indian Super League (2017–18 – present).
Top scorers By season +KeyPlayer Name of the player and number of times they were top scorer at that point (if more than one)Indicates multiple top scorers in the same season§Denotes the club was Indian champion in the same season
SeasonPlayer(s)NationalityClub(s)Goals1996–97Bhaichung BhutiaJCT§141997–98Raman VijayanKochin101998–99Philip MensahChurchill Brothers111999–2000Igor ShkvyrinMohun Bagan§ 112000–01José Barreto Mohun Bagan142001–02Yusif YakubuChurchill Brothers182002–03Yusif Yakubu Churchill Brothers212003–04Cristiano Júnior East Bengal§152004–05Dudu OmagbemiSporting Goa212005–06Ranti MartinsDempo132006–07Odafa Onyeka OkolieChurchill Brothers182007–08Odafa Onyeka Okolie Churchill Brothers222008–09Odafa Onyeka Okolie Churchill Brothers§242009–10Odafa Onyeka Okolie Churchill Brothers212010–11Ranti Martins Dempo282011–12Ranti Martins Dempo§322012–13Ranti Martins Prayag United272013–14 Sunil ChhetriBengaluru§14Darryl DuffySalgaocar14Cornell GlenShillong Lajong142014–15Ranti Martins East Bengal172015–16Ranti Martins East Bengal122016–17Aser Pierrick DipandaShillong Lajong112017–18CoroGoa182018–19 Pedro ManziChennai City§21Willis PlazaChurchill Brothers212019–20 Roy KrishnaATK§15Nerijus ValskisChennaiyin15Bartholomew OgbecheKerala Blasters152020–21 Roy Krishna Mohun Bagan14Igor AnguloGoa142021–22Bartholomew Ogbeche Hyderabad§182022–23 Diego MaurícioOdisha12Cleiton SilvaEast Bengal12Dimitri PetratosMohun Bagan122023–24 Dimitrios DiamantakosKerala Blasters13Roy KrishnaOdisha132024–25Alaaeddine AjaraieNorthEast United232025–26Youssef EzzejjariEast Bengal§11
By number of seasons as top scorer RankPlayerTitlesClub(s)Years Ranti MartinsDempo, Prayag United, East Bengal 2010–112011–122012–132014–152015–16 Odafa Onyeka OkolieChurchill Brothers 2006–072007–082008–092009–10 Roy KrishnaATK, Mohun Bagan, Odisha 2019–202020–212023–24 Yusif YakubuChurchill Brothers 2001–022002–03 Bartholomew OgbecheKerala Blasters, Hyderabad 2019–202021–22 Bhaichung BhutiaJCT 1996–97 Raman Vijayan Kochin 1997–98 Philip MensahChurchill Brothers 1998–99 Igor Shkvyrin Mohun Bagan 1999–2000 José Barreto Mohun Bagan 2000–01 Cristiano Júnior East Bengal 2003–04 Dudu Omagbemi Sporting Goa 2004–05 Sunil ChhetriBengaluru 2013–14 Darryl Duffy Salgaocar 2013–14 Cornell Glen Shillong Lajong 2013–14 Aser Pierrick Dipanda Shillong Lajong 2016–17 CoroGoa 2017–18 Pedro ManziChennai City 2018–19 Willis PlazaChurchill Brothers 2018–19 Nerijus Valskis Chennaiyin 2019–20 Diego Maurício Odisha 2022–23 Cleiton Silva East Bengal 2022–23 Dimitri Petratos Mohun Bagan 2022–23 Dimitrios Diamantakos Kerala Blasters 2023–24 Alaaeddine Ajaraie Northeast United 2024–25 Youssef Ezzejjari East Bengal 2025–26
Bold denotes players currently playing in the Indian Super League.
By club RankClubTitlesSeasons Churchill Brothers 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2018–19 East Bengal 2003–04, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2022–23, 2025–26 Mohun Bagan 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2020–21, 2022–23 Dempo 2005–06, 2010–11, 2011–12 Shillong Lajong 2013–14, 2016–17Kerala Blasters 2019–20, 2023–24Goa 2017–18, 2020–21 JCT 1996–97Kochin 1997–99Sporting Goa 2004–05Prayag United 2012–13Bengaluru 2013–14Salgaocar 2013–14Chennai City 2018–19ATK 2019–20Chennaiyin 2019–20Hyderabad 2020–21Odisha 2022–23NorthEast United2024–25
By nationality CountryTitles
All-time top scorers with over 50 goals RankPlayerYearsGoalsAppsRatioClub goals/Appearances1 Ranti Martins2004–2016214248Dempo 146/164 - Prayag United 31/40 - Rangdajied United 8/8 - East Bengal 29/362 Odafa Onyeka Okolie2003–2018179——Mohammedan 1 - Churchill Brothers 113/106 - Mohun Bagan 51/60 - Sporting Goa 14/23 - Gokulam Kerala 0/33 Sunil Chhetri2002–164377Mohun Bagan 16/32 - JCT 22/48 - East Bengal 9/17 - Dempo 8/13 - Chirag United 7/7 - Churchill Brothers 4/8 - Bengaluru 98/2524 Yusif Yakubu2001–2014147——Churchill Brothers 65/103 - Mahindra United 17 - East Bengal 20 - Salgaocar 15 - Prayag United 12 - Mumbai 185 Chidi Edeh2003–2014104217Mohammedan 4/19 - Sporting Goa 15/37 - JCT 12/16 - Dempo 8/15 - Mahindra United 11/22 - Mohun Bagan 21/39 - Salgaocar 6/21 - East Bengal 27/486 Jose Ramirez Barreto1999–2012101——Mohun Bagan 94 - Mahindra United 77 Bhaichung Bhutia1996–201389——East Bengal 49 - JCT 15 - Mohun Bagan 25 8 Bartholomew Ogbeche2018–20236398NorthEast United 12/18 - Kerala Blasters 15/16 - Mumbai City 8/23 - Hyderabad 28/419 Aser Pierrick Dipanda2015–202259107DSK Shivajians 7/13 - Shillong Lajong 11/17 - Mohun Bagan 21/38 - Minerva Punjab 12/16 - Real Kashmir 4/10 - Aizawl 4/1310 Roy Krishna2019–202558116ATK 15/21 - Mohun Bagan SG 21/39 - Bengaluru 6/22 - Odisha 16/3411 Jeje Lalpekhlua2009–202151171Pune 12/52 - Pailan Arrows 13/15 - Dempo 5/18 - Chennaiyin 10/36 - Mohun Bagan 4/10 - Aizawl 10/43 - East Bengal 1/712 Lallianzuala Chhangte2017–present50180 Delhi Dynamos 8/36 - Chennaiyin 12/53 - Mumbai City 30/91
Bold denotes players currently playing in the Indian Super League.
Clubs top scorer in top tier ClubPlayer GoalsYearsAizawl Ansumana Kromah92018–2019ATK Roy Krishna152019–2020Bengaluru Sunil Chhetri982013–present Chennai City Pedro Manzi222018–2019Chennaiyin Nerijus Valskis172019–2022Churchill Brothers Odafa Onyeka Okolie1132005–2011Dempo Ranti Martins1462004–2012DSK Shivajians Aser Pierrick Dipanda72015–2016East Bengal Bhaichung Bhutia491997–2011Goa Coro482017–2020Gokulam Kerala Marcus Joseph142019–2020Hyderabad Bartholomew Ogbeche282021–2023Jamshedpur Daniel Chima Chukwu182021–presentKerala Blasters Dimitrios Diamantakos232022–2024Minerva Punjab Aser Pierrick Dipanda122019–2020Mohun Bagan José Barreto941999–2012Mumbai City Lallianzuala Chhangte302022–presentNEROCA Felix Chidi Odili242017–2019NorthEast United Alaaeddine Ajaraie232024–presentOdisha Diego Maurício322020–2025Punjab Luka Majcen182022–2025Real Kashmir Mason Robertson252018–2022Shillong Lajong Cornell Glen302013–2016Sreenidi Deccan David Castañeda102021–2022TRAU Bidyashagar Singh122020–2021United SC Ranti Martins312012–2014
Top Indian scorers RankPlayerSpanGoals1Sunil Chhetri2002–1642Bhaichung Bhutia1996–2013893Jeje Lalpekhlua2009–2021514Lallianzuala Chhangte2016–505Ashim Biswas2003–2018426Abhishek Yadav1999–2015407Robin Singh2010–2022398R. C. Prakash2000–2012389Raman Vijayan1996–200337Balwant Singh2008–202237Francis Silveira1996–200137
Bold denotes players currently playing in the Indian Super League.
Records All records listed below pertain to league matches played in the National Football League, I-League (2006–07 to 2021–22) and the Indian Super League (2017–18 to present) only.
Most goals in a season: 32 Ranti Martins, Dempo (2011–12) Most goals in a season by an Indian: 14 Bhaichung Bhutia, JCT (1996–97) Mohammed Rafi, Mahindra United (2009–10) Sunil Chhetri, Bengaluru (2013–14, 2017–18) Most individual goals in a match: 6 Ranti Martins for Dempo v. Air India 30 May 2011 Fastest goal in a match: 9 seconds Komron Tursunov for TRAU v. Real Kashmir 10 January 2021 Most number of hat-tricks: Odafa Onyeka Okolie (13)Time to regain lost glory Telegraph India. Retrieved 22 September 2021 First ever goal scorer: Raman Vijayan for East Bengal v. Mohammedan Sporting 17 December 1996 First ever golden boot winner: Bhaichung Bhutia, 14 goals for JCT in 1996–97 season Youngest ever goal scorer: Rohit Danu 16 years, 5 months and 27 days for Indian Arrows v. Aizwal 5 January 2019 Youngest ever hat-trick scorer: Bungo Singh 18 years and 3 days for Air India v. SBT 5 March 2001
Notes
See also Indian Super League Golden Boot I-League Golden Boot List of Indian Super League records and statistics List of I-League records and statistics
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