Indian Super League Golden Boot
Award
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The Indian Super League Golden Boot is an annual association football award presented to the leading goalscorer in the Indian Super League.
| Indian Super League Golden Boot | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | The leading goalscorer in a given Indian Super League season |
| Country | India |
| Presented by | Indian Super League |
| First award | 2014 |
| Currently held by | Youssef Ezzejjari |
| Highlights | |
| Most wins | Coro (2) |
| Most consecutive wins | Coro (2) |
| Most team wins | Chennaiyin Goa (3 each) |
| Most consecutive team wins | Chennaiyin Goa (2 each) |
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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]
Winners
| Player (X) | Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one) |
|---|---|
| Matches | The number of Indian Super League matches played by the winner that season[A] |
| Rate | The winner's goals-to-matches ratio that season |
| † | Denotes the club were Indian Super League champions in the same season |
| # | Indian Super League record |
| Season | Player | Nationality | Club | Goals | Matches | Rate | Assists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Elano |  Brazil |
Chennaiyin | 8 | 11 | 0.73 | 1 |
| 2015 | Stiven Mendoza |  Colombia |
Chennaiyin† | 13 | 16 | 0.81 | 3 |
| 2016 | Marcelinho | Brazil |
Odisha | 10 | 15 | 0.67 | 5 |
| 2017–18 | Coro |  Spain |
Goa | 18 | 20 | 0.9 | 5 |
| 2018–19 | Coro (2) | Spain |
Goa | 16 | 20 | 0.8 | 7 |
| 2019–20 | Nerijus Valskis |  Lithuania |
Chennaiyin | 15 | 20 | 0.75 | 6 |
| 2020–21 | Igor Angulo | Spain |
Goa | 14 | 21 | 0.67 | 0 |
| 2021–22 | Bartholomew Ogbeche |  Nigeria |
Hyderabad† | 18 | 20 | 0.9 | 1 |
| 2022–23 | Diego Maurício | Brazil |
Odisha | 12 | 21 | 0.57 | 4 |
| 2023–24 | Dimitrios Diamantakos |  Greece |
Kerala Blasters | 13 | 17 | 0.76 | 3 |
| 2024–25 | Alaaeddine Ajaraie |  Morocco |
NorthEast United | 23# | 25 | 0.92 | 7 |
| 2025–26 | Youssef Ezzejjari | Spain |
East Bengal† | 11 | 13 | 0.85 | 0 |
Awards won by nationality
Awards won by club
| Club | Total |
|---|---|
| Chennaiyin | 3 |
| Goa | 3 |
| Odisha | 2 |
| Hyderabad | 1 |
| Kerala Blasters | 1 |
| NorthEast United | 1 |
| East Bengal | 1 |
Joint top scorers
| Season | Player | Nationality | Club | Goals | Matches | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019–20 | Bartholomew Ogbeche | Nigeria |
Kerala Blasters | 15 | 16 | 0.94 |
| Roy Krishna |  Fiji |
ATK | 15 | 21 | 0.71 | |
| 2020–21 | Roy Krishna | Fiji |
ATK Mohun Bagan | 14 | 23 | 0.61 |
| 2022–23 | Cleiton Silva | Brazil |
East Bengal | 12 | 20 | 0.6 |
| Dimitri Petratos |  Australia |
Mohun Bagan SG | 12 | 23 | 0.52 | |
| 2023–24 | Roy Krishna | Fiji |
Odisha | 13 | 25 | 0.52 |