I-League Golden Boot Explained

The I-League Golden Boot is an annual Indian association football award given to the top goalscorer at the end of the I-League season, the top domestic league competition in club Football in India, since its creation in 2007.

The top-scoring I-League Golden Boot winner is Ranty Martins Soleye with 32 goals in a 26-game season with Odafe Onyeka Okolie holding the record when the league was an 18-game season with 22 goals. Ranti won the award for the most times with five wins however Odafe has won the award most times for a single club, winning thrice while playing for Churchill Brothers.

Álex Sánchez of Gokulam Kerala is the latest winner of the Golden Boot. During the 2023–24 season, he scored 19 goals in 22 matches.

Recipients

As of the April 2024, 13 players have won the golden boot award. Only three player has won the award more than once with Ranti winning the award most times with five wins. Winning the golden boot though might not translate into league success as thrice once in eleven I-League seasons as the team which has the golden boot winner won the league as well and the latest was in 2015-16 when scoring leader Sunil Chhetri and his team, Bengaluru won the league.

List of Golden Boot winners

The following table is a list of winners of the I-League Golden Boot per season, detailing their club, goal tally, actual games played, and their strike rate (goals/games).

SeasonWinnerClubGoalsGamesRate
2007–08 Odafe Onyeka OkolieChurchill Brothers22181.22
2008–09 Odafe Onyeka OkolieChurchill Brothers24221.09
2009–10 Odafe Onyeka OkolieChurchill Brothers21240.87
2010–11 Ranti MartinsDempo28221.27
2011–12 Ranti MartinsDempo32261.23
2012–13 Ranti MartinsPrayag United26251.14
2013–14 Cornell GlenShillong Lajong14190.74
Sunil ChhetriBengaluru FC230.61
Darryl DuffySalgaocar240.58
2014–15 Ranti MartinsEast Bengal17200.85
2015–16 Ranti MartinsEast Bengal12130.92
2016–17 Aser Pierrick DipandaShillong Lajong11170.65
2017–18 Aser Pierrick DipandaMohun Bagan13180.72
2018–19 Pedro ManziChennai City21181.16
Willis PlazaChurchill Brothers201.05
2019–20 Aser Pierrick DipandaMinerva Punjab12160.75
2020–21 Bidyashagar SinghTRAU12150.80
2021–22 Marcus JosephMohammedan15180.83
2022–23 Luka MajcenPunjab16200.80
Álex SánchezGokulam Kerala19220.86

Leading Indian goalscorer

Ever since the beginning of the I-League in 2007, only two Indian players have been the I-League Golden Boot winners with Sunil Chettri winning the award in 2013-14 season and Bidyashagar Singh winning the award in 2020–21 season. The following table lists the top Indian goalscorer in each season and their overall ranking in that season's top scorer table.

SeasonPlayerClubGoalsGamesRateOverall rank
2007–08 Bhaichung BhutiaMohun Bagan10160.625th
2008–09 Sunil ChhetriEast Bengal9140.644th
2009–10 Mohammed RafiMahindra United14220.682nd
2010–11 Jeje LalpekhluaIndian Arrows13150.867th
2011–12 Chinadorai SabeethPailan Arrows9260.3411th
2012–13 C. K. VineethPrayag United7230.3013th
2013–14 Sunil ChhetriBengaluru FC14230.611st
2014–15 Thongkhosiem HaokipPune7180.397th
2015–16 Sunil ChhetriBengaluru FC5140.366th
Sushil Kumar SinghMumbai160.31
2016–17 C. K. VineethBengaluru FC7150.475th
Sunil ChettriBengaluru FC160.44
2017–18 Abhijit SarkarIndian Arrows4140.298th
Subhash SinghNEROCA170.24
2018–19 Jobby JustinEast Bengal9170.524th
2019–20 RochharzelaAizawl6150.411th
2020–21 Bidyashagar SinghTRAU12150.81st
2021–22 Thahir ZamanGokulam Kerala5150.3312th
2022–23 Seilenthang LotjemSudeva Delhi6210.2911th
Samuel KynshiReal Kashmir
2023–24 Lalrinzuala LalbiakniaAizawl15200.753rd

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