The Indian Super League Golden Boot is an annual association football award presented to the leading goalscorer in a season of Indian Super League, the top tier Indian Football System.
| ISL Golden Boot | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Ferran Coro won the most Golden Boot awards with two. | |
| Awarded for | The leading goalscorer in an Indian Super League season |
| Country | India |
| Presented by | Indian Super League, All India Football Federation |
| First awarded | 2014 |
| Currently held by | Dimitrios Diamantakos (1st title) |
| Most awards | Coro (2) |
For sponsorship purposes, it was known as the Alto K10 Golden Boot from 2014 to 2015,[1] the Swift Golden Boot from 2016 to 2019 and the Maruti Suzuki Golden Boot in 2020.
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.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]
Winners
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| 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 or ISL Cup winners 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 |
Awards won by nationality
edit| Country | Players | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil
|
3 | 3 |
| Spain
|
2 | 3 |
| Colombia
|
1 | 1 |
| Lithuania
|
1 | 1 |
| Nigeria
|
1 | 1 |
| Greece
|
1 | 1 |
Awards won by club
edit| Club | Total |
|---|---|
| Chennaiyin | 3 |
| Goa | 3 |
| Odisha | 2 |
| Hyderabad | 1 |
| Kerala Blasters | 1 |
Joint top scorers
edit| 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 |
See also
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editReferences
edit- ^ "Closing Ceremony of Hero Indian Super League to celebrate Indian Football in style". sports keeda.com. 20 December 2014. Archived from the original on 23 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ Aprameya (20 December 2014). "ISL 2014: Full list of award winners". oneindia.com. OneIndia. Archived from the original on 27 July 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ^ "ISL final: Valskis wins Golden Boot, Gurpreet takes Golden Glove". Sportstar. The Hindu. 14 March 2020. Archived from the original on 16 March 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
- ^ "ISL 2021: Igor Angulo wins Golden Boot". Sportstar. The Hindu. 13 March 2021. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021.
- ^ "ISL 2022-23: Odisha FC's Diego Mauricio wins golden boot". Sportstar. The Hindu. 18 March 2022. Archived from the original on 25 March 2023.
- ^ This does not necessarily match the total number of matches in a season.