| Indian Super League Golden Boot | |
|---|---|
.jpg.webp) Coro won the most Golden Boot awards with two. | |
| Awarded for | The leading goalscorer in a given Indian Super League season |
| Country | India |
| Presented by | Indian Super League |
| First awarded | 2014 |
| Currently held by | Diego Maurício (1st title) |
| Most awards | Coro (2) |
The Indian Super League Golden Boot is an annual association football award presented to the leading goalscorer in the Indian Super League.
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.
Each of Bartholomew Ogbeche, Roy Krishna, and Nerijus Valskis were top scorers with 15 goals in the 2019–20 season. 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 top scorers in the 2020–21 season with 14 goals each. Angulo was awarded the Golden Boot for a better goals-to-game ratio.
Winners
| Player (X) | Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one) |
|---|---|
| Games | The number of Indian Super League games played by the winner that season[upper-alpha 1] |
| Rate | The winner's goals-to-games ratio that season |
| † | Denotes the club were Indian Super League premiers or champions in the same season |
| # | Indian Super League record |
| Season | Player | Nationality | Club | Goals | Games | 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 |
Awards won by nationality
| Country | Players | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil |
3 | 3 |
| Spain |
2 | 3 |
| Colombia |
1 | 1 |
| Lithuania |
1 | 1 |
| Nigeria |
1 | 1 |
Awards won by club
| Club | Total |
|---|---|
| Chennaiyin | 3 |
| Goa | 3 |
| Odisha | 2 |
| Hyderabad | 1 |
See also
References
- ↑ "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.thehindu.com. The Hindu. 14 March 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
- ↑ "Hero ISL Player - Golden Boot Award in season - Indian Super League".
- ↑ This does not necessarily match the total number of games in a season.