I-League Golden Boot

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.

Aser Pierrick Dipanda of Mohun Bagan is the latest winner of the Golden Boot, his consecutive second. During the 2017–18 season, he scored 13 goals in 18 matches.

Recipients

As of the March 2018 six 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).

Season Winner Club Goals Games Rate
2007–08 Odafe Onyeka Okolie Churchill Brothers 22 18 1.22
2008–09 Odafe Onyeka Okolie Churchill Brothers 24 22 1.09
2009–10 Odafe Onyeka Okolie Churchill Brothers 21 24 0.87
2010–11 Ranti Martins Dempo 28 22 1.27
2011–12 Ranti Martins Dempo 32 26 1.23
2012–13 Ranti Martins Prayag United 26 25 1.14
2013–14 Cornell Glen Shillong Lajong 14 19 0.74
Sunil Chhetri Bengaluru FC 23 0.61
Darryl Duffy Salgaocar 24 0.58
2014–15 Ranti Martins East Bengal 17 20 0.85
2015–16 Ranti Martins East Bengal 12 13 0.92
2016–17 Aser Pierrick Dipanda Shillong Lajong 11 17 0.65
2017–18 Aser Pierrick Dipanda Mohun Bagan 13 18 0.72
2018–19 Pedro Manzi Chennai City 18 21 1.16

Leading Indian goalscorer

Ever sense the beginning of the I-League in 2007, only one Indian player had been the I-League Golden Boot winner with Sunil Chettri winning the award in 2013-14 season. The following table lists the top Indian goalscorer in each season and their overall ranking in that season's top scorer table.

Season Player Club Goals Games Rate Overall rank
2007–08 Baichung Bhutia Mohun Bagan 10 16 0.62 5th
2008–09 Sunil Chhetri East Bengal 9 14 0.64 4th
2009–10 Mohammed Rafi Mahindra United 15 22 0.68 2nd
2010–11 Jeje Lalpekhlua Indian Arrows 13 15 0.86 7th
2011–12 Chinadorai Sabeeth Pailan Arrows 9 26 0.34 11th
2012–13 C.K. Vineeth Prayag United 7 23 0.30 13th
2013–14 Sunil Chhetri Bengaluru FC 14 23 0.61 1st
2014–15 Thongkhosiem Haokip Pune 7 18 0.39 7th
2015–16 Sunil Chhetri Bengaluru FC 5 14 0.36 6th
Sushil Kumar Singh Mumbai 16 0.31
2016–17 C.K. Vineeth Bengaluru FC 7 15 0.47 5th
Sunil Chettri Bengaluru FC 16 0.44
2017–18 Abhijit Sarkar Indian Arrows 4 14 0.29 8th
Subhash Singh NEROCA 17 0.24

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