Norwegian striker Erling Haaland was crowned the Premier League Golden Boot winner for the 2025/26 season on Sunday, taking the prize for the third time in four years while still representing Manchester City. Haaland ended the league campaign with 27 goals from 35 appearances, even though he was absent for City’s final match—a 2-1 loss to Aston Villa—where Pep Guardiola’s side ultimately fell just short of Arsenal in the title race.
Golden Boot milestone for Haaland
The 25-year-old’s latest haul places him alongside Alan Shearer and Harry Kane as three-time winners of the Premier League’s top scorer award. Only Mohamed Salah and Thierry Henry have managed four Golden Boots apiece in the competition’s modern era, underlining how rare Haaland’s consistency has been.
- Haaland claimed the Golden Boot for the 2025/26 season.
- His total: 27 league goals in 35 appearances.
- This was his third Golden Boot in four seasons with Manchester City.
- Brentford’s Igor Thiago finished second with 22 goals.
- Thiago’s league output helped earn him a spot in Brazil’s World Cup squad.
How the season unfolded for City’s striker
Haaland set an early benchmark for the rest of the league, striking 19 times in City’s first 17 league matches to establish himself as one of Europe’s most lethal attacking threats. Yet the title chase hit turbulence around the turn of the year, when the Norwegian managed just one goal across seven league games—his only strike coming from the penalty spot against Brighton & Hove Albion—while Guardiola’s team won only twice during that difficult run.
As the campaign entered its decisive phase, Haaland returned to his sharpest form, scoring important goals versus Liverpool and Arsenal in matches that had a direct impact on the championship battle. Even so, points dropped by City in fixtures against Everton and Bournemouth ultimately proved costly, allowing Arsenal to lift the Premier League trophy for the first time in 22 years.
Top 10 Premier League goalscorers (2025/26)
Here is the list of the league’s leading marksmen for the 2025/26 Premier League season:
- Erling Haaland — Manchester City — 27 goals
- Antoine Semenyo — Manchester City — 16 goals
- Morgan Gibbs-White — Nottingham Forest — 14 goals
- Ollie Watkins — Aston Villa — 14 goals
- Viktor Gyökeres — Arsenal — 14 goals
- Dominic Calvert-Lewin — Leeds United — 14 goals
- Danny Welbeck — Brighton & Hove Albion — 13 goals
- Junior Kroupi — AFC Bournemouth — 13 goals
Note: The source list provided includes entries numbered 1, 3, and 5 through 10, with the corresponding goal totals and clubs as shown.
