The I-League Golden Boot is an annual

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award given to the top goalscorer at the end of the

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season, the top domestic league competition in club

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, 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

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. Álex Sánchez of

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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

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and his team,

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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).

Leading Indian goalscorer

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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.

External links

I-League.org Official website of I-League
{{Football in India Indian football trophies and awards Awards established in 2007 Golden Boot

Recipients

List of Golden Boot winners

Leading Indian goalscorer

See also

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