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.
SeasonWinnerClubGoalsGamesRate
2007–08 Odafe Onyeka OkolieChurchill Brothers22181.22
2008–09 Odafe Onyeka OkolieChurchill Brothers24221.09
2009–10 Odafe Onyeka OkolieChurchill Brothers21240.87
2010–11 Ranti MartinsDempo28221.27
2011–12 Ranti MartinsDempo32261.23
2012–13 Ranti MartinsPrayag United26251.14
2013–14 Cornell GlenShillong Lajong14190.74
2013–14 Sunil ChhetriBengaluru FC14230.61
2013–14 Darryl DuffySalgaocar14240.58
2014–15 Ranti MartinsEast Bengal17200.85
2015–16 Ranti MartinsEast Bengal12130.92
2016–17 Aser Pierrick DipandaShillong Lajong11170.65
2017–18 Aser Pierrick DipandaMohun Bagan13180.72
2018–19 Pedro ManziChennai City18211.16

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.
SeasonPlayerClubGoalsGamesRateOverall rank
2007–08 Baichung BhutiaMohun Bagan10160.625th
2008–09 Sunil ChhetriEast Bengal9140.644th
2009–10 Mohammed RafiMahindra United15220.682nd
2010–11 Jeje LalpekhluaIndian Arrows13150.867th
2011–12 Chinadorai SabeethPailan Arrows9260.3411th
2012–13 C.K. VineethPrayag United7230.3013th
2013–14 Sunil ChhetriBengaluru FC14230.611st
2014–15 Thongkhosiem HaokipPune7180.397th
2015–16 Sunil ChhetriBengaluru FC5140.366th
2015–16 Sushil Kumar SinghMumbai5160.316th
2016–17 C.K. VineethBengaluru FC7150.475th
2016–17 Sunil ChettriBengaluru FC7160.445th
2017–18 Abhijit SarkarIndian Arrows4140.298th
2017–18 Subhash SinghNEROCA4170.248th