List of top Premier League goal scorers by season

See also List of Premier League players with 100 or more goals and the Premier League Golden Boot

1992–93

The top goalscorer in the Premier League's inaugural season was Teddy Sheringham, who scored one goal for Nottingham Forest before his early-season transfer followed by 21 for Tottenham Hotspur for a total of 22.^[1]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[2]
1	Teddy Sheringham	Nottingham Forest / Tottenham Hotspur	22
2	Les Ferdinand	Queens Park Rangers	20
3	Dean Holdsworth	Wimbledon	19
4	Micky Quinn	Coventry City	17
5	Alan Shearer	Blackburn Rovers	16
	David White	Manchester City	16
7	Chris Armstrong	Crystal Palace	15
	Eric Cantona	Leeds United / Manchester United	15
	Brian Deane	Sheffield United	15
	Mark Hughes	Manchester United	15
	Matt Le Tissier	Southampton	15
	Mark Robins	Norwich City	15
	Paul Wilkinson	Middlesbrough	15
	Ian Wright	Arsenal	15

1993–94

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Andy Cole	Newcastle United	34
2	Alan Shearer	Blackburn Rovers	31
3	Matt Le Tissier	Southampton	25
	Chris Sutton	Norwich City	25
5	Ian Wright	Arsenal	23
6	Peter Beardsley	Newcastle United	21
7	Mark Bright	Sheffield Wednesday	19
8	Eric Cantona	Manchester United	18
9	Dean Holdsworth	Wimbledon	17
	Rod Wallace	Leeds United	17

1994–95

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Alan Shearer	Blackburn Rovers	34
2	Robbie Fowler	Liverpool	25
3	Les Ferdinand	Queens Park Rangers	24
4	Stan Collymore	Nottingham Forest	22
5	Andy Cole	Newcastle United / Manchester United	21
	Jürgen Klinsmann	Tottenham Hotspur	21
7	Matt Le Tissier	Southampton	19
8	Teddy Sheringham	Tottenham Hotspur	18
	Ian Wright	Arsenal	18
10	Uwe Rösler	Manchester City	15
	Dean Saunders	Aston Villa	15
	Chris Sutton	Blackburn Rovers	15

1995–96

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Alan Shearer	Blackburn Rovers	31
2	Robbie Fowler	Liverpool	28
3	Les Ferdinand	Newcastle United	25
4	Dwight Yorke	Aston Villa	17
5	Andrei Kanchelskis	Everton	16
	Teddy Sheringham	Tottenham Hotspur	16
7	Chris Armstrong	Tottenham Hotspur	15
	Ian Wright	Arsenal	15
9	Eric Cantona	Manchester United	14
	Stan Collymore	Liverpool	14
	Dion Dublin	Coventry City	14

1996–97

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Alan Shearer	Newcastle United	25
2	Ian Wright	Arsenal	23
3	Robbie Fowler	Liverpool	18
	Ole Gunnar Solskjær	Manchester United	18
5	Dwight Yorke	Aston Villa	17
6	Les Ferdinand	Newcastle United	16
	Fabrizio Ravanelli	Middlesbrough	16
8	Dion Dublin	Coventry City	13
	Matt Le Tissier	Southampton	13
10	Dennis Bergkamp	Arsenal	12
	Steve Claridge	Leicester City	12
	Stan Collymore	Liverpool	12
	Juninho	Middlesbrough	12

1997–98

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Dion Dublin	Coventry City	18
	Michael Owen	Liverpool	18
	Chris Sutton	Blackburn Rovers	18
4	Dennis Bergkamp	Arsenal	16
	Kevin Gallacher	Blackburn Rovers	16
	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	Leeds United	16
7	Andy Cole	Manchester United	15
	John Hartson	West Ham United	15
9	Darren Huckerby	Coventry City	14
10	Paulo Wanchope	Derby County	13

1998–99

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	Leeds United	18
	Michael Owen	Liverpool	18
	Dwight Yorke	Manchester United	18
4	Nicolas Anelka	Arsenal	17
	Andy Cole	Manchester United	17
6	Hamilton Ricard	Middlesbrough	15
7	Dion Dublin	Aston Villa	14
	Robbie Fowler	Liverpool	14
	Julian Joachim	Aston Villa	14
	Alan Shearer	Newcastle United	14

1999–2000

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Kevin Phillips	Sunderland	30
2	Alan Shearer	Newcastle United	23
3	Dwight Yorke	Manchester United	22
4	Michael Bridges	Leeds United	19
	Andy Cole	Manchester United	19
6	Thierry Henry	Arsenal	17
7	Paolo Di Canio	West Ham United	16
8	Chris Armstrong	Tottenham Hotspur	14
	Steffen Iversen	Tottenham Hotspur	14
	Niall Quinn	Sunderland	14

2000–01

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	Chelsea	23
2	Marcus Stewart	Ipswich Town	19
3	Thierry Henry	Arsenal	17
	Mark Viduka	Leeds United	17
5	Michael Owen	Liverpool	16
6	Teddy Sheringham	Manchester United	15
7	Emile Heskey	Liverpool	14
	Kevin Phillips	Sunderland	14
9	Alen Bokšić	Middlesbrough	12
10	James Beattie	Southampton	11
	Jonatan Johansson	Charlton Athletic	11
	Frédéric Kanouté	West Ham United	11
	Gustavo Poyet	Chelsea	11
	Alan Smith	Leeds United	11

2001–02

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Thierry Henry	Arsenal	24
2	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	Chelsea	23
	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Manchester United	23
	Alan Shearer	Newcastle United	23
5	Michael Owen	Liverpool	19
6	Ole Gunnar Solskjær	Manchester United	17
7	Robbie Fowler	Liverpool / Leeds United	15
8	Eiður Guðjohnsen	Chelsea	14
	Marians Pahars	Southampton	14
10	Andy Cole	Manchester United / Blackburn Rovers	13

2002–03

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[3]
1	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Manchester United	25
2	Thierry Henry	Arsenal	24
3	James Beattie	Southampton	23
4	Mark Viduka	Leeds United	20
5	Michael Owen	Liverpool	19
6	Alan Shearer	Newcastle United	17
7	Nicolas Anelka	Manchester City	15
8	Gianfranco Zola	Chelsea	14
	Robert Pirès	Arsenal	14
	Harry Kewell	Leeds United	14
	Paul Scholes	Manchester United	14

2003–04

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals[4]
1	Thierry Henry	Arsenal	30
2	Alan Shearer	Newcastle United	22
3	Louis Saha	Manchester United / Fulham	20
	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Manchester United	20
5	Mikael Forssell	Birmingham City	17
6	Nicolas Anelka	Manchester City	16
	Juan Pablo Ángel	Aston Villa	16
	Michael Owen	Liverpool	16
	Yakubu	Portsmouth	16
10	James Beattie	Southampton	14

2004–05

Rank	Scorer	Team	Goals[5]
1	Thierry Henry	Arsenal	25
2	Andy Johnson	Crystal Palace	21
3	Robert Pirès	Arsenal	14
4	Jermain Defoe	Tottenham Hotspur	13
	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	Middlesbrough	13
	Frank Lampard	Chelsea	13
	Yakubu	Portsmouth	13
8	Andy Cole	Fulham	12
	Peter Crouch	Southampton	12
	Eiður Guðjohnsen	Chelsea	12

2005–06

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals[6]
1	Thierry Henry	Arsenal	27
2	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Manchester United	21
3	Darren Bent	Charlton Athletic	18
4	Robbie Keane	Tottenham Hotspur	16
	Frank Lampard	Chelsea	16
	Wayne Rooney	Manchester United	16
7	Marlon Harewood	West Ham United	14
8	Craig Bellamy	Blackburn Rovers	13
	Yakubu	Middlesbrough	13
10	Henri Camara	Wigan Athletic	12
	Didier Drogba	Chelsea	12

2006–07

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals[7]
1	Didier Drogba	Chelsea	20
2	Benni McCarthy	Blackburn Rovers	18
3	Cristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United	17
4	Wayne Rooney	Manchester United	14
	Mark Viduka	Middlesbrough	14
6	Darren Bent	Charlton Athletic	13
	Kevin Doyle	Reading	13
8	Dimitar Berbatov	Tottenham Hotspur	12
	Dirk Kuyt	Liverpool	12
	Yakubu	Middlesbrough	12

2007–08

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals[8]
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United	31
2	Fernando Torres	Liverpool	24
	Emmanuel Adebayor	Arsenal	24
4	Roque Santa Cruz	Blackburn Rovers	19
5	Benjani	Portsmouth / Manchester City	15
	Dimitar Berbatov	Tottenham Hotspur	15
	Robbie Keane	Tottenham Hotspur	15
	Yakubu	Everton	15
9	Carlos Tevez	Manchester United	14
10	John Carew	Aston Villa	13

2008–09

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals[9]
1	Nicolas Anelka	Chelsea	19
2	Cristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United	18
3	Steven Gerrard	Liverpool	16
4	Robinho	Manchester City	14
	Fernando Torres	Liverpool	14
6	Gabriel Agbonlahor	Aston Villa	12
	Darren Bent	Tottenham Hotspur	12
	Kevin Davies	Bolton Wanderers	12
	Dirk Kuyt	Liverpool	12
	Frank Lampard	Chelsea	12
	Wayne Rooney	Manchester United	12

2009–10

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals[10]
1	Didier Drogba	Chelsea	29
2	Wayne Rooney	Manchester United	26
3	Darren Bent	Sunderland	24
4	Carlos Tevez	Manchester City	23
5	Frank Lampard	Chelsea	22
6	Fernando Torres	Liverpool	18
	Jermain Defoe	Tottenham Hotspur	18
8	Cesc Fàbregas	Arsenal	15
9	Emmanuel Adebayor	Manchester City	14
10	Gabriel Agbonlahor	Aston Villa	13
	Louis Saha	Everton	13

2010–11

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[11]
1	Dimitar Berbatov	Manchester United	20
	Carlos Tevez	Manchester City	20
3	Robin van Persie	Arsenal	18
4	Darren Bent	Sunderland / Aston Villa	17
5	Peter Odemwingie	West Bromwich Albion	15
6	DJ Campbell	Blackpool	13
	Andy Carroll	Newcastle United / Liverpool	13
	Javier Hernández	Manchester United	13
	Dirk Kuyt	Liverpool	13
	Florent Malouda	Chelsea	13
	Rafael van der Vaart	Tottenham Hotspur	13

2011–12

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[12]
1	Robin van Persie	Arsenal	30
2	Wayne Rooney	Manchester United	27
3	Sergio Agüero	Manchester City	23
4	Clint Dempsey	Fulham	17
	Emmanuel Adebayor	Tottenham Hotspur	17
	Yakubu	Blackburn	17
7	Demba Ba	Newcastle United	16
8	Grant Holt	Norwich City	15
9	Edin Džeko	Manchester City	14
10	Mario Balotelli	Manchester City	13
	Papiss Cissé	Newcastle United	13

2012–13

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[13]
1	Robin van Persie	Manchester United	26
2	Luis Suárez	Liverpool	23
3	Gareth Bale	Tottenham Hotspur	21
4	Christian Benteke	Aston Villa	19
5	Michu	Swansea City	18
6	Romelu Lukaku	West Bromwich Albion	17
7	Demba Ba	Chelsea / Newcastle United	15
	Dimitar Berbatov	Fulham	15
	Rickie Lambert	Southampton	15
	Frank Lampard	Chelsea	15

2013–14

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[14]
1	Luis Suárez	Liverpool	30
2	Daniel Sturridge	Liverpool	21
3	Yaya Touré	Manchester City	20
4	Wayne Rooney	Manchester United	17
	Wilfried Bony	Swansea City	17
	Sergio Agüero	Manchester City	17
7	Edin Džeko	Manchester City	16
	Olivier Giroud	Arsenal	16
9	Jay Rodriguez	Southampton	15
	Romelu Lukaku	Everton	15

2014–15

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[15]
1	Sergio Agüero	Manchester City	26
2	Harry Kane	Tottenham Hotspur	21
3	Diego Costa	Chelsea	20
4	Charlie Austin	Queens Park Rangers	18
5	Alexis Sánchez	Arsenal	16
6	Saido Berahino	West Bromwich Albion	14
	Olivier Giroud	Arsenal
	Eden Hazard	Chelsea
9	Christian Benteke	Aston Villa	13
10	Graziano Pellè	Southampton	12
	Wayne Rooney	Manchester United
	David Silva	Manchester City

2015–16

As of matches played on 18 April 2016.^[16]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Harry Kane	Tottenham Hotspur	25
2	Jamie Vardy	Leicester City	22
2	Sergio Agüero	Manchester City	22
4	Romelu Lukaku	Everton	18
5	Riyad Mahrez	Leicester City	16
6	Odion Ighalo	Watford	14
7	Jermain Defoe	Sunderland	13
8	Olivier Giroud	Arsenal	12
9	Diego Costa	Chelsea	11
	Gylfi Sigurdsson	Swansea
10	Marko Arnautović	Stoke City	9
	Georginio Wijnaldum	Newcastle United

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