Monday, May 25, 2026 - Erling Haaland has emerged as the leading top scorer in the English Premier League for the 2025/26 season, securing his third Golden Boot in four seasons with Manchester City.
The Norwegian star was rested and left
out of the squad for City's final match on Sunday, a 2-1 defeat against Aston
Villa, as the club celebrated manager Pep Guardiola's trophy-laden, ten-year
reign in his final game in charge. Haaland finished the campaign with 27 goals
in 35 league appearances, though his prolific return fell just short of denying
Arsenal the Premier League title.
With this third Golden Boot,
Haaland joins Alan Shearer and Harry Kane as three-time winners, leaving him
trailing only Mohamed Salah and Thierry Henry, who have won the award four
times in the Premier League era.
Haaland began the campaign in blistering
form, netting 19 of his Premier League goals within the first 17 games of the
season. His immense importance to Manchester City was highlighted during a rare
lean spell around the turn of the year, where he scored just once, a penalty
against Brighton—across seven games, a stretch in which City managed only two
victories and arguably dropped the crucial points that cost them the title.
The 25-year-old found his scoring boots
again for a late-season push, scoring the winner away to Liverpool and netting
against Arsenal in last month's highly anticipated title showdown. However,
despite his big-game contributions, dropped points against Everton and
Bournemouth allowed the Gunners to seal their first league championship in 22
years.
Finishing as the runner-up to Haaland
was Brentford's Igor Thiago, whose impressive 22-goal haul propelled him into
the Brazil national squad ahead of the upcoming World Cup. Behind them, a
competitive chasing pack featured high-profile campaigns from several forward
lines across the league.
The final standings for the top ten
goalscorers of the Premier League 2025/26 season showcase the distribution of
goals across the top flight:
Erling Haaland of Manchester City
secured the top spot with 27 goals, followed by Igor Thiago of Brentford who
claimed second place with 22 goals. Antoine Semenyo of Manchester City finished
third with 16 goals, while João Pedro of Chelsea took fourth place with 15
goals.
A four-way tie emerged for the next
positions, with Morgan Gibbs-White of Nottingham Forest, Ollie Watkins of Aston
Villa, Viktor Gyökeres of Arsenal, and Dominic Calvert-Lewin of Leeds United
all finishing the campaign with 14 goals each. Rounding out the top ten were
Danny Welbeck of Brighton & Hove Albion and Junior Kroupi of AFC
Bournemouth, both concluding their seasons with 13 goals apiece.
Top
10 goalscorers EPL 2025/26 season
1. Erling Haaland Manchester City
27 goals
2 Igor Thiago Brentford 22 goals
3 Antoine Semenyo Manchester City
16 goals
4 João Pedro Chelsea 15 goals
5 Morgan Gibbs-White Nottingham
Forest 14 goals
6. Ollie Watkins Aston Villa 14
goals
7. Viktor Gyökeres Arsenal 14
goals
8. Dominic Calvert-Lewin Leeds
United 14 goals
9 Danny Welbeck Brighton &
Hove Albion 13 goals
10. Junior Kroupi AFC Bournemouth
13 goals
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