Premier League top scorers: test your knowledge on Golden Boot winners – quiz

Left to right: Thierry Henry, Sergio Aguerö and Teddy Sheringham have scored a fair amount of Premier League goals between them. Composite: Getty, Reuters

1. Who scored 30 goals to top the charts in the 1999-2000 season?

   1. Andy Cole

   2. Kevin Phillips

   3. Alan Shearer

   4. Dwight Yorke

2. The all-time record for lowest number of goals scored to win the golden boot was achieved during which two back-to-back seasons?

   1. 1997-98 and 1998-99

   2. 1992-93 and 1993-94

   3. 2008-09 and 2009-10

   4. 2018-19 and 2019-20

3. The top goalscorer in the inaugural season was Teddy Sheringham, who scored one goal for Nottingham Forest before his early season transfer to Tottenham Hotspur. How many goals did he score for the north London club that season?

   1. 20

   2. 21

   3. 22

   4. 23

4. Before Thierry Henry won his first Golden Boot in 2001-02, what was his highest tally of goals scored?

   1. 17

   2. 18

   3. 19

   4. 20

5. In which season did three African players score the joint-most goals to share the Golden Boot?

   1. 2006-07

   2. 2007-08

   3. 2018-19

   4. 2019-20

6. Dimitar Berbatov is the only Bulgarian to have been top scorer in the league. What season did he score 20 goals?

   1. 2007-08

   2. 2008-09

   3. 2009-10

   4. 2010-11

7. Who is the only Leeds player to become top scorer?

   1. Patrick Bamford

   2. Eric Cantona

   3. Mark Viduka

   4. Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

8. How many goals did Sergio Aguerö score in his only season as top scorer?

   1. 25

   2. 26

   3. 27

   4. 28

9. Who was the last Manchester United player to win the Premier League Golden Boot?

   1. Wayne Rooney

   2. Dimitar Berbatov

   3. Robin van Persie

   4. Javier Hernández

10. How many Brazilians have won the Golden Boot?

    1. 0

    2. 1

    3. 2

    4. 3

11. Which club has the most Golden Boot awards?

    1. Liverpool

    2. Arsenal

    3. Chelsea

    4. Tottenham Hotspur

12. How many players won consecutive Golden Boots with two different clubs?

    1. 1

    2. 2

    3. 3

    4. 4

Solutions

1:B - The tally earned the Sunderland striker the Golden Boot and the European golden shoe. He was the first Englishman to have won the latter and remains the only one to achieve it in the Premier League., 2:A - Dion Dublin, Michael Owen and Chris Sutton scored 18 goals in 1997-98 before Owen, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Dwight Yorke matched the tally the next season. , 3:B - Sheringham spent five seasons at Spurs before returning for two more after his Manchester United stint. , 4:A - Henry won the Golden Boot a record four times with Arsenal, in 2001-02, 2003-04, 2004-05 and 2005-06., 5:C - Mohamed Salah (Egypt), Sadio Mané (Senegal) and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon) each scored 22 goals that season. , 6:D - Berbatov of Manchester United shared the award with Manchester City's Carlos Tevez. , 7:D - The Dutch striker was top scorer again in 2000-01, but this time with Chelsea. , 8:B - Aguerö is Manchester City's all-time top goalscorer and holds the record for most Premier League hat-tricks, with 12., 9:C - Van Persie won the Golden Boot in 2012-13, his first season at Old Trafford. , 10:A - Robinho came closest, ranking fourth on the top-scorer list after netting 14 goals in 2008-09. , 11:A - The Merseyside club have four players who, between them, have won the Premier League award seven times: Mohamed Salah (three), Sadio Mané (once), Luis Suárez (once) and Michael Owen (twice)., 12:B - Alan Shearer scored 31 goals in 1995-56 for Blackburn Rovers and 25 goals in 1996-97 for Newcastle. Robin van Persie scored 30 goals in 2011-12 for Arsenal and 26 goals in 2012-13 for Manchester United.

Scores

1. 3 and above.

   Ah well, better luck next time.

2. 4 and above.

   Not bad, not bad at all.

3. 5 and above.

   Not bad, not bad at all.

4. 6 and above.

   Not bad, not bad at all.

5. 7 and above.

   Not bad, not bad at all.

6. 8 and above.

   You are a sharp shooter

7. 9 and above.

   You are a sharp shooter

8. 10 and above.

   You are a sharp shooter

9. 11 and above.

   You are a sharp shooter

10. 12 and above.

    You are a sharp shooter

11. 2 and above.

    Ah well, better luck next time.

12. 0 and above.

    Ah well, better luck next time.

13. 1 and above.

    Ah well, better luck next time.