The I-League Golden Boot is an annual Indian association football award given to the top goalscorer at the end of the Indian Football League season, the second division league competition in club football in India, since its creation in 2007.
The top-scoring I-League Golden Boot winner is Ranti Martins in 2011–12, with 32 goals in the 26-game season. Odafa Onyeka Okolie holds the record for an 18-game season, with 22 goals in 2007–08. Martins has a record five wins of the award; however, Okolie has won the award the most times for a single club, doing so thrice while playing for Churchill Brothers.
Marcus Joseph of Dempo is the latest winner of the Golden Boot; during the 2025–26 season, he scored 9 goals in 14 matches.
Recipients As of 2026, thirteen different players have won the Golden Boot award. Only four players have won the award more than once, with Ranti Martins leading with a record five wins. Winning the Golden Boot does not always translate into league success, however, as only five times did the top scorer's team also win the league, and not since the 2022–23 season, when leading scorer Luka Majcen won with his team Punjab.
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).
SeasonWinnerClubGoalsGamesRate 2007–08 Odafa Onyeka Okolie Churchill Brothers 22 18 1.22 2008–09 Odafa Onyeka Okolie Churchill Brothers 24 22 1.09 2009–10 Odafa Onyeka Okolie Churchill Brothers 21 24 0.87 2010–11 Ranti Martins Dempo 28 22 1.27 2011–12 Ranti Martins Dempo 32 26 1.23 2012–13 Ranti Martins Prayag United 26 25 1.142013–14 Cornell GlenShillong Lajong14190.74 Sunil ChhetriBengaluru230.61 Darryl DuffySalgaocar240.582014–15 Ranti MartinsEast Bengal17200.852015–16 Ranti MartinsEast Bengal12130.922016–17 Aser Pierrick DipandaShillong Lajong11170.652017–18 Aser Pierrick DipandaMohun Bagan13180.722018–19 Pedro ManziChennai City21181.16 Willis PlazaChurchill Brothers201.052019–20 Aser Pierrick DipandaMinerva Punjab12160.752020–21 Bidyashagar SinghTRAU12150.802021–22 Marcus JosephMohammedan15180.832022–23 Luka MajcenPunjab16200.802023–24 Álex SánchezGokulam Kerala19220.862024–25 David CastañedaSreenidi Deccan17220.772025–26 Marcus JosephDempo9140.64
Leading Indian goalscorer Since the beginning of the I-League in 2007, only two Indian players have been the I-League Golden Boot winners, with Sunil Chettri winning the award in the 2013–14 season and Bidyashagar Singh doing so in the 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.
SeasonPlayerClubGoalsGamesRateOverall rank 2007–08 Bhaichung Bhutia Mohun Bagan 10 16 0.62 5th 2008–09 Sunil Chhetri East Bengal 9 14 0.64 4th 2009–10 Mohammed Rafi Mahindra United 14 22 0.68 2nd 2010–11 Jeje Lalpekhlua Indian Arrows 13 15 0.86 7th 2011–12 Chinadorai Sabeeth Pailan Arrows 9 26 0.34 11th 2012–13 C. K. Vineeth Prayag United 7 23 0.30 13th2013–14 Sunil ChhetriBengaluru14230.611st2014–15 Thongkhosiem HaokipPune7180.397th2015–16 Sunil ChhetriBengaluru5140.366th Sushil Kumar SinghMumbai160.312016–17 C. K. VineethBengaluru7150.475th Sunil ChettriBengaluru160.442017–18 Abhijit SarkarIndian Arrows4140.298th Subhash SinghNEROCA170.242018–19 Jobby JustinEast Bengal9170.524th2019–20 RochharzelaAizawl6150.411th2020–21 Bidyashagar SinghTRAU12150.81st2021–22 Thahir ZamanGokulam Kerala5150.3312th2022–23 Seilenthang LotjemSudeva Delhi6210.2911th Samuel KynshiReal Kashmir2023–24 Lalrinzuala LalbiakniaAizawl15200.753rd2024–25 Lalrinzuala LalbiakniaAizawl12190.633rd2025–26 Phrangki BuamShillong Lajong8140.572nd
See also List of Indian football champions
External links I-League.org Official website of I-League