A-League Golden Boot


The A-League Golden Boot is an annual soccer award presented to the leading goalscorer in the A-League. It is currently referred to as the Nike Golden Boot for sponsorship purposes.
The A-League was founded in 2005 to replace the semi-professional National Soccer League. The number of teams in the league has ranged from eight to eleven and there are currently ten clubs in the league. The award is given to the top-scorer over the regular season. The inaugural award was shared by four players: Alex Brosque, Bobby Despotovski, Stewart Petrie and Archie Thompson.
Shane Smeltz and Besart Berisha have both won the golden boot on two occasions, more than any other player. Petrie was the first non-Australian winner in the league's inaugural season.
Bobô – with 27 goals in 2017–18 – scored the most goals to win the Golden Boot, while Danny Allsopp scored the fewest to win the award outright, with 11 goals in 2006–07. The all-time record for lowest number of goals scored to be bestowed the award, however, is 8 goals; this was achieved during the 2005–06 season, when the award was shared between four players. This marks one of two seasons in which the award has been shared. Bobô recorded the highest goals-to-games ratio to win the award, scoring 27 goals in 27 games in 2017–18 for a rate of 1.00.

Winners

Player Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point
GamesThe number of A-League regular season games played by the winner that season
RateThe winner's goals-to-games ratio that regular season
Indicates multiple award winners in the same season
§Denotes the club were A-League premiers in the same season

SeasonPlayerNationalityClubGoalsGamesRateRef
2005–06Melbourne Victory8150.53
2005–06Perth Glory8190.42
2005–06Central Coast Mariners8190.42
2005–06Queensland Roar8210.38
2006–07Melbourne Victory11200.55
2007–08Newcastle Jets12190.63
2008–09Wellington Phoenix12200.60
2009–10 Gold Coast United19250.76
2010–11Adelaide United16280.57
2011–12Brisbane Roar19260.73
2012–13Central Coast Mariners17250.68
2013–14Newcastle Jets16250.64
2014–15Sydney FC16220.73
2015–16Melbourne City23270.85
2016–17 Melbourne Victory19260.73
2016–17Brisbane Roar19260.73
2017–18Sydney FC27271.00
2018–19Wellington Phoenix18260.69

Awards won by nationality

Awards won by club