Haaland wins third Premier League Golden Boot with 27 goals

Erling Haaland won the Premier League Golden Boot for the third time in his four seasons at Manchester City on Sunday, finishing the campaign with 27 goals despite being left out of the squad for the club’s final match. The Norway international did not feature in City’s 2-1 loss to Aston Villa at the Etihad Stadium, a game that also marked the end of manager Pep Guardiola’s 10-year tenure at the club.

Haaland scored 27 times in 35 league appearances this season, five more than Brentford striker Igor Thiago, who finished second with 22 goals. No other player in the league reached 20 goals. Haaland’s tally secured him the award for the 2025-26 season, adding to his previous Golden Boot wins in the 2022-23 season, when he scored 36 goals, and the 2023-24 season, when he also netted 27. Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah won the award last season with 29 goals.

With his third Golden Boot, Haaland joins Alan Shearer and Harry Kane as three-time winners of the award. Only Mohamed Salah and Thierry Henry have won it four times in the Premier League era.

Haaland began the season in dominant form, scoring 19 of his 27 goals in the first 17 games. His importance to City’s title challenge was...