Mohamed Salah is currently in pole position to win the Premier League Golden Boot, having scored 19 goals so far in 2021/22.
Harry Kane is the defending champion after he held off a long challenge from Salah to narrowly finish first in the top-flight scoring charts with 23 last season.
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That was the third success for Kane, matching the total of Golden Boot triumphs held by the all-time EPL record goalscorer Alan Shearer.
This year Kane will be seeking what would be a record-equalling fourth crown.
Salah and Bruno Fernandes, who each made the podium last season, entered the campaign hoping to challenge again, while a proven Premier League scorer, Romelu Lukaku, returned to Chelsea after a prolific spell in Serie A with Inter.
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Man Utd then brought Cristiano Ronaldo back to Old Trafford in a sensational return, making 2021/22 look like the most competitive Golden Boot race in years.
Former winner Jamie Vardy, Leeds striker Patrick Bamford, Everton’s Dominic Calvert-Lewin, West Ham star Michail Antonio and Aston Villa duo Ollie Watkins and Danny Ings are part of a strong contingent from outside England’s ‘big six’ teams who were rated as contenders when the season began.
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Mohamed Salah remains in charge in the Premier League Golden Boot race, with Liverpool forwards dominating the 2021/22 standings.
The Egypt international moved on to 19 top-flight goals for the 2021/22 campaign by scoring twice in the 6-0 thrashing of Leeds on February 23.
However, it was team-mate Sadio Mane, and not Salah, who scored the winner as Liverpool edged to an important 1-0 win over West Ham on Saturday.
Having missed time at club level for the Africa Cup of Nations this year, Salah’s 19 goals have impressively arrived in just 25 Premier League appearances, 24 of which have been starts.
And, as things stand, we are in line to have an all-Liverpool podium.
Mane’s strike against West Ham was his 12th of the Premier League season and brought him level with fellow Reds star Diogo Jota in the goalscoring charts in England.
Senegal attacker Mane – who scored twice against Leeds to follow up his strike against Norwich City prior to his West Ham goal – has made a huge surge over recent weeks.
Prior to last week, Man City star Raheem Sterling and Tottenham forward Son Heung-min were the only players to have reached double figures.
Now, though, Riyad Mahrez has matched Sterling on 10 goals after his double in the 4-1 derby win over Man Utd, while former Golden Boot winner Jamie Vardy has joined the party after the veteran striker scored against Burnley to mark his return from injury.
Defending champion Harry Kane is also making positive ground.
After a miserable start to the season for Spurs following his transfer links to Man City, he has netted five times in four league matches to move on to 10, having netted twice in Monday’s 5-0 home thrashing of Everton.
Catching Salah would still be an incredibly unlikely turn of events, but Kane is now right in the mix to finish as best of the rest and post another impressive season goal tally.
Cristiano Ronaldo, who missed the Manchester derby, is in a group of eight players who have nine goals to their name in the Premier League.
2021/22 EPL top goalscorers
Who are the past winners of the Premier League Golden Boot?
EPL Golden Boot winners
The record for most goals in a season is shared by Alan Shearer (1994/95) and Andy Cole (1993/94).
Both players scored an astonishing 34 goals, though the season was longer then – Shearer did it in 42 matches and Cole in 40.
Mohamed Salah came close to that record in 2017/18, scoring 32 times in 36 outings, producing the best Premier League goalscoring season for 13 years.
The Golden Boot winner with the best goals per game ratio in a season is Harry Kane.
England’s captain netted 29 times in just 30 games to win the 2016/17 title, averaging 0.97 goals per game.
Arsenal and Liverpool have had the most Premier League Golden Boot winners, with six each. Man Utd have had five while Tottenham and Chelsea are on four.
There are only three players who have scored the most goals in the EPL more than twice.
Shearer won the Golden Boot three times, once with Newcastle and twice with Blackburn Rovers, while Kane’s win in 2020/21 was also his third.
Thierry Henry holds the record, though, having been named the top scorer in the Premier League on four occasions for Arsenal.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Luis Suarez have both won the award, scoring 31 goals in 2007/08 and 2013/14 respectively.
The Premier League began from the 1992/93 season.
Prior to that, Ian Wright was the last highest goalscorer in England when it was the old First Division.
Gary Lineker and Alan Smith were also winners in the 1990s before the league was rebranded.
Premier League: Player stats including appearances, goals and assists
Who are the Premier League top scorers of all time?
Alan Shearer is the highest goalscorer in Premier League history, having ended his career in 2006 with a magnificent 260 goals to his name in England’s top division.
Man Utd legend Wayne Rooney (208) is the only other player who has scored more than 200 EPL goals.
Andy Cole (187), Sergio Aguero (184), Frank Lampard (177) and Thierry Henry (175) are other former Premier League players who sit near the top of the all-time list.
Kane is the highest-scoring active player and had 166 goals when he started this season.
He has long been cited as one of the rare contenders who has a chance to rival Shearer’s record total.
Robbie Fowler (163), Jermain Defoe (162) and Michael Owen (150) round out the 10 players in EPL history who have scored 150 goals or more.