alan shearer won his third Premier League Golden Boot in four seasons after finishing as the league’s leading scorer with 27 goals in 35 games. The award was presented at Etihad Stadium on the final day of the season.
That puts Haaland on 27 league goals and five clear of Igor Thiago of Brentford. Manchester City’s striker has now collected the division’s top scorer prize three times since joining the club, while Thierry Henry and Mohamed Salah remain the only players named here with more Golden Boot wins.
Etihad Stadium award day
The presentation came on the final day of the Premier League season, with Haaland receiving the boot after the scoring race had been settled. He also finished the campaign with 38 goals for Manchester City across all competitions, underlining how much of City’s attacking output still ran through him even as the league table played out elsewhere.
Manchester City may have been pipped to the title by Arsenal, but the individual scoring race still landed with Haaland. That split between team success and individual output is the cleanest way to read his season: City did not leave the campaign with the league trophy, yet their striker still finished first in the one category that defines forwards.
Golden Boot race with Igor Thiago
Thiago’s finish in second place, five goals behind, gives Haaland some separation rather than a photo finish. The gap matters because it leaves little doubt about the season-long lead at the top of the scoring chart, where 27 goals in 35 games set the pace from start to finish.
Winning the award three times in four seasons pushes Haaland into a small group of Premier League finishers who have repeated at this level. Henry and Salah have each won it four times, and Haaland is now one step closer to that benchmark after another season ended with him on top.
Raya, Donnarumma and Fernandes
The other season-ending prizes gave the final day a fuller picture of the league’s individual awards. David Raya won the golden glove for the third season in a row with 18 clean sheets, Gianluigi Donnarumma finished second with 14, and Bruno Fernandes claimed the playmaker award after setting up 21 goals.
Fernandes also set a new Premier League assists record with 21. For Haaland, though, the headline remains the same: 27 goals, a third Golden Boot in four seasons, and another finishing line crossed before the rest of the league could catch him.
