List of Indian football first tier top scorers

The top tier in Indian football today is the Indian Super League, replacing the I-League for the 2022–23 season. The list includes records from National Football League or I-League (1996–97 – 2021–22) and the Indian Super League (2017–18 – present). Since the 1996–97 season, the first year of top flight football, 20 different individual players have been named top scorer.

Top scorers

By season

Key

Player (X)	Name of the player and number of times they were top scorer at that point (if more than one)
^†	Indicates multiple top scorers in the same season
§	Denotes the club were Indian champions in the same season

Season	Player(s)	Nationality	Club(s)	Goals
1996–97	Bhaichung Bhutia	India	JCT^§	14
1997–98	Raman Vijayan	India	Kochin	10
1998–99	Philip Mensah	Ghana	Churchill Brothers	11
1999–2000	Igor Shkvyrin	Uzbekistan	Mohun Bagan^§	11
2000–01	José Barreto	Brazil	Mohun Bagan	14
2001–02	Yusif Yakubu	Ghana	Churchill Brothers	18
2002–03	Yusif Yakubu (2)	Ghana	Churchill Brothers	21
2003–04	Cristiano Júnior	Brazil	East Bengal^§	15
2004–05	Dudu Omagbemi	Nigeria	Sporting Goa	21
2005–06	Ranti Martins	Nigeria	Dempo	13
2006–07	Odafa Onyeka Okolie	Nigeria	Churchill Brothers	18
2007–08	Odafa Onyeka Okolie (2)	Nigeria	Churchill Brothers	22
2008–09	Odafa Onyeka Okolie (3)	Nigeria	Churchill Brothers^§	24
2009–10	Odafa Onyeka Okolie (4)	Nigeria	Churchill Brothers	21
2010–11	Ranti Martins (2)	Nigeria	Dempo	28
2011–12	Ranti Martins (3)	Nigeria	Dempo^§	32
2012–13	Ranti Martins (4)	Nigeria	Prayag United	27
2013–14^†	Sunil Chhetri	India	Bengaluru^§	14
	Darryl Duffy	Scotland	Salgaocar	14
	Cornell Glen	Trinidad and Tobago	Shillong Lajong	14
2014–15	Ranti Martins (5)	Nigeria	East Bengal Club	17
2015–16	Ranti Martins (6)	Nigeria	East Bengal Club	12
2016–17	Aser Pierrick Dipanda	Cameroon	Shillong Lajong	11
2017–18	Coro	Spain	Goa	18
2018–19^†	Pedro Manzi	Spain	Chennai City^§	21
	Willis Plaza	Trinidad and Tobago	Churchill Brothers	21
2019–20^†	Roy Krishna	Fiji	ATK^§	15
	Nerijus Valskis	Lithuania	Chennaiyin	15
	Bartholomew Ogbeche	Nigeria	Kerala Blasters	15
2020–21^†	Roy Krishna (2)	Fiji	ATK Mohun Bagan	14
	Igor Angulo	Spain	Goa	14
2021–22	Bartholomew Ogbeche (2)	Nigeria	Hyderabad^§	18
2022–23^†	Diego Maurício	Brazil	Odisha	12
	Cleiton Silva	Brazil	East Bengal	12
	Dimitri Petratos	Australia	ATK Mohun Bagan^§	12

By number of seasons as top scorer

Rank	Player	Titles	Club(s)	Years
1	Ranti Martins	6	Dempo, Prayag United, East Bengal Club	2005–06 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2014–15 2015–16
2	Odafa Onyeka Okolie	4	Churchill Brothers	2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
3	Yusif Yakubu	2	Churchill Brothers	2001–02 2002–03
	Roy Krishna	2	ATK, ATK Mohun Bagan	2019–20 2020–21
	Bartholomew Ogbeche	2	Kerala Blasters, Hyderabad	2019–20 2021–22
4	Bhaichung Bhutia	1	JCT	1996–97
	Raman Vijayan	1	Kochin	1997–98
	Philip Mensah	1	Churchill Brothers	1998–99
	Igor Shkvyrin	1	Mohun Bagan	1999–2000
	José Barreto	1	Mohun Bagan	2000–01
	Cristiano Júnior	1	East Bengal	2003–04
	Dudu Omagbemi	1	Sporting Goa	2004–05
	Sunil Chhetri	1	Bengaluru	2013–14
	Darryl Duffy	1	Salgaocar	2013–14
	Cornell Glen	1	Shillong Lajong	2013–14
	Aser Pierrick Dipanda	1	Shillong Lajong	2016–17
	Coro	1	Goa	2017–18
	Pedro Manzi	1	Chennai City	2018–19
	Willis Plaza	1	Churchill Brothers	2018–19
	Nerijus Valskis	1	Chennaiyin	2019–20
	Diego Maurício	1	Odisha	2022–23
	Cleiton Silva	1	East Bengal	2022–23
	Dimitri Petratos	1	ATK Mohun Bagan	2022–23

• Bold denotes players currently playing in the Indian Super League.
• Italics denotes players still playing professional football.

By club

Rank	Club	Titles	Seasons
1	Churchill Brothers	8	1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2018–19
2	East Bengal	4	2003–04, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2022–23
3	Dempo	3	2005–06, 2010–11, 2011–12
4	Mohun Bagan	2	1999–2000, 2000–01
	Shillong Lajong	2	2013–14, 2016–17
	Goa	2	2017–18, 2020–21
	ATK Mohun Bagan	2	2020–21, 2022–23
5	JCT	1	1996–97
	Kochin	1	1997–99
	Sporting Goa	1	2004–05
	Prayag United	1	2012–13
	Bengaluru	1	2013–14
	Salgaocar	1	2013–14
	Chennai City	1	2018–19
	ATK	1	2019–20
	Chennaiyin	1	2019–20
	Kerala Blasters	1	2019–20
	Hyderabad	1	2020–21
	Odisha	1	2022–23

By nationality

Country	Titles
Nigeria	13
Brazil	4
India	3
Ghana	3
Spain	3
Trinidad and Tobago	2
Fiji	2
Uzbekistan	1
Scotland	1
Cameroon	1
Lithuania	1
Australia	1

All-time Top Scorers with over 50 goals

Rank	Player	Years	Goals	Apps	Ratio	Club Goals/Appearances
1	Ranti Martins	2004–2016	214	248	0.86	Dempo 146/164 - Prayag United 31/40 - Rangdajied United 8/8 - East Bengal 29/36
2	Odafa Onyeka Okolie	2003–2018	179^[1]	—	—	Mohammedan 1 - Churchill Brothers 113/106 - Mohun Bagan 51/60 - Sporting Goa 14/23 - Gokulam Kerala 0/3
3	Yusif Yakubu	2001–2014	147^[1]	—	—	Churchill Brothers 65/103 - Mahindra United 17 - East Bengal 20 - Salgaocar 15 - Prayag United 12 - Mumbai 18
4	Sunil Chhetri	2002–	143	315	0.45	Mohun Bagan 16/32 - JCT 22/48 - East Bengal 9/17 - Dempo 8/13 - Chirag United 7/7 - Churchill Brothers 4/8 - Bengaluru 77/190
5	Chidi Edeh	2003–2014	104	217	0.48	Mohammedan 4/19 - Sporting Goa 15/37 - JCT 12/16 - Dempo 8/15 - Mahindra United 11/22 - Mohun Bagan 21/39 - Salgaocar 6/21 - East Bengal 27/48
6	Jose Ramirez Barreto	1999–2012	101^[1]	—	—	Mohun Bagan 94 - Mahindra United 7
7	Bhaichung Bhutia	1996–2013	89^[1]	—	—	East Bengal 49 - JCT 15 - Mohun Bagan 25
8	Bartholomew Ogbeche	2018–	63	98	0.64	NorthEast United 12/18 - Kerala Blasters 15/16 - Mumbai City 8/23 - Hyderabad 28/41
9	Aser Pierrick Dipanda	2015–2022	59	107	0.55	DSK Shivajians 7/13 - Shillong Lajong 11/17 - Mohun Bagan 21/38 - Minerva Punjab 12/16 - Real Kashmir 4/10 - Aizawl 4/13
10	Jeje Lalpekhlua	2009–2021	51	171	0.3	Pune 12/52 - Pailan Arrows 13/15 - Dempo 5/18 - Chennaiyin 10/36 - Mohun Bagan 4/10 - Aizawl 10/43 - East Bengal 1/7

• Bold denotes players currently playing in the Indian Super League.
• Italics denotes players still playing professional football.

Clubs top scorer in top tier

Club	Player Name	Goals	Years
Aizawl	Ansumana Kromah	9	2018–2019
ATK	Roy Krishna	15	2019–2020
ATK Mohun Bagan	Roy Krishna	21	2020–2022
Bengaluru	Sunil Chhetri	77	2017–present
Chennai City	Pedro Manzi	22	2018–2019
Chennaiyin	Nerijus Valskis	17	2019–2022
Churchill Brothers	Odafa Onyeka Okolie	113	2005–2011
Dempo	Ranti Martins	146	2004–2012
DSK Shivajians	Aser Pierrick Dipanda	7	2015–2016
East Bengal	Bhaichung Bhutia	49	1997–2011
Goa	Coro	48	2017–2020
Gokulam Kerala	Marcus Joseph	14	2019–2020
Hyderabad	Bartholomew Ogbeche	28	2021–present
Jamshedpur	Daniel Chima Chukwu	12	2021–present
Kerala Blasters	Bartholomew Ogbeche	15	2019–2020
Mohun Bagan	José Barreto	94	1999–2012
Mumbai City	Bipin Singh Thounaojam	21	2018–present
NEROCA	Felix Chidi Odili	24	2017–2019
NorthEast United	Bartholomew Ogbeche	12	2018–2019
Odisha	Diego Maurício	24	2020–present
RoundGlass Punjab	Chencho Gyeltshen	14	2017–2022
Real Kashmir	Mason Robertson	25	2018–2022
Shillong Lajong	Cornell Glen	30	2013–2016
Sreenidi Deccan	David Castañeda	10	2021–2022
TRAU	Bidyashagar Singh	12	2020–2021
United SC	Ranti Martins	31	2012–2014

Top Indian scorers

Rank	Player	Span	Goals
1	Sunil Chhetri	2002–	143
2	Bhaichung Bhutia	1996–2013	89^[1]
3	Jeje Lalpekhlua	2009–2021	51
4	R. C. Prakash	2000–2008	49^[1]
5	Raman Vijayan	1996–2005	43^[2]

• Bold denotes players currently playing in the Indian Super League.

Records

All records listed below pertain to league matches played in the National Football League, I-League (2006–07 to 2021–22) and the Indian Super League (2017–18 to present) only.

• Most goals in a season: 32 Ranti Martins, Dempo (2011–12)^[1]
• Most goals in a season by an Indian: 14
  • Bhaichung Bhutia, JCT (1996–97)
  • Mohammed Rafi, Mahindra United (2009–10)
  • Sunil chhetri, Bengaluru (2013–14, 2017–18)
• Most individual goals in a match: 6 Ranti Martins for Dempo v. Air India 30 May 2011^[1]
• Fastest goal in a match: 9 seconds Komron Tursunov for TRAU v. Real Kashmir 10 January 2021^[3]
• Most number of hat-tricks: Odafa Onyeka Okolie (13)^[4]
• First ever goal scorer: Raman Vijayan for East Bengal v. Mohammedan Sporting 17 December 1996^[5]
• First ever golden boot winner: Bhaichung Bhutia, 14 goals for JCT in 1996–97 season
• Youngest ever goal scorer: Rohit Danu 16 years, 5 months and 27 days for Indian Arrows v. Aizwal 5 January 2019^[6]
• Youngest ever hat-trick scorer: Bungo Singh 18 years and 3 days for Air India v. SBT 5 March 2001^[7]

See also

• Indian Super League Golden Boot
• I-League Golden Boot
• List of Indian Super League records and statistics
• List of I-League records and statistics

References

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