The A-League Men golden boot race promises to a blockbuster affair with players such as Nani and Charlie Austin coming to Australia for the 2022-23 season.
Can Jamie Maclaren win a fifth A-League Men golden boot?
Or will a challenger come from the likes of Austin, Nick D’Agostino, Jason Cummings or Mathew Leckie?
The Sporting News keeps track of all the A-League Men goal scoring statistics for the current season.
A -League Men Top Scorers Table (2022-2023)
The table below will be updated after each round of the 2022/23 season with the ranking of the A-League Men’s top scorers.
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A-League Men odds to win Golden Boot
Australian bookmakers are yet to release markets for the A-League Men top goal scorer.
A-League Men Golden Boot Winners
Below are the top scorers in each season of the A-League Men (since 2005-06).
Bobo (Sydney FC) has the record for most goals scored in a single campaign with 27.
Jamie Maclaren (Melbourne City) has finished atop the A-League Men scoring chart in four different seasons, more than any player all-time. Besart Berisha (Melbourne Victory) and Shane Smeltz (Wellington/Gold Coast) follow with two scoring titles each.
| Year | Player | Team | Goals |
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| 2021-22 | Jamie Maclaren | Melbourne City | 15 |
| 2020-21 | Jamie Maclaren | Melbourne City | 25 |
| 2019-20 | Jamie Maclaren | Melbourne City | 22 |
| 2018-17 | Roy Krishna | Wellington Phoenix | 18 |
| 2017-16 | Bobo | Sydney FC | 27 |
| 2016-17 | Jamie Maclaren | Melbourne City | 19 |
| Besart Berisha | Melbourne Victory | 19 | |
| 2015-16 | Bruno Fornaroli | Melbourne City | 23 |
| 2014-15 | Marc Janko | Sydney FC | 16 |
| 2013-14 | Adam Taggart | Newcastle Jets | 16 |
| 2012-13 | Daniel McBreen | Central Coast | 17 |
| 2011-12 | Besart Berisha | Brisbane Roar | 19 |
| 2010-11 | Sergio van Dijk | Adelaide United | 16 |
| 2009-10 | Shane Smeltz | Gold Coast United | 19 |
| 2008-09 | Shane Smeltz | Wellington Phoenix | 12 |
| 2007-08 | Joel Griffiths | Newcastle Jets | 12 |
| 2006-07 | Danny Allsopp | Melbourne Victory | 11 |
| 2005-05 | Archie Thompson | Melbourne Victory | 8 |
| Bobby Despotovski | Perth Glory | 8 | |
| Stewart Petrie | Central Coast | 8 | |
| Alex Brosque | 8 |
A-League Men Golden Boot table 2021/22
Melbourne City’s Jamie Maclaren won a fourth A-League Men golden boot and third consecutive with 15 goals across the season.
He also scored the most goals without the penalties (13) ahead of Melbourne Victory’s Nick D’Agostino (10).
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals (PKs) | Assists | Matches | Mins |
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| 1 | Jamie Maclaren | Melbourne City | 15 (2) | 2 | 24 | 2133 |
| 2. | Beka Mikeltadze | Newcastle Jets | 13 (5) | 3 | 24 | 2119 |
| 3 | Jason Cummings | Central Coast | 10 (2) | 6 | 20 | 1617 |
| 4. | Nick D’Agostino | Melbourne Victory | 10 (0) | 1 | 24 | 1248 |
| 5. | Aleksandar Prijovic | Western United | 9 (1) | 5 | 23 | 1782 |
| Mathew Leckie | Melbourne City | 9 (0) | 4 | 20 | 1515 |