The race is once again on for a coveted Indian Super League (ISL) Golden Boot, with established superstars being joined by big-money summer signings in a battle to be crowned the English top-flight's leading goal scorer.
Will the usual suspects in Sunil Chhetri, Bartholomew Ogbeche, and Roy Krishna continue to dominate or some fresh summer signing will rise to the occasion?
With nets set to bulge on a regular basis throughout the 2022-23 campaign, GOAL is on hand to monitor the exploits of the most prolific marksmen around.
The Dutch attacking midfielder has joined Chennaiyin on a free transfer this season. He has scored seven goals from six appearances in the ISL including a brace against Odisha and a hat-trick against NorthEast United.
The former loanee at Kerala Blasters was snapped from his parent club, Club Atletico Platense, by Mumbai City for the ongoing season. After scoring eight times in his first ISL season wherein he reached the final with the Blasters, the Argentine forward has now raked up six goals with the Islanders.
The Greek forward joined Kerala Blasters after terminating contract with Croatian outfit Hajduk Split. Diamantakos bettered his 202 season's tally of two goals from 19 goals in 1. HNL, the top top tier of Croatian football.
Cleiton Silva jumped ship from Bengaluru to East Bengal in the summer after a decent couple of seasons with the Blues where he scored 16 goals and provided seven assists. He scored against FC Goa, NorthEast United, and the only goal against his former side at the Kanteerava before a brace against Jamshedpur.
The former Maccabi Haifa midfielder joined FC Goa this summer. Noah Sadaoui made his international debut for Morocco in 2021 in the African Nations Championship.
The Bosnian-born Croatian forward joined the Marina Machans on a one-year deal and having first appeared in the Durand Cup 2022 where he scored thrice, Slikovic now has five ISL goals to his name.
The Ukrainian is in his first season in the Indian Super League (ISL). He is on loan from Oleksandriya and has stolen the limelight in his very first appearance for Kerala Blasters with a brace against Kolkata giants East Bengal. He's added another two since.
The winger cum forward from Manipur has become Mumbai City's all-time top scorer with his goal in his side's 6-2 Chennaiyin win. The scorer of the winner against ATK Mohun Bagan in ISL season 7 consistently scored six goals in each of the previous two seasons.
After spending the second half of the last season on loan at Mumbai City, the India international made his move permanent with the Islanders this year.
The Indian winger is appearing in Odisha FC colours for the fourth consecutive season in ISL this season.
Petratos scored a hat-trick against Kerala Blasters in Kochi and announced his ISL arrival in style. Since then, he added the winner against Bengaluru at the Kanteerava.
The rain at the Furnace did not hold Diego Mauricio back as the Odisha forward struck twice for his team against Jamshedpur. The Brazilian then scored another in the 2-3 Chennaiyin win.
Former Atletico Madrid forward Pedro Martin joined the ISL bandwagon with Odisha on a one-year deal and scored his first goal for the club in the Durand Cup 2022. In the ISL, the Spaniard scored a brace in the 4-2 win over East Bengal besides the strike against Kerala Blasters.
After spending two seasons with FC Goa where he scored four goals and made 11 assists, the Spaniard has raked up 3 goals in 9 goals with Mumbai City so far this season.
After scoring four goals and assisting 10 in his last two seasons with the club, Mawihmingthanga has scored thrice so far this season.
Having first joined for Hyderabad on a two-year deal in 2020, winning his first ISL title with the club, Narzary signed a one-year extension in July 2022.
With 24 goals over the last five seasons in India with FC Goa and his current side combined, the Moroccan has added another three goals this season.
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