The Premier League Goal of the Season is an annual football award for the player deemed to have scored the best goal in the preceding Premier League season.
The shortlist features each of the season's nine Premier League Goal of the Month winners and on occasion, such as in 2016–17 and 2018–19, a goal from May which does not have a monthly vote. The winner is decided by a combination of an online public vote — which contributes to 10% of the final tally — and a panel of experts.[1]
The award was first given following the 2016–17 season and, since 2019–20, has been known by its sponsored name, the Budweiser Goal of the Season; the award had been previously sponsored by Carling for its first three iterations. In 2020, the Premier League backdated the award and named a winner for every season since its inception.[2]
First recipient of the award was Liverpool's Emre Can for his bicycle kick away at Watford.[3] Only three players have won multiple Goal of the Season awards: Dennis Bergkamp, Wayne Rooney and Jack Wilshere. The latter is also the only one to have won it in consecutive seasons. The current holder of the award is Julio Enciso.[4]
Bold | Player still active in the Premier League |
† | Indicates player who also won the FIFA Puskás Award for this goal |
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‡ | Indicates player who also won the Premier League Golden Boot award in the same season |
§ | Denotes the club were Premier League champions in the same season |
Italics | Home team |
Season | Player | Nationality | Team | Score[a] | Opponent | Date | Ref. |
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2016–17 | Emre Can | Germany | Liverpool | 1–0 | Watford | 1 May 2017 | [3] |
2017–18 | Sofiane Boufal | Morocco | Southampton | 1–0 | West Bromwich Albion | 21 October 2017 | [5] |
2018–19 | Andros Townsend | England | Crystal Palace | 2–1 | Manchester City | 22 December 2018 | [6] |
2019–20 | Son Heung-min† | South Korea | Tottenham Hotspur | 3–0 | Burnley | 7 December 2019 | [7] |
2020–21 | Erik Lamela† | Argentina | Tottenham Hotspur | 1–0 | Arsenal | 14 March 2021 | [8] |
2021–22 | Mohamed Salah‡ | Egypt | Liverpool | 2–1 | Manchester City | 3 October 2021 | [9] |
2022–23 | Julio Enciso | Paraguay | Brighton & Hove Albion | 1–1 | Manchester City | 24 May 2023 | [4] |
The following awards were retrospectively given, dating back to the Premier League's founding season.[2]
The following table lists the number of wins by players who have at least two goals named as Goal of the Season (including prior to 2016).
Players in bold are still active in the Premier League.
Awards | Player | Country | Seasons |
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2 | Dennis Bergkamp | Netherlands | 1997–98, 2001–02 |
Wayne Rooney | England | 2006–07, 2010–11 | |
Jack Wilshere | England | 2013–14, 2014–15 |
Including backdating prior to 2016.
Country | Players | Total |
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England | 10 | 12 |
Netherlands | 2 | 3 |
Germany | 2 | 2 |
Argentina | 1 | 1 |
Czech Republic | 1 | 1 |
Egypt | 1 | 1 |
France | 1 | 1 |
Ghana | 1 | 1 |
Honduras | 1 | 1 |
Italy | 1 | 1 |
Morocco | 1 | 1 |
Paraguay | 1 | 1 |
Senegal | 1 | 1 |
South Africa | 1 | 1 |
South Korea | 1 | 1 |
Togo | 1 | 1 |
Turkey | 1 | 1 |
Including backdating prior to 2016.
Club | Players | Total |
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Arsenal | 4 | 6 |
Manchester United | 3 | 4 |
Liverpool | 3 | 3 |
Tottenham Hotspur | 3 | 3 |
Portsmouth | 3 | 3 |
Leeds United | 2 | 2 |
Southampton | 2 | 2 |
Aston Villa | 1 | 1 |
Brighton & Hove Albion | 1 | 1 |
Crystal Palace | 1 | 1 |
Charlton Athletic | 1 | 1 |
Leicester City | 1 | 1 |
Newcastle United | 1 | 1 |
West Ham United | 1 | 1 |
Wigan Athletic | 1 | 1 |