Football League Championship Golden Boot
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The Football League Championship Top Scorer, is an annual English
association football title given to the top goalscorer at the end of the Football League Championship
season, since its creation in 2004. The Football League Championship is the second tier domestic league competition in club football in England
, behind the top level Premier League. Nathan Ellington
was the first winner become Championship top scorer, scoring 24 goals from 45 games in the 2004-05
season. Watford's
Danny Graham
is the latest winner of the award, having scored 24 goals in 45 games in the 2010–11 season
.
is the only one player to have won the award more than once, in the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons, and by virtue of his mid-season transfer from Plymouth Argyle to Wolverhamtpon Wanderers in January 2008, he is also the only player to have won it with more than one club. No other player or team has won it more than once.
Winning the Golden Boot is not necessarily associated with league success; as of 2009-10, only three of the six award winners have been part of a team that gained promotion to the Premier League, and only one as the Championship Champions, when Ebanks-Blake scored 25 goals from 29 appearances for Wolverhampton in 2008-09.
No player born outside England has yet won the award, although the only recipient to have played senior international football, Marlon King, has declared for the Jamaican national team
.
2009-10 season. The fewest games played in a season while still winning a Golden Boot, is 39 games, when Sylvan Ebanks-Blake
scored 25 goals during Wolverhampton Wanderers's
title winning 2008-09 season.
The highest number of goals scored to win the Golden Boot is 25, a record held by Sylvan Ebanks-Blake when he scored 25 goals during the 2008-09 season.
Every winner of the Golden Boot has so far recorded an average strike rate of at least one goal every two games, and scored a minimum of 21 goals.
Combining the statistics for all winners up to 2010, a Football League Championship Top Scorer scores an average of 19 goals from 37 games, a strike rate of around 0.51 goals per appearance.
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England
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association football title given to the top goalscorer at the end of the Football League Championship
Football League Championship
The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...
season, since its creation in 2004. The Football League Championship is the second tier domestic league competition in club football in England
Football in England
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, behind the top level Premier League. Nathan Ellington
Nathan Ellington
Nathan Levi Fontaine Ellington is an English footballer who plays a striker for Championship side Ipswich Town.-Non-league and Bristol Rovers:...
was the first winner become Championship top scorer, scoring 24 goals from 45 games in the 2004-05
2004-05 in English football
The 2004–05 season was the 125th season of competitive football in England.-Overview:*2004–05 was the first season to feature the rebranded Football League. The First Division, Second Division and Third Division were renamed the Football League Championship, Football League One and Football League...
season. Watford's
Watford F.C.
Watford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. It is often referred to as Watford F.C., Watford, or by the team's nickname The Hornets . Watford Rovers, Founded in 1881, entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1886, and the Southern League a decade...
Danny Graham
Danny Graham (footballer)
Daniel Anthony William "Danny" Graham is an English footballer who plays for Premier League side Swansea City as a striker. He started his professional career at Middlesbrough in 2003, making his debut for the club in a Premier League match against Manchester United the following year...
is the latest winner of the award, having scored 24 goals in 45 games in the 2010–11 season
2010–11 Football League Championship
The 2010–11 Football League Championship was the seventh season of the league under its current name and nineteenth season under its current league division format...
.
Recipients
Sylvan Ebanks-BlakeSylvan Ebanks-Blake
Sylvan Agustus Ebanks-Blake is an English footballer of Jamaican descent who plays as a striker for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers....
is the only one player to have won the award more than once, in the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons, and by virtue of his mid-season transfer from Plymouth Argyle to Wolverhamtpon Wanderers in January 2008, he is also the only player to have won it with more than one club. No other player or team has won it more than once.
Winning the Golden Boot is not necessarily associated with league success; as of 2009-10, only three of the six award winners have been part of a team that gained promotion to the Premier League, and only one as the Championship Champions, when Ebanks-Blake scored 25 goals from 29 appearances for Wolverhampton in 2008-09.
No player born outside England has yet won the award, although the only recipient to have played senior international football, Marlon King, has declared for the Jamaican national team
Jamaica national football team
The Jamaica national football team is the national team of Jamaica and is controlled by the Jamaica Football Federation. After decades in CONCACAF obscurity, they gained many fans throughout the world after they qualified for the 1998 FIFA World Cup...
.
Goals and strike rates
Only Peter Whittingham has played every league during a top scoring season, when he scored 20 goals in 46 games in Cardiff City'sCardiff City F.C.
Cardiff City Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Cardiff, Wales. The club competes in the English football pyramid and is currently playing in the Football League Championship. Cardiff City is the best supported football club in Wales, averaging approximately 22,500 for...
2009-10 season. The fewest games played in a season while still winning a Golden Boot, is 39 games, when Sylvan Ebanks-Blake
Sylvan Ebanks-Blake
Sylvan Agustus Ebanks-Blake is an English footballer of Jamaican descent who plays as a striker for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers....
scored 25 goals during Wolverhampton Wanderers's
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...
title winning 2008-09 season.
The highest number of goals scored to win the Golden Boot is 25, a record held by Sylvan Ebanks-Blake when he scored 25 goals during the 2008-09 season.
Every winner of the Golden Boot has so far recorded an average strike rate of at least one goal every two games, and scored a minimum of 21 goals.
Combining the statistics for all winners up to 2010, a Football League Championship Top Scorer scores an average of 19 goals from 37 games, a strike rate of around 0.51 goals per appearance.
List of Championship Top Scorers
The following table lists the Football League Championship Top scorers per season, detailing their club, goal tally, actual games played, and their strike rate (goals/games).Key to symbols:
- (x) - denotes multiple winners of the award and their running total
- C - denotes a club which was promoted to the Premier League as Championship Champions that season
- P - denotes clubs which were promoted to the Premier League as Championship runners up or play-off winnersFootball League Play-OffsThe Football League play-offs are an annual series of football matches to determine some of the promotion places within the Football League. Essentially, each division of the league offers a certain number of automatic promotion places to the top two or three clubs. A further promotion place is...
that season - T - denotes a player was also named in the PFA Championship Team of the YearPFA Team of the YearThe Professional Footballers' Association Team of the Year is an annual award given to a set of 44 footballers in the top four tiers of English football; the Premier League, the Championship, League One and League Two, whom are seen to be deserving of being named in a "Team of the Year".The award...
that season - Flags denote a players FIFA nationality where a player has made a senior international appearance, or the player's place of birth if they have not yet made a senior international appearance
| Season | Winner | Club | Goals | Games | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-05 2004-05 in English football The 2004–05 season was the 125th season of competitive football in England.-Overview:*2004–05 was the first season to feature the rebranded Football League. The First Division, Second Division and Third Division were renamed the Football League Championship, Football League One and Football League... |
 Nathan EllingtonNathan Ellington Nathan Levi Fontaine Ellington is an English footballer who plays a striker for Championship side Ipswich Town.-Non-league and Bristol Rovers:... T |
Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic F.C. Wigan Athletic Football Club is an English Premier League Association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, having been promoted from the Championship in 2005. Wigan's current spell in the Premier League is the only top flight run in the club's history.They have played at the DW... P |
24 | 45 | 0.53 |
| 2005-06 |  Marlon KingMarlon King Marlon Francis King is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Birmingham City. After starting his career in non-League football with Dulwich Hamlet, he played for Barnet, Gillingham, Leeds United and Nottingham Forest before moving to Watford in 2005... T |
Watford Watford F.C. Watford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. It is often referred to as Watford F.C., Watford, or by the team's nickname The Hornets . Watford Rovers, Founded in 1881, entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1886, and the Southern League a decade... P |
21 | 41 | 0.51 |
| 2006-07 2006-07 in English football The 2006–07 season was the 127th season of competitive football in England.-Overview:* The number of divisions at Level 8 of the English football league system increased from four to five... |
Jamie Cureton Jamie Cureton Jamie Cureton is an English professional footballer who currently plays for Leyton Orient.-Early years:Cureton began his professional career with Norwich City, before moving on to Bristol Rovers... |
Colchester United Colchester United F.C. Colchester United Football Club is an English football club based in Colchester. The club was formed in 1937, and briefly shared their old Layer Road home with now defunct side Colchester Town who had previously used the ground from 1910.... |
23 | 44 | 0.52 |
| 2007-08 | Sylvan Ebanks-Blake Sylvan Ebanks-Blake Sylvan Agustus Ebanks-Blake is an English footballer of Jamaican descent who plays as a striker for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers.... |
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle F.C. Plymouth Argyle Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Plymouth, Devon, that plays in Football League Two.Since becoming professional in 1903, the club has won five Football League titles, five Southern League titles and one Western League title. The 2009–10 season was the... & Wolverhamtpon Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at... |
23 | 45 | 0.51 |
| 2008-09 | Sylvan Ebanks-Blake Sylvan Ebanks-Blake Sylvan Agustus Ebanks-Blake is an English footballer of Jamaican descent who plays as a striker for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers.... T (2) |
Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at... C |
25 | 39 | 0.64 |
| 2009-10 | Nicky Maynard Nicky Maynard Nicholas David "Nicky" Maynard is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bristol City.-Crewe Alexandra:... / Peter WhittinghamT |
Bristol City Bristol City F.C. Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City... /Cardiff City Cardiff City F.C. Cardiff City Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Cardiff, Wales. The club competes in the English football pyramid and is currently playing in the Football League Championship. Cardiff City is the best supported football club in Wales, averaging approximately 22,500 for... |
20 | 42/46 | 0.47/0.45 |
| 2010-11 | Danny Graham Danny Graham Danny Graham is a lawyer and former politician in Nova Scotia, Canada.Born in Antigonish, Graham is the son of former senator Al Graham. Raised in Sydney, he attended St. Francis Xavier University where he earned the Blizzard Award and the Larkin Trophy for student achievement... T |
Watford Watford F.C. Watford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. It is often referred to as Watford F.C., Watford, or by the team's nickname The Hornets . Watford Rovers, Founded in 1881, entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1886, and the Southern League a decade... |
24 | 45 | 0.53 |