# 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 |
| 2013–14$^†$ | Darryl Duffy | Scotland | Salgaocar | 14 |
| 2013–14$^†$ | Cornell Glen | Trinidad and Tobago | Shillong Lajong | 14 |
| 2014–15 | Ranti Martins (5) | Nigeria | East Bengal | 17 |
| 2015–16 | Ranti Martins (6) | Nigeria | East Bengal | 12 |
| 2016–17 | Aser Pierrick Dipanda | Cameroon | Shillong Lajong | 11 |
| 2017–18 | Coro | Spain | Goa | 18 |
| 2018–19$^†$ | Pedro Manzi | Spain | Chennai City$^§$ | 21 |
| 2018–19$^†$ | Willis Plaza | Trinidad and Tobago | Churchill Brothers | 21 |
| 2019–20$^†$ | Roy Krishna | Fiji | ATK$^§$ | 15 |
| 2019–20$^†$ | Nerijus Valskis | Lithuania | Chennaiyin | 15 |
| 2019–20$^†$ | Bartholomew Ogbeche | Nigeria | Kerala Blasters | 15 |
| 2020–21$^†$ | Roy Krishna (2) | Fiji | ATK Mohun Bagan | 14 |
| 2020–21$^†$ | Igor Angulo | Spain | Goa | 14 |
| 2021–22 | Bartholomew Ogbeche (2) | Nigeria | Hyderabad$^§$ | 18 |
| 2022–23$^†$ | Diego Maurício | Brazil | Odisha | 12 |
| 2022–23$^†$ | Cleiton Silva | Brazil | East Bengal | 12 |
| 2022–23$^†$ | Dimitri Petratos | Australia | Mohun Bagan SG | 12 |
| 2023-24$^†$ | Dimitris Diamantakos | Greece | Kerala Blasters | 13 |

### By number of seasons as top scorer

| Rank | Player | Titles | Club(s) | Years |
| 1 | Ranti Martins | 6 | Dempo, Prayag United, East Bengal | 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 |
| 3 | Roy Krishna | 2 | ATK, ATK Mohun Bagan | 2019–20 2020–21 |
| 3 | Bartholomew Ogbeche | 2 | Kerala Blasters, Hyderabad | 2019–20 2021–22 |
| 4 | Bhaichung Bhutia | 1 | JCT | 1996–97 |
| 4 | Raman Vijayan | 1 | Kochin | 1997–98 |
| 4 | Philip Mensah | 1 | Churchill Brothers | 1998–99 |
| 4 | Igor Shkvyrin | 1 | Mohun Bagan | 1999–2000 |
| 4 | José Barreto | 1 | Mohun Bagan | 2000–01 |
| 4 | Cristiano Júnior | 1 | East Bengal | 2003–04 |
| 4 | Dudu Omagbemi | 1 | Sporting Goa | 2004–05 |
| 4 | Sunil Chhetri | 1 | Bengaluru | 2013–14 |
| 4 | Darryl Duffy | 1 | Salgaocar | 2013–14 |
| 4 | Cornell Glen | 1 | Shillong Lajong | 2013–14 |
| 4 | Aser Pierrick Dipanda | 1 | Shillong Lajong | 2016–17 |
| 4 | Coro | 1 | Goa | 2017–18 |
| 4 | Pedro Manzi | 1 | Chennai City | 2018–19 |
| 4 | Willis Plaza | 1 | Churchill Brothers | 2018–19 |
| 4 | Nerijus Valskis | 1 | Chennaiyin | 2019–20 |
| 4 | Diego Maurício | 1 | Odisha | 2022–23 |
| 4 | Cleiton Silva | 1 | East Bengal | 2022–23 |
| 4 | Dimitri Petratos | 1 | Mohun Bagan SG | 2022–23 |
| 4 | Dimitris Diamantakos | 1 | Kerala Blasters | 2023-24 |
* 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 |
| 2 | Mohun Bagan | 4 | 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2020–21, 2022–23 |
| 3 | Dempo | 3 | 2005–06, 2010–11, 2011–12 |
| 4 | Shillong Lajong | 2 | 2013–14, 2016–17 |
| 4 | Kerala Blasters | 2 | 2019–20, 2023-24 |
| 4 | Goa | 2 | 2017–18, 2020–21 |
| 5 | JCT | 1 | 1996–97 |
| 5 | Kochin | 1 | 1997–99 |
| 5 | Sporting Goa | 1 | 2004–05 |
| 5 | Prayag United | 1 | 2012–13 |
| 5 | Bengaluru | 1 | 2013–14 |
| 5 | Salgaocar | 1 | 2013–14 |
| 5 | Chennai City | 1 | 2018–19 |
| 5 | ATK | 1 | 2019–20 |
| 5 | Chennaiyin | 1 | 2019–20 |
| 5 | Hyderabad | 1 | 2020–21 |
| 5 | 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 |
| Greece | 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 | — | — | Mohammedan 1 - Churchill Brothers 113/106 - Mohun Bagan 51/60 - Sporting Goa 14/23 - Gokulam Kerala 0/3 |
| 3 | Sunil Chhetri | 2002– | 159 | 351 | 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 93/226 |
| 4 | Yusif Yakubu | 2001–2014 | 147 | — | — | Churchill Brothers 65/103 - Mahindra United 17 - East Bengal 20 - Salgaocar 15 - Prayag United 12 - Mumbai 18 |
| 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 | — | — | Mohun Bagan 94 - Mahindra United 7 |
| 7 | Bhaichung Bhutia | 1996–2013 | 89 | — | — | East Bengal 49 - JCT 15 - Mohun Bagan 25 |
| 8 | Bartholomew Ogbeche | 2018–2023 | 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 | Roy Krishna | 2019– | 58 | 116 | 0.5 | ATK 15/21 - Mohun Bagan SG 21/39 - Bengaluru 6/22 - Odisha 16/34 |
| 11 | 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 |
| Bengaluru | Sunil Chhetri | 93 | 2013–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 | 2021–2023 |
| Jamshedpur | Daniel Chima Chukwu | 18 | 2021–present |
| Kerala Blasters | Dimitrios Diamantakos | 23 | 2022–2024 |
| Minerva Punjab | Aser Pierrick Dipanda | 12 | 2019–2020 |
| Mohun Bagan | José Barreto | 94 | 1999–2012 |
| Mumbai City | Bipin Singh Thounaojam | 22 | 2018–present |
| NEROCA | Felix Chidi Odili | 24 | 2017–2019 |
| NorthEast United | Bartholomew Ogbeche | 12 | 2018–2019 |
| Odisha | Diego Maurício | 30 | 2020–present |
| Punjab | Kurtis Guthrie | 13 | 2021–2022 |
| 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– | 159 |
| 2 | Bhaichung Bhutia | 1996–2013 | 89 |
| 3 | Jeje Lalpekhlua | 2009–2021 | 51 |
| 4 | Lallianzuala Chhangte | 2016– | 47 |
| 5 | Ashim Biswas | 2003–2018 | 42 |
| 6 | Abhishek Yadav | 1999–2015 | 40 |
| 7 | Robin Singh | 2010–2022 | 39 |
| 8 | R. C. Prakash | 2000–2012 | 38 |
| 9 | Raman Vijayan | 1996–2003 | 37 |
| 9 | Balwant Singh | 2008–2022 | 37 |
| 9 | Francis Silveira | 1996–2001 | 37 |
* 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)
* 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
* Fastest goal in a match: 9 seconds Komron Tursunov for TRAU v. Real Kashmir 10 January 2021
* Most number of hat-tricks: Odafa Onyeka Okolie (13)
* First ever goal scorer: Raman Vijayan for East Bengal v. Mohammedan Sporting 17 December 1996
* 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
* Youngest ever hat-trick scorer: Bungo Singh 18 years and 3 days for Air India v. SBT 5 March 2001