List of Indian football first tier top scorers

The top tier in Indian football league system is the Indian Super League, replacing the I-League from the 2022–23 season. The list includes records from the National Football League or the I-League (1996–97 – 2021–22) and the Indian Super League (2017–18 – present).

Top scorers

By season

Key
Player Template:Small	Name of the player and number of times they were top scorer at that point (if more than one)
^{Template:Dagger}	Indicates multiple top scorers in the same season
§	Denotes the club was Indian champion in the same season

Season	Player(s)	Nationality	Club(s)	Goals
1996–97	Bhaichung Bhutia	Template:Fba	JCT^§	14
1997–98	Raman Vijayan	Template:Fba	Kochin	10
1998–99	Philip Mensah	Template:Fba	Churchill Brothers	11
1999–2000	Igor Shkvyrin	Template:Fba	Mohun Bagan^§	11
2000–01	José Barreto	Template:Fba	Mohun Bagan	14
2001–02	Yusif Yakubu	Template:Fba	Churchill Brothers	18
2002–03	Yusif Yakubu Template:Small	Template:Fba	Churchill Brothers	21
2003–04	Cristiano Júnior	Template:Fba	East Bengal^§	15
2004–05	Dudu Omagbemi	Template:Fba	Sporting Goa	21
2005–06	Ranti Martins	Template:Fba	Dempo	13
2006–07	Odafa Onyeka Okolie	Template:Fba	Churchill Brothers	18
2007–08	Odafa Onyeka Okolie Template:Small	Template:Fba	Churchill Brothers	22
2008–09	Odafa Onyeka Okolie Template:Small	Template:Fba	Churchill Brothers^§	24
2009–10	Odafa Onyeka Okolie Template:Small	Template:Fba	Churchill Brothers	21
2010–11	Ranti Martins Template:Small	Template:Fba	Dempo	28
2011–12	Ranti Martins Template:Small	Template:Fba	Dempo^§	32
2012–13	Ranti Martins Template:Small	Template:Fba	Prayag United	27
2013–14^{Template:Dagger}	Sunil Chhetri	Template:Fba	Bengaluru^§	14
	Darryl Duffy	Template:Fba	Salgaocar	14
	Cornell Glen	Template:Fba	Shillong Lajong	14
2014–15	Ranti Martins Template:Small	Template:Fba	East Bengal	17
2015–16	Ranti Martins Template:Small	Template:Fba	East Bengal	12
2016–17	Aser Pierrick Dipanda	Template:Fba	Shillong Lajong	11
2017–18	Coro	Template:Fba	Goa	18
2018–19^{Template:Dagger}	Pedro Manzi	Template:Fba	Chennai City^§	21
2018–19^{Template:Dagger}	Willis Plaza	Template:Fba	Churchill Brothers	21
2019–20^{Template:Dagger}	Roy Krishna	Template:Fba	ATK^§	15
	Nerijus Valskis	Template:Fba	Chennaiyin	15
	Bartholomew Ogbeche	Template:Fba	Kerala Blasters	15
2020–21^{Template:Dagger}	Roy Krishna Template:Small	Template:Fba	ATK Mohun Bagan	14
2020–21^{Template:Dagger}	Igor Angulo	Template:Fba	Goa	14
2021–22	Bartholomew Ogbeche Template:Small	Template:Fba	Hyderabad^§	18
2022–23^{Template:Dagger}	Diego Maurício	Template:Fba	Odisha	12
	Cleiton Silva	Template:Fba	East Bengal	12
	Dimitri Petratos	Template:Fba	Mohun Bagan SG	12
2023-24^{Template:Dagger}	Dimitris Diamantakos	Template:Fba	Kerala Blasters	13
2023-24^{Template:Dagger}	Roy Krishna	Template:Fba	Odisha	13
2024-25	Alaaeddine Ajaraie	Template:Fba	NorthEast United	23

By number of seasons as top scorer

Rank	Player	Titles	Club(s)	Years
Template:Center	Template:Flagicon Ranti Martins	Template:Center	Dempo, Prayag United, East Bengal	2005–06 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2014–15 2015–16
Template:Center	Template:Flagicon Odafa Onyeka Okolie	Template:Center	Churchill Brothers	2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
Template:Center	Template:Flagicon Roy Krishna	Template:Center	ATK, Mohun Bagan, Odisha	2019–20 2020–21 2023–24
Template:Center	Template:Flagicon Yusif Yakubu	Template:Center	Churchill Brothers	2001–02 2002–03
Template:Center	Template:Flagicon Bartholomew Ogbeche	Template:Center	Kerala Blasters, Hyderabad	2019–20 2021–22
Template:Center	Template:Flagicon Bhaichung Bhutia	Template:Center	JCT	1996–97
	Template:Flagicon Raman Vijayan	Template:Center	Kochin	1997–98
	Template:Flagicon Philip Mensah	Template:Center	Churchill Brothers	1998–99
	Template:Flagicon Igor Shkvyrin	Template:Center	Mohun Bagan	1999–2000
	Template:Flagicon José Barreto	Template:Center	Mohun Bagan	2000–01
	Template:Flagicon Cristiano Júnior	Template:Center	East Bengal	2003–04
	Template:Flagicon Dudu Omagbemi	Template:Center	Sporting Goa	2004–05
	Template:Flagicon Sunil Chhetri	Template:Center	Bengaluru	2013–14
	Template:Flagicon Darryl Duffy	Template:Center	Salgaocar	2013–14
	Template:Flagicon Cornell Glen	Template:Center	Shillong Lajong	2013–14
	Template:Flagicon Aser Pierrick Dipanda	Template:Center	Shillong Lajong	2016–17
	Template:Flagicon Coro	Template:Center	Goa	2017–18
	Template:Flagicon Pedro Manzi	Template:Center	Chennai City	2018–19
	Template:Flagicon Willis Plaza	Template:Center	Churchill Brothers	2018–19
	Template:Flagicon Nerijus Valskis	Template:Center	Chennaiyin	2019–20
	Template:Flagicon Diego Maurício	Template:Center	Odisha	2022–23
	Template:Flagicon Cleiton Silva	Template:Center	East Bengal	2022–23
	Template:Flagicon Dimitri Petratos	Template:Center	Mohun Bagan SG	2022–23
	Template:Flagicon Dimitris Diamantakos	Template:Center	Kerala Blasters	2023–24
	Template:Flagicon Alaaeddine Ajaraie	Template:Center	Northeast United	2024–25

Bold denotes players currently playing in the Indian Super League.
Italics denotes players still playing professional football.

By club

Rank	Club	Titles	Seasons
Template:Center	Churchill Brothers	Template:Center	1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2018–19
Template:Center	East Bengal	Template:Center	2003–04, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2022–23
Template:Center	Mohun Bagan Template:Efn	Template:Center	1999–2000, 2000–01, 2020–21, 2022–23
Template:Center	Dempo	Template:Center	2005–06, 2010–11, 2011–12
Template:Center	Shillong Lajong	Template:Center	2013–14, 2016–17
	Kerala Blasters	Template:Center	2019–20, 2023-24
	Goa	Template:Center	2017–18, 2020–21
Template:Center	JCT	Template:Center	1996–97
	Kochin	Template:Center	1997–99
	Sporting Goa	Template:Center	2004–05
	Prayag United	Template:Center	2012–13
	Bengaluru	Template:Center	2013–14
	Salgaocar	Template:Center	2013–14
	Chennai City	Template:Center	2018–19
	ATK	Template:Center	2019–20
	Chennaiyin	Template:Center	2019–20
	Hyderabad	Template:Center	2020–21
	Odisha	Template:Center	2022–23
	Northeast United	Template:Center	2024–25

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All-time top scorers with over 50 goals

Rank	Player	Years	Goals	Apps	Ratio	Club goals/Appearances
1	Template:Flagicon Ranti Martins	2004–2016	214	248	0.86	Dempo 146/164 - Prayag United 31/40 - Rangdajied United 8/8 - East Bengal 29/36
2	Template:Flagicon Odafa Onyeka Okolie	2003–2018	179^[1]	—	—	Mohammedan 1 - Churchill Brothers 113/106 - Mohun Bagan 51/60 - Sporting Goa 14/23 - Gokulam Kerala 0/3
3	Template:Flagicon 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	Template:Flagicon Yusif Yakubu	2001–2014	147^[1]	—	—	Churchill Brothers 65/103 - Mahindra United 17 - East Bengal 20 - Salgaocar 15 - Prayag United 12 - Mumbai 18
5	Template:Flagicon 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	Template:Flagicon Jose Ramirez Barreto	1999–2012	101^[1]	—	—	Mohun Bagan 94 - Mahindra United 7
7	Template:Flagicon Bhaichung Bhutia	1996–2013	89^[1]	—	—	East Bengal 49 - JCT 15 - Mohun Bagan 25
8	Template:Flagicon Bartholomew Ogbeche	2018–2023	63	98	0.64	NorthEast United 12/18 - Kerala Blasters 15/16 - Mumbai City 8/23 - Hyderabad 28/41
9	Template:Flagicon 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	Template:Flagicon Roy Krishna	2019–2025	58	116	0.5	ATK 15/21 - Mohun Bagan SG 21/39 - Bengaluru 6/22 - Odisha 16/34
11	Template:Flagicon 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	Goals	Years
Aizawl	Template:Flagicon Ansumana Kromah	9	2018–2019
ATK	Template:Flagicon Roy Krishna	15	2019–2020
Bengaluru	Template:Flagicon Sunil Chhetri	93	2013–present
Chennai City	Template:Flagicon Pedro Manzi	22	2018–2019
Chennaiyin	Template:Flagicon Nerijus Valskis	17	2019–2022
Churchill Brothers	Template:Flagicon Odafa Onyeka Okolie	113	2005–2011
Dempo	Template:Flagicon Ranti Martins	146	2004–2012
DSK Shivajians	Template:Flagicon Aser Pierrick Dipanda	7	2015–2016
East Bengal	Template:Flagicon Bhaichung Bhutia	49	1997–2011
Goa	Template:Flagicon Coro	48	2017–2020
Gokulam Kerala	Template:Flagicon Marcus Joseph	14	2019–2020
Hyderabad	Template:Flagicon Bartholomew Ogbeche	28	2021–2023
Jamshedpur	Template:Flagicon Daniel Chima Chukwu	18	2021–present
Kerala Blasters	Template:Flagicon Dimitrios Diamantakos	23	2022–2024
Minerva Punjab	Template:Flagicon Aser Pierrick Dipanda	12	2019–2020
Mohun Bagan	Template:Flagicon José Barreto	94	1999–2012
Mumbai City	Template:Flagicon Bipin Singh Thounaojam	22	2018–present
NEROCA	Template:Flagicon Felix Chidi Odili	24	2017–2019
NorthEast United	Template:Flagicon Bartholomew Ogbeche	12	2018–2019
Odisha	Template:Flagicon Diego Maurício	30	2020–present
Punjab	Template:Flagicon Kurtis Guthrie	13	2021–2022
Real Kashmir	Template:Flagicon Mason Robertson	25	2018–2022
Shillong Lajong	Template:Flagicon Cornell Glen	30	2013–2016
Sreenidi Deccan	Template:Flagicon David Castañeda	10	2021–2022
TRAU	Template:Flagicon Bidyashagar Singh	12	2020–2021
United SC	Template:Flagicon Ranti Martins	31	2012–2014

Top Indian scorers

Rank	Player	Span	Goals
1	Sunil Chhetri	2002–	159
2	Bhaichung Bhutia	1996–2013	89^[1]
3	Jeje Lalpekhlua	2009–2021	51
4	Lallianzuala Chhangte	2016–	47
5	Ashim Biswas	2003–2018	42^[2]
6	Abhishek Yadav	1999–2015	40^[2]
7	Robin Singh	2010–2022	39
8	R. C. Prakash	2000–2012	38^[2]
9	Raman Vijayan	1996–2003	37^[1]
	Balwant Singh	2008–2022	37
	Francis Silveira	1996–2001	37^[1]^[3]

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)^[1]
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^[1]
Fastest goal in a match: 9 seconds Komron Tursunov for TRAU v. Real Kashmir 10 January 2021^[4]
Most number of hat-tricks: Odafa Onyeka Okolie (13)^[5]
First ever goal scorer: Raman Vijayan for East Bengal v. Mohammedan Sporting 17 December 1996^[6]
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^[7]
Youngest ever hat-trick scorer: Bungo Singh 18 years and 3 days for Air India v. SBT 5 March 2001^[8]

Notes

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References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 ^1.8 From the History Book. All India Football Federation. the-aiff.com. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Chidi Enters The 100-Goal Club — RANTI MARTINS TOPS LIST WITH 184 GOALS. i-league.org. All India Football Federation(5 April 2014).
↑ Francis Silveria. www.demposportsclub.com. Dempo Sports Club.
↑ Komron Tursunov Scores Fastest Goal in I-League History But TRAU FC Held 1–1 by Real Kashmir FC. news18.com(10 January 2021).
↑ Time to regain lost glory Telegraph India. Retrieved 22 September 2021
↑ Vijayan punishes Sporting with two goals. The Indian Express(22 April 1997).
↑ I-League: Rohit Danu becomes youngest scorer as Indian Arrows beats Aizawl FC. sportstar.thehindu.com(5 January 2019).
↑ Bungo 'tricks' Air India's big win. rediff.com(5 March 2001).

[Tops-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 ^1.8 From the History Book. All India Football Federation. the-aiff.com. Retrieved 19 October 2018.

[100GC-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Chidi Enters The 100-Goal Club — RANTI MARTINS TOPS LIST WITH 184 GOALS. i-league.org. All India Football Federation(5 April 2014).

[3] Francis Silveria. www.demposportsclub.com. Dempo Sports Club.

[4] Komron Tursunov Scores Fastest Goal in I-League History But TRAU FC Held 1–1 by Real Kashmir FC. news18.com(10 January 2021).

[Stats-5] Time to regain lost glory Telegraph India. Retrieved 22 September 2021

[6] Vijayan punishes Sporting with two goals. The Indian Express(22 April 1997).

[7] I-League: Rohit Danu becomes youngest scorer as Indian Arrows beats Aizawl FC. sportstar.thehindu.com(5 January 2019).

[8] Bungo 'tricks' Air India's big win. rediff.com(5 March 2001).

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