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List of Indian football first tier top scorers

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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.

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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
	Darryl Duffy	Scotland	Salgaocar	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
	Nerijus Valskis	Lithuania	Chennaiyin	15
	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
	Cleiton Silva	Brazil	East Bengal	12
	Dimitri Petratos	Australia	ATK Mohun Bagan^§	12

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
	Roy Krishna	2	ATK, ATK Mohun Bagan	2019–20 2020–21
	Bartholomew Ogbeche	2	Kerala Blasters, Hyderabad	2019–20 2021–22
4	Bhaichung Bhutia	1	JCT	1996–97
	Raman Vijayan	1	Kochin	1997–98
	Philip Mensah	1	Churchill Brothers	1998–99
	Igor Shkvyrin	1	Mohun Bagan	1999–2000
	José Barreto	1	Mohun Bagan	2000–01
	Cristiano Júnior	1	East Bengal	2003–04
	Dudu Omagbemi	1	Sporting Goa	2004–05
	Sunil Chhetri	1	Bengaluru	2013–14
	Darryl Duffy	1	Salgaocar	2013–14
	Cornell Glen	1	Shillong Lajong	2013–14
	Aser Pierrick Dipanda	1	Shillong Lajong	2016–17
	Coro	1	Goa	2017–18
	Pedro Manzi	1	Chennai City	2018–19
	Willis Plaza	1	Churchill Brothers	2018–19
	Nerijus Valskis	1	Chennaiyin	2019–20
	Diego Maurício	1	Odisha	2022–23
	Cleiton Silva	1	East Bengal	2022–23
	Dimitri Petratos	1	ATK Mohun Bagan	2022–23

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^{[lower-alpha 1]}	4	1999–2000, 2000–01, 2020–21, 2022–23
4	Dempo	3	2005–06, 2010–11, 2011–12
5	Shillong Lajong	2	2013–14, 2016–17
5	Goa	2	2017–18, 2020–21
7	JCT	1	1996–97
	Kochin	1	1997–99
	Sporting Goa	1	2004–05
	Prayag United	1	2012–13
	Bengaluru	1	2013–14
	Salgaocar	1	2013–14
	Chennai City	1	2018–19
	ATK	1	2019–20
	Chennaiyin	1	2019–20
	Kerala Blasters	1	2019–20
	Hyderabad	1	2020–21
	Odisha	1	2022–23

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

List_of_Indian_football_first_tier_top_scorers

List of Indian football first tier top scorers

Top scorers

By season

By number of seasons as top scorer

By club

By nationality

All-time Top Scorers with over 50 goals

Clubs top scorer in top tier

Top Indian scorers

Records

Notes

See also

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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^[1]	—	—	Mohammedan 1 - Churchill Brothers 113/106 - Mohun Bagan 51/60 - Sporting Goa 14/23 - Gokulam Kerala 0/3
3	Sunil Chhetri	2002–	148	333	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 82/208
4	Yusif Yakubu	2001–2014	147^[1]	—	—	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^[1]	—	—	Mohun Bagan 94 - Mahindra United 7
7	Bhaichung Bhutia	1996–2013	89^[1]	—	—	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–	54	102	0.55	ATK 15/21 - Mohun Bagan SG 21/39 - Bengaluru 6/22 - Odisha 12/20
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

Club	Player Name	Goals	Years
Aizawl	Ansumana Kromah	9	2018–2019
ATK	Roy Krishna	15	2019–2020
Bengaluru	Sunil Chhetri	81	2017–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	18	2022–present
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