Cape Town City players, owner, stadium, coach, trophies, world rankings
Football
AFC Asian Cup Golden Boot Winners: Who Are the Tournament’s Past Top Scorers?
Joel Reyes
January 12, 2024 at 10:05 AM
In this article:
- Many big-name stars have won the prestigious Golden Boot award at the Asian Cup
- Seven Asian Cup tournaments yielded multiple Golden Boot Award winners
- Almoez Ali set a record in 2019 for the most goals in one tournament by one player
The 2023 AFC Asian Cup will kick off in a few hours, and excitement is definitely building for this year’s tournament in Qatar.
With the best Asian football players competing in this event, including Tottenham's Son Heung-min, the race for the tournament's Golden Boot award promises to be exciting.
Sports Brief looks at the complete list of Golden Boot winners in Asian Cup history.
Source: Getty Images
Asian Cup Golden Boot winners
Year | Golden Boot winner | Goals scored |
1956 | Nahum Stelmach (Israel) | 4 |
1960 | Cho Yoon-ok (South Korea) | 4 |
1964 | Inder Singh (India), Mordechai Spiegler (Israel) | 2 |
1968 | Homayoun Behzadi (Iran), Moshe Romano (Israel), Giora Spiegel (Israel) | 4 |
1972 | Hossein Kalani (Iran) | 5 |
1976 | Gholam Hossein Mazloumi (Iran), Nasser Nouraei (Iran), Fathi Kamel (Kuwait) | 3 |
1980 | Behtash Fariba (Iran), Choi Soon-ho (South Korea) | 7 |
1984 | Jia Xiuquan (China), Shahrokh Bayani (Iran), Nasser Mohammadkhani (Iran) | 3 |
1988 | Lee Tae-ho (South Korea) | 3 |
1992 | Fahad Al-Bishi (Saudi Arabia) | 3 |
1996 | Ali Daei (Iran) | 8 |
2000 | Lee D.G. (South Korea) | 6 |
2004 | A'ala Hubail (Bahrain), Ali Karimi (Iran) | 5 |
2007 | Younis Mahmoud (Iraq), Naohiro Takahara (Japan), Yasser Al-Qahtani (Saudi Arabia ) | 4 |
2011 | Koo Ja-cheol (South Korea) | 5 |
2015 | Ali Mabkhout (United Arab Emirates) | 5 |
2019 | Almoez Ali (Qatar) | 9 |
The highest total to win the Golden Boot
It isn't a complete surprise to see the most goals scored by one player in a single Asian Cup happen in 2019. The tournament expanded to 24 participating teams, with 16 nations advancing to the knockout stage.
Almoez Ali took advantage of that extra game in the knockout round, scoring nine goals in total for Qatar during their championship run, per Goal.com.
He helped Qatar sweep Group E, scoring seven goals in their three matches. He netted four goals in the 6-0 win over North Korea and had a brace in the 2-0 win over Saudi Arabia.
He saved the best for last in the knockout round, scoring one goal each in the semi-finals and finals. He opened the scoring in the 3-1 win over Japan in the championship match, breaking Ali Daei's record in the process with his 12th-minute strike.
Which footballer has the most goals in the history of the sport?
Football
He did so in style, finding the back of the net with a fantastic overhead kick, per ESPN.
Exciting news! We have a WhatsApp channel 🤩
➡️ Click to join our channel for all your favourite sports news.
Countries with the most Asian Cup championships
Sports Brief recently reported on the countries with the most Asian Cup titles.
Japan holds the record with four championships.
Iran and Saudi Arabia are tied for second with three titles apiece.
Trending news
