Premier League 2026-27 Golden Boot predictions: 'Head says Erling Haaland, heart says Viktor Gyokeres'

Scoring a azygous Premier League extremity is simply a feat that astir men connected satellite world volition ne'er execute successful their lives. Scoring the astir goals successful a Premier League play - and winning the Golden Boot - is an honour reserved for the bonzer few.

And the existent holder of the grant undoubtedly fits into that category, the irrepressible Erling Haaland, who is bidding for back-to-back idiosyncratic accolades aft besides shining for Norway during their historical World Cup run.

Should the Manchester City marksman pb the charts again, helium volition articulation Thierry Henry and Mohamed Salah connected a grounds 4 Golden Boots, but tin immoderate of the division's different starring fig nines airs a superior menace to his top-scorer status?

Here, the Sports Mole squad selects who they deliberation volition triumph the 2026-27 Premier League Golden Boot.

Barney Corkhill, Editor - Erling Haaland

It's the evident choice, and 1 I marque with little condemnation than erstwhile years owed to doubts implicit however Man City volition really execute this season, but determination aren't truly immoderate different standout options.

Alexander Isak is possibly the 1 who could vie if helium tin enactment acceptable and Andoni Iraola tin get him firing, but those are 2 large 'ifs', whereas Haaland scoring goals is astir arsenic adjacent to a certainty arsenic you tin get successful football.

I deliberation Man City volition endure from immoderate of their summertime departures, including Pep Guardiola, but their attacking lineup remains truly strong, and Haaland is conscionable an elite goalscorer who lone needs a fistful of touches to marque a large difference. Even if Man City aren't their ascendant selves, Haaland showed astatine the World Cup that helium tin people successful a squad that plays a spot otherwise too.

With Mo Salah's exit, Haaland is present the highest progressive scorer successful the league. How tin I truly backmost against idiosyncratic who has 112 goals successful 132 Premier League appearances and 3 Golden Boots successful 4 years?

Matt Law, Football Editor - Erling Haaland

Can anyone people much Premier League goals than Haaland this season? I'm really expecting it to beryllium a hard play for Man City, but the Norway planetary should again beryllium astatine the apical of the scoring charts. For me, determination isn't immoderate superior contention for him, though Joao Pedro astatine Chelsea is simply a decent extracurricular outcry successful this category.

Ben Knapton, Site Coordinator - Erling Haaland

The bosom says Viktor Gyokeres, the caput says different blonde Scandinavian.

City mightiness suffer their midfield power with Rodri and Bernardo Silva walking retired of the exit door, but with Rayan Cherki, Phil Foden, Jeremy Doku and - susurration it softly - Jack Grealish each pulling the originative strings, Haaland volition not beryllium starved of work whatsoever.

Igor Thiago, Joao Pedro and a fully-fit Alexander Isak could prosecute successful a multi-horse scrap for 2nd place, but the customary idiosyncratic accolade should stay safely successful Haaland's possession.

Oliver Thomas, Senior Reporter - Erling Haaland

Man City extremity instrumentality Erling Haaland is the wide favourite to triumph the 2026-27 Premier League Golden Boot arsenic helium chases a historic, record-equalling 4th grant alongside legends Thierry Henry and Mohamed Salah.

Fresh disconnected an awesome 2026 World Cup run wherever helium fired Norway into the quarter-finals, the talismanic striker has already demonstrated full dominance successful England with a mind-boggling 112 goals successful conscionable 132 Premier League matches for the Citizens.

Having netted astatine slightest 22 league goals successful each of his erstwhile 4 seasons astatine the Etihad Stadium, breaching the 20-goal obstruction erstwhile again volition astir surely enactment him firmly successful the framework to decorativeness astatine the precise apical of the charts.

With rival forwards inactive adapting to caller teams oregon transitioning nether unfamiliar managers, fewer strikers person the elite, settled work needed to genuinely situation Haaland’s lethal efficiency.

Byron David, Reporter - Erling Haaland

The reply to this is elemental - Erling Haaland. The Norwegian demonstrated astatine the World Cup precisely wherefore he's 1 of the champion strikers successful the world. Haaland's closest rival, Mo Salah, has departed, and arsenic things stand, determination is nary different guardant who tin lucifer the numbers helium has posted implicit the past fewer seasons. 

Marvellous Adepoju, Reporter - Erling Haaland

The Norwegian wasted nary clip taking the World Cup by tempest successful his debut appearance, further underlining the goalscoring knack that has defined his career.

While Many City are undergoing a transitional play and could conflict a spot pursuing Pep Guardiola's exit, Haaland is good fancied to clasp his top-scorer crown.

Seye Omidiora, Reporter - Erling Haaland

Erling Haaland. Always a harmless bet, adjacent if helium is entering the play without a pre-season and having made his World Cup debut. 

Joshua Cole, Reporter - Erling Haaland

The Norwegian is 1 of the top goalscorers successful history. Even astatine his worse helium is definite to transverse 20 goals a season, making him wide favourite yet again

Joel Lefevre, Reporter - Erling Haaland

Erling Haaland volition undoubtedly beryllium the fashionable prime to instrumentality location this honour, and I don’t see anyone stepping successful oregon overtaking him. He’ll have Antoine Semenyo and Igor Thiago to compete with, but Haaland ever seems to find different cogwheel and people regularly. 

It doesn’t look to substance what benignant of work helium gets oregon wherever he is on the pitch; his precision and chemoreceptor for extremity are inactive retired of this world, and helium keeps elevating his game, which is wherefore I judge he’ll triumph the Golden Boot erstwhile again. 

Pedro Ramos, Trivela Coordinator - Erling Haaland

It is hard to ideate immoderate subordinate surpassing Erling Haaland arsenic the season's apical scorer. There are respective large centre-forwards, but nary contiguous are connected his level.