ATK Mohun Bagan and Bengaluru FC are set to lock horns in the final of the Hero Indian Super League (ISL) 2022-23 season on Saturday, March 18 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Goa.

As we wait for a mouthwatering summit clash to decide who wins the coveted Hero ISL trophy, the race for Hero ISL’s Golden Boot award will also be at stake. 

The Golden Boot is one of the significant individual honours that is awarded to the player with the most goals in the tournament. If two or more players are tied on the number of goals scored, then the winner is decided by who played the fewest minutes in the tournament (i.e. the player with the best minutes-per-goal ratio). 

Having scored 12 goals from 21 games, Diego Mauricio of Odisha FC is currently leading the Golden Boot race for this season. East Bengal forward Cleiton Silva also has the same number of goals but is second on the list as he has played more minutes in the tournament than his compatriot from Odisha FC.

Apart from Mauricio, ATK Mohun Bagan forward Dimitri Petratos is also in the fray in the race to win the Golden Boot. The Australian forward has netted 10 goals in the competition so far and he will need to score at least three goals in the final to overtake Mauricio to win the Golden Boot. 

Here is how the Golden Boot race is currently shaping up:

Position	Player	Club	Goals	Matches	Minutes	Mins/Goal
1	Diego Mauricio	Odisha FC	12	21	1536	128.0
2	Cleiton Silva	East Bengal FC	12	20	1778	148.2
3	Jorge Diaz	Mumbai City FC	11	20	1507	137.0
4	Iker Guarrotxena	FC Goa	11	20	1690	153.6
5	Bartholomew Ogbeche	Hyderabad FC	10	21	1610	161.0
6	Dimitrios Diamantakos	Kerala Blasters FC	10	21	1738	173.8
7	Lallianzuala Chhangte	Mumbai City FC	10	22	1857	185.7
8	Dimitri Petratos	ATK Mohun Bagan	10	22	1971	197.1

The Golden Boot which is presented to the highest goal-scorer of the tournament has been awarded since the first-ever Hero ISL in 2014 and has been awarded at every edition since. 

Here's the complete list of the Golden Boot winners from the inaugural edition in 2014 to the most recent edition in 2021-22.

Season	Golden Boot Winner	Club	Goals	Matches
2021-22	Bartholomew Ogbeche	Hyderabad FC	18	20
2020-21	Igor Angulo	FC Goa	14	21
2019-20	Nerijus Valskis	Chennaiyin FC	15	20
2018-19	Ferran Corominas	FC Goa	16	20
2017-18	Ferran Corominas	FC Goa	18	20
2016	Marcelo Pereira	Delhi Dynamos FC	10	15
2015	Stiven Mendoza	Chennaiyin FC	13	16
2014	Elano Blumer	Chennaiyin FC	8	11