Indian Super League 2020-2021
Rank
Name
Goals
Penalties Scored
Assists
Apps
Goals / 90
Mins / Goal
Shots
On Target %
Conversion Rate
1
Igor Angulo Albóniga
14
2
0
21
0.77
117
37
59.50
0.38
1
Roy Krishna
14
4
8
23
0.61
147
49
49.00
0.29
3
Diego Maurício Machado de Brito
12
1
2
20
0.67
134
34
55.90
0.35
4
Glenville Adam James Le Fondre
11
3
1
23
0.61
147
35
54.30
0.31
5
Aridane Jesús Santana Cabrera
10
1
2
18
0.56
159
45
53.30
0.22
6
Bartholomew Owogbalor Ogbeche
8
1
3
23
0.75
120
34
38.20
0.24
6
Nerijus Valskis
8
1
0
18
0.46
194
31
61.30
0.26
6
Sunil Chhetri
8
2
2
20
0.40
223
46
47.80
0.17
9
Luís Miguel Vieira Babo Machado
7
1
2
22
0.38
234
33
54.50
0.21
9
Cleiton Augusto Oliveira Silva
7
0
4
18
0.40
223
27
40.70
0.26
9
Jordan Murray
7
0
1
19
0.48
187
44
54.50
0.16
12
Bipin Singh Thounajam
6
0
4
22
0.31
292
16
50.00
0.38
12
Manvir Singh
6
0
2
23
0.36
247
26
57.70
0.23
12
Jorge Ortiz Mendoza
6
0
2
21
0.32
277
50
56.00
0.12
12
David Joel Williams
6
0
1
20
0.37
240
30
30.00
0.20
16
Deshorn Dwayne Brown
5
0
1
10
0.66
135
3
66.70
1.67
16
Gary Hooper
5
2
4
18
0.32
277
20
50.00
0.25
18
Ville Matti Steinmann
4
0
3
17
0.25
360
11
54.50
0.36
18
Lallianzuala Chhangte
4
0
1
20
0.20
447
32
53.10
0.12
18
Serigne Mourtada Fall
4
0
0
22
0.19
482
22
36.40
0.18
The Indian Super League is unique in world football. One of two top flights in India since 2014, the league holds an interesting place in Asian football. With players from around the globe and a good share of domestic talent, the Indian Super League top scorers 2020-2021 list exemplifies why soccer is called the world’s game.
The Indian Super League was founded in 2013 and played its first season a year later. With a regular season and playoffs, it’s closer to American sports than British sports, providing fans with a wonderful blend of the best of both worlds.
The league’s all-time best goal scorers have hailed from around the world, including Spain’s Ferrán Corominas, Nigeria’s Bartholomew Ogbeche, Brazil’s Marcelinho and Fiji’s Roy Krishna. After the 2020-21 season, Corominas remained the all-time leading scorer with 48, one ahead of India’s Sunil Chhetri. Remarkably, the top six on the all-time list features players from six different continents.
Corominas also owns the record for most goals in a single season with 18 in 2017-18.
The Indian Super League top scorers 2020-2021 featured a thrilling Golden Boot race. Goa’s Igor Angulo of Spain and ATK Mohun Bagan’s Krishna both scored 14 goals. Angulo won the Golden Boot but Krishna was named “Hero of the League,” awarded to the ISL’s best player. It was the second straight year Krishna tied for the league lead in goals but did not win the Golden Boot; in 2019-20 he scored 15 goals, as did two other players (Ogbeche and Nerijus Valskis).
Mumbai City, led by English striker Adam le Fondre, won the league title in 2020-21, edging out Krishna’s club in the final on March 13, 2021. Mumbai City also will represent the Indian Super League in the AFC Champions League after winning the League Winners Shield (the regular-season title).
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