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Chelsea Striker Didier Drogba Wins Premier League Golden Boot

Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has pipped Wayne Rooney to the Premier League Golden Boot after scoring a hat-trick in his side's 8-0 win over Wigan.

The 32-year-old finished the campaign with 29 goals in 33 appearances, three more than Manchester United's Rooney.

The England striker was level with Drogba before the game with 26 goals, but failed to score in United's 4-0 defeat of Stoke City.

Since joining Chelsea in 2004 Drogba has hit 83 goals in 165 Premier League appearances.

Sunderland striker Darren Bent finished third with 24 goals in 38 appearances.

Carlos Tevez meanwhile hit 23 goals in 36 appearances.

Top Scorers Table



Name

Goals
Games (sub)
Goal:Game Ratio

Didier Drogba
2931 (1)
0.90

Wayne Rooney

2632 (0)
0.81

Darren Bent


2438 (0)
0.63

Carlos Tevez


2332 (3)
0.68

Frank Lampard

22

36 (0)
0.61

Jermain Defoe
1831 (3)
0.53

Fernando Torres

18

20 (2)
0.82

Cesc Fabregas

15

26 (1)
0.56

Emmanuel Adebayor
14

25 (1)
0.54

Gabriel Agbonlahor

13

35 (1)
0.37

Louis Saha
13

26 (7)
0.39

Dimitar Berbatov
12

24 (9)
0.36

Florent Malouda

12

26 (7)
0.36

Craig Bellamy
10

26 (6)
0.31

John Carew
1022 (11)
0.30
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