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#3 Robin Van Persie
Robin van Persie is one of the few Premier League players to win the Golden Boot with two different clubs. His goal-scoring prowess made him one of the greatest strikers of his generation in the English top flight.
Van Persie started out as a left-winger but in time became a pure striker. The season before he became a striker, the Dutchman was the Gunners' leading playmaker with 11 assists.
In his final season (2011-12) with the Gunners, van Persie netted 30 goals which won him the Golden Boot, PFA Player of the Year, and the FWA Footballer of the Year awards.
The following season, van Persie defended his Golden Boot status as a Red Devil, scoring 26 goals. He also won the Premier League title with United in Sir Alex Ferguson's final season at the club.
#2 Thierry Henry
Thierry Henry is regarded as one of the greatest strikers of all time and is by far one of the best players to grace the Premier League.
The Frenchman holds the record for the most Golden Boot wins, which is four. He won his first Golden Boot in the 2001-02 season, having scored 23 goals while also winning the EPL title.
He almost defended his Golden Boot the following season but was edged by Ruud van Nistelrooy by a goal. However, Henry's 24 goals and 20 assists make him the only EPL player to garner 20 assists in a single season. He is also the first player to have at least 20 goals and 20 assists in a season.
Henry led 'The Invicibles' to the EPL title and won the Golden Boot, which was the beginning of his three-peat (2003-04, 2004-05 and 2005-06) where he scored 30 goals, 25 goals and 27 goals.
He is the first EPL player to score at least 20 goals for five consecutive seasons.
#1 Andy Cole
Andy Cole is one of the greatest Premier League players of all time. With 187 goals to his name, he is ranked third on the Premier League all-time goal scorer list.
Cole has played for quite a handful of clubs, including Manchester United, Manchester City, Portsmouth, Blackburn Rovers, and Fulham.
He has the honor of being the first EPL player to finish with the highest number of goals and assists — 34 goals and 13 assists — in the same season. Cole achieved this feat in the 1993-94 season when he played for Newcastle United.
The performance earned him the Golden Boot and PFA Young Player of the Year. Cole later joined Manchester United where he would go on to win five Premier League titles.
