Dan Owusu, Ishmael Addo and the Ghana Premier League top scorers since 1973

Atingane Adumbire
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The Ghana Premier League as it is now known was formed in 1956 to replace the Gold Coast Club Competition which was played since 1933. It was not until 1958 that the first league was played with Accra Hearts of Oak winning the first competition.

Several great names have graced the league both in its early days and now. Looking back, we track down the names of the most prolific scorers for each season since 1973. Teams such as Hearts of Oak, Real Tamale United, Asante Kotoko, Boafoakwa Tano and others have produced multiple winners of the top scorer prize.

Mahatma Otoo, former Hearts of Oak player and one-time Ghana Premier League top scorer
Mahatma Otoo won the Ghana Premier League top scorer in the 2012/13 season

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The likes of Augustine Arhinful, George Alhassan, Bernard Dong Bortey, Charles Taylor, Eric Bekoe and Prince Tagoe all laid their hands on the prize but the names that truly made it their own were different. Mahatma Otoo, Muhammed Choo, Opoku Afriyie and Yaw Annor crossed the 20-goal mark but others proved a mile.

But do you know which player won the most top scorer prize?

While Dan Owusu and Ishmael Addo remain the only two-time winners of the prize, there are many who took it home twice.  George Alhassan outscored everyone in 1977 and 1985 while playing for Accra Great Olympics.  Anane Kobo won it back-to-back with Real Tamale United in 1983 and 1984. But before Kobo was Muhammed Choo who netted 22 times for RTU in 1978 before doing 15 four years later in 1982.

Kumasi Asante Kotoko’s Opoku Afriyie took the 1979 and 1981 gongs, either side of Hassaca’s Emmanuel Quarshie’s 18-goal heroics in 1980. Before Tony Yeboah made a name in Europe, he had one in Ghana. Yeboah won it back-to-back in 1985 and 1986. Kofi Deblah laid his hands on it twice in 1996 and 1997 while playing for Goldfields.

Tony Yeboah won the Ghana Premier League top scorer prize twice
Tony Yeboah won the Ghana Premier League top scorer prize twice

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Accra Hearts of Oak has produced the most winners of the top scorer prize. Their record-setting 10 wins is four times more than the nearest team, Ashanti Gold, formerly Obuasi Goldfields.  Asante Kotoko with 5, Real Tamale United (4) and Accra Great Olympics have also produced multiple winners. Bofoakwa Tano (3) and Dawu Youngstar (2) are the other teams that have also produced more than one winner.

Key: places left blank mean we do not have the number of goals except the player’s name.

SeasonTop ScorerClubGoals
1973 Peter LampteyHearts of Oak26
1974 Dan OwusuBofoakwa Tano24
1975 Dan OwusuBofoakwa Tano26
1976 Dan OwusuBofoakwa Tano28
1977 George AlhassanGreat Olympics
1978 Muhammed ChooReal Tamale United22
1979 Opoku AfriyieAsante Kotoko
1980 Emmanuel QuarshieSekondi Hasaacas18
1981 Opoku AfriyieAsante Kotoko21
1982 Muhammed ChooReal Tamale United15
1983 Anane KoboReal Tamale United
1984 Anane KoboReal Tamale United
1985 George AlhassanGreat Olympics
1986 Tony YeboahCornerstones
1987 Tony YeboahCornerstones
1988–89 Henry AcquahHearts of Oak
1989–90 Muhammed TijaniCornerstones15
1990–91 Thomas BoakyeAsante Kotoko
1991–92 Abdul MumuniDawu Youngstars
1992–93 Augustine ArhinfulGoldfields12
1993–94 Oscar LaudDawu Youngstars
1994–95 Charles AmoahOkwawu United
1995–96 Kofi DeblahGoldfields
1996–97 Kofi DeblahGoldfields
1997–98 Joe FameyehHearts of Oak
1999 Ishmael AddoHearts of Oak19
2000 Ishmael AddoHearts of Oak21
2001 Ishmael AddoHearts of Oak22
2002 Bernard Dong Bortey

Charles Asampong Taylor

Hearts of Oak18
2003 Shaibu YakubuGoldfields Obuasi13
2004–05 Samuel YeboahHeart of Lions
2005 Prince TagoeHearts of Oak18
2006–07 Emmanuel ClotteyGreat Olympics14
2007–08 Eric BekoeAsante Kotoko17
2008–09 Alex AsamoahAsante Kotoko16
2009–10 Bismark Idan

Samuel Afum

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Hearts of Oak

13
2010–11 Nana PokuBerekum Arsenal17
2011–12 Emmanuel BaffourNew Edubiase United21
2012–13 Mahatma OtooHearts of Oak20
2013–14 Augustine OkrahBechem16
2015 Kofi OwusuBerekum Chelsea19
2016 Latif BlessingLiberty Professionals14
2017 Hans KwofieAshanti Gold17
2020–21 Diawisie TaylorKarela United18
2021–22 Yaw AnnorAshanti Gold24
2022-23Abednego TettehBibiani Gold Stars18

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