Ranking the Top 19 Premier League Scorers from 1993 to 2011

We all know about the famous goal scorers in the world's top league, the English Premier League, but where do they rank compared to the other top scorers in England's top flight.

There have been 19 seasons played in the Premier League. And in every season save three there has been an individual top scorer—whether it be someone as memorable and legendary as Alan Shearer or someone with that is known as well like Kevin Phillips.

Here is the list of the top scorers from each season, ranked from No. 19 to No. 1.

19. Three Way Tie in 1997-98

The first time the Premier League saw a share of the Golden Boot was in the 1997-98 season as Dion Dublin, Chris Sutton and Michael Owen all scored 18 goals in the Premier League.

All three forwards had different stories to tell that season.

Dublin stayed with Coventry after being offered a move to Blackburn, who were still trying to fill the void left by Alan Shearer, and finished 11th with the club.

Blackburn's void up front was filled by Sutton, who helped lead Rovers to a sixth-place finish, and it almost got the Englishman a chance to play at the World Cup in France.

Owen was the new face on the scene, as an 18-year old at Liverpool. He helped the Reds finish in third place without star player Robbie Fowler in the lineup for most of the season.

18. 1998-99 Season Tie at the Top

One year after the Premier League saw its first shared Golden Boot title, its second shared Golden Boot was awarded.

Yet again, Liverpool's Michael Owen was a part of the three-way tie, which ironically enough was at 18 goals just like the season before.

Along with Owen, Dwight Yorke and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink both scored 18 goals in the 1998-99 campaign.

Owen and Liverpool finished in seventh place while Hasselbaink led Leeds United to a fourth-place spot in the table. Yorke, at his new club Manchester United, won the title, beating out Arsenal by one point.

17. Nicolas Anelka, 2008-09

In his first full season at Chelsea, Nicolas Anelka proved why the Blues took the journeyman forward from Bolton in January 2008 for £15 million.

The Frenchman scored 19 goals in the 2008-09 season, beating out Cristiano Ronaldo by a single goal.

Anelka was also able to stay in the lineup after a managerial change as Guus Hiddink took control of the club when Luiz Felipe Scolari was fired in February.

16. Carlos Tevez and Dimitar Berbatov, 2010-11

In a 2010-11 season that proved to be very exciting, the top scorers could only score 20 goals for the season.

Carlos Tevez of Manchester City and Manchester United's Dimitar Berbatov tied for the honor of top scorer.

Not even one year after winning the Golden Boot, both players are having tough times at their clubs with Tevez involved in a saga no one wants to talk about anymore and Berbatov not finding consistent first-team time with Wayne Rooney and Chicharito.

15. Didier Drogba, 2006-07

The 2006-07 season was the first time that Didier Drogba earned the title of top scorer in the Premier League.

The Ivorian became the first African footballer to win the Golden Boot, and he would do so again two years later for Chelsea.

Drogba netted 20 goals on the way to leading the Blues to a second-place finish.

14. Teddy Sheringham, 1992-93

Teddy Sheringham was the inaugural winner of the Golden Boot, as he scored 22 goals for Tottenham in the first season of the Premier League.

The Englishman had made the move to White Hart Lane from Nottingham Forest before the season, and it was well worth the price Spurs paid.

The forward did make a contribution to Forest before he left the club; he scored one goal before his departure to London.

13. Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, 2000-01

Two years after sharing the Golden Boot with two others, Chelsea's Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink led the Premier League in scoring with 23 goals in the 2000-01 season.

It was the Dutchman's first season at Stamford Bridge after signing from Atletico Madrid in the summer.

Hasselbaink was able to take over the top-scorer role from Gianfranco Zola, who only scored nine goals that season at the age of 34.

12. Thierry Henry, 2001-02

The Arsenal legend was just beginning to make a name for himself in London during the 2001-02 season.

Henry scored 24 goals and earned the first of his four Golden Boot awards and helped the Gunners earn the Premier League title.

In the 2001-02 season, Henry and Arsenal also earned the FA Cup title over Chelsea and sent club legends Tony Adams and Lee Dixon into retirement the right way with two titles.

11. Alan Shearer, 1996-97

The 1996-97 season marked the third straight season that Alan Shearer won the Golden Boot in the Premier League. It was the first time he did it for Newcastle United.

Shearer was a record signing in the summer after being lured to the club by manager Kevin Keegan, who quit the club in January.

The Englishman also missed seven games due to a hernia operation that season but still managed to score 25 goals in 31 games.

10. Ruud Van Nistelrooy, 2002-03

There was only one man in a span of five years that would win the Premier League Golden Boot other than Thierry Henry, and that man was Ruud van Nistelrooy.

The Dutchman scored 25 goals, one more than Henry, in the 2002-03 season for Manchester United.

Manchester United also went on to edge out Arsenal for the league title by five points, one year before the Gunners became invincible.

9. Thierry Henry, 2004-05

A year after the Invincibles, Henry and Arsenal lost out on the Premier League Championship to rivals Chelsea, but the Frenchman retained his title as top scorer.

With 25 goals, Henry won the Golden Boot for the third time in four seasons. And he took on a bigger responsibility during the 2004-05 season as he took over as captain for the departed Patrick Vieira.

8. Thierry Henry, 2005-06

The last season at Highbury was yet another memorable season for Thierry Henry, as he became the Gunners all-time leading scorer during the 2005-06 campaign.

Henry eclipsed his goal total from the season before by two as he netted 27 in 32 games.

And while the Frenchman's form did not start to decline, the form of the club as a whole did. Arsenal finished fourth in the Premier League.

7. Alan Shearer, 1995-96

The 1995-96 season would be the final season for Alan Shearer at Blackburn.

But Shearer would not leave Ewood Park without netting his 100th goal, which he earned early in the season against Tottenham.

Before leaving for Newcastle after the Euro 96 tournament, Shearer finished his time at Blackburn with 112 total goals, including 31 Premier League goals in his final season.

6. Andy Cole, 1993-94

Andy Cole had his most productive season of his career at Newcastle during the 1993-94 season as he scored 34 goals for the Magpies.

Alongside Peter Beardsley up front, Cole was able to help Newcastle earn a third-place finish in their first season in England's top flight in four years.

With that third-place finish, Cole and company were able to earn a spot in the UEFA Cup for the next season.

5. Didier Drogba, 2009-10

Didier Drogba's second Golden Boot in the Premier League came in the 2009-10 season as he scored 29 times in 32 games.

Drogba could have scored more goals in the season if he did not have to go on international duty during the African Cup of Nations with the Ivory Coast in January.

The Ivorian could have easily broken the record of 34 goals, held by Cole and Shearer, if he had played all the games in Chelsea's title run.

4. Kevin Phillips, 1999-2000

The most unlikely of names to grace this list is Kevin Phillips, who scored 30 goals for Sunderland in the 1999-2000 season.

After helping the Black Cats to promotion the season before, Phillips increased his career high goal total by seven and led his club to seventh place in the table.

Since his magical season at the Stadium of Light, Phillips has only scored over 20 goals once in eleven seasons, and that was in the 2007-08 season with West Brom in the Championship.

3. Alan Shearer, 1994-95

Thirty-four goals in 42 games was the tally for Alan Shearer at Blackburn in the 1994-95 season.

Not only did the Englishman tie Andy Cole's record number of goals from the year before, a record which still stands, but also he helped Blackburn to the Premier League title.

The title was the first in 81 years for the club, who sold Shearer two years later to Newcastle.

2. Cristiano Ronaldo, 2007-08

In his time at Manchester United, Cristiano Ronaldo was one of the most electric players in the Premier League. In the 2007-08 season he lit up opposing goalkeepers for 31 goals in 34 games.

Ronaldo, just like Drogba two seasons after him, could have broken the single season goal record if he did not miss three games early in the season due to a red card suspension after headbutting Portsmouth's Richard Hughes.

1. Thierry Henry, 2003-04

There cannot be a list of the Premier League top scorers without the top scorer on the best team in Premier League history based on record.

The 2003-04 Arsenal squad did not lose a match and much thanks were given to Henry as he scored 30 goals for the Invincibles in 37 games.

Henry would enjoy many more years of success at Arsenal, but none were like the 2003-04 season.