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Premier League Goal of the Season Nominees 2025–26—Ranked

There are 10 players from nine different clubs up for the award.
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Fans can vote for their favorite.
Fans can vote for their favorite. | Premier League

Premier League award season continues, with the best goal of 2025–26 among the next annual prizes to be handed out this week.

The Guinness Goal of the Season has previously been given to stars like Mohamed Salah (2021–22) and Son Heung-min (2019–20) since it was first established a decade ago.

But you don’t have to be a household name to claim the prize, as Sofiane Boufal (2016–17) and Julio Enciso (2022–23) can attest. The most recent recipient was Manchester City’s Omar Marmoush, who had only arrived in England a few months prior.

Three former Premier League Goal of the Season winners—Son, Salah, Alejandro Garnacho—have even gone on to claim the FIFA Puskás Award as the world’s most beautiful goal that year.

Fans get a say in this one, with public voting open on the Premier League official website until 12 p.m. BST (7 a.m. ET, 4 a.m. PT) on Wednesday, May 27. The result of the online ballot is then combined with the choices of an expert panel to determine the final winner.

All but one strike in the running was a Goal of the Month winner during the season.

Premier League Goal of the Season Nominees—Ranked

10. Taty Castellanos vs. Newcastle Utd

Taty Castellanos
Taty Castellanos delivered an ultimately meaningless strike. | West Ham United FC/Getty Images

There is no official Goal of the Month for May, but West Ham’s Taty Castellanos is the month’s representative in the season award. Striking the bouncing ball so early caught the goalkeeper unaware and delivered a sublime moment, although it was only a consolation and didn’t help keep the Hammers in the Premier League.

9. Kaoru Mitoma vs. Tottenham Hotspur

He cruelly won’t be going to the World Cup with Japan because of injury, but Kaoru Mitoma is at least a Goal of the Season contender. The winger positioned himself perfectly at the far post and struck as sweet a connection as you’re ever likely to see on the volley.

8. Dominic Solanke vs. Man City

It wasn’t a season of very many highs for Tottenham Hotspur. But fans got to enjoy this February Goal of the Month winner from Dominic Solanke, a sort of improvised scorpion kick that turned a poor cross assist into an excellent goal.

7. Emiliano Buendía vs. Tottenham Hotspur

There was much more to Emiliano Buendía’s October strike for Aston Villa against Tottenham than the precision finish. It started with a phenomenal pass upfield from Matty Cash that Lucas Digne then took down with an exceptional touch, before laying off to the eventual scorer.

6. William Osula vs. Man Utd

A catalyst for a blistering finish to the season after an unremarkable Newcastle career up to that point, this was the moment William Osula downed Manchester United in the last minute. The Dane then scored five more in his next eight league appearances to end the campaign.

5. Tyler Adams vs. Sunderland

Sometimes, having the ability to score an outstanding goal is only half of it. Here, Tyler Adams had the vision and awareness to see Sunderland goalkeeper Robin Roefs far enough off his line to invite a long-range chip. Then, of course, he had the execution to pull it off.

4. Martín Zubimendi vs. Nottingham Forest

Arsenal didn’t spend big money on Martín Zubimendi for his goalscoring ability, but the Gunners got plenty of bang for their buck in this moment against Nottingham Forest in September. He got five in the Premier League by the season’s end, but none as good as this.

3. Dominik Szoboszlai vs. Arsenal

Liverpool closed out a perfect August by snatching a late winner over eventual champions Arsenal at Anfield. Dominik Szoboszlai, arguably the only Reds player to come out of this season able to hold his head high, scored it, an inch-perfect free kick.

2. Harry Wilson vs. Crystal Palace

Harry Wilson and Raúl Jiménez combined exquisitely to make this Fulham goal against Crystal Palace possible. The first touch from Wilson around the corner, the sharp layoff back to him from Jiménez, and then the first-time with the outside of the foot.

1. Harrison Reed vs. Liverpool

Fulham thought they had lost this Jan. 4 match with Liverpool, conceding what looked like a winner to Virgil van Dijk in the 94th minute. But then came Harrison Reed off the bench, smashing the ball into the top corner from distance, five days short of 1,000 since his last Premier League goal.

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Jamie Spencer is a freelance editor and writer for Sports Illustrated FC. Jamie fell in love with football in the mid-90s and specializes in the Premier League, Manchester United, the women’s game and old school nostalgia.

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