Premier League Most Powerful Goal

The Premier League Most Powerful Goal is an annual English football award, presented to the player who has scored the most powerfully struck goal in a Premier League season. The speed of every goal is calculated by Opta Sports for the purpose of the award.[1][2] For sponsorship purposes, has been called the Oracle Most Powerful Goal since its inception at the end of the 2021–22 Premier League season.[3]

Premier League Most Powerful Goal
Moussa Diaby is the current holder of the award.
Awarded forThe most powerful goal scored in a Premier League season.
Sponsored byOracle
Country England
Presented byPremier League
First awarded2022
Currently held by Moussa Diaby
Highlights
Most powerful goalFernandinho (for Manchester City vs. Leeds United, 30 April 2022, 117.6km/h)

The most powerful goal recorded was scored by Fernandinho in a 4–0 victory for Manchester City over Leeds United on 30 April 2022, calculated to be travelling at 117.6km/h. The current award winner is Moussa Diaby.

Winners
Key
Bold Player still active in the Premier League
† Indicates most powerful goal recorded
‡ Indicates player who also won the Premier League Golden Boot award in the same season
§ Denotes the club were Premier League champions in the same season
Italics Home team
Season Player Nationality Team Score[lower-alpha 1] Opponent Speed Date Ref.
2021–22 Fernandinho  Brazil Manchester City§ 4–0 Leeds United 117.6 km/h (73.1 mph) † 30 April 2022 [4]
2022–23 Saïd Benrahma  Algeria West Ham United 1–0 Crystal Palace 107.17 km/h (66.59 mph) 6 November 2022 [5]
2023–24 Moussa Diaby  France Aston Villa 1–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 109.84 km/h (68.25 mph) 30 March 2024 [6]
  1. The score at the time of the goal. Player's team's score listed first.

Awards won by nationality
Country Players Total
 Algeria 1 1
 Brazil 1 1
 France 1 1

Awards won by club
Club Players Total
Aston Villa 1 1
Manchester City 1 1
West Ham United 1 1

See also

References
  1. "How the Most Powerful Goal award works". www.premierleague.com. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  2. Cummins, Nigel (1 July 2021). "Oracle Cloud aids Premier League". The OR Society. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  3. "Premier League partners with Oracle to bring fans closer to the game". Oracle. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  4. "Fernandinho wins 2021/22 Oracle Most Powerful Goal award". Premier League. 26 May 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  5. "Benrahma wins 2022/23 Oracle Most Powerful Goal award". Premier League. 30 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  6. "Diaby wins Oracle Most Powerful Goal award". Premier League. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
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