| 1. | Dwight Yorke
Manchester United/Aston Villa | Trinidad and Tobago | 27 | 18 |
| | Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
Leeds | Netherlands | 27 | 18 |
| | Michael Owen
Liverpool | England | 19 | 18 |
| 4. | Andy Cole
Manchester United | England | 27 | 17 |
| | Nicolas Anelka
Arsenal | France | 20 | 17 |
| 6. | Hámilton Ricard
Middlesbrough | Colombia | 25 | 15 |
| 7. | Alan Shearer
Newcastle | England | 28 | 14 |
| | Dion Dublin
Aston Villa/Coventry | England | 30 | 14 |
| | Julian Joachim
Aston Villa | England | 24 | 14 |
| | Robbie Fowler
Liverpool | England | 24 | 14 |
| 11. | Gianfranco Zola
Chelsea | Italy | 32 | 13 |
| 12. | Dennis Bergkamp
Arsenal | Netherlands | 30 | 12 |
| | Ole Gunnar Solskjær
Manchester United | Norway | 26 | 12 |
| 14. | Gustavo Poyet
Chelsea | Uruguay | 31 | 11 |
| 15. | Jason Euell
Wimbledon | England | 22 | 10 |
| | Marcus Gayle
Wimbledon | Jamaica | 28 | 10 |
| | Noel Whelan
Coventry | England | 24 | 10 |
| | Tony Cottee
Leicester | England | 33 | 10 |
| | Tore André Flo
Chelsea | Norway | 25 | 10 |
| 20. | Darren Huckerby
Coventry | England | 23 | 9 |
| | Deon Burton
Derby | Jamaica | 22 | 9 |
| | Dougie Freedman
Nottingham Forest | Scotland | 24 | 9 |
| | Ian Wright
West Ham | England | 35 | 9 |
| | Kevin Campbell
Everton | England | 29 | 9 |
| | Lee Bowyer
Leeds | England | 22 | 9 |
| | Paulo Wanchope
Derby | Costa Rica | 22 | 9 |
| | Steffen Iversen
Tottenham | Norway | 22 | 9 |
