The 30-year-old tapped in 19 goals during the Southern Premier League [SPL] last season and shared the title with Caversham's Tom Jackson.
But the natural right-footer has already surpassed that effort, scoring 21 goals in eight games despite struggling with a hamstring niggle for the past few weeks.
"It's nice to be scoring goals but you can't do it without the team playing well and setting you up," he said.
"Obviously, we've got a very strong team again this year and I'm just lucky enough to be on the end of a lot of good team play."
Burgess scored a hat trick against Invercargill Spirit at the weekend, put five past Northern and six past University earlier in the season, and is 10 goals ahead of the competition's next-leading scorer, Green Island's Ryan Atherton.
"As a striker you are often measured by how many goals you score rather than your general team play.
"But it has always been a goal of mine to win the golden boot in whatever league you are playing in.
"I set myself a target to beat last year's tally, which I've done already.
"So I guess I need to reassess those goals now."
Dunedin Technical coach Mike Fridge said Burgess was just doing what he always did - putting goals away with clinical precision.
"He's a goal-scorer.
"It is as simple as that," he said.
"I don't think he is doing anything differently than what he did last year.
"It is just that he has hit a rich vein of form, he's confident and doing what he does best."
Burgess was born in Invercargill and joined Dunedin Technical when he moved to the city to attend university.
After his studies, he played football professionally in Ireland for six months and Australia for five years.
He returned to the club last season.
Dunedin Technical remains unbeaten after eight games and is eyeing up the league title.
But there is another piece of silverware the club would love to get its hands on - the Chatham Cup.
It had a marvellous run in New Zealand's premier football tournament last year, reaching the final after dispatching some very talented sides along the way.
An own goal from seasoned campaigner Blair Scoullar in the 34th minute of the final handed East Coast Bays the title.
Burgess enjoyed a charmed run, scoring 10 goals in the lead up to that match.
And 10 years earlier he played a crucial role when Dunedin Technical won the 1999 Chatham Cup with an upset 4-0 drubbing of the highly rated Waitakere City.
He scored a goal and was named player of the match.
But he also recalls the club losing the 1998 final 5-0 to Central United.
"We are extremely keen to go one step better this year," Burgess said.
"We were disappointed with the way we played in the final last year and there is definitely some unfinished business.
"We lost the final in 1998 but won in 1999.
"Hopefully, we can repeat that [pattern]."
Dunedin Technical has a bye in the first round and will begin its campaign at Queens Birthday weekend.
