Owen has not been happy at the assessment of his first few United appearances.
Although he was top scorer on the club's Far East tour, Owen had not scored in six matches prior to Saturday's visit to Wigan Athletic and some critics were already claiming Sir Alex Ferguson had made a mistake bringing the 29-year-old to Old Trafford.
Owen rounded on his accusers at the weekend and has now been backed by Ferdinand, who was at the DW Stadium to watch the Red Devils romp to a 5-0 win.
"He has been hammered yet he has not even played a full 90 minutes," Ferdinand said.
"People have said he was finished and was not worth the risk, yet he scored with probably his hardest chance of the season.
"But I think that goal on Saturday will catapult him towards scoring a few more."
While United have to somehow make up for the absence of Cristiano Ronaldo's phenomenal goals output, Ferdinand has faith in all his team's strikers.
Good friend Wayne Rooney has hit the ground running and is already up to four for the campaign, while Dimitar Berbatov also broke his duck at Wigan.
"People say certain things about Dimitar but he is always the first into training and the last to leave," said Ferdinand.
"He is a dedicated professional who wants to score goals for Manchester United.
"Maybe he is not like Wayne in the sense of being 100mph all the time. He is quite relaxed and does things in his own time. But you do not win the league with 11 players who are all the same."
Ferdinand confirmed he hopes to be fit in time to face Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane on 12th September after suffering a thigh injury a day before the Community Shield defeat by Chelsea at Wembley earlier this month.
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