Alan Shearer was the first player to score 200 Premier League goals, and is the only player to score 100 goals for two clubs.

Since the Premier League's formation at the beginning of the 1992–93 season, a total of 34 players have scored 100 or more goals in the competition;[1] these players are collectively referred to as the Premier League 100 Club.[2][3] During the 1995–96 season, Alan Shearer became the first player to score 100 Premier League goals, and holds the record for the fewest games taken to reach the figure, doing so in 124 appearances.[4] Additionally, he also holds the record for most goals scored in the Premier League with 260.[5] Harry Kane is the second-fastest to 100 goals, doing so in 141 games.[6] At 23 years and 133 days, Michael Owen was the youngest player to reach the 100 goal milestone.[7]

Dwight Yorke was the first non-English player to score 100 goals in the Premier League, doing so on 25 November 2000. Didier Drogba was the first African player to reach the hundred goal milestone on 10 March 2012 and Sergio Agüero was the first South American to reach a century of goals on 19 April 2016. On 8 April 2023, Son Heung-min became the most recent player to reach 100 goals, as well as the first Asian player.[8]

Six of the 34 players accomplished the feat without scoring a penalty – Sadio Mané, Peter Crouch, Emile Heskey, Les Ferdinand, Andy Cole,[9] and Ryan Giggs.[10][11][lower-alpha 1] Emmanuel Adebayor departed English football in 2016 with 97 goals.[12]

Of the still active players in the Premier League, Callum Wilson is closest to joining the 100 Club; the Newcastle United striker has hit 86 goals so far, with 41 of them coming for Bournemouth.[13] Marcus Rashford is not far behind with 80 goals, all for Manchester United.[14]

Players

Key

  • Bold shows players playing in the Premier League.
  • Italics show players playing professional football in other leagues.
As of 1 January 2024[15]
List of footballers with 100 or more Premier League goals
Rank Player Goals Apps Ratio First Last Club(s) (goals/apps)
1 England Alan Shearer[lower-alpha 2] 260 441 0.59 19922006 Blackburn Rovers (112/138), Newcastle United (148/303)
2 England Harry Kane 213 320 0.67 20122023 Tottenham Hotspur (213/317), Norwich City (0/3)
3 England Wayne Rooney 208 491 0.42 20022018 Everton (25/98), Manchester United (183/393)
4 England Andy Cole 187 414 0.45 19932006 Newcastle United (43/58), Manchester United (93/195), Blackburn Rovers (27/83), Fulham (12/31), Manchester City (9/22), Portsmouth (3/18), Sunderland (0/7)
5 Argentina Sergio Agüero 184 275 0.67 20112021 Manchester City
6 England Frank Lampard 177 609 0.29 19962015 West Ham United (24/148), Chelsea (147/429), Manchester City (6/32)
7 France Thierry Henry 175 258 0.68 19992012 Arsenal
8 England Robbie Fowler 163 379 0.43 19932008 Liverpool (128/266), Leeds United (14/30), Manchester City (21/80), Blackburn Rovers (0/3)
9 England Jermain Defoe 162 496 0.33 20012018 West Ham United (18/74), Tottenham Hotspur (91/276), Portsmouth (15/31), Sunderland (34/87), Bournemouth (4/28)
10 Egypt Mohamed Salah 153 251 0.61 20142024 Chelsea (2/13), Liverpool (151/238)
11 England Michael Owen 150 326 0.46 19972013 Liverpool (118/216), Newcastle United (26/71), Manchester United (5/31), Stoke City (1/8)
12 England Les Ferdinand[lower-alpha 2] 149 351 0.42 19922004 Queens Park Rangers (60/110), Newcastle United (41/68), Tottenham Hotspur (33/118), West Ham United (2/14), Leicester City (12/29), Bolton Wanderers (1/12)
13 England Teddy Sheringham[lower-alpha 2] 146 418 0.35 19922006 Nottingham Forest (1/3), Tottenham Hotspur (97/236), Manchester United (31/104), Portsmouth (9/32), West Ham United (8/43)
14 Netherlands Robin van Persie 144 280 0.51 20042015 Arsenal (96/194), Manchester United (48/86)
15 England Jamie Vardy 136 307 0.44 20142023 Leicester City
16 Netherlands Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink 127 288 0.44 19972007 Leeds United (34/69), Chelsea (69/136), Middlesbrough (22/58), Charlton Athletic (2/25)
17 Republic of Ireland Robbie Keane 126 349 0.36 19992012 Coventry City (12/31), Leeds United (13/46), Tottenham Hotspur (91/238), Liverpool (5/19), West Ham United (2/9), Aston Villa (3/6)
18 France Nicolas Anelka 125 364 0.34 19972014 Arsenal (23/65), Liverpool (4/20), Manchester City (37/89), Bolton Wanderers (21/53), Chelsea (38/125), West Bromwich Albion (2/12)
19 Trinidad and Tobago Dwight Yorke[lower-alpha 2] 123 375 0.33 19922009 Aston Villa (60/179), Manchester United (48/96), Blackburn Rovers (12/60), Birmingham City (2/13), Sunderland (1/27)
20 Belgium Romelu Lukaku 121 278 0.44 20112022 Chelsea (8/36), West Bromwich Albion (17/35), Everton (68/141), Manchester United (28/66)
21 England Raheem Sterling 120 366 0.33 20122023 Liverpool (18/95), Manchester City (91/225), Chelsea (11/46)
England Steven Gerrard 504 0.24 19982015 Liverpool
23 South Korea Son Heung-min 115 288 0.40 20152023 Tottenham Hotspur
24 England Ian Wright[lower-alpha 2] 113 213 0.53 19921999 Arsenal (104/191), West Ham United (9/22)
25 Senegal Sadio Mané 111 263 0.42 20142022 Southampton (21/67), Liverpool (90/196)
England Dion Dublin 312 0.36 19922004 Manchester United (2/12), Coventry City (61/145), Aston Villa (48/155)
27 England Emile Heskey 110 516 0.21 19952012 Leicester City (33/124), Liverpool (39/150), Birmingham City (14/68), Wigan Athletic (15/82), Aston Villa (9/92)
28 Wales Ryan Giggs[lower-alpha 2] 109 632 0.17 19922014 Manchester United
29 England Peter Crouch 108 468 0.23 20022019 Aston Villa (6/37), Southampton (12/27), Liverpool (22/85), Portsmouth (11/38), Tottenham Hotspur (12/73), Stoke City (45/202), Burnley (0/6)
30 England Paul Scholes 107 499 0.21 19942013 Manchester United
31 England Darren Bent 106 276 0.38 20012014 Ipswich Town (1/5), Charlton Athletic (31/68), Tottenham Hotspur (18/60), Sunderland (32/58), Aston Villa (21/61), Fulham (3/24)
32 Ivory Coast Didier Drogba 104 254 0.41 20042015 Chelsea
33 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo 103 236 0.44 20032022 Manchester United
34 England Matt Le Tissier[lower-alpha 2] 100 270 0.37 19922002 Southampton

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Giggs scored two penalties in the Premier League, both after he had already achieved 100 goals.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Also played and scored in the top division of English football prior to the formation of the Premier League in 1992.

References

  1. ↑ "Premier League Player Stats – Goals". Premier League.
  2. ↑ Rice, Simon (8 March 2010). "100 club: The most prolific scorers in the Premier League". The Independent. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  3. ↑ Wright, Chris (17 September 2021). "Will Mane, Sterling, Ronaldo follow Salah as next player to join Premier League's 100 Club?". ESPN. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  4. ↑ Smithfield, Jackie (6 February 2018). "Harry Kane fails to beat Alan Shearer's record - 4 Newcastle players in total feature in Premier League 100 club". NUFC The Mag. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  5. ↑ Jolly, Richard (26 April 2021). "Alan Shearer: Is the all-time Premier League record goalscorer actually underrated?". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  6. ↑ Kilpatrick, Dan (4 February 2018). "Tottenham striker Harry Kane scores 100th Premier League goal". ESPN. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "Lukaku joins the 100 club at record age". Premier League. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  8. ↑ Benson, Michael (8 April 2023). "Heung-min Son makes history as screamer for Tottenham puts him in Premier League 100 club". Talksport. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  9. ↑ "Comparing Sadio Mane's goal record to other no-penalty PL centurions". Planet Football. 19 October 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  10. ↑ Dawson, Alan (28 November 2009). "Portsmouth 1-4 Manchester United: Giggs Scores 100th Premier League Goal". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  11. ↑ "At 36, Giggs Finally Scores His First Penalties". The New York Times. 25 April 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  12. ↑ Wright, Nick (25 February 2016). "Emmanuel Adebayor: Does the striker deserve more credit?". Sky Sports. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  13. ↑ "Callum Wilson Newcastle United Forward, Profile & Stats". Premier League. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  14. ↑ "Marcus Rashford Manchester United Forward, Profile & Stats". Premier League. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  15. ↑ "Premier League Player Stats: Goals". Premier League. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.