Most goals scored in a single premier league season by an individual player. Last seasons golden boot award was split three ways by african trio sadio mane, mohamed salah and pierre. Every premier league clubs alltime top goalscorer v current player closest to the record. The argentine scored a splendid hattrick against sevilla back in 2014 to write his name in the record books. Alltime records outside of the premier league era, jimmy greaves has. Tottenham hotspurs poor start to the 201920 campaign continued this past weekend when they lost 21 to liverpool at anfield. Mohamed salah is outscoring lionel messi and is on course.
Bbc, who recognise theres a lot of bored football fans around at the moment, have decided to put up a poll asking people to vote for the top 10 greatest premier league goalscorers ever. The top goalscorer in the premier leagues inaugural season was teddy sheringham, who. The race for the premier league golden boot last season was as intriguing as ever with a threeway tie. Peter crouch has scored 51 headed goals in the premier league. Sergio aguero is now manchester citys alltime record scorer. Frank lampard is the premier leagues highest scoring midfielder of all time. Which players hold that record at the other 19 clubs. List of top premier league goal scorers by season wikipedia. The epl has only been around since 1992, so unfortunately jimmy greaves record 357 goals from 195771 doesnt make it on the list of the premier league top scorers of all time. Originally a straight knockout competition open only to champion clubs, the tournament was expanded during the 1990s to incorporate a roundrobin group phase and more teams.
Has anyone been named top scorer in four different top flight leagues. Premier league top scorers are jostling for position in the second half of the season. Pierreemerick aubameyang bagged a brace for arsenal on sunday to equal the 17 goals scored by leicester citys jamie vardy at the top of the premier leagues scoring charts. The players with the most goals in a premier league season. Players to score over 30 league goals in four consecutive seasons. A list of english football first tier top scorers from 1888 as the football league first division to the present as the premier league. Where a different record exists for the top flight football league first division 18881992, and premier league 1992present, this is also given. Jimmy greaves was the top scorer in the top flight six times a record in english football and as many as lineker and shearer combined. For most goals scored since then, the longtime runaway leader is of course alan.
Page 5 all time top scorers of the top 5 european leagues. He has 39 top flight goals in 2017 and 56 in all competitions, including england games, making him the top scorer in europe for club and country. For the top scorer column, those in bold still play in the premier league for the club shown. Each season since the end of the 196667 season, the members of the manchester city official supporters club have voted by ballot to choose the player on the team they feel is the most worthy of recognition for his performances during that season. Premier league player stats goals skip to main navigation skip to main content. Premier league records most titles, appearances, top. Manchester united, 15 august 1992 most premier league goals. View goals played by premier league players for 201819 and previous seasons, on the official website of the premier league. Highest goal scorer in premier league history 1993. Stoke striker peter crouch has entered the 2018 guinness world records book for the most headed goals scored in the premier league. Premier league club stats freekicks scored skip to main navigation skip to main content. The premier league player with the most combined goals and.
Henry as the top foreign goal scorer in premier league history. List of english football first tier top scorers wikipedia. Chris sutton has billed norwich city as the best team to be bottom of the premier league who else can compete for the title. Teams in bold are part of the 201920 premier league.
Premier league players should resist pressure over wage cuts, says keane former manchester united captain roy keane has told players at the premier league s top clubs to ignore pressure to take pay cuts during the coronavirus crisis. Stoke city goalkeeper asmir begovic enters record books bbc sport. All time leading scorers leeds united premier league. A return of 50 goals in 69 games means he is third on the alltime list, behind only the league s overall top scorer alan shearer who spent his premier league career with blackburn and newcastle.
Ranking huddersfield towns topscorers from the last. Manchester citys rout of aston villa allowed sergio aguero to climb above thierry henry in the premier league record books. After scouring the history books, can exclusively reveal the top 10 goalscorers in psl history since its inception in the 199697. American reacts to the top premier league goal scorer of every season 20072019. Kevin phillips placed his name into the history book by being the. The top tier of english football was renamed the premier league for the start of the 199293. All time top scorers of the top 5 european leagues. View alltime premier league club and player statistics, including goals scored, assists and number of wins, on the official website of the premier league.
View the player profile of newcastle united forward alan shearer, including statistics and photos, on the official website of the premier league. In fact, apart from the clubs two recent seasons in the top flight where goals were very thin on the ground, you have to go back to 2008 and 2009 to find our last top goal scorers with nine league goals apiece. The record premier league goalscorers at every age from 16. It was their fourth league defeat thus far and their 17th since the beginning of last season, whereas the reds have only lost once. Aguero rewrites premier league record books manchester city fc. Alltime top 10 goalscorers in psl history since 1996. The uefa champions league, known until 1992 as the european champion clubs cup or colloquially as the european cup, is an annual association football cup competition organised by uefa since 1955. Has anyone been named top scorer in four different top. Mohamed salah is outscoring lionel messi and is on course to rewrite the premier league record books. Sergio aguero passes thierry henry in premier league record book.
And that meant kun overtook thierry henry to become the premier leagues alltime leading overseas scorer. Aguero has more premier league goals than any nonenglish player. Alas, wikipedia is rife with articles such as premier league records and. Halliday in fact scored at least 35 goals in each of those four seasons. View premier league player records, including goals scored, passes and assists, on the official website of the premier league. Giggs ryan giggs is the only player to have scored in each of the first 21 premier. List of uefa champions league top scorers wikipedia. Its wellpublicised who the highest scorers in premier league history are. Of the top 10 goal scorers in a 38game premier league. The alltime premier league table is a cumulative record of all match results, points and goals of every team that has played in the premier league since its inception in 1992. Sometimes towns top league scorer, even after a full season of 46 games, has failed to crack more than 10 goals. Unless otherwise stated, records are taken from the football league or premier league.
The record premier league goalscorers at every age from 16 to 40. Chelseas alltime top scorer is frank lampard, with 211 goals for the blues. The table that follows is accurate as of the end of the 201819 season. The argentina international scored his landmark 178th strike to help city beat napoli 42 in the champions league on wednesday night to move ahead of eric book at the top of the clubs scoring standings. Football records and statistics in england wikipedia. Who are the premier league clubs alltime top goalscorers. Premier league teams playing in the 201920 season are indicated in bold, while founding members of the premier league are shown in italics.
Undoubtedly one of the best players of his generation, cristiano ronaldo has broken record after record during his career and he is, by some distance, portugals top scorer of alltime. Ronaldo has dominated the champions league since his 2009 move to the competitions most successful club, scoring a record 17 goals in 2014 and becoming the tournaments alltime top scorer. Would goals be erased from record books if premier league is cancelled. All time leading scorers middlesbrough premier league. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This article needs additional citations for verification.
Premier league record for results from all of tottenham hotspurs seasons, see list of tottenham hotspur f. And that meant kun overtook thierry henry to become the premier leagues all time leading overseas scorer. Rewriting the premier league goalscoring record books the set. A spell refers to a number of consecutive seasons within the league, uninterrupted by relegation. View freekicks scored played by premier league clubs for 201819 and previous seasons, on the official website of the premier league. List of footballers with 100 or more premier league goals wikipedia.