List of footballers with 100 or more Premier League goals
Since the Premier League's formation, at the start of the 1992–93 season, 29 players have scored 100 or more goals in the competition.
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 100, doing so in 124 appearances. He also holds the record for most goals scored in the Premier League.[1][2] After Shearer, Harry Kane is the second-fastest to 100 goals, doing so in 141 games.[3] At 23 years and 133 days, Michael Owen is the youngest player to reach the hundred goal milestone.[4]
Players
Alan Shearer was the first player to score 200 Premier League goals, and is the only player to score 100 goals for two separate clubs.
Wayne Rooney has scored the most goals for a single Premier League club.
Frank Lampard is the Premier League's highest scoring midfielder of all time.
Ryan Giggs is the only player to have scored in each of the first 21 Premier League seasons.
Didier Drogba is the only African player to score 100 Premier League goals.
Michael Owen still remains the only Premier League player to have scored more than 100 Premier League goals and also win the Ballon d'Or.
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Sergio Agüero is the highest scoring foreign player in the Premier League and also holds the record for most Premier League hat-tricks.
Key
- Bold shows players still playing in the Premier League.
- Italics show players still playing professional football in other leagues
- The list of teams for individual players include all teams that they have played for in the Premier League.
- As of 22 July 2020[5]
| Rank | Player | Goals | Apps | Ratio | Years | Premier League club(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
260 | 441 | 0.59 | 1992–2006 | Blackburn Rovers (112/138) Newcastle United (148/303) |
| 2 | |
208 | 491 | 0.42 | 2002–2018 | Everton (25/98) Manchester United (183/393) |
| 3 | |
187 | 414 | 0.45 | 1993–2008 | 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) |
| 4 |  |
180 | 263 | 0.68 | 2011– | Manchester City (180/263) |
| 5 | |
177 | 609 | 0.29 | 1996–2015 | West Ham United (24/148) Chelsea (147/429) Manchester City (6/32) |
| 6 |  |
175 | 258 | 0.68 | 1999–2007, 2012 |
Arsenal (175/258) |
| 7 | |
163 | 379 | 0.43 | 1993–2008 | Liverpool (128/266) Leeds United (14/30) Manchester City (21/80) Blackburn Rovers (0/3) |
| 8 | |
162 | 496 | 0.33 | 2001–2018 | West Ham United (18/74) Tottenham Hotspur (91/276) Portsmouth (15/31) Sunderland (34/87) Bournemouth (4/28) |
| 9 | |
150 | 326 | 0.46 | 1997–2013 | Liverpool (118/216) Newcastle United (26/71) Manchester United (5/31) Stoke City (1/8) |
| 10 | |
149 | 351 | 0.42 | 1992–2004 | 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) |
| 11 | |
146 | 418 | 0.35 | 1992–2006 | Nottingham Forest (1/3) Tottenham Hotspur (97/236) Manchester United (31/104) Portsmouth (9/32) West Ham United (8/43) |
| 12 |  |
144 | 280 | 0.51 | 2004–2015 | Arsenal (96/194) Manchester United (48/86) |
| 13 | |
143 | 210 | 0.68 | 2012– | Tottenham Hotspur (143/207) Norwich City (0/3) |
| 14 | |
127 | 288 | 0.44 | 1997–2007 | Leeds United (34/69) Chelsea (69/136) Middlesbrough (22/58) Charlton Athletic (2/25) |
| 15 |  |
126 | 349 | 0.36 | 1999–2012 | Coventry City (12/31) Leeds United (13/46) Tottenham Hotspur (91/238) Liverpool (5/19) West Ham United (2/9) Aston Villa (3/6) |
| 16 | |
125 | 364 | 0.34 | 1997–1999, 2001–2011, 2013–2014 |
Arsenal (23/65) Liverpool (4/20) Manchester City (37/89) Bolton Wanderers (21/53) Chelsea (38/125) West Bromwich Albion (2/12) |
| 17 |  |
123 | 375 | 0.33 | 1992–2005, 2007–2009 |
Aston Villa (60/179) Manchester United (48/96) Blackburn Rovers (12/60) Birmingham City (2/13) Sunderland (1/27) |
| 18 | |
120 | 504 | 0.24 | 1998–2015 | Liverpool (120/504) |
| 19 | |
113 | 213 | 0.53 | 1992–1999 | Arsenal (104/191) West Ham United (9/22) |
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113 | 252 | 0.45 | 2011–2019 | Chelsea (0/10) West Bromwich Albion (17/35) Everton (68/141) Manchester United (28/66) | |
| 21 | |
111 | 312 | 0.36 | 1992–2004 | Manchester United (2/12) Coventry City (61/145) Aston Villa (48/155) |
| 22 | |
110 | 516 | 0.21 | 1995–2012 | Leicester City (33/124) Liverpool (39/150) Birmingham City (14/68) Wigan Athletic (15/82) Aston Villa (9/92) |
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109 | 632 | 0.17 | 1992–2014 | Manchester United (109/632) |
| 24 | |
108 | 468 | 0.23 | 2002–2019 | Aston Villa (6/37) Southampton (12/27) Liverpool (22/85) Portsmouth (11/38) Tottenham Hotspur (12/73) Stoke City (45/202) Burnley (0/6) |
| 25 | |
107 | 499 | 0.21 | 1994–2013 | Manchester United (107/499) |
| 26 | |
106 | 276 | 0.38 | 2001–2002, 2005–2014 |
Ipswich Town (1/5) Charlton Athletic (31/68) Tottenham Hotspur (18/60) Sunderland (32/58) Aston Villa (21/61) Fulham (3/24) |
| 27 |  |
104 | 254 | 0.41 | 2004–2012, 2014–2015 |
Chelsea (104/254) |
| 28 | |
103 | 211 | 0.49 | 2014– | Leicester City (103/211) |
| 29 | |
100 | 270 | 0.37 | 1992–2002 | Southampton (100/270) |
See also
Notes
- Also scored goals in the top division of English football prior to the start of the Premier League era in 1992–93
References
- "Bent poised to join 100 club". PremierLeague.com. Premier League. 30 January 2012. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
- "Bent delighted to join 100 goals club". PremierLeague.com. Premier League. 2 February 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
- Dan Kilpatrick (4 February 2018). "Tottenham striker Harry Kane scores 100th Premier League goal". ESPN.
- "Lukaku joins 100 club at record age". PremierLeague.com. Premier League. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- "Premier League Player Stats: Goals". PremierLeague.com. Premier League. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
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