Alan shearer tops the goal charts with the most number of goals in pl history with 260 goals. You can adjust the period of time, the position, and whether you want to display all scorers or only those still remaining in the competition. The 25 greatest players in the history of the premier league. With sergio aguero netting a hattrick over the weekend, here are the top foreign players with the most goals scored in premier league history, including a twotime african footballer of the year. He scored 56 of his 67 penalties giving him a conversion rate of 83. Premier league 201617 top scorers football sports mole. Sergio aguero might not be a guaranteed starter at manchester city any more, but his goal against liverpool on saturday means he is guaranteed a place in the premier league history books. Nov 02, 2017 who are the premier league clubs alltime top goalscorers. The top tier of english football was renamed the premier league for the start of the 199293 season. Free to play fantasy football game, set up your fantasy football team at the official premier league site. Tottenham stars serge aurier and moussa sissoko were forced on to apologise on tuesday after flouting government guidelines on social distancing during the coronavirus. Premier league 201011 top scorers football sports mole. Perhaps the greatest of all to grace the league was former chelsea striker didier drogba who is the top scoring african in premier league history.
Aug 11, 2017 to commemorate 25 years of the premier league, jack pittbrooke has selected the greatest players ever to feature in the premier league. Every day, well send you an email to your inbox with scores, todays schedule, top performers, new debuts and interesting facts and tidbits. List of top scorers in premier league 2012 season and other football divisions from sports mole. Top 5 south american scorers in premier league history. Top scorer in the first premier league campaign, hed moved from nottingham forest to spurs in 1992 and adapted into a. List of footballers with 100 or more premier league goals. The topscoring premier league defenders and where they are. Romelu lukaku enters list of top 20 alltime premier. Jimmy mcgrory is the clubs record goalscorer, scoring 522 goals during his celtic career. The 76 best premier league books recommended by ned boulting and rulani. Uefa champions league alltime top goalscorers statista. The ivory coast striker just edged out yakuba 96 and adebayor 97 to take the crown. Having started his career at southampton, he went on to become one of the most prolific scorers of alltime with blackburn and his beloved newcastle. Sep 01, 2010 basketballs top 10 scorers top 10 sports stars wilner, barry on.
Premier league 2012 top scorers football sports mole. The top three scorers for this season came from nottingham forresttottenham hotspur, qpr, and wimbledon. West ham and crystal palace have announced they will not be travelling to australia after the preseason queensland champions cup in july was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. This statistic lists the best scorers of a competition over a certain period of time. Top 10 highestscoring noneuropeans in premier league history as sergio aguero sets new record. Each continents top premier league goalscorers premstats. Goal scoring statistics for the whole history of 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. Since the premier leagues formation, at the start of the 199293 season, 28 players. From thierry henry to andy cole, from wayne rooney to frank lampard, some of the deadliest goalscorers in history have graced the premier league. The blackburn and newcastle legend hit 260 goals in the premier league during his illustrious career and only wayne rooney 202 has also hit over 200. How the coronavirus is affecting the world of football messi is the greatest in footballing history after my dad kante to be included in swap deal with coutinho. The one and only alan shearer, who had hit the back of the net more times than any other premier league player ever, is of course europes top scorer. Which club signed newcastle striker mickey quinn in november, and he responded by scoring 17 premier league goals the first 10 in 6 games to. Fantasy premier league, official fantasy football game of the. The newest member of the list of the premier league top scorers of all time has scored at least 20 goals in four straight seasons, including 30 in 201718.
Sergio aguero passes thierry henry in premier league record book. Perhaps unsurprisingly, manchester united have the most. All time top scorers of 201516 prem teams quiz by benbrown. The 31yearold scored in englands top flight for the 200th time as his everton side secured. Unless otherwise stated, records are taken from the football league or premier league. View alltime premier league club and player statistics, including goals scored, assists and number of wins, on the official website of the premier league.
The 50 best players in the premier league this season. A list of 26 new premier league books you should read in 2020, such as a. Scottish top scorers per season prem and championship quiz. Kelechi iheanacho tops the list of the premier leagues most prolific scorers ever by goals per minutes played.
Rate 5 stars rate 4 stars rate 3 stars rate 2 stars rate 1 star. Hes also the second premier league player to score 200 or more premier league goals. Henry as the top foreign goal scorer in premier league history. Since the premier leagues formation, at the start of the 199293 season, 28 players have scored 100 or more goals in the competition during the 199596 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. Kane is already the fifteenth highest scorer in the history of the premier league, level with nicolas anelka and only one behind fellow tottenham favourite robbie keane. Ranking the top 20 volleys in premier league history.
The top 10 calendar year goalscorers in premier league. Some are still terrorising premier league defences, some still give them nightmares. Shearer isnt just the alltime top scorer in the prem but he has also netted the most pens. Has an argument to be the best rightback in the leagues. Click through the gallery above to see the top 10 african goalscorers in premier league history. Can you name the all time top scorers of 201516 prem teams.
Extra impressive is henry with most goals per match. We have got all the match results from 1892 to today along with great player profiles premier league. Top premier league scorers by nationality quiz by teamfa. Dec 20, 2019 top 5 south american scorers in premier league history. He was once a sure thing to become englands top scorer of all time 40 goals in 89 caps, but injuries have derailed him from the glory. Name the top 15 noneuropean goalscorers in premier. Last seasons golden boot award was split three ways by. As of june 2019, cristiano ronaldo leads the uefa champions league in alltime goals scored. Since the premier leagues formation, at the start of the 199293 season, 28 players have.
List of english football first tier top scorers list of top premier league goal scorers by season list of premier league players with 500 or more. He is still only 28 so can still move higher up the list. Leicester threatened to stop arsenal entering the history books when paul dickov headed home after 25 minutes. Premier league top scorers are jostling for position in the second half of the season. Join a live hosted trivia game for your favorite pub trivia experience done virtually. Play sporcle s virtual live trivia to have fun, connect with people, and get your trivia on. Scottish premiership this statistic lists the best scorers of a competition over a certain period of time. All time premier league top scorers most premier league.
Manchester united football club is an english professional football club based in old trafford, greater manchester. Chelsea have enjoyed several big hitters from the back. For the all time english league statistics, see football records and statistics in england. Find out the ranking of your favorite topscorer in the worlds top 500 of this week. The top goalscorer in the premier leagues inaugural season was teddy. Its also available for football, hockey and baseball. Top scoring premier league defenders of alltime revealed. List of english football first tier top scorers wikipedia. The premier league, which began in its current guise in 1992, has been represented by 111 foreign fifa affiliated nations in total. The club was formed in newton heath in 1878 as newton heath lyr f. That is where he scored the majority of his goals in the english top flight, with a return of 59 over games, finishing as the clubs top scorer. Test your knowledge on this sports quiz to see how you do and compare your score to others.
The top 10 african goalscorers in premier league history. The nigerian netted in manchester citys 30 win over hull on boxing day, which. Other notable top scorers are andy cole 187 goals, wayne rooney 187 goals, frank lampard 177 goals, thierry henry 175 goals, robbie fowler 163 goals and michael owen 150 goals. Premier league all time top goal scorers sporty ghost. Aguero now has 177 goals in the league, more than any nonenglish player. Jamie vardy, tammy abraham, pierreemerick aubameyang and sadio mane. Sports quiz premiership goal scorers a z random sports or letter quiz. Alan shearer holds the record in the premier league with 440 goals from the years in newcastle. Frank lampard is the premier leagues highest scoring midfielder of all time. Which players hold that record at the other 19 clubs. In first place is former ivory coast captain didier drogba, who played for. Sergio aguero is now the most prolific goalscorer in manchester citys history. The 10 players who have scored the most penalties in. Can you name the top 5 scorers in the premiership and championship since 200304.
List of top scorers in premier league 201011 season and other football divisions from sports mole. All time top goalscorers lfchistory stats galore for. Premier league alltime top goalscorers transfermarkt. Goalscorers lfchistory stats galore for liverpool fc.
May 01, 2017 gary cahill is climbing the list of alltime top scoring premier league defenders, but which past and present stars are top of the pack. The following page details the football records and statistics of the premier league. The top goalscorer in the premier leagues inaugural season was teddy sheringham, who scored one goal for nottingham forest before his earlyseason transfer followed by 21 for tottenham hotspur for a total of 22. Belgian striker romelu lukaku joins the premier league top 20 scorers after his brace against palace alan shearer still tops the list. A list of english football first tier top scorers from 1888 as the football league first division to the present as the premier league. Ryan giggs is the only player to have scored in each of the first 21 premier league seasons. Sheffield steelers complete record of all games played from 1991. Ole gunnar solskjaer is probably the most famous supersub in premier league history, but he boasts neither the most goals off the bench nor the best goalsperminutes ratio as a substitute. The top 10 foreign goalscorers in premier league history. The strikers with the best goals per game ratio in history revealed. Bbc sport football premiership arsenal make history. The clubs record appearance maker is billy mcneill, who made 822 appearances between 1957 and 1975. List of top scorers in premier league 201617 season and other football divisions from sports mole. Who are the premier league clubs alltime top goalscorers.
Mar 17, 2019 over the last 15 years or so the premier league has seen more african players plying their trade in england. Here is a compilation of some of the best goals scored across the history of the english premier league. Mahrez has been incredible ever since he arrived in the prem. May 12, 2015 after john terry moved clear at the head of the list with his header against liverpool, we run the rule over the top 10 and discover that a powerful left foot can help defenders in the hunt for goals. If a virtual private party is more your thing, go here for details. This is a list of foreign premier league goalscorers. List of footballers with 100 or more premier league goals wikipedia. List of top premier league goal scorers by season wikipedia. Showing assists, time on pitch and the shots on and off target. Crystal palace have made an audacious claim to be considered the oldest league club in existence still playing professional football after new research appeared to show they were founded in 1861.
Football records and statistics in england wikipedia. This is a list of footballers who have scored the most goals in each season in the premier league since its inception in 1992. Celtic have won 50 top flight titles, 4 behind rangers, and hold the record for most scottish cup wins with 39. List of foreign premier league goalscorers wikipedia. Only three premier league players in top 20 davies th epl season so far in numbers liverpool won 27 of 29 games chelseas first 11 goals scored by english u21 players. Apr 17, 2019 the 21yearold was only given sporadic opportunities up top under jose mourinho, but netted in six of ole gunnar solskjaers first eight premier league matches after being given a proper run. Blackburn rovers 19921996, newcastle united 19962006 alan shearer was born on august, 1970. Arsenal rounded off their campaign in style to become the first side to go through a league season unbeaten since preston achieved the feat in 188889. View goals played by premier league players for 201819 and previous seasons, on the official website of the premier league. Adebayors hunger for actual football had diminished towards the end of his topflight career hence the midgame food enquiry, as told by. At 24 years old as of publication, harry kane is the youngest member on this list. Who was the only manager to be dismissed from his job during the season.