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List of footballers with 100 or more Premier League goals

List of footballers with 100 or more Premier League goals

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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]

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

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] Six of the 34 players accomplished the feat without scoring a penalty – Sadio Mané, Peter Crouch, Emile Heskey, Les Ferdinand, Andy Cole,[8] and Ryan Giggs.[9][10][lower-alpha 1]

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.[11]

Notable players to fall short of the 100 mark include Emmanuel Adebayor, Yakubu Ayegbeni, and Ruud van Nistelrooy, who departed the Premier League having scored 97, 95, and 94 goals respectively.[12] Of active players, Callum Wilson is currently closest to joining the 100 Club.[13]

Players

Key

  • Bold shows players playing in the Premier League.
  • Italics show players playing professional football in other leagues.
As of 7 April 2024[14]
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See also

Notes

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

References

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    "Callum Wilson Newcastle United Forward, Profile & Stats". Premier League. Archived from the original on 10 July 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
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