The Premier League has been dwelling to a number of the most prolific forwards of all time, however who’s statistically essentially the most prolific participant to have ever performed within the league?
We’ve put that query to the take a look at on this article and have ranked the ten gamers with the very best goal-to-game ratio within the league’s historical past.
As a way to qualify for this listing, a participant has to have scored a minimum of 100 targets to provide a sufficiently big pattern dimension.
10. Andy Cole – 0.45 targets per sport
Boasting a barely superior report to the likes of Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Romelu Lukaku, Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney, Cole earns the tenth spot on this listing.
His report of 187 targets in 414 matches is much more spectacular when you think about that solely one among them got here from the penalty spot.
9. Michael Owen – 0.46 targets per sport
Those that solely bear in mind the backend of Owen’s profession don’t admire simply how good he was throughout his pomp.
Throughout his early years at Liverpool, Owen was one of the crucial prolific gamers on planet earth and he deservedly gained the Ballon d’Or in 2001 for his heroics that yr.
A two-time Premier League Golden Boot winner, he’s arguably the very best teenager that the league has ever seen.
8. Robin van Persie – 0.51 targets per sport
The Dutch ahead spent 11 seasons within the Premier League and scored 10 or extra targets in seven of these campaigns.
He’s one among solely 10 gamers to have scored 30 targets in a Premier League marketing campaign, hitting that determine throughout his ultimate season with Arsenal in 2011-12.
7. Ian Wright – 0.53 targets per sport
Wright loved his peak years within the early 90s and averaged a formidable 0.53 targets per sport throughout his Premier League profession.
He as soon as held the report as Arsenal’s all-time high scorer, till a sure Frenchman broke his report in 2005, however extra on him later.
6. Alan Shearer – 0.59 targets per sport
Shearer holds the report as the highest scorer in Premier League historical past with 260 targets, however when it comes to his goal-to-game ratio, there are 5 gamers forward of him.
When you think about that Shearer by no means performed for one of many conventional ‘large six’, his report of 260 targets in 441 video games turns into much more spectacular.
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5. Mohamed Salah – 0.6 targets per sport
Salah is the one participant on this listing who isn’t a standard striker, which is a testomony to his goalscoring brilliance.
It stays to be seen whether or not or not he’ll keep at Liverpool past the January switch window, however even when he does depart quickly, his legacy in England is written in stone.
With 190 targets in 315 appearances from the wing, his report of 0.6 targets per sport has solely been bettered by 4 gamers.
=3. Sergio Aguero – 0.67 targets per sport
The Argentine ahead usually struggled with accidents, however when match, few might match his goalscoring output.
Throughout his 10 seasons in England, he scored 20+ targets in six of them and gained one Golden Boot.
He’s additionally Manchester Metropolis’s all-time high scorer, though he’s being quickly closed down by a sure Norwegian.
=3. Harry Kane – 0.67 targets per sport
Amazingly, Kane boasts the very same targets per sport ratio as Aguero did.
That’s much more spectacular when you think about that Kane began his profession in England and by no means performed for the very best crew within the nation, like Aguero did.
Kane at the moment ranks second on the all-time scorers chart with 213 targets and will feasibly break Shearer’s report if he returns to England within the subsequent yr or two.
2. Thierry Henry – 0.68 targets per sport
For a lot of, Henry is the best participant to have ever graced the Premier League.
The stats are backed up by the attention take a look at, with many from Henry’s period citing him because the GOAT of Premier League soccer.
For over 15 years, he’s held the report as essentially the most prolific participant within the league’s historical past, however has not too long ago been surpassed.
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1. Erling Haaland – 0.9 targets per sport
Who else?
Not solely is Haaland high of this listing, however he’s in first place by an absolute nation mile. Having scored 102 targets in 113 matches, he’s at the moment projected to interrupt nearly each scoring report within the league’s historical past.
Contemplating he’s beneath contract till 2034, we are able to’t see him leaving Metropolis anytime quickly both.
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