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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 January 2025. Alan Shearer was the first player to score 200 Premier League goals, and is the only player to score 100 goals for two clubs. 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; these ...
The top goalscorer in the Premier League's inaugural season was Teddy Sheringham, who scored one goal for Nottingham Forest before his early-season transfer followed by 21 for Tottenham Hotspur for a total of 22. [2]
At the top of the English football league system, it is the country's primary football competition and is contested by 20 clubs. The competition was formed in February 1992 following the decision of clubs in the Football League First Division to break away from The Football League , in order to take advantage of a lucrative television rights deal.
The top tier in English football today is the Premier League, replacing the Football League First Division for the 1992–93 inaugural season. Since the 1888–89 season, the first year of top flight football, three players have scored over 300 goals with a further 25 players scoring over 200 goals.
The Premier League Golden Boot is an annual association football award presented to the leading goalscorer in the Premier League.For sponsorship purposes, it was called the Carling Golden Boot from 1994 to 2001, the Barclaycard Golden Boot from 2002 to 2004, the Barclays Golden Boot from 2005 to 2016, the Cadbury Golden Boot from 2017 to 2020, [1] [2] and the Coca-Cola Zero Sugar Golden Boot ...
The Premier League is an association football competition which forms the top level of the English football league system. It was founded in 1992, [ 1 ] and in that time, only six goalkeepers have scored a goal in the competition.
With 126 goals, Robbie Keane is the highest Premier League scorer from the Republic of Ireland. Keith Andrews – Blackburn Rovers, West Bromwich Albion; Harry Arter – Bournemouth; Phil Babb – Liverpool; Leon Best – Newcastle United; Robbie Brady – Hull City, Norwich City, Burnley; Gary Breen – Coventry City, Sunderland
The 2014–15 Premier League (known as the Barclays Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 23rd season of the Premier League, the top English professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992, and the 116th season of top-flight English football overall.