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This does not include current players of a Premier League club who have not scored a goal in the Premier League in the current season. For each country, the leading scorer is indicated by the number of goals that he scored in the Premier League. [1] Details correct as of 26 December 2024.
Players in bold are still active at international level. Players in italics also hold the record for most caps for their nation. Rank is a count of the 211 FIFA nations. Fourteen nations (Azerbaijan, Bermuda, Brunei, Bulgaria, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Faroe Islands, Puerto Rico, Romania, Scotland, South Sudan, United States and U.S. Virgin Islands) have a pair of players tied ...
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.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 29 December 2024. See also: List of foreign Premier League goalscorers This is a list of foreign players in the Premier League, which commenced play in 1992. The following players must meet both of the following two criteria: Have played at least one Premier League game. Players who were signed by ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 29 December 2024. 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 ...
First Premier League goal: Brian Deane (for Sheffield United v. Manchester United, 15 August 1992) [92] Most Premier League goals: 260, Alan Shearer [93] Most Premier League goals at one club: 213, Harry Kane (for Tottenham Hotspur) Oldest goalscorer: 40 years and 268 days, Teddy Sheringham (for West Ham United v. Portsmouth, 26 December 2006) [94]
Cristiano Ronaldo the all-time top scorer in official football history, with over 900 goals. Most official goals: 916 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2002– [note 1] Most overall goals: 1917 – Lajos Tichy, 1953–1971 [note 2] Most clubs goals: 781 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2002– [note 3] Most international goals: 135 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2004– [1]
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]