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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.
Goals scored: 1,246 (3.28 per match) Top goalscorer: Erling Haaland (27 goals) Best goalkeeper: David Raya (16 clean sheets) Biggest home win: Chelsea 6–0 Everton (15 April 2024) Biggest away win: Sheffield United 0–8 Newcastle United (24 September 2023) Highest scoring: Sheffield United 0–8 Newcastle United (24 September 2023) Chelsea 4 ...
Players who came up just short of the 200 mark include Chris Chilton, Peter Doherty, Gary Lineker, Jack Smith, Freddie Steele and Andrew Wilson. Horace Barnes , Tony Brown and Bobby Charlton are the only midfielders to have scored over 200 goals in English football.
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. Thirteen nations (Azerbaijan, Bermuda, Brunei, Bulgaria, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Faroe Islands, Puerto Rico, Romania, Scotland, South Sudan, United States and U.S. Virgin Islands) have a pair of players tied for national l
Fastest player to 100 English top flight goals Dave Halliday – 101 games [56] Players to score over 30 league goals in four consecutive seasons Dave Halliday – 1925–29. [56] Halliday in fact scored at least 35 goals in each of those four seasons. [56] Most own goals in one season: 5, Bobby Stuart (Middlesbrough, 1934–35)
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 9 December 2024.
The 2024–25 Premier League is the 33rd season of the Premier League and the 126th season of top-flight English football overall.. The fixtures were released on 18 June 2024, consisting of 33 weekend rounds, four midweek rounds, and one Bank Holiday matchweek.
Player Club Goals [3] 1 Teddy Sheringham: Nottingham Forest / Tottenham Hotspur: 22 2 Les Ferdinand: Queens Park Rangers: 20 3 Dean Holdsworth: Wimbledon F.C. 19 4 Micky Quinn: Coventry City: 17 5 Alan Shearer: Blackburn Rovers: 16 David White: Manchester City: 7 Chris Armstrong: Crystal Palace: 15 Eric Cantona: Leeds United / Manchester United ...