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Most Premier League hat-tricks: 12, Sergio Agüero [126] Most Premier League hat-tricks in a season: 5, Alan Shearer (Blackburn Rovers, 1995–96) [127] Youngest player to score a Premier League hat-trick: 18 years and 62 days, Michael Owen (Sheffield Wednesday 3–3 Liverpool, 14 February 1998) [128] [129]
The Premier League is an association football league that serves as the top tier of the English football league system. The league was founded in 1992 when the clubs of the First Division decided to break away from the Football League, [1] as a commercially independent entity that negotiated its own broadcast and sponsorship agreements. [2]
Gareth Barry has the most Premier League appearances. James Milner is the only active Premier League player with over 500 appearances. Since the Premier League's formation at the start of the 1992–93 season, 13 players have accrued 500 or more appearances in the Premier League.
This is a list of professional sports leagues by revenue.Individual sports are not included. The "Season" column refers to the sports league season for which financial data is available and referenced, which is usually not the most recently completed season of competition.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 26 February 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 fees paid by the Premier League's top clubs began to increase at a rapid rate, with Alan Shearer commanding the first £15,000,000 fee in 1996, and the new millennium heralding the first £30,000,000 transfer, although sources differ as to whether this barrier was broken by Rio Ferdinand's move to Manchester United in 2002 or Andriy ...
Bold denotes players still playing in the Premier League. Thierry Henry won a record four Premier League Golden Boot awards. The Premier League Golden Boot is awarded each season to the top scorer in the division. Former Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United striker Alan Shearer holds the record for most Premier League goals with 260. [258]
This includes the appearances and goals of current and former players in the Premier League and English Football League. Peter Shilton has made the most appearances, and is the only player to have played in over one thousand games. Chris O'Grady made appearances for 17 different clubs, while 49 players made their appearances for only one team ...