Which players make up the historical top 50 Premier League hotshots list?
The Daily Express with the October international window in full flow a few days back, have done the legwork on putting together the top 50 goalscorers in the top flight since it rebranded in 1992-93.
As you’d expect the vast majority of players listed have reached their tally at a number of different clubs across their careers, and whilst some names have the opportunity of building on their current totals, plenty are old faces who have long since hung up their boots.
In the more modern game, the surprise probably comes from the number of sole club represented players in the list as they certainly are a dying breed thesedays.
Scan down for the full list of 50 and to find out who were the most prolific and successful in the final third, and whilst some names will be no surprise to anybody – there’s a couple some might not have expected.
Pos
|
Player
|
Applicable Clubs
|
Goals
|
1
|
Alan Shearer
|
Blackburn, Newcastle
|
260
|
2
|
Wayne Rooney
|
Everton, Man Utd
|
194
|
3
|
Andy Cole
|
Newcastle, Man Utd, Blackburn, Fulham, Man City, Portsmouth
|
187
|
4
|
Frank Lampard
|
West Ham, Chelsea, Man City
|
177
|
5
|
Thierry Henry
|
Arsenal
|
175
|
6
|
Robbie Fowler
|
Liverpool, Leeds, Man City
|
162
|
7
|
Michael Owen
|
Liverpool, Newcastle, Man Utd, Stoke
|
150
|
8
|
Les Ferdinand
|
QPR, Newcastle, Tottenham, West Ham, Leicester, Bolton
|
149
|
9
|
Jermain Defoe
|
West Ham, Portsmouth, Tottenham, Sunderland
|
147
|
10
|
Teddy Sheringham
|
Nott’m Forest, Tottenham, Man Utd, Portsmouth, West Ham
|
146
|
11
|
Robin van Persie
|
Arsenal, Man Utd
|
144
|
12
|
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
|
Leeds, Chelsea, Middlesbrough, Charlton
|
128
|
13
|
Robbie Keane
|
Coventry, Leeds, Tottenham, Liverpool, West Ham, Aston Villa
|
126
|
14
|
Nicolas Anelka
|
Arsenal, Liverpool, Man City, Bolton, Chelsea, WBA
|
125
|
15
|
Dwight Yorke
|
Aston Villa, Man Utd, Blackburn, Birmingham, Sunderland
|
123
|
16
|
Steven Gerrard
|
Liverpool
|
120
|
17
|
Ian Wright
|
West Ham, Arsenal
|
113
|
18
|
Dion Dublin
|
Coventry, Man Utd, Aston Villa
|
111
|
–
|
Emile Heskey
|
Leicester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Aston Villa, Wigan
|
111
|
20
|
Ryan Giggs
|
Man Utd
|
109
|
21
|
Paul Scholes
|
Man Utd
|
107
|
–
|
Sergio Aguero
|
Man City
|
107
|
23
|
Darren Bent
|
Ipswich, Charlton, Tottenham, Sunderland, Aston Villa, Fulham
|
106
|
24
|
Didier Drogba
|
Chelsea
|
104
|
25
|
Matt Le Tissier
|
Southampton
|
100
|
26
|
Emmanuel Adebayor
|
Arsenal, Man City, Tottenham, Crystal Palace
|
97
|
27
|
Peter Crouch
|
Aston Villa, Southampton, Liverpool, Portsmouth, Tottenham, Stoke
|
96
|
28
|
Ruud van Nistelrooy
|
Man Utd
|
95
|
–
|
Yakubu
|
Portsmouth, Middlesbrough, Everton, Blackburn
|
95
|
30
|
Dimitar Berbatov
|
Fulham, Tottenham, Man Utd
|
94
|
31
|
Kevin Phillips
|
Sunderland, Southampton, Aston Villa, Birmingham
|
92
|
–
|
Mark Viduka
|
Leeds, Middlesbrough, Newcastle
|
92
|
33
|
James Beattie
|
Southampton, Everton, Stoke
|
91
|
–
|
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
|
Man Utd
|
91
|
35
|
Kevin Davies
|
Bolton, Southampton, Blackburn
|
88
|
36
|
Dennis Bergkamp
|
Arsenal
|
87
|
37
|
Louis Saha
|
Fulham, Man Utd, Everton, Tottenham
|
85
|
–
|
Fernando Torres
|
Liverpool, Chelsea
|
85
|
39
|
Cristiano Ronaldo
|
Man Utd
|
84
|
–
|
Carlos Tevez
|
West Ham, Man Utd, Man City
|
84
|
41
|
Chris Sutton
|
Blackburn, Norwich, Birmingham, Aston Villa
|
83
|
42
|
Kevin Campbell
|
Arsenal, Everton, Nott’m Forest, WBA
|
82
|
43
|
Craig Bellamy
|
Coventry, Newcastle, Blackburn, Liverpool, West Ham, Man City, Cardiff
|
81
|
44
|
Gary Speed
|
Leeds, Everton, Newcastle, Bolton
|
80
|
45
|
Tony Cottee
|
Leicester, West Ham, Everton
|
78
|
46
|
Gabby Agbonlahor
|
Aston Villa
|
74
|
47
|
Chris Armstrong
|
Crystal Palace, Tottenham
|
71
|
–
|
Brian Deane
|
Sheffield United, Leeds, Middlesbrough, Leicester
|
71
|
49
|
Eric Cantona
|
Leeds, Man Utd
|
70
|
50
|
Daniel Sturridge
|
Man City, Chelsea, Bolton, Liverpool
|
69
|