List of Premier League players with 100 or more goals

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Shearer
Alan Shearer was the first player to score 100 Premier League goals, and only player to score 100 goals for two clubs.
Henry
Thierry Henry scored 175 Premier League goals, the most by a foreign player.
Lampard
Frank Lampard is the Premier League's highest scoring midfielder of all time.
Giggs
Ryan Giggs is the only player to have scored in each of the first 21 Premier League seasons.
Drogba
Didier Drogba is the only African player to score 100 Premier League goals.

Since the Premier League's formation at the start of the 1992–93 season, 25 players have managed to accrue 100 or more goals in the competition.

During the 1995–96 season, Alan Shearer became the first player to score 100 Premier League goals, and holds the record for the fewest games taken to reach 100, doing so in 124 appearances. He also holds the record for most goals scored in the Premier League.[1][2] After Shearer, Sergio Agüero is the second-fastest to 100 goals, doing so in 147 games.[3]

Players

As of 18 May 2016
List of Premier League players with 100 or more goals
Rank Player Premier League Club(s) Goals
1 England Alan Shearer Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United 260
2 England Wayne Rooney Everton, Manchester United 193
3 England Andy Cole Newcastle United, Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers, Fulham, Manchester City, Portsmouth 187
4 England Frank Lampard West Ham United, Chelsea, Manchester City 177
5 France Thierry Henry Arsenal 175
6 England Robbie Fowler Liverpool, Leeds United, Manchester City 163
7 England Michael Owen Liverpool, Newcastle United, Manchester United, Stoke City 150
8 England Les Ferdinand Queens Park Rangers, Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United, Leicester City, Bolton Wanderers 149
9 England Teddy Sheringham Nottingham Forest, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United, Portsmouth, West Ham United 146
10 Netherlands Robin van Persie Arsenal, Manchester United 144
11 England Jermain Defoe West Ham United, Portsmouth, Tottenham Hotspur, Sunderland 143
12 Netherlands Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Leeds United, Chelsea, Middlesbrough, Charlton Athletic 127
13 Republic of Ireland Robbie Keane Coventry City, Leeds United, Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool, West Ham United, Aston Villa 126
14 France Nicolas Anelka Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea, West Bromwich Albion 125
15 Trinidad and Tobago Dwight Yorke Aston Villa, Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers, Birmingham City, Sunderland 123
16 England Steven Gerrard Liverpool 120
17 England Ian Wright Arsenal, West Ham United 113
18 England Dion Dublin Manchester United, Coventry City, Aston Villa 111
19 England Emile Heskey Leicester City, Liverpool, Birmingham City, Wigan Athletic, Aston Villa 110
20 Wales Ryan Giggs Manchester United 109
21 England Paul Scholes Manchester United 107
22 England Darren Bent Ipswich Town, Charlton Athletic, Tottenham Hotspur, Sunderland, Aston Villa, Fulham 106
23 Ivory Coast Didier Drogba Chelsea 104
24 Argentina Sergio Agüero Manchester City 102
25 England Matt Le Tissier Southampton 100
(Italics denotes players still playing professional football; Bold denotes players still playing in the Premier League)[4]

See also

References

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