Statistical Analysis of the Premier League's Top 100 Goalscorers 1992-93 to 2011-12 | |||||||||||||||||||
Rank | Player | Goals | Right | Left | Header | 6 yd | Pen | Long | Open | Dead | Pens | Home | Away | 1st | 2nd | Match | Goals | ||
Foot | Foot | Box | Area | Range | Play | Ball | Half | Half | Winners | as Sub | |||||||||
1 | Alan Shearer | 260 | 195 | 19 | 46 | 55 | 170 | 35 | 147 | 55 | 58 | 173 | 87 | 117 | 143 | 68 | 2 | ||
2 | Andy Cole | 189 | 130 | 30 | 29 | 44 | 130 | 15 | 164 | 24 | 1 | 106 | 83 | 72 | 117 | 48 | 13 | ||
3 | Thierry Henry | 176 | 137 | 33 | 6 | 14 | 136 | 26 | 135 | 18 | 23 | 121 | 55 | 81 | 95 | 58 | 8 | ||
4 | Robbie Fowler | 163 | 31 | 104 | 28 | 32 | 110 | 21 | 125 | 21 | 17 | 103 | 60 | 86 | 77 | 39 | 6 | ||
5 | Michael Owen | 149 | 111 | 21 | 17 | 32 | 108 | 9 | 116 | 19 | 14 | 80 | 69 | 70 | 79 | 36 | 12 | ||
6 | Les Ferdinand | 149 | 96 | 10 | 43 | 45 | 87 | 17 | 116 | 33 | 0 | 94 | 55 | 73 | 76 | 40 | 7 | ||
7 | Frank Lampard | 148 | 118 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 99 | 33 | 96 | 16 | 36 | 79 | 69 | 62 | 86 | 35 | 2 | ||
8 | Teddy Sheringham | 147 | 94 | 18 | 35 | 39 | 99 | 9 | 93 | 33 | 21 | 83 | 64 | 65 | 82 | 30 | 10 | ||
9 | Wayne Rooney | 137 | 108 | 17 | 12 | 22 | 100 | 15 | 109 | 16 | 12 | 72 | 65 | 55 | 82 | 24 | 7 | ||
10 | Jimmy Hasselbaink | 127 | 89 | 22 | 16 | 21 | 76 | 30 | 92 | 21 | 14 | 77 | 50 | 69 | 58 | 39 | 10 | ||
11 | Robbie Keane | 126 | 91 | 30 | 5 | 32 | 85 | 9 | 93 | 16 | 17 | 77 | 49 | 52 | 74 | 31 | 13 | ||
12 | Nicholas Anelka | 123 | 86 | 29 | 8 | 26 | 84 | 13 | 101 | 15 | 7 | 69 | 54 | 61 | 62 | 24 | 2 | ||
13 | Dwight Yorke | 123 | 72 | 13 | 38 | 42 | 79 | 2 | 101 | 16 | 6 | 72 | 51 | 56 | 67 | 45 | 10 | ||
14 | Ian Wright | 113 | 72 | 26 | 15 | 22 | 84 | 7 | 87 | 10 | 16 | 62 | 51 | 53 | 60 | 33 | 3 | ||
15 | Dion Dublin | 111 | 57 | 9 | 45 | 41 | 65 | 5 | 64 | 37 | 10 | 59 | 52 | 47 | 64 | 26 | 6 | ||
16 | Jermain Defoe | 111 | 90 | 16 | 5 | 17 | 78 | 16 | 95 | 7 | 9 | 73 | 38 | 39 | 72 | 23 | 19 | ||
17 | Emile Heskey | 111 | 65 | 18 | 28 | 31 | 69 | 11 | 85 | 26 | 0 | 57 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 34 | 3 | ||
18 | Ryan Giggs | 107 | 13 | 81 | 13 | 17 | 69 | 21 | 88 | 17 | 2 | 49 | 58 | 49 | 58 | 38 | 3 | ||
19 | Paul Scholes | 104 | 68 | 17 | 19 | 28 | 54 | 22 | 87 | 16 | 1 | 56 | 48 | 47 | 57 | 30 | 6 | ||
20 | Didier Drogba | 101 | 57 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 65 | 13 | 69 | 28 | 4 | 69 | 32 | 45 | 56 | 18 | 10 | ||
21 | Matthew Le Tissier | 101 | 80 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 65 | 29 | 55 | 22 | 24 | 56 | 45 | 37 | 64 | 19 | 8 | ||
22 | Darren Bent | 100 | 68 | 15 | 17 | 26 | 70 | 4 | 74 | 9 | 17 | 58 | 42 | 48 | 52 | 12 | 9 | ||
23 | Ruud van Nistelrooy | 95 | 70 | 11 | 14 | 32 | 61 | 2 | 66 | 10 | 19 | 48 | 47 | 48 | 47 | 36 | 4 | ||
24 | Robin van Persie | 92 | 30 | 57 | 5 | 22 | 59 | 11 | 74 | 11 | 7 | 49 | 43 | 41 | 51 | 11 | 7 | ||
25 | Mark Viduka | 92 | 58 | 17 | 17 | 25 | 61 | 6 | 73 | 14 | 5 | 58 | 34 | 44 | 48 | 22 | 1 | ||
26 | Kevin Phillips | 92 | 65 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 58 | 15 | 66 | 15 | 11 | 47 | 45 | 31 | 61 | 22 | 7 | ||
27 | Ole Solskjaer | 91 | 51 | 26 | 14 | 20 | 68 | 3 | 84 | 7 | 0 | 53 | 38 | 42 | 49 | 21 | 17 | ||
28 | Yakubu Aiyegbeni | 91 | 50 | 22 | 19 | 26 | 63 | 2 | 55 | 19 | 17 | 61 | 30 | 39 | 52 | 14 | 3 | ||
29 | James Beattie | 90 | 59 | 9 | 22 | 21 | 56 | 13 | 56 | 17 | 17 | 59 | 31 | 46 | 44 | 27 | 3 | ||
30 | Steven Gerrard | 89 | 77 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 56 | 26 | 55 | 18 | 16 | 54 | 35 | 28 | 61 | 21 | 3 | ||
31 | Dennis Bergkamp | 87 | 72 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 65 | 15 | 76 | 6 | 5 | 46 | 41 | 42 | 45 | 30 | 6 | ||
32 | Louis Saha | 85 | 21 | 47 | 17 | 18 | 50 | 17 | 58 | 15 | 12 | 49 | 36 | 44 | 41 | 20 | 10 | ||
33 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 84 | 59 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 52 | 20 | 50 | 22 | 12 | 57 | 27 | 39 | 45 | 27 | 6 | ||
34 | Chris Sutton | 83 | 46 | 21 | 16 | 20 | 54 | 9 | 61 | 16 | 6 | 45 | 38 | 46 | 37 | 21 | 1 | ||
35 | Kevin Davies | 83 | 47 | 12 | 24 | 27 | 49 | 7 | 42 | 36 | 5 | 57 | 26 | 38 | 45 | 24 | 3 | ||
36 | Kevin Campbell | 82 | 48 | 12 | 22 | 31 | 49 | 2 | 65 | 17 | 0 | 42 | 40 | 45 | 37 | 26 | 2 | ||
37 | Gary Speed | 81 | 19 | 37 | 25 | 17 | 51 | 13 | 42 | 29 | 10 | 47 | 34 | 42 | 39 | 22 | 1 | ||
38 | Craig Bellamy | 79 | 53 | 18 | 8 | 14 | 60 | 5 | 67 | 9 | 3 | 38 | 41 | 35 | 44 | 13 | 3 | ||
39 | Tony Cottee | 78 | 49 | 14 | 15 | 26 | 50 | 2 | 66 | 10 | 2 | 45 | 33 | 33 | 45 | 23 | 4 | ||
40 | Dimitar Berbatov | 76 | 58 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 52 | 4 | 62 | 11 | 3 | 51 | 25 | 27 | 49 | 7 | 3 | ||
41 | Emmanuel Adebayor | 72 | 49 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 55 | 2 | 52 | 11 | 9 | 35 | 37 | 37 | 35 | 14 | 6 | ||
42 | Chris Armstrong | 71 | 46 | 2 | 23 | 23 | 42 | 6 | 58 | 12 | 1 | 41 | 30 | 27 | 44 | 23 | 3 | ||
43 | Eric Cantona | 70 | 48 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 49 | 5 | 51 | 5 | 14 | 40 | 30 | 27 | 43 | 21 | 0 | ||
44 | Carlos Tevez | 70 | 56 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 41 | 13 | 43 | 16 | 11 | 45 | 25 | 39 | 31 | 8 | 1 | ||
45 | Brian Deane | 70 | 34 | 12 | 24 | 24 | 41 | 5 | 49 | 19 | 2 | 35 | 35 | 26 | 44 | 24 | 3 | ||
46 | Fernando Torres | 68 | 48 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 52 | 7 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 47 | 21 | 27 | 41 | 9 | 4 | ||
47 | Paolo Di Canio | 68 | 50 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 49 | 6 | 50 | 3 | 15 | 44 | 24 | 24 | 44 | 18 | 3 | ||
48 | Duncan Ferguson | 68 | 13 | 20 | 35 | 20 | 43 | 5 | 40 | 24 | 4 | 44 | 24 | 29 | 39 | 18 | 9 | ||
49 | Peter Crouch | 67 | 28 | 6 | 33 | 27 | 37 | 3 | 48 | 18 | 1 | 36 | 31 | 34 | 33 | 10 | 7 | ||
50 | Dean Holdsworth | 63 | 34 | 12 | 17 | 21 | 39 | 3 | 43 | 16 | 4 | 43 | 20 | 22 | 41 | 16 | 6 | ||
51 | Mark Hughes | 63 | 41 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 42 | 9 | 56 | 6 | 1 | 43 | 20 | 25 | 38 | 21 | 1 | ||
52 | Stan Collymore | 62 | 37 | 20 | 5 | 16 | 31 | 15 | 55 | 6 | 1 | 44 | 18 | 28 | 34 | 18 | 1 | ||
53 | Robert Pires | 62 | 45 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 42 | 9 | 54 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 25 | 28 | 34 | 19 | 7 | ||
54 | David Beckham | 62 | 52 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 33 | 39 | 21 | 2 | 26 | 36 | 28 | 34 | 20 | 6 | ||
55 | Gianfranco Zola | 59 | 39 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 20 | 42 | 16 | 1 | 41 | 18 | 31 | 28 | 12 | 3 | ||
56 | Peter Beardsley | 58 | 44 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 44 | 8 | 34 | 6 | 18 | 34 | 24 | 22 | 36 | 18 | 0 | ||
57 | Niall Quinn | 58 | 22 | 10 | 26 | 18 | 37 | 3 | 44 | 14 | 0 | 33 | 25 | 29 | 29 | 15 | 4 | ||
58 | Harry Kewell | 57 | 5 | 43 | 9 | 8 | 36 | 13 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 31 | 26 | 26 | 31 | 13 | 1 | ||
59 | Lee Bowyer | 57 | 35 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 38 | 9 | 52 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 17 | 3 | ||
60 | Kevin Gallacher | 56 | 38 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 31 | 8 | 46 | 10 | 0 | 38 | 18 | 33 | 23 | 16 | 2 | ||
61 | Jason Euell | 56 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 18 | 34 | 4 | 42 | 8 | 6 | 37 | 19 | 26 | 30 | 11 | 3 | ||
62 | John Hartson | 55 | 36 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 35 | 6 | 44 | 10 | 1 | 38 | 17 | 31 | 24 | 12 | 1 | ||
63 | Eidur Gudjohnsen | 55 | 41 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 42 | 3 | 50 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 21 | 28 | 27 | 17 | 8 | ||
64 | Tim Cahill | 55 | 19 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 30 | 1 | 29 | 26 | 0 | 24 | 31 | 24 | 31 | 12 | 1 | ||
65 | Gustavo Poyet | 54 | 26 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 31 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 1 | 33 | 21 | 20 | 34 | 16 | 7 | ||
66 | Gabriel Agbonlahor | 54 | 25 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 4 | 45 | 9 | 0 | 27 | 27 | 19 | 35 | 9 | 1 | ||
67 | Nwankwo Kanu | 54 | 33 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 36 | 2 | 43 | 10 | 1 | 32 | 22 | 21 | 33 | 12 | 17 | ||
68 | Nicky Barmby | 53 | 30 | 14 | 9 | 16 | 34 | 3 | 45 | 7 | 1 | 29 | 24 | 24 | 29 | 10 | 4 | ||
69 | Efan Ekoku | 52 | 26 | 9 | 17 | 19 | 29 | 4 | 44 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 33 | 20 | 32 | 13 | 6 | ||
70 | Darius Vassell | 52 | 34 | 14 | 4 | 15 | 34 | 3 | 43 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 15 | 3 | ||
71 | Danny Murphy | 52 | 46 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 13 | 25 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 21 | 20 | 32 | 16 | 5 | ||
72 | Andrew Johnson | 51 | 37 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 40 | 3 | 31 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 22 | 20 | 31 | 12 | 5 | ||
73 | Kevin Nolan | 51 | 34 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 1 | 26 | 25 | 29 | 22 | 17 | 0 | ||
74 | Trevor Sinclair | 51 | 38 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 37 | 7 | 43 | 7 | 1 | 35 | 16 | 24 | 27 | 16 | 1 | ||
75 | Mark Bright | 50 | 32 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 24 | 2 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 33 | 17 | 22 | 28 | 10 | 2 | ||
76 | Paulo Wanchope | 50 | 30 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 35 | 2 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 29 | 21 | 24 | 26 | 19 | 4 | ||
77 | Dirk Kuyt | 50 | 39 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 30 | 3 | 34 | 8 | 8 | 30 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 9 | 2 | ||
78 | Damien Duff | 50 | 15 | 35 | 0 | 8 | 28 | 14 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 21 | 16 | 34 | 12 | 2 | ||
79 | Nolberto Solano | 49 | 42 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 16 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 31 | 18 | 25 | 24 | 19 | 3 | ||
80 | Gary McAllister | 49 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 16 | 23 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 19 | 25 | 24 | 9 | 0 | ||
81 | Ian Rush | 48 | 28 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 21 | 5 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 21 | 18 | 30 | 13 | 2 | ||
82 | Fredrik Ljungberg | 48 | 26 | 20 | 2 | 13 | 31 | 4 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 14 | 2 | ||
83 | Paul Merson | 46 | 39 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 13 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 20 | 26 | 16 | 1 | ||
84 | Graham Stuart | 46 | 33 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 30 | 3 | 37 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 16 | 26 | 20 | 13 | 1 | ||
85 | Gareth Barry | 46 | 5 | 36 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 7 | 24 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 24 | 16 | 30 | 8 | 1 | ||
86 | Rodney Wallace | 45 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 3 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 29 | 15 | 30 | 11 | 2 | ||
87 | Alan Smith | 45 | 28 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 5 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 28 | 17 | 20 | 25 | 13 | 4 | ||
88 | Juan Pablo Angel | 44 | 31 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 26 | 4 | 31 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 16 | 26 | 18 | 11 | 5 | ||
89 | Clint Dempsey | 44 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 2 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 13 | 31 | 2 | 3 | ||
90 | Dean Saunders | 44 | 28 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 5 | 37 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 25 | 16 | 1 | ||
91 | Robbie Earle | 44 | 17 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 0 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 21 | 16 | 0 | ||
92 | David Hirst | 43 | 17 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 6 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 28 | 15 | 16 | 27 | 10 | 2 | ||
93 | Frederic Kanoute | 43 | 27 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 3 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 29 | 14 | 14 | 29 | 12 | 6 | ||
94 | Andrei Kanchelskis | 43 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 7 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 27 | 13 | 0 | ||
95 | Noel Whelan | 43 | 30 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 6 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 17 | 19 | 24 | 14 | 2 | ||
96 | Marian Pahars | 42 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 28 | 4 | 37 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 11 | 31 | 9 | 6 | ||
97 | Julian Joachim | 42 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 4 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 18 | 12 | 30 | 11 | 10 | ||
98 | Carlton Cole | 42 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 23 | 3 | 29 | 12 | 1 | 25 | 17 | 18 | 24 | 7 | 8 | ||
99 | Steve McManaman | 41 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 28 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 23 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 1 | ||
100 | Paul Ince | 41 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 15 | 29 | 12 | 0 | 25 | 16 | 13 | 28 | 7 | 0 | ||
Rank | Player | Goals | Right | Left | Header | 6 yd | Pen | Long | Open | Dead | Pens | Home | Away | 1st | 2nd | Match | Goals | ||
Foot | Foot | Box | Area | Range | Play | Ball | Half | Half | Winners | as Sub | |||||||||
Players in BOLD = Active in Premier League 2011-12. Statistics correct to 18th March 2012 (Matchday 28). | |||||||||||||||||||