Stats: Players who have scored 100+ Premier League goals

Alan Shearer, the Premier League top goalscorer

Peter Crouch joined Premier League history after he became the 26^th man to score 100 goals in the Premier League during a 1-1 draw against Everton. The leader of the list, however, is Alan Shearer who looks like he’s there to stay for the possible future with 260 goals in 441 appearances.

Although Shearer started at Southampton, it was at both Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United that he established his legacy. During this time, he reached the top of the Premier League all-time goalscorers list, and also leads with the most hat tricks ever with 11 and also comes in second with 3 Golden Boots.

Wayne Rooney is one of four players on the list who still currently ply their trade for the Premier League and the only player closest to reaching Shearer’s record with 195 goals. The Englishman who made his Premier League debut at the age of 17 for Everton, plays sparingly for Manchester United under Jose Mourinho. The other 3 are Jermain Defoe, who sits on number 7 with 155 goals, Sergio Aguero with 113 goals, who’s tied with Ian Wright, and Peter Crouch, who finally reached 100 goals after playing for six teams in the Premier League.

Frank Lampard makes the list at number 4, having overtaken Thierry Henry with 6 goals in his final Premier League season with Manchester City and the only midfielder to have scored more than 150 goals. Lampard is also Chelsea’s top goalscorer in all competitions with 211 goals, has won the Chelsea Player of the Year three times in his career and was the runner-up for both the Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year in 2005.

Arsenal’s Thierry Henry is the only player in the top 5 with 175 goals, to have played for only one club and the Frenchman also has the most Golden Boots with 4. The Frenchman joined Arsenal in 1999, won two league titles, three FA Cups and was twice runner-up for the FIFA World Player of the Year.

He also recorded the most assists in a single Premier League season with 20 during the 2002-2003 season. He’s also the only foreigner to have scored more than 150 goals in the Premier League while the remainder are all players who play or have played for England internationally.

As Peter Crouch celebrates joining the 100+ goals club, we take a look at the 26 players who rocked the Premier League with their goalscoring prowess.

 

Players who have scored more than 100+ Premier League

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Goals	Appearances
1	Alan Shearer	Blackburn, Newcastle	260	441
2	Wayne Rooney	Everton, Man Utd	195	451
3	Andy Cole	Newcastle, Man Utd, Blackburn, Fulham, Man City, Portsmouth	187	414
4	Frank Lampard	West Ham, Chelsea, Man City	177	609
5	Thierry Henry	Arsenal	175	258
6	Robbie Fowler	Liverpool, Leeds, Man City	163	379
7	Jermain Defoe	West Ham, Portsmouth, Tottenham, Sunderland	155	454
8	Michael Owen	Liverpool, Newcastle, Man Utd, Stoke	150	326
9	Les Ferdinand	QPR, Newcastle, Tottenham, West Ham, Leicester, Bolton	149	351
10	Teddy Sheringham	Nottingham Forest, Tottenham, Man Utd, Portsmouth, West Ham	146	418
11	Robin Van Persie	Arsenal, Man Utd	144	280
12	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	Leeds, Chelsea, Middlesbrough, Charlton	127	288
13	Robbie Keane	Coventry, Leeds, Tottenham, Liverpool, West Ham, Aston Villa	126	349
14	Nicolas Anelka	Arsenal, Liverpool, Man City, Bolton, Chelsea, West Brom	125	364
15	Dwight Yorke	Aston Villa, Man Utd, Blackburn, Birmingham, Sunderland	123	375
16	Steven Gerrard	Liverpool	120	504
17	Ian Wright	Arsenal, West Ham	113	213
18	Sergio Aguero	Man City	113	166
19	Dion Dublin	Man Utd, Coventry, Aston Villa	111	312
20	Emile Heskey	Leicester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Wigan, Aston Villa	110	516
21	Ryan Giggs	Man Utd	109	632
22	Paul Scholes	Man Utd	107	499
23	Darren Bent	Ipswich, Charlton, Tottenham, Sunderland, Aston Villa, Fulham	106	276
24	Didier Drogba	Chelsea	104	254
25	Matt Le Tissier	Southampton	100	270
26	Peter Crouch	Portsmouth, Aston Villa, Southampton, Liverpool, Tottenham, Stoke	100	419

(Players currently active in the Premier League are in bold)