Stats: Most goals scored by a player in one season of the Premier League

Luis Suarez of Liverpool celebrates after scoring the sixth goal and a hat-rick during the Barclays Premier League match between Cardiff City and Liverpool

Andy Cole currently holds the record, with 34 goals for Newcastle United in 1993-94. However, Cole had 42 games in which to do it, as there were 22 teams in the Premier League back then.

Legendary Alan Shearer, who also heads the list for most goals scored in Premier League history, appears on the list thrice, and is also joint top scorer with Cristiano Ronaldo with 31 goals in a 38-game season.

Liverpool’s lethal Uruguayan marksman is inching ever closer to the milestone, with a hat trick on Saturday against Cardiff. The striker is currently on 28 goals off just 25 games, boasting the best goals per game ratio of 1.12. With 8 games to go, if the forward continues his magnificent goal scoring exploits, he will end up with close to 40 goals, head and shoulders above the rest on the list.

The 27-year old needs 7 goals to beat Cole for the overall mantle, and only 5 goals to beat Shearer and Ronaldo who lead the 38-game season record.

*Stats as on 24 March, 2014