List of Premier League players with 100 or more goals
![Shearer](../I/m/Alan_Shearer_2008.jpg)
Alan Shearer was the first player to score 200 Premier League goals, and is the only player to score 100 goals for two separate clubs.
![Rooney](../I/m/Wayne_Rooney_144855cropped.jpg)
Wayne Rooney is the second Premier League player to score 200 goals or more and the player with the most goals for a single club.
Frank Lampard is the Premier League's highest scoring midfielder of all time.
![Henry](../I/m/Thierry_Henry_applauding_2012.jpg)
Thierry Henry scored 175 Premier League goals, the most by a foreign player.
![Giggs](../I/m/Ryan_Giggs_vs_MLS_All_Stars_2010.jpg)
Ryan Giggs is the only player to have scored in each of the first 21 Premier League seasons.
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, 28 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, Harry Kane is the second-fastest to 100 goals, doing so in 141 games.[3]
Players
See also
References
- ↑ "Bent poised to join 100 club". PremierLeague.com. Premier League. 30 January 2012. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
- ↑ "Bent delighted to join 100 goals club". PremierLeague.com. Premier League. 2 February 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
- ↑ Dan Kilpatrick (4 February 2018). "Tottenham striker Harry Kane scores 100th Premier League goal". ESPN.
- 1 2 "Premier League Player Stats: Goals". PremierLeague.com. Premier League. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ↑ "Premier League Players – Overview and Stats". PremierLeague.com. Premier League. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
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