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Since the Premier League's formation at the beginning of the 1992–93 season, a total of 34 players have scored 100 or more goals in the competition; these players are collectively referred to as the Premier League 100 Club.

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 the figure, doing so in 124 appearances. Additionally, he also holds the record for most goals scored in the Premier League with 260. Harry Kane is the second-fastest to 100 goals, doing so in 141 games. At 23 years and 133 days, Michael Owen was the youngest player to reach the 100 goal milestone. Six of the 34 players accomplished the feat without scoring a penalty – Sadio Mané, Peter Crouch, Emile Heskey, Les Ferdinand, Andy Cole, and Ryan Giggs.

Dwight Yorke was the first non-English player to score 100 goals in the Premier League, hitting the milestone on 25 November 2000. Didier Drogba was the first African player to reach the hundred goal apex on 10 March 2012 and Sergio Agüero was the first South American to do so on 19 April 2016. On 8 April 2023, Son Heung-min became the most recent player to reach 100 goals, as well as the first Asian player.

Notable players to fall short of the 100 mark include Emmanuel Adebayor, who scored 97, while both Yakubu and Ruud van Nistelrooy departed the Premier League having scored 95 goals. Of the still active players in the Premier League, Callum Wilson is closest to joining the 100 Club; the Newcastle United striker has hit 88 goals so far, with 41 of them coming for Bournemouth. Marcus Rashford is not far behind with 87 goals, all for Manchester United. Mohamed Salah is the highest active player on the list, in 8th place.

Players

Key

• Bold shows players playing in the Premier League.
• Italics show players playing professional football in other leagues.

As of matches played on 14 December 2024

List of footballers with 100 or more Premier League goals

Rank	Player	Goals	Apps	Ratio	First	Last	Club(s) (goals/apps)
1	Alan Shearer	260	441	0.59	1992	2006	Blackburn Rovers (112/138), Newcastle United (148/303)
2	Harry Kane	213	320	0.67	2012	2023	Tottenham Hotspur (213/317), Norwich City (0/3)
3	Wayne Rooney	208	491	0.42	2002	2018	Everton (25/98), Manchester United (183/393)
4	Andy Cole	187	414	0.45	1993	2006	Newcastle United (43/58), Manchester United (93/195), Blackburn Rovers (27/83), Fulham (12/31), Manchester City (9/22), Portsmouth (3/18), Sunderland (0/7)
5	Sergio Agüero	184	275	0.67	2011	2021	Manchester City
6	Frank Lampard	177	609	0.29	1996	2015	West Ham United (24/148), Chelsea (147/429), Manchester City (6/32)
7	Thierry Henry	175	258	0.68	1999	2012	Arsenal
8	Mohamed Salah	170	278	0.61	2014	2024	Chelsea (2/13), Liverpool (168/265)
9	Robbie Fowler	163	379	0.43	1993	2008	Liverpool (128/266), Leeds United (14/30), Manchester City (21/80), Blackburn Rovers (0/3)
10	Jermain Defoe	162	496	0.33	2001	2018	West Ham United (18/74), Tottenham Hotspur (91/276), Portsmouth (15/31), Sunderland (34/87), Bournemouth (4/28)
11	Michael Owen	150	326	0.46	1997	2013	Liverpool (118/216), Newcastle United (26/71), Manchester United (5/31), Stoke City (1/8)
12	Les Ferdinand	149	351	0.42	1992	2004	Queens Park Rangers (60/110), Newcastle United (41/68), Tottenham Hotspur (33/118), West Ham United (2/14), Leicester City (12/29), Bolton Wanderers (1/12)
13	Teddy Sheringham	146	418	0.35	1992	2006	Nottingham Forest (1/3), Tottenham Hotspur (97/236), Manchester United (31/104), Portsmouth (9/32), West Ham United (8/43)
14	Robin van Persie	144	280	0.51	2004	2015	Arsenal (96/194), Manchester United (48/86)
15	Jamie Vardy	142	322	0.44	2014	2024	Leicester City
16	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	127	288	0.44	1997	2007	Leeds United (34/69), Chelsea (69/136), Middlesbrough (22/58), Charlton Athletic (2/25)
17	Robbie Keane	126	349	0.36	1999	2012	Coventry City (12/31), Leeds United (13/46), Tottenham Hotspur (91/238), Liverpool (5/19), West Ham United (2/9), Aston Villa (3/6)
18	Nicolas Anelka	125	364	0.34	1997	2014	Arsenal (23/65), Liverpool (4/20), Manchester City (37/89), Bolton Wanderers (21/53), Chelsea (38/125), West Bromwich Albion (2/12)
	Son Heung-min	125	316	0.40	2015	2024	Tottenham Hotspur
20	Dwight Yorke	123	375	0.33	1992	2009	Aston Villa (60/179), Manchester United (48/96), Blackburn Rovers (12/60), Birmingham City (2/13), Sunderland (1/27)
	Raheem Sterling		385	0.32	2012	2024	Liverpool (18/95), Manchester City (91/225), Chelsea (14/59), Arsenal (0/6)
22	Romelu Lukaku	121	278	0.44	2011	2022	Chelsea (8/36), West Bromwich Albion (17/35), Everton (68/141), Manchester United (28/66)
23	Steven Gerrard	120	504	0.24	1998	2015	Liverpool
24	Ian Wright	113	213	0.53	1992	1999	Arsenal (104/191), West Ham United (9/22)
25	Sadio Mané	111	263	0.42	2014	2022	Southampton (21/67), Liverpool (90/196)
	Dion Dublin		312	0.36	1992	2004	Manchester United (2/12), Coventry City (61/145), Aston Villa (48/155)
27	Emile Heskey	110	516	0.21	1995	2012	Leicester City (33/124), Liverpool (39/150), Birmingham City (14/68), Wigan Athletic (15/82), Aston Villa (9/92)
28	Ryan Giggs	109	632	0.17	1992	2014	Manchester United
29	Peter Crouch	108	468	0.23	2002	2019	Aston Villa (6/37), Southampton (12/27), Liverpool (22/85), Portsmouth (11/38), Tottenham Hotspur (12/73), Stoke City (45/202), Burnley (0/6)
30	Paul Scholes	107	499	0.21	1994	2013	Manchester United
31	Darren Bent	106	276	0.38	2001	2014	Ipswich Town (1/5), Charlton Athletic (31/68), Tottenham Hotspur (18/60), Sunderland (32/58), Aston Villa (21/61), Fulham (3/24)
32	Didier Drogba	104	254	0.41	2004	2015	Chelsea
33	Cristiano Ronaldo	103	236	0.44	2003	2022	Manchester United
34	Matt Le Tissier	100	270	0.37	1992	2002	Southampton

Gallery

• Harry Kane is the highest scoring player for a single Premier League team
• Sergio Agüero is the highest scoring foreign player
• Frank Lampard is the Premier League's highest scoring midfielder
• Michael Owen is the youngest player to reach the 100 goal milestone, at the age of 23 years and 133 days
• Dwight Yorke is the first non-English player to reach 100 goals
• Didier Drogba is the first African player to reach 100 goals
• Son Heung-min is the first Asian player to reach 100 goals

See also

• List of English football first tier top scorers
• List of top Premier League goal scorers by season
• Premier League Golden Boot
• List of footballers with 500 or more Premier League appearances
• List of footballers in England by number of league goals

Notes

1. Giggs scored two penalties in the Premier League, both after he had already achieved 100 goals.
2. ^ Also played and scored in the top division of English football prior to the formation of the Premier League in 1992.

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