EPL Leading Goal Scorers Listed From Inception

EPL Leading Goal Scorers Listed From Inception

This EPL leading goal scorers article is not just about the Premier League top scorers for the 2020/21 season but for all time.

Jamie Vardy won the Premier League top scorer 2019-20 with 23 goals in 35 league appearances for Leicester.

That feat marked Vardy's first time winning the Golden Boot.

He did previously came close though in the 2015-16 campaign with a tally of 24 goals.

Even though his number of goals were more that season, he still couldn’t beat that year's winner, Harry Kane.

The former England international finished marginally ahead of Arsenal's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Southampton's Danny Ings, who each scored 22 times for their club.

Raheem Sterling of Manchester City followed with 20 goals,.

Among those chasing the pack that campaign was Mohammed Salah, Kane and Sadio Mane.

So now here is the list of EPL leading goal scorers of all time.

SEE ALSO | 50 Top Scorers In UEFA Champions League History Listed

Premier League Top Scorers List

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PLAYER

APPEARANCES

GOALS

1

Alan Shearer

441

260

2

Wayne Rooney

491

208

3

Andy Cole

415

187

4

Sergio Agüero

275

184

5

Frank Lampard

611

177

6

Thierry Henry

258

175

7

Harry Kane

251

166

8

Jermain Defoe

496

163

9

Robbie Fowler

379

162

10

Michael Owen

326

150

11

Les Ferdinand

349

149

12

Teddy Sheringham

418

146

13

Robin van Persie

280

144

14

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

288

127

15

Nicolas Anelka

364

126

16

Robbie Keane

349

125

17

Jamie Vardy

252

124

18

Dwight Yorke

375

122

19

Steven Gerrard

504

121

20

Romelu Lukaku

258

116

21

Ian Wright

213

113

22

Dion Dublin

312

111

23

Emile Heskey

516

111

24

Ryan Giggs

632

109

25

Paul Scholes

499

107

26

Darren Bent

277

106

27

Peter Crouch

467

106

28

Didier Drogba

254

104

29

Mohamed Salah

165

103

30

Matt Le Tissier

270

101

31

Sadio Mané

236

99

32

Emmanuel Adebayor

242

97

33

Raheem Sterling

297

97

34

Yakubu Aiyegbeni

252

96

35

Ruud van Nistelrooy

150

95

36

Dimitar Berbatov

229

94

37

Kevin Phillips

263

93

38

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

235

92

39

Mark Viduka

240

92

40

Olivier Giroud

255

90

41

James Beattie

329

90

42

Cristiano Ronaldo

200

87

43

Dennis Bergkamp

315

87

44

Kevin Davies

442

87

45

Fernando Torres

212

85

46

Eden Hazard

245

85

47

Carlos Tevez

202

84

48

Louis Saha

288

84

49

Chris Sutton

255

83

50

Kevin Campbell

325

83

51

Christian Benteke

262

82

52

Gary Speed

535

81

53

Craig Bellamy

294

80

54

Tony Cottee

220

78

55

Theo Walcott

371

78

56

Daniel Sturridge

218

77

57

Heung-min Son

203

73

58

Gabriel Agbonlahor

322

73

59

Chris Armstrong

216

71

60

Brian Deane

285

71

61

Eric Cantona

156

70

62

Luis Suárez

110

69

63

Duncan Ferguson

269

69

64

Kevin Nolan

401

69

65

Paolo Di Canio

190

67

66

Riyad Mahrez

231

67

67

Roberto Firmino

216

67

68

Gylfi Sigurdsson

318

67

69

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

120

66

70

Mark Hughes

292

64

71

Alexis Sánchez

154

63

72

Robert Pirès

198

63

73

Dean Holdsworth

229

63

74

Stan Collymore

163

62

75

David Beckham

264

62

76

David Silva

309

60

77

Peter Beardsley

184

59

78

Niall Quinn

250

59

79

Yaya Touré

230

59

80

Gianfranco Zola

229

58

81

Danny Ings

147

57

82

Clint Dempsey

218

57

83

Harry Kewell

274

57

84

Lee Bowyer

397

57

85

Anthony Martial

172

56

86

Kevin Gallacher

198

56

87

Tim Cahill

226

56

88

Callum Wilson

155

55

89

Eidur Gudjohnsen

210

55

90

Marcus Rashford

179

55

91

John Hartson

155

55

92

Shane Long

332

55

93

Jason Euell

265

55

94

James Milner

567

55

95

Gareth Bale

166

54

96

Gustavo Poyet

186

54

97

Andy Carroll

248

54

98

Nwankwo Kanu

272

54

99

Nick Barmby

343

54

100

Damien Duff

392

54

101

Chicharito

158

53

102

Efan Ekoku

159

53

103

Steven Fletcher

189

53

104

Gareth Barry

653

53

105

Diego Costa

89

52

106

Gabriel Jesus

138

52

107

Darius Vassell

265

52

108

Trevor Sinclair

360

52

109

Danny Murphy

417

52

110

Michail Antonio

165

51

111

Dele Alli

177

51

112

Danny Welbeck

252

51

113

Andy Johnson

187

51

114

Carlton Cole

290

51

115

Dirk Kuyt

208

51

116

Christian Eriksen

226

51

117

Juan Mata

271

51

118

Edin Dzeko

130

50

119

Alexandre Lacazette

130

50

120

Mark Bright

143

50

121

Paulo Wanchope

156

50

122

Cesc Fàbregas

350

50

123

Wilfried Zaha

252

49

124

Nolberto Solano

302

49

125

Gary McAllister

325

49

126

Chris Wood

143

48

127

Joshua King

178

48

128

Ian Rush

175

48

129

Freddie Ljungberg

241

48

130

Troy Deeney

165

47

131

Bobby Zamora

252

47

132

Joe Cole

378

47

133

Ashley Young

373

47

134

Paul Merson

280

46

135

Mark Noble

405

46

136

Rod Wallace

197

45

137

Dean Saunders

196

45

138

Alan Smith

284

45

139

Robbie Earle

243

45

140

Graham Stuart

293

45

141

Frédéric Kanouté

144

44

142

Juan Pablo Ángel

175

44

143

Leon Osman

352

44

144

Dominic Calvert-Lewin

150

43

145

Andrey Kanchelskis

151

43

146

Ayoze Pérez

203

43

147

Marko Arnautovic

184

43

148

Kevin De Bruyne

184

43

149

Shola Ameobi

299

43

150

Jonathan Walters

233

43

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This article was most recently revised and updated 3 years ago