Editing Premier League (section)

===Top scorers===
{{see also|List of footballers with 100 or more Premier League goals|List of Premier League hat-tricks|List of top Premier League goal scorers by season|Premier League Golden Boot}}
[[File:Alan Shearer 2008.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Alan Shearer]] is the top scorer in Premier League history with 260 goals.]]
{{updated|27 April 2025}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Premier League player stats |url=https://www.premierleague.com/stats/top/players/goals?se=-1 |access-date=27 April 2025 |publisher=Premier League |archive-date=27 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250427180735/https://www.premierleague.com/stats/top/players/goals?se=-1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=20|Rank
!width=175|Player
!width=140|Years
!width=55|Goals
!width=55|Apps
!width=55|Ratio
|-
|1
|align=left| {{Flagicon|ENG}} {{sortname|Alan|Shearer}}
|1992–2006||260||441||{{#expr:260/441 round 2}}
|-
|2
|align=left| {{Flagicon|ENG}} ''{{sortname|Harry|Kane}}''
|2012–2023||213||320||{{#expr:213/320 round 2}}
|-
|3
|align=left| {{Flagicon|ENG}} {{sortname|Wayne|Rooney}}
|2002–2018||208||491||{{#expr:208/491 round 2}}
|-
|4
|align=left| {{Flagicon|ENG}} {{sortname|Andy|Cole}}
|1992–2008||187||414||{{#expr:187/414 round 2}}
|-
|5
| align="left" | {{Flagicon|EGY}} '''''{{sortname|Mohamed|Salah}}'''''
|2014–2015<br>2017–||185||297||{{#expr:185/297 round 2}}
|-
|6
| align="left" | {{Flagicon|ARG}} {{sortname|Sergio|Agüero||Aguero, Sergio}}
|2011–2021||184||275||{{#expr:184/275 round 2}}
|-
|7
|align=left| {{Flagicon|ENG}} {{sortname|Frank|Lampard}}
|1995–2015||177||609||{{#expr:177/609 round 2}}
|-
|8
|align=left| {{Flagicon|FRA}} {{sortname|Thierry|Henry}}
|1999–2007<br>2012||175||258||{{#expr:175/258 round 2}}
|-
|9
|align=left| {{Flagicon|ENG}} {{sortname|Robbie|Fowler}}
|1993–2007<br>2008||163||379||{{#expr:163/379 round 2}}
|-
|10
| align="left" | {{Flagicon|ENG}} {{sortname|Jermain|Defoe}}
|2001–2003<br>2004–2014<br>2015–2019||162||496||{{#expr:162/492 round 2}}
|}

{{small|''Italics'' denotes players still playing professional football,<br />'''Bold''' denotes players still playing in the Premier League.}}
[[File:Thierry Henry (51649035951) (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Thierry Henry]] won a record four [[Premier League Golden Boot]] awards.]]
The [[Premier League Golden Boot]] is awarded each season to the top scorer in the division. Former Blackburn Rovers and [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]] striker [[Alan Shearer]] holds the record for most Premier League goals with 260.<ref>{{cite news |title=Will Luis Suarez break the Premier League goal scoring record this season? |url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/will-luis-suarez-break-the-premier-league-goal-scoring-record-this-season-29861426.html |date=23 December 2013 |access-date=15 August 2014 |first=Declan |last=Whooley |newspaper=Irish Independent |archive-date=12 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512163009/https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/will-luis-suarez-break-the-premier-league-goal-scoring-record-this-season-29861426.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[List of Premier League players with 100 or more goals|Thirty-three players]] have reached the 100-goal mark.<ref>{{cite web |title=Players by Statistic |url=http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/players/index.html#stat |publisher=Premier League |access-date=20 August 2013 |archive-date=3 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160703054242/http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/players/index.html#stat |url-status=dead }}</ref> Since the first Premier League season in 1992–93, 23 players from 11 clubs have won or shared the top scorer title.<ref>{{cite web |title=Premier League Golden Boot award winners |url=https://www.premierleague.com/news/1206108 |publisher=Premier League |date=20 May 2020 |access-date=21 July 2020 |archive-date=19 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719183600/https://www.premierleague.com/news/1206108 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Thierry Henry]] won his fourth overall scoring title by scoring 27 goals in the 2005–06 season. [[Erling Haaland]] holds the record for most goals in a Premier League season (38 matches) with 36 goals as of 15 May 2023.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.football.co.uk/football_features/story_304.shtml |title=Premier League records |work=football.co.uk |publisher=DigitalSportsGroup |date=24 March 2008 |access-date=13 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091201024120/http://www.football.co.uk/football_features/story_304.shtml |archive-date=1 December 2009 }}</ref> [[Ryan Giggs]] of Manchester United holds the record for scoring goals in consecutive seasons, having scored in the first 21 seasons of the league.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sportbusiness.com/marketplace/facts/ryan-giggs-goal-makes-him-only-person-to-score-in-all-pl-seasons |title=Ryan Giggs goal makes him only person to score in all PL seasons trivia |work=SportBusiness |publisher=SBG Companies Ltd. |access-date=21 November 2009 |archive-date=13 September 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120913043831/http://www.sportbusiness.com/marketplace/facts/ryan-giggs-goal-makes-him-only-person-to-score-in-all-pl-seasons |url-status=dead }}</ref> Giggs also holds the record for the [[Premier League records and statistics#Assists|most Premier League assists]], with 162.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.premierleague.com/stats/top/players/goal_assist?co=1&se=-1&co=1&cl=-1&iso=-1&po=-1%3Fse%3D-1|title=Premier League Player Stats: Assists – All Seasons|publisher=Premier League|access-date=19 November 2021|archive-date=15 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915023614/https://www.premierleague.com/stats/top/players/goal_assist?co=1&se=-1&co=1&cl=-1&iso=-1&po=-1%3Fse%3D-1|url-status=live}}</ref>