A couple of pretty major Premier League club goalscoring records are going to fall sometime in the near future. Mohamed Salah is just three away from taking Liverpool’s Premier League record from Robbie Fowler, but even more impressively Harry Kane is about to knock Jimmy Greaves’ remarkable all-time Spurs record into second place.
As the following list shows, Premier League records fall pretty regularly (often for very obvious and newly-promoted reasons) but those all-time records are far rarer beasts. And yes, we do know how many trophies Harry Kane has won, but feel free to ask away in the comments there. It is a deeply profound and original observation.
Arsenal
Top Premier League goalscorer: Thierry Henry (175 goals in 258 games)
Top all-time goalscorer: Thierry Henry (228 goals in 377 games)
Nearest current challenger: Bukayo Saka (23 Prem goals, 30 all-time)
Yeah, these records are pretty safe for a while we reckon. Saka is great and we love him, but he has 23 Premier League goals in 114 games and 30 goals in 154 all-competition appearances. At least he’s got time on his side.
Aston Villa
Top Premier League goalscorer: Gabriel Agbonlahor (74 goals in 322 games)
Top all-time goalscorer: Billy Walker (244 goals in 531 games)
Nearest current challenger: Ashley Young (31 Prem goals, 39 all-time)
The all-time record isn’t going anywhere any time soon, and unlike Saka, time is not on the side of the increasingly ironically named Young. Ollie Watkins is maybe a more live challenger to mediocre striker turned talkSPORT gobshite-in-chief Agbonlahor’s unremarkable Premier League benchmark. Watkins has 28 Premier League goals so far for Villa.
Bournemouth
Top Premier League goalscorer: Josh King (48 goals in 151 games)
Top all-time goalscorer: Ron Eyre (229 goals in 378 games)
Nearest current challenger: Dominic Solanke (6 Prem goals, 54 all-time)
Solanke has six Premier League goals and probably won’t be breaking any of these records. Forty-eight doesn’t really seem a very big number until it’s 42 away does it? And if Solanke ends up scoring 230 goals for Bournemouth then we’ll all be eating our hats.
Brentford
Top Premier League goalscorer: Ivan Toney (24 goals in 49 games)
Top all-time goalscorer: Jim Towers (163 goals in 282 games)
Nearest current challenger: Toney (60 all-time)
The Premier League record is pretty safe even if Toney does find himself out of action for an extended spell – Yoane Wissa is next on the list…
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