They say scoring goals is the hardest job in football, so to do so with extreme regularity in the Premier League puts a player in a pretty exclusive group.
Good footballers come and go and lord knows we all love a flash in the pan. Flashy boots, a few skills in the locker, capable of a wonder goal – you know the type.
But what matters most at the very top level is consistency; especially for strikers. And those who can find the back of the net regularly are a commodity.
In an era of forwards worth hundreds of millions of pounds, record breaking goal tallies and the pressure being on teams to find the next big thing – no, not Brock Lesnar, he’s probably not ideally suited to the modern game – and with the transfer window looming, it feels fitting to take a look at the forwards with the best goal per game ratios in the Premier League since 2000.
10. Diego Costa
Games: 104
Goals: 52
Ratio: 0.50
His spell at Wolves has been largely forgettable, but prime Costa was an absolute menace to the Premier League. The kind of striker that would do anything for a goal. Anything.
An absolute b*stard of the highest order, you hate to love him. He was brilliant.
9. Robin van Persie
Games: 280
Goals: 144
Ratio: 0.51
Van Persie took himself from famed striker who deserved better to Premier League winner and club legend at Manchester United by being ruthless and leaving Arsenal for pastures new.
That decision transformed how we view him a decade later. Titles or not, though, he’d have still retired with this rather excellent firing rate.
10 years ago today, Robin van Persie scored a first-half hat trick against Aston Villa to seal Manchester United’s 20th league title.
Never forget this sensational volley 💥
(via @ManUtd)pic.twitter.com/zEt8FEGVaw
— B/R Football (@brfootball) April 22, 2023
8. Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Games: 33
Goals: 17
Ratio: 0.52
Only in the Premier League for a season and loose pocket change of a second, Ibrahimovic still managed to fire himself into this top 10 which is testament to his frightening abilities and longevity.
He was devastating in 2016-17 for Jose Mourinho’s United, and that was with being criticised for not finishing all the chances he was fed.
Just a shame he still insists on calling himself a lion and not cutting off that ponytail. Let it go, mate.
7. Mohamed Salah
Games: 224
Goals: 136
Ratio: 0.61
A far cry from the player who barely made a splash at Chelsea all those years ago, Salah is a Premier League legend and continues…
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