Erling Haaland has already made light work of a number of Premier League records.
The Manchester City forward has smashed the record for the most goals scored in a single Premier League season, as well as being the fastest player to reach ten goals and three hat-tricks in the competition.
There is another record the unstoppable Norwegian has now broken – the fastest player to 50 Premier League goals.
Haaland needed just one more out of the November international break to reach a half-century in the English top flight and he’s made a mockery of some of the big names currently in the top ten considering he’s only played 48 games.
Here are the ten players who reached 50 Premier League goals quickest.
While Kevin Phillips couldn’t quite hit a Premier League century, finishing up on 92, it took the 1999/00 Player of the Year just 83 games to grab his 50th goal in the division.
Phillips achieved the feat at Sunderland during the 2001/02 season as his rich vein of goalscoring form in the Premier League began to slow down slightly.
Tied with Phillips, Thierry Henry also reached 50 goals in his first 83 Premier League games. Rather fittingly, the Frenchman grabbed his half-century in a 2-0 victory over Arsenal‘s north London rivals Tottenham in 2001.
Henry did smash Phillips’ Premier League goalscoring record, finishing his career with 175 goals in 258 matches. The fleet-footed forward also amassed four Golden Boot victories, two Player of the Season awards and a pair of Premier League trophies.
It was never going to take Sergio Aguero too long to reach 50 goals given the Argentine’s ruthlessness in front of goal, but he is currently the seventh fastest player to reach the total.
The prolific Manchester City forward scored his 50th in a 5-1 demolition of Tottenham at the Etihad during the 2011/12 season, going on to add another 134 Premier League strikes to his overall haul.
Impressively, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was able to better Henry’s record, netting his 50th during his 79th league appearance for the Gunners – scoring a brace in a 4-0 win over Norwich in 2020.
While Aubameyang’s time at the Emirates came to a bitter end in 2022, he remained a remarkable talisman…
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