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Salah goes level with Henry for all-time Premier League goals

5 Jan 2025
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Liverpool star scores 175th goal in competition to move level with Arsenal legend and two behind Frank Lampard

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Mohamed Salah has moved level with Arsenal legend Thierry Henry on the all-time Premier League goalscorers' chart. 

Salah scored his 18th goal of the Premier League season in Liverpool's 2-2 draw Manchester United on Sunday, taking him to 175 career goals in the competition. 

It puts Salah joint-seventh in the all-time standings, only two behind Frank Lampard in sixth. 

Most goals Premier League history
Player Apps Goals
Alan Shearer 441 260
Harry Kane 320 213
Wayne Rooney 491 208
Andrew Cole 414 187
Sergio Aguero 275 184
Frank Lampard 609 177
Thierry Henry 258 175
Mohamed Salah 282 175
Robbie Fowler 379 163
Jermain Defoe 496 162

Salah reached 175 goals in 282 appearances. Of the eight players to score as many goals, the Egyptian reached the mark in the fifth-fewest matches.

The four players to reach 175 goals quicker than Salah were all out-and-out strikers, however.

Matches taken to reach 175 goals
Player Apps Date reached
Alan Shearer 250 29/04/2000
Sergio Aguero 255 12/01/2020
Thierry Henry 258 11/02/2012
Harry Kane 270 07/03/2022
Mohamed Salah 282 05/01/2025
Andrew Cole 367 15/05/2005
Wayne Rooney 378 14/09/2014
Frank Lampard 588 13/12/2014
Two clear in Golden Boot race 

Salah is now two goals clear in the race for this season's Golden Boot, responding after his four main challengers all scored on Saturday. 

If Salah wins the Golden Boot, he will become just the second player in history, after Henry, to finish as top scorer in as many as four Premier League campaigns.

2024/25 top scorers
Player Goals Next fixtures
Mohamed Salah 18 NFO (A), BRE (A), IPS (H)
Erling Haaland 16 BRE (H), IPS (A), CHE (H)
Alexander Isak 13 WOL (H), BOU (H), SOU (A)
Bryan Mbeumo 13 MCI (H), LIV (H), CRY (A)
Cole Palmer 13 BOU (H), WOL (H), MCI (A)
Chris Wood 11 WOL (A), LIV (H), SOU (H)

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