Premier League: Most Goals Scored by a Player in a Season

Premier League is the top flight professional league in English football. Let’s now have a look at the players who hold the record for most goals in a Premier League season.  

Mohamed Salah for Liverpool; Credit: Liverpool Twitter page
By annirudh bhalla | May 26, 2022 | 2 Min Read follow icon Follow Us

Premier League is the top flight professional league in English football. It is the most popular league in the world and henceforth the most watched one too. Founded in 1992 following the emergence of lucrative television rights, the Premier League is currently the first ranked league in the UEFA coefficients. The prestige of the Premier League is well stated by the fact as to how many famous players and coaches have expressed the desire to showcase their talents in the English top-flight. The competition’s competitiveness and potential means that the league will continue to grow and be at the top in the future as well.

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Players like Cristiano Ronaldo, Thierry Henry, Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard, Kevin De Bruyne have ensured with their splendid performances that the quality of the league has never been compromised. The league has never failed to attract famous personalities. No wonder the quality of the league just goes on improving year after year. The traditional top six of the Premier is well renowned and that provides for exciting matchups season after season.  The Premier League is contested by 20 clubs.

Just like how it has been most of the seasons in the Premier League, the 2021/22 edition provided thrilling entertainment. The two modern day great sides of Manchester City and Liverpool once again went head-to-head for the title and the race concluded with City outdoing their rivals by just a point in the end and clinching the title on the final day. Chelsea and Spurs will be other sides completing the English quota in the Champions League next season. The relegation spots went to Norwich, Burnley and Watford.

Premier League: Most number of goals by a player in a season

Premier League has been blessed by some of the best attackers in the history of football. The League is well renowned for its attacking nature and the amount of goals scored season in season out. Alan Shearer holds the record for the highest number of Premier League goals overall. His brilliance has been followed by the expertise of superstars like Thierry Henry, Ronaldo, Sergio Aguero, Harry Kane and many more. The recent seasons have been dominated by Mohamed Salah who has just blown away the league since his arrival to Liverpool. With its upcoming plethora of talent, the attacking quality of the league will be maintained even in the future. Let’s now have a look at the players who hold the record for most goals in a Premier League season.  

S.No.PlayerTeamGoals ScoredSeason
1.Mohamed SalahLiverpool322017-18
2.Luis SuarezLiverpool312013-14
3.Cristiano RonaldoManchester United312007-08
4.Alan ShearerBlackburn Rovers311995-96
5.Harry KaneTottenham Hotspur302017-18
6.Robin Van PersieArsenal302011-12
7.Thierry HenryArsenal302003-04
8.Kevin PhillipsSunderland301999-00
9.Harry KaneTottenham Hotspur292016-17
10.Didier DrogbaChelsea292009-10




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