5 highest Premier League goalscorers never to win the league

One of them lifted the trophy, while the other had to contend with second place
One of them lifted the trophy, while the other had to contend with second place

#4 Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (127 goals)

Hasselbaink won the Golden boot twice
Hasselbaink won the Golden boot twice

A name that is synonymous with Chelsea FC before the takeover by Roman Abrahamovic, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink along with Gianfranco Zola were the two important players on the team before the influx of the Russian money.

The Dutch striker made his debut in the Premier League with Leeds United after moving from Portuguese club Boavista for a fee around £2 million. The debut season saw the Dutchman bag 16 goals for George Graham's team. The second season was even better as Hasselbaink scored 18 goals making him the joint golden boot winner for the 1998-99 season.

1999-00 season saw Hasselbaink moving to Spain with Atletico Madrid before returning to England, joining Chelsea in the 2000-01 season, after the Rojiblancos suffered relegation.

The debut season with Chelsea saw Hasselbaink score 23 goals and ending the season with his second Premier League golden boot. The next 3 seasons with the Blues saw the Dutchman scoring an impressive 47 goals ending his Chelsea Premier League career with 69 goals in 136 Premier League appearances before making his move to Middlesbrough on a free transfer.

Hasselbaink spent 2 seasons with Middlesbrough and the Dutch striker scored another 22 goals for Boro before joining Charlton Athletic in the 2006-07 season. It wasn't a great ending for the Dutchman as he ended the season with 2 goals.

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink ended his Premier League career with a total of 288 appearances and scored an impressive 127 goals (34 Leeds, 69 Chelsea, 22 Middlesbrough, 2 Charlton Athletic), making him the 13th in the list of all-time leading goal scorers in the league.

The Dutch goal machine came very close to winning the Premier League in the 2003-04 season with Chelsea after the Blues finished second in the league behind Arsenal. The Blues though won the next 2 Premier League titles after the Dutch striker left the team.

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