1) Alan Shearer – Blackburn Rovers
If Harry Kane spends 10 seasons at Tottenham and plays with the same level of consistency he has shown in the past three seasons, then he has a real chance of getting close to (and even breaking) Alan shearer’s Premier League record of 260 Premier League goals. Even if you took away his penalties, he would have 202 league goals – a record that could stand the test of time.
Foreign players have never hung around long enough to get close to the mark else we may have seen Thierry Henry or Cristiano Ronaldo get close. But Shearer is an English legend who earned his record and deserves plaudits even though he only won the league title once with Blackburn Rovers.
It was at the Lancashire club that he made a name for himself and back in the ‘90s they played 42 games a season instead of 38. In three consecutive seasons at Ewood Park, the former England international averaged 32 league goals a season.
In the 1994/95 season, he scored three hat-tricks – against Queens Park Rangers (4-0 win), West Ham (4-2 win) and Ipswich Town (4-1 win). Remarkably, that wasn’t even his best record as he grabbed five hat-tricks in the 1995/96 season – against Coventry City (5-1 win), Nottingham Forest (7-0 win), West Ham (4-2 win), Bolton Wanderers (3-1 win) and Tottenham Hotspur (3-2 win).
It’s no wonder then that he won the Premier League Golden Boot in three consecutive seasons between 1994/95 and 1996/97 (with Blackburn and Newcastle United).
