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Tottenham Hotspur are one of the big six teams in the English top flight. Among the sextet, Spurs are the only team who haven't won a league title in the Premier League era.
However, the London-based club have been regulars in the English top flight since 1978-79. They have also fared decently in Europe, although they haven't appeared in continental competitions as frequently as some of the other top teams in the division. Nevertheless, Spurs reached their first Champions League final in 2019 (lost to Liverpool).
Over the years, many top players have turned out for Tottenham Hotspur. However, many fine players, especially goalscorers, have also had success against Spurs. On that note, here's a look at the five most prolific goalscorers against Spurs across competitions:
Note: All stats are as per transfermarkt unless specified otherwise.
#5 Sergio Aguero - 12 goals
Sergio Aguero is one of the most prolific goalscorers of the last decade. The five-time Premier League winner spent a hugely successful goal-rich decade at Manchester City.
With 260 goals, Aguero is City's all-time top scorer by a proverbial country mile. That includes 12 goals (in 18 games) against Tottenham Hotspur, with all but one of them coming in the Premier League.
The Argentine scored a league quadruple against Spurs in 2014. He is one of only two City players, 28 overall, to score four times in a Premier League game.
Aguero scored in the second leg of City's 4-3 Champions League quarter-final win against Spurs in 2018-19. However, his goal and an assist on the night weren't enough, as Spurs went through on away goals.
#4 Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink - 13 goals
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink was a prolific goalscorer during his career spanning one and a half decades in the 90s and mid-2000s.
The Dutch centre-forward scored over 200 goals for nine different clubs. That includes 13 strikes in 21 games against Tottenham Hotspur. All but one of those goals came for Chelsea.
Hasselbaink scored a 'perfect' hat-trick against Spurs in the 2001-02 Premier League, which Chelsea won 4-0 at home. He had also netted twice against the same opposition in the Blues' 3-2 away win.
The 49-year-old scored two goals against Spurs in Chelsea's 2-1 win in the EFL Cup semis that season.
#3 Peter Beardsley - 13 goals
Peter Beardsley was a prolific goalscorer during his playing days. He netted nearly 200 times for five different English clubs during the 80s and 90s. That includes 13 goals in 19 games against Tottenham Hotspur.
Beardsley scored nine times against Spurs in the erstwhile English First Division and four more in the Premier League era (1992-93 onwards).
The former second striker scored against Tottenham for three different clubs - Newcastle United (6), Liverpool (4) and Everton (3).
#2 Denis Law - 14 goals
Denis Law enjoyed a fabulous club career, scoring over 200 goals - most of them for Manchester United - in the 60s and mid-70s.
The 81-year-old, who played as a centre-forward, netted 14 times in 20 games across competitions against Tottenham Hotspur. All of those strikes came in the erstwhile English First Division.
The two-time league and 1968 European winner scored a hat-trick in United's 4-1 league win at home against Tottenham in 1963-64. He also netted in the reverse fixture that season, scoring in United's 2-1 win on the road.
#1 Alan Shearer - 19 goals
Alan Shearer is one of the greatest goalscorers in the rich history of English football.
The 51-year-old was a mean goalscoring machine in the 90s and mid-2000s. With 260 goals, he is the Premier League's all-time top scorer, 52 clear of second-placed Wayne Rooney.
The 1995 Premier League winner scored at least ten goals against as many as 15 different teams. One of them is Tottenham Hotspur, against whom he netted 19 times in 34 games across competitions. That includes 14 strikes in the Premier League, four in the FA Cup and one in the erstwhile English First Division.
The Englishman scored a hat-trick against Spurs in the 1995-96 Premier League. That was one of five hat-tricks he netted that season, the most by any player in competition history.
Shearer also scored four braces against Spurs - two in the Premier League and two in the FA Cup - all for Newcastle United.
