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This is the 30th season of the Premier League. There have been some great scorers in its history. The latest player to enter the exclusive 100-goals club is Liverpool's Mohamed Salah.
Salah joined the club when he opened the scoring for Liverpool in their 3-0 win at Leeds United. The Egypt international has now joined the likes of Wayne Rooney, Harry Kane and Didier Drogba in the process, among others.
More impressively, it has taken Salah only five seasons to achieve the milestone. That has made him one of the quickest players in Premier League history to score 100 goals in the competition. On that note, here's a look at the five quickest players to score 100 league goals in the Premier League era:
#5 Mohamed Salah - 162 Premier League games
Mohamed Salah.has been in sizzling form since arriving at Anfield in the summer of 2017.
He scored a league-high 32 goals in his debut campaign to announce his arrival in the Premier League. That remains a record tally of goals for individual players in the Premier League era. Although Salah's goal returns have dwindled since the highs of that campaign, the Egyptian remains one of the best in the world at his position.
Salah opened his 2021-22 campaign by becoming the first player ever in competition history to score in five successive opening-day games. After going scoreless in his next two games, the Egyptian produced a landmark 100th strike against Leeds.
The 29-year-old now has exactly 100 Premier League goals in a little over 150 games. Salah has also racked up 38 assists in the competition.
#4 Thierry Henry - 160 Premier League games
Thierry Henry is one of the best strikers to have graced the Premier League. In over 250 appearances in the competition, the former player notched up an impressive tally of 175 goals and 85 assists.
Henry notched up a double-digit goal tally in each of his first eight seasons in the Premier League, all for Arsenal. Unsurprisingly, the now 44-year-old played a key role - scoring 30 goals - in the Gunners' last Premier League triumph in 2003-04.
A season earlier, the former France international became the first player to score and assist 20 Premier League goals in the same campaign.
Interestingly, Henry started his career as a winger before he transitioned to a forward with devastating effect.
#3 Sergio Aguero - 147 Premier League games
Sergio Aguero is one of the most prolific strikers to have played in the Premier League.
During a decade-long stint in the competition, the 33-year-old notched up a hugely impressive tally of 184 goals and 55 assists in 275 games. He scored in his last game in the competition to break Wayne Rooney's record for the most Premier League goals (183) for a single club.
The five-time Premier League winner will perhaps be best-remembered for the 'Aguero moment' during the 2011-12 season. Aguero scored a dramatic injury-time winner on the final day of the season to seal Manchester City's first-ever Premier League title.
#2 Harry Kane - 141 Premier League games
Harry Kane has been a prolific goalscorer for club and country. The Euro 2020 finalist has notched up 166 Premier League goals, with all but three of them coming for Tottenham Hotspur.
Kane has scored at least 20 goals in five of his last seven Premier League campaigns. Despite his exploits, Spurs have not yet managed to win the competition.
The 28-year-old Englishman is a three-time Premier League Golden Boot winner, with his best season in the competition coming in 2017-18 (30 goals).
#1 Alan Shearer - 124 Premier League games
Alan Shearer is one of only two players in Premier League history to score over 200 goals in the competition.
The all-time Premier League top-scorer (260 goals) is more than 50 goals ahead of second-placed Rooney (208). Unsurprisingly, Shearer was also the quickest to score 100 goals in the competition.
Shearer is the only player in Premier League history to score over 100 goals in the competition for two different clubs. The 1994-95 Premier League winner scored 112 times for Blackburn Rovers and 148 times for Newcastle United during his illustrious 14-year stint in the competition.
