Top 10 highest Premier League goalscorers of all time

#9 Les Ferdinand - 149 goals

Les Ferdinand was a constant threat to the opposition's defences. He could score with his left foot, his right, and his head

Les Ferdinand was a constant threat to the opposition's defences. He could score with his left foot, his right, and his head. Whether the ball was crossed in, passed in, or even bundled in towards him, he would somehow manage to tuck it away.

This made Ferdinand a force to be reckoned with in the Premier League. His performances earned him transfers to top teams like Spurs and Newcastle, where he made a real name for himself.

Ferdinand's first three seasons in the Premier League were with Queen's Park Rangers, where he netted 60 goals in 110 matches.

He spent the next two seasons at Newcastle United. The chemistry between his strike-partner, Alan Shearer, saw Newcastle finish second in both campaigns, losing out to the mighty Manchester United twice. Ferdinand scored 41 goals in 68 matches, before being sold to Spurs for £8.5m in 1997.

Despite being with Spurs for six seasons, Les Ferdinand only scored 33 times in 111 games. This was a dramatic decrease in form, compared to the great success he had at Newcastle. Many pundits put the issue down to the fact that he no longer had Shearer by his side, and was now a lone striker, doing everything on his own.

If this was really a problem, Ferdinand would have surely left. But he stayed until he was shipped out to West Ham on a free transfer in the summer of 2003.

Ferdinand's final three seasons were spent with three different clubs: West Ham, Leicester and Bolton. He scored a total of 14 goals during this period before retiring in 2006 at the age of 40.