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#3 Robin van Persie (Arsenal)
Year: 2011
Goals: 35
Games: 35
If there ever was a moment in a player's career where he had finally arrived, it came in 2011 for Robin van Persie. Even though he had joined Arsenal while they were still at Highbury, it wasn't until years later (once he had recovered from numerous injuries) that his full potential was realised.
In fact, Van Persie had made his return from injury in the first game of the year, getting on the score sheet - his first goal of the season. He even managed to score 10 goals in six weeks - a league record for most goals scored in the first two months of a calendar year.
He never looked back.
Despite missing half the season to injury, he almost overhauled Dimitar Berbatov and Carlos Tevez in the Golden Boot race - falling just two goals short.
He continued his sublime form into the 2011/12 season. Taking on the captain's armband did not bother him one bit and it seemed to elevate his sense of responsibility. He was no longer the man with potential - he was the leader in a squad that desperately needed one following the exits of Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri.
A hat-trick at Stamford Bridge in an intense 5-3 win over Chelsea was arguably the icing on the cake of a fantastic year as he finished with 35 goals in 2011.
