List of footballers with 100 or more Premier League goals
Players

Rank
Player
Premier League club(s)
National team
Goals
Played
Ratio
1
Alan Shearer
Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United
England
260
441
0.59
2
Wayne Rooney
Everton, Manchester United
England
208
494
0.42
3
Andy Cole
Newcastle United, Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers, Fulham, Manchester City, Portsmouth
England
187
414
0.45
4
Frank Lampard
West Ham United, Chelsea, Manchester City
England
177
609
0.29
5
Thierry Henry
Arsenal
France
175
258
0.68
6
Sergio Agüero
Manchester City
Argentina
163
237
0.69
6
Robbie Fowler
Liverpool, Leeds United, Manchester City, Blackburn Rovers
England
163
379
0.43
7
Jermain Defoe
West Ham United, Portsmouth, Tottenham Hotspur, Sunderland, Bournemouth
England
162
496
0.33
9
Michael Owen
Liverpool, Newcastle United, Manchester United, Stoke City
England
150
326
0.46
10
Les Ferdinand
Queens Park Rangers, Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United, Leicester City, Bolton Wanderers
England
149
351
0.42
11
Teddy Sheringham
Nottingham Forest, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United, Portsmouth, West Ham United
England
146
418
0.35
12
Robin van Persie
Arsenal, Manchester United
Netherlands
144
280
0.51
13
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
Leeds United, Chelsea, Middlesbrough, Charlton Athletic
Netherlands
127
288
0.44
14
Robbie Keane
Coventry City, Leeds United, Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool, West Ham United, Aston Villa
Republic of Ireland
126
349
0.36
15
Harry Kane
Tottenham Hotspur, Norwich City
England
125
181
0.69
15
Nicolas Anelka
Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea, West Bromwich Albion
France
125
364
0.34
17
Dwight Yorke
Aston Villa, Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers, Birmingham City, Sunderland
Trinidad and Tobago
123
375
0.33
18
Steven Gerrard
Liverpool
England
120
504
0.24
19
Ian Wright
Arsenal, West Ham United
England
113
213
0.53
19
Romelu Lukaku
Chelsea, West Bromwich Albion, Everton, Manchester United
Belgium
113
252
0.45
21
Dion Dublin
Manchester United, Coventry City, Aston Villa
England
111
312
0.36
22
Emile Heskey
Leicester City, Liverpool, Birmingham City, Wigan Athletic, Aston Villa
England
110
516
0.21
23
Ryan Giggs
Manchester United
Wales
109
632
0.17
24
Peter Crouch
Aston Villa, Southampton, Liverpool, Portsmouth, Tottenham Hotspur, Stoke City, Burnley
England
108
467
0.23
25
Paul Scholes
Manchester United
England
107
499
0.21
26
Darren Bent
Ipswich Town, Charlton Athletic, Tottenham Hotspur, Sunderland, Aston Villa, Fulham
England
106
276
0.38
27
Didier Drogba
Chelsea
Ivory Coast
104
254
0.41
28
Matt Le Tissier
Southampton
England
100
270
0.37
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Question: How did the Premier League's second top scorer perform and who beat him?
Answer: Rooney's 208 Premier League goals make him the Premier League's second top scorer behind Alan Shearer.