Since the Premier League’s formation at the start of the 1992–93 season, 24 players have managed to accrue 100 or more goals in the competition. See the list here.
Rank | Player | Premier League Club(s) | Goals | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Alan Shearer - the first player to score 100 Premier League goals, and only player to score 100 goals for two clubs. | Blackburn Rovers Newcastle United | 260 | 441 |
| 2 |  Wayne Rooney | Everton Manchester United | 208 | 491 |
| 3 |  Andy Cole | Newcastle United Manchester United Blackburn Rovers Fulham Manchester City Portsmouth | 187 | 414 |
| 4 |  Frank Lampard is the Premier League's highest scoring midfielder of all time. | West Ham United Chelsea Manchester City | 177 | 609 |
| 5 |  Thierry Henry scored 175 Premier League goals, the most by a foreign player. | Arsenal | 175 | 258 |
| 6 |  Robbie Fowler | Liverpool Leeds United Manchester City | 163 | 379 |
| 7 | Jermain Defoe | Leeds United Chelsea Middlesbrough Charlton Athletic AFC Bournemouth Portsmouth Tottenham Hotspur Sunderland | 162 | 496 |
| 8 | Sergio Agüero | Southampton | 100 | |
| 9 |  Michael Owen | Liverpool Newcastle United Manchester United Stoke City | 150 | 326 |
| 10 |  Les Ferdinand | Queens Park Rangers Newcastle United Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Leicester City Bolton Wanderers | 149 | 351 |
| 11 |  Teddy Sheringham | Nottingham Forest Tottenham Hotspur Manchester United Portsmouth West Ham United | 146 | 418 |
| 12 |  Robin van Persie | Arsenal Manchester United | 144 | 277 |
| 13 | Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | Leeds United Chelsea Middlesbrough Charlton Athletic | 127 | |
| 14 | Robbie Keane | Coventry City Leeds United Tottenham Hotspur Liverpool West Ham United Aston Villa | 126 | |
| 15 | Nicolas Anelka | Arsenal Liverpool Manchester City Bolton Wanderers Chelsea West Bromwich Albion | 125 | |
| 16 | Dwight Yorke | Aston Villa Manchester United Blackburn Rovers Birmingham City Sunderland | 123 | |
| 17 | Steven Gerrard | Liverpool | 120 | |
| 18 | Ian Wright | Arsenal West Ham United | 113 | |
| 19 | Dion Dublin | Manchester United Coventry City Aston Villa | 111 | |
| 20 | Emile Heskey | Leicester City Liverpool Birmingham City Wigan Athletic Aston Villa | 110 | |
| 21 | Ryan Giggs | Manchester United | 109 | |
| 22 | Paul Scholes | Manchester United | 107 | |
| 23 | Darren Bent | Ipswich Town Charlton Athletic Tottenham Hotspur Sunderland Aston Villa Fulham | 106 | |
| 24 | Didier Drogba | Chelsea | 104 |
Few goals from Top 5
Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Premier_League_players_with_100_or_more_goals
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_League_records_and_statistics