The Leicester striker scored twice in their 3-0 win over Crystal Palace on Saturday to move on 101 Premier League goals and overtake Southampton legend Matt Le Tissier.
- Jamie Vardy reaches 100 Premier League goals as Leicester beat Crystal Palace
Alan Shearer leads the way on 260, with Wayne Rooney the only other player to reach 200 with 208 goals to his name.Vardy joins Sergio Aguero, Harry Kane as the current Premier League players on the list, while Romelu Lukaku reached 113 goals for West Brom, Everton and Manchester United before moving to Italy.Here’s the list in full, as of July 4, 2020…
1. ALAN SHEARER – 260
2. WAYNE ROONEY – 208
3. ANDREW COLE – 187
4. SERGIO AGUERO – 180
5. FRANK LAMPARD – 177
6. THIERRY HENRY – 175
7. ROBBIE FOWLER – 163
8. JERMAIN DEFOE – 162
9. MICHAEL OWEN – 150
10. LES FERDINAND – 149
11. TEDDY SHERINGHAM – 146
12. ROBIN VAN PERSIE – 144
13. HARRY KANE – 138
14. JIMMY FLOYD HASSELBAINK – 127
15. ROBBIE KEANE – 126
16. NICOLAS ANELKA – 125
17. DWIGHT YORKE – 123
18. STEVEN GERRARD – 120
19. ROMELU LUKAKU – 113
20. IAN WRIGHT – 113
21. DION DUBLIN – 111
22. EMILE HESKEY – 110
23. RYAN GIGGS – 109
24. PETER CROUCH – 108
25. PAUL SCHOLES – 107
26. DARREN BENT – 106
27. DIDIER DROGBA – 104
28. JAMIE VARDY – 101
29. MATTHEW LE TISSIER – 100
JUST MISSING OUT
And the nearly men who got into the 90s…
- 30. Emmanuel Adebayor – 97
- 31. Yakubu – 95
- 32. Ruud van Nistelrooy – 95
- 33. Dimitar Berbatov – 94
- 34. Kevin Phillips – 92
- 35. Mark Viduka – 92
- 36. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer – 91
- 37. James Beattie – 91