Sonny hits 250 milestone

Just days after winning FIFA’s Puskas Award for 2020, Heung-Min Son has become the fourth player in our current squad to reach the 250-appearance milestone for the Club.

Sonny hit the 250 mark on a frustrating afternoon against Leicester City on Sunday. He’s also on 99 goals for Spurs and was denied reaching his century by a wonder save from Kasper Schmeichel in the second half of the 2-0 loss at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Snapped up from Bayer Leverkusen in 2015, the South Korean captain is now seen as one of the world’s best forwards. Multiple winner of Best Footballer in Asia, KFA Player of the Year and Asian International Footballer of the Year, Sonny has lifted the Premier League’s Player of the Month three times (the last in October, 2020) and Goal of the Month twice. The second of those goals, a stunning solo strike against Burnley in December, 2019, won Match of the Day’s Goal of the Season for 2019/20 and the Puksas Award last week.

He’s on fire this season with 11 goals in 13 Premier League appearances and 14 in 20 in all competitions.

Sonny joins Hugo Lloris (342), Harry Kane (308) and Eric Dier (257), who passed the milestone recently at West Brom, on current players to have made 250-plus appearances for us. Another six have also passed 200 - Toby Alderweireld, Gareth Bale, Ben Davies, Dele, Erik Lamela and Danny Rose.

The 250 club

250-plus appearances for Spurs

1 - 854 - Steve Perryman (1969-86)
2 - 611 - Gary Mabbutt (1982-98)
3 - 590 - Pat Jennings (1964-77)
4 - 506 - Cyril Knowles (1964-75)
5 - 490 - Glenn Hoddle (1975-87)
6 - 452 - Ted Ditchburn (1946-58)
7 - 439 - Alan Gilzean (1964-74)
8 - 438 - Jimmy Dimmock (1919-31)
9 - 420 - Phil Beal (1963-75)
10 - 415 - John Pratt (1969-80)
11 - 411 - Maurice Norman (1955-65)
12 - 398 - Chris Hughton (1979-90)
13 - 397 - Mike England (1966-75)
14 - 382 - Danny Blanchflower (1954-63)
15 - 379 - Jimmy Greaves (1961-70)
16 - 378 - Cliff Jones (1958-68)
17 - 373 - Alan Mullery (1964-72)
18 - 370 - Paul Allen (1985-93)
19 - 367 - Martin Chivers (1968-76)
20 - 367 - Aaron Lennon (2005-15)
21 - 363 - Jermain Defoe (2004-14)
22 - 360 - Arthur Grimsdell (1912-29)
23 - 358 - Darren Anderton (1992-2004)
24 - 351 - Tommy Clay (1914-29)
25 - 342 - Peter Baker (1953-65)
26 - 342 - Hugo Lloris (2012-
27 - 341 - Bill Nicholson (1938-54)
28 - 335 - David Howells (1986-98)
29 - 330 - Ray Clemence (1981-87)
30 - 325 - Eddie Baily (1947-55)
31 - 324 - Michael Dawson (2005-14)
32 - 324 - Ron Burgess (1939-54)
33 - 323 - Ledley King (1999-2012)
34 - 322 - Harry Clarke (1949-56)
35 - 319 - Bert Smith (1919-29)
36 - 318 - Dave Mackay (1959-68)
37 - 317 - Bobby Smith (1955-64)
38 - 315 - Sol Campbell (1992-2001)
39 - 315 - Jan Vertonghen (2012-2020)
40 - 313 - Ian Walker (1991-2000)
41 - 311 - Ossie Ardiles (1878-88)
42 - 308 - Harry Kane (2011-
43 - 307 - Len Duquemin (1947-57)
44 - 306 - Robbie Keane (2002-11)
45 - 305 - Christian Eriksen (2013-2020)
46 - 304 - Terry Naylor (1970-80)
47 - 294 - Les Bennett (1946-54)
48 - 287 - Ron Henry (1955-65)
49 - 287 - Graham Roberts (1980-86)
50 - 285 - Paul Miller (1979-87)
51 - 277 - Teddy Sheringham (1992-2003)
52 - 276 - Justin Edinburgh (1990-2000)
53 - 273 - Tony Galvin (1979-87)
54 - 270 - Stephen Carr (1993-2004)
55 - 263 - Billy Minter (1908-19)
56 - 263 - Taffy O'Callaghan (1927-35)
57 - 262 - Bill Brown (1959-66)
58 - 262 - Bert Middlemiss (1908-20)
59 - 260 - Tony Marchi (1950-65)
60 - 260 - Martin Peters (1970-75)
61 - 258 - Joe Kinnear (1966-75)
62 - 257 - Eric Dier (2014-
63 - 254 - Jimmy Seed (1920-26)
64 - 254 - Bill Whatley (1932-39)
65 - 250 - Alf Ramsey (1949-55)
66 - 250 - Mousa Dembele (2012-2019)
67 - 250 - Heung-Min Son (2015-