Gareth joins our 50-goal club in the Premier League
Tue 04 May 2021, 09:00|
Tottenham Hotspur
Gareth Bale became the eighth player to hit 50-plus goals for us in the Premier League with his impressive hat-trick against Sheffield United on Sunday.
Sublime, clinical finishes after 35, 61 and 69 minutes added up to goals 49, 50 and 51 in the competition for the Welsh star. Heung-Min Son completed the scoring as we ran out 4-0 winners at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
It was Gareth’s first hat-trick in the Premier League since a 4-0 win at Aston Villa on Boxing Day, 2012. Jermain Defoe was also on target that day at Villa Park and is also on our list of 50-plus Premier League goalscorers. It was the eighth hat-trick of Gareth’s career, his last for Real Madrid against Kashima Antlers in the Club World Cup in December, 2018.
Gareth is also the sixth Welshman to reach 50 goals in the Premier League after Ryan Giggs, Craig Bellamy, Gary Speed, Mark Hughes and John Hartson.
Harry Kane leads the way for us with 164 goals in 238 Premier League matches. Second in our all-time goalscoring list behind Jimmy Greaves (266) with 219 goals, Harry is currently seventh on the Premier League’s all-time list.
Our all-time top Premier League goalscorers
20 goals plus
The Premier League began 1992/93
164 - Harry Kane in 238 matches
97 - Teddy Sheringham in 236
91 - Jermain Defoe in 276
91 - Robbie Keane in 238
68 - Heung-Min Son in 193
51 - GARETH BALE in 162
51 - Christan Eriksen in 226
50 - Dele in 166
Also...
48 - Chris Armstrong
36 - Steffen Iversen
34 - Darren Anderton
33 - Emmanuel Adebayor
33 - Les Ferdinand
29 - Jurgen Klinsmann
27 - Dimitar Berbatov
26 - Aaron Lennon
24 - Rafa van der Vaart
21 - Jermaine Jenas
20 - Nick Barmby
20 - Roman Pavlyuchenko
