20x9 - Harry's incredible run continues...
Mon 27 February 2023, 12:45|
Tottenham Hotspur
Harry Kane has broken the 20-goal barrier in all competitions for a season for the ninth successive campaign.
The striker's close-range finish after Eric Dier flicked on Heung-Min Son's corner secured a 2-0 victory against Chelsea on Sunday after Oliver Skipp thundered home the opener at the start of the second half.
Now our record goalscorer after surpassing Jimmy Greaves' long-standing mark of 266 goals, it means Academy graduate Harry, 29, has scored 20-plus goals in all competitions in every season since his breakthrough in 2014/15.
This season's breakdown so far is 18 goals in the Premier League, one in the FA Cup and one in the UEFA Champions League. His recent record-breaking goal against Manchester City was also his 200th in the Premier League, so he's now up to 201. He's only the third player to reach 200 goals in the competition behind Wayne Rooney (208) and Alan Shearer (260).
Back in 2018/19, Harry became the first player to score 20-plus goals for Spurs in five successive seasons.
Greavsie scored 20-plus in his first four seasons at Spurs, but was laid low by hepatitis in 1965/66, restricting him to 16 goals in 31 matches. He then scored 20-plus in his next three before hitting 11 in 1969/70, when he moved to West Ham. He scored 20-plus in seven of his nine seasons at Spurs.
Bobby Smith and Martin Chivers also hit 20-plus goals in four-successive seasons.
20-20 vision
Spurs players to score back-to-back 20 goals (all competitions) in a season since we joined the Football League in 1908...
Bert Bliss
22 in 1914-15 (21 league)
Break for WW1
33 in 1919-20 (31 league)
21 in 1920-21 (17 league)
George Hunt
26 in 31-32 (24 league)
36 in 32-33 (33 league)
35 in 33-34 (32 league)
Johnny Morrison
28 in 35-36 (25 league)
35 in 36-37 (29 league)
35 in 37-38 (22 league)
Bobby Smith
38 in 57-58 (36 league)
32 in 58-59 (32 league)
30 in 59-60 (25 league)
33 in 60-61 (28 league)
Cliff Jones
24 in 61-62 (16 league)
22 in 62-63 (20 league)
Jimmy Greaves
30 in 61-62 (21 league)
42 in 62-63 (37 league)
36 in 63-64 (35 league)
35 in 64-65 (29 league)
31 in 66-67 (25 league)
29 in 67-68 (23 league)
36 in 68-69 (27 league)
Martin Chivers
29 in 70-71 (21 league)
42 in 71-72 (25 league)
33 in 72-73 (17 league)
23 in 73-74 (17 league)
Mark Falco
21 in 83-84 (13 league)
29 in 84-85 (22 league)
21 in 85-86 (19 league)
Teddy Sheringham
23 in 94-95 (18 league)
24 in 95-96 (16 league)
Dimitar Berbatov
23 in 06-07 (12 league)
23 in 07-08 (15 league)
Robbie Keane
21 in 06-07 (11 league)
23 in 07-08 (15 league)
Harry Kane
31 in 14-15 (21 league)
28 in 15-16 (25 league)
35 in 16-17 (29 league)
41 in 17-18 (30 league)
24 in 18-19 (17 league)
24 in 19-20 (18 league)
33 in 20-21 (23 league)
27 in 21-22 (17 league)
20 so far in 22-23 (18 so far in league)
