Maddison scores our fourth fastest Premier League goal

James Maddison's scored our fourth-fastest Premier League when he opened the scoring in Sunday's 5-0 win over Southampton.

Played in by Djed Spence at St Mary's, Madders scored his sixth goal of the domestic campaign when he slotted home past Alex McCarthy with just 36 seconds on the clock.

That strike was just two seconds behind Emmanuel Adebayor's opener in a 3-3 draw at home to Everton back in 2013 while it was a fair but short of our two quickest goals in the competition - the fastest belonging to the legendary Ledley King, who up until 2019 held the record for the quickest goal in the competition, (vs Bradford in 9.82 seconds - December, 2000) and the second-fastest to Christian Eriksen (vs Manchester United in 10.5 seconds - January, 2018).

Madders' goal though does go down as our second quickest goal on the road in the competition.

Interestingly, of the 12 goals we have scored in the first minute of matches in the Premier League, six of them have come in the winter months of December and January - talk about catching opponents cold...

Watch Madders' lightning-quick opener at St Mary's

Fastest Spurs goals in the Premier League

1. Ledley King vs Bradford - 9.82 seconds | Bradford 3-3 Spurs | December, 2000
2. Christian Eriksen vs Man United - 10.54 seconds | Spurs 2-0 Man United | January, 2018
3. Emmanuel Adebayor vs Everton - 34 seconds | Spurs 3-3 Everton | April, 2013
4. James Maddison vs Southampton - 36 seconds | Southampton 0-5 Spurs | December, 2024
5. Danny Murphy vs Portsmouth - 41 seconds | Spurs 2-1 Portsmouth | October, 2006
6. Harry Kane vs AFC Bournemouth - 45 seconds | Spurs 3-0 AFC Bournemouth | March, 2016
7. Heung-Min Son vs West Ham - 45 seconds | Spurs 3-3 West Ham | October, 2020
8. Harry Kane vs Liverpool - 47 seconds | Liverpool 2-1 Spurs | October, 2019
9. Jermain Defoe vs Man United in 51 seconds | Spurs 1-3 Man United | September, 2009
10. Steffen Iversen vs Southampton in 54 seconds | Spurs 3-1 Southampton | December, 1996
11. Harry Kane vs Leicester City in 58 seconds | Leicester City 1-2 Spurs | December, 2014
12. Tanguy Ndombele vs Wolves in 58 seconds | Wolves 1-1 Spurs | December, 2020