Sonny joins legend Cliff Jones on 159 goals for the Club
Mon 11 March 2024, 12:25|
Tottenham Hotspur
Heung-Min Son has drawn level with legendary former winger Cliff Jones on 159 goals for the Club in all competitions.
That means the South Korea star is now joint-fifth in our all-time goalscoring charts - one more goal, and he'll step into our all-time top five.
Sonny's 159th goal, his 14th this season, was a trademark, clinical finish to put us 3-0 up in a key match against Aston Villa in the Premier League on Sunday. It came after great work down the right between Pedro Porro and Deki Kulusevski, a one-two sent Deki clear and he drove into the penalty area before cutting back for Sonny to bury first-time with his right foot from 14 yards.
Now Club captain, that was Sonny's 117th goal in the Premier League. He is second behind Harry Kane in our all-time European goalscoring list on 24 with an additional 14 in the FA Cup and four in the League Cup since joining us from Bayer Leverkusen at the start of the 2015/16 season. He's scored his 159 goals in 397 appearances.
One of our all-time greats, a double-winner in Bill Nicholson's all-conquering team of the early 1960s, Cliff - who recently turned 89 - scored 159 goals in 378 appearances for us between 1958-68. He also won the FA Cup in 1962, the European Cup Winners Cup in 1963 and a third FA Cup in 1967.
The 100 club | Our all-time top scorers
1 - Harry Kane - 2011-2023 - 280 goals in 435 appearances
2 - Jimmy Greaves - 1961-70 - 266/379
3 - Bobby Smith - 1955-64 - 208/317
4 - Martin Chivers - 1968-76 - 174/367
5= Cliff Jones - 1958-68 - 159/378
5= Heung-Min Son - 2015- 159/397
7 - Jermain Defoe - 2004-2014 - 143/363
8 - George Hunt - 1930-37 - 138/198
9 - Len Duquemin - 1947-57 - 134/307
10 - Alan Gilzean - 1964-74 - 133/439
11 - Teddy Sheringham - 1992-2003 - 124/277
12 - Robbie Keane - 2002-2011 - 122/306
13 - Les Bennett - 1946-54 - 117/294
14 - Jimmy Dimmock - 1919-31 - 112/438
15 - Glenn Hoddle - 1975-87 - 110/490
16 - Bert Bliss - 1912-22 - 104/215
17= Billy Minter - 1908-19 - 101/263
17= Johnny Morrison - 1933-39 - 101/154
Records from joining the Football League in 1908/09...
