£75 million summer signing Romelu Lukaku became Manchester United’s 101st goalscorer in Premier League history with his opening goal in the Red Devils’ 4-0 thrashing of West Ham this afternoon.
The Belgian scored a brace before Anthony Martial scored his 16th in the competition and Paul Pogba scored his sixth in the Premier League to wrap up an emphatic win.
Lukaku’s brace means he has now scored joined Dennis Bergkamp for 87 Premier League goals in his career, equal 36th in the all-time Premier League top scorers chart.
At only 24 years of age the United striker has a chance of catching up and overtaking leader Alan Shearer on 260 goals should he spend the majority of his career in England. If he can average 25 goals a season for the next seven years it would bring him to that figure. That’s not out of the question given he is currently United’s sole striker with lots of playmakers around him.
The full list of Manchester United’s 101 Premier League goalscorers is as follows:
Rank | Player | Goals |
---|---|---|
1 | Wayne Rooney | 183 |
2 | Ryan Giggs | 109 |
3 | Paul Scholes | 107 |
4 | Ruud van Nistelrooy | 95 |
5 | Andrew Cole | 93 |
6 | Ole Gunnar Solskjær | 91 |
7 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 84 |
8 | Eric Cantona | 64 |
9 | David Beckham | 62 |
10 | Dimitar Berbatov | 48 |
10 | Robin van Persie | 48 |
10 | Dwight Yorke | 48 |
13 | Javier Hernández | 37 |
14 | Mark Hughes | 35 |
15 | Roy Keane | 33 |
16 | Teddy Sheringham | 31 |
17 | Louis Saha | 28 |
18 | Juan Mata | 27 |
19 | Nani | 26 |
20 | Andrei Kanchelskis | 23 |
21 | Nicky Butt | 21 |
22 | Danny Welbeck | 20 |
23 | Paul Ince | 19 |
23 | Park Ji-sung | 19 |
23 | Carlos Tevez | 19 |
26 | Darren Fletcher | 18 |
26 | Denis Irwin | 18 |
26 | Brian McClair | 18 |
29 | Michael Carrick | 17 |
29 | Zlatan Ibrahimović | 17 |
29 | Lee Sharpe | 17 |
32 | Anthony Martial | 16 |
33 | Nemanja Vidić | 15 |
34 | Antonio Valencia | 14 |
35 | Steve Bruce | 11 |
35 | Ashley Young | 11 |
37 | Diego Forlán | 10 |
37 | Ander Herrera | 10 |
37 | John O’Shea | 10 |
37 | Marcus Rashford | 10 |
41 | Jordi Cruyff | 8 |
41 | Marouane Fellaini | 8 |
41 | Gary Pallister | 8 |
44 | Patrice Evra | 7 |
44 | Rio Ferdinand | 7 |
44 | Ronny Johnsen | 7 |
44 | Chris Smalling | 7 |
44 | Alan Smith | 7 |
44 | Juan Sebastián Verón | 7 |
50 | Shinji Kagawa | 6 |
50 | David May | 6 |
50 | Paul Pogba | 6 |
50 | Mikaël Silvestre | 6 |
54 | Rafael | 5 |
54 | Anderson | 5 |
54 | Quinton Fortune | 5 |
54 | Adnan Januzaj | 5 |
54 | Jesse Lingard | 5 |
54 | Phil Neville | 5 |
54 | Gary Neville | 5 |
54 | Michael Owen | 5 |
54 | Karel Poborský | 5 |
63 | Daley Blind | 4 |
63 | Jonny Evans | 4 |
63 | Radamel Falcao | 4 |
63 | Federico Macheda | 4 |
63 | Henrikh Mkhitaryan | 4 |
68 | David Bellion | 3 |
68 | Wes Brown | 3 |
68 | Tom Cleverley | 3 |
68 | Ángel Di María | 3 |
68 | Darron Gibson | 3 |
68 | James Wilson | 3 |
74 | Henning Berg | 2 |
74 | Alexander Büttner | 2 |
74 | Luke Chadwick | 2 |
74 | Memphis Depay | 2 |
74 | Dion Dublin | 2 |
74 | Owen Hargreaves | 2 |
74 | Phil Jones | 2 |
74 | Kléberson | 2 |
74 | Romelu Lukaku | 2 |
74 | Kieran Richardson | 2 |
74 | Bryan Robson | 2 |
85 | Laurent Blanc | 1 |
85 | Jesper Blomqvist | 1 |
85 | Fábio | 1 |
85 | Matteo Darmian | 1 |
85 | Mame Biram Diouf | 1 |
85 | Chris Eagles | 1 |
85 | Keith Gillespie | 1 |
85 | Josh Harrop | 1 |
85 | Gabriel Heinze | 1 |
85 | Henrik Larsson | 1 |
85 | Paul Parker | 1 |
85 | Nick Powell | 1 |
85 | Marcos Rojo | 1 |
85 | Giuseppe Rossi | 1 |
85 | Morgan Schneiderlin | 1 |
85 | Bastian Schweinsteiger | 1 |
85 | Jaap Stam | 1 |