Kane, Henry, Rooney: Who is the Premier League's greatest ever striker?
Harry Kane has now scored more Premier League goals than Thierry Henry.
When the Tottenham Hotspur striker smashed home his 175th and 176th goals in England’s top-flight against Everton on Monday night, he surpassed arguably the greatest player in the division’s history.
And while it might have taken 12 more games for Kane to usurp the Arsenal legend, there are now only five players that stand in his way to become the Premier League‘s all-time record goalscorer.
So, with such a seismic shift in the competition’s goalscoring ranks, we thought that it only made sense to zoom out for a second and take a wider look at the topography of the Premier League’s finest ever strikers.
Besides, just because Kane now has more goals than Henry, that doesn’t necessarily mean that he would place higher than him when it comes to ranking the top-flight’s finest strikers since 1992.
With everything from longevity, consistency, quality of teammates and non-goalscoring traits to consider, stacking up legendary Premier League strikers isn’t as easy as counting up the goals.
But when has difficulty ever stopped us? Yes, that’s right, we’re wheeling out our trusty medium of Tiermaker and using their popular “Premier League All-Time Strikers” template to reveal our opinion to the world.
With categories ranging from ‘GOAT’ to ‘Bottom of the Pile’ with plenty of juicy tiers in between, there’s lots of debating to be had on the back of Kane leaving Henry in his dust.
Ultimately, the selections come down to the opinion of yours truly, but the aforementioned criteria that takes into account performance over time will guide me nonetheless as I sort the great from the good.
Bear in mind that the players are being ranked based on their qualities as a