Kane, Owen, Vardy, Russo: Who is England’s best ever super-sub?

We all love a super-sub and Alessia Russo is officially England’s best ever, according to statistics from AceOdds. 

The betting calculator site have assembled a list of England’s most prolific subs from over the years and the evidence points resoundingly in Russo’s favour. 

Russo has been on fire at Euro 2022 so far and has scored four times in five games. Each of these goals has come from the bench, including one against Norway, two against Northern Ireland and one against Sweden. 

Her audacious backheel finish against Sweden went viral and is no doubt one of the most ‘humiliating’ goals you’ll ever wish to see. 

The 23-year-old is still yet to start a game in this year’s competition, but on current form, Sarina Wiegman must be considering giving the nod to the in-form Manchester United striker. 

Russo is in esteemed company when it comes to England super-subs. Who could forget Jamie Vardy’s memorable equaliser against Wales at Euro 2016, or Harry Kane’s debut goal off the bench vs Lithuania. 

But as you can see from the list below, there is only one winner. 

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As per the statistics from AceOdds, Russo has equalled Jermain Defoes’ scoring record off the bench but has a far higher sub-appearance to goal ratio. 

Here’s a full ranking: 

10. Jamie Vardy – 3 goals (0.23 goals per sub appearance) 

9. Darius Vassell – 3 goals (0.19 goals per sub appearance) 

8. Shaun Wright-Phillips -3 goals (0.14 goals per sub appearance)

7. Robbie Fowler – 3 goals (0.2 goals per sub appearance)

6. Harry Kane – 4 goals (0.24 goals per sub appearance)

5. Joe Cole – 4 goals (0.16 goals per sub appearance)

4. Michael Owen – 4 goals (0.40 goals per sub appearance)

3. Peter Crouch – 5 goals (0.22 goals per