Ranking the PL teams by goals scored in 2022, because Spurs

We’re so tickled by Spurs being the top scorers in the Premier League since the start of 2022 that we’ve done a whole feature on it.

It was previously one small part of this deliberately mischievous nonsense but now takes on a whole world of its own.

20. Watford – 7

19. Burnley – 7

Avoid bottom spot by virtue of playing one game fewer than Watford. Five of those seven goals came in that heady three-game run in February when the Clarets took seven points off Brighton, Spurs and Palace.

18. Brighton – 7

It really did look like things were going to be different for Brighton when they started the season with four wins in the first five games, making the novel but effective decision to actually take some of the several thousand chances they create every game. Alas, it was the very falsest of dawns and they’ve now reverted to going full Brighton. Seven goals in 12 games this year, three of those in the very first game on January 2 against Everton. In fairness, we’ve all made new year’s resolutions we weren’t able to keep for more than a week. Brighton have also been win, draw and loss specialists at various points in the season. Won four of their first five, drew 12 of the next 18, lost six of their last seven.

17. Everton – 9

A 2022 list where Everton aren’t bottom! They’re not even in the bottom three! Super Frank truly is the messiah. We were wrong to doubt him. Three of those goals did come against Leeds, though, which means they barely count.

16. Norwich – 10

Actually not terrible number of goals from 11 games for the basement boys, even if those goals have earned only eight points. Five came in back-to-back wins against Everton and Watford that briefly raised the prospect of Norwich not getting relegated, which is