Ronaldo, Lukaku, Kane: Who was the Premier League's best striker in 21/22?

Cristiano Ronaldo had a decent first season back in the Premier League with Manchester United.

United may have struggled but, despite the club being in turmoil, Ronaldo managed 18 Premier League goals in 30 games.

He finished the season as the third top goalscorer in the league.

However, despite his success, he was statistically only the fourth best striker in England’s top tier in 2021/22, per WhoScored.

We’ve used the website to rank every Premier League striker from worst to best based on their stats in the 21/22 season.

Players have to have played over 500 minutes and spent the majority of their time on the pitch as a centre forward.

42 players qualify and you can view below how they rank from worst to best…

42. Fabio Silva – 6.09

41. Salomon Rondon – 6.19

40. Joe Gelhardt – 6.28

39. Joshua Sargent – 6.32

38. Tyler Roberts – 6.32

37. Adam Armstrong – 6.38

36. Jay Rodriguez – 6.44

35. Patson Daka – 6.45

34. Teemu Pukki – 6.47

33. Neal Maupay – 6.49

32. Kelechi Iheanacho – 6.52

31. Hwang-hee Chang – 6.53

Silva has been the worst rated player in the Premier League this season. The Portuguese forward did not manage to hit the back of the net once in 22 appearances.

Armstrong made the £15m move from Blackburn to Southampton last summer but he struggled in his first season at the club, scoring just two Premier League goals.

It’s perhaps surprising that Pukki is rated so low given he hit the back of the net 11 times in the 21/22 campaign.

30. Timo Werner – 6.53

29. Rodrigo – 6.57

28. Armando Broja – 6.59

27. Eddie Nketiah – 6.60

26. Wout Weghorst – 6.62

25. Jean-Philippe Mateta – 6.64

24. Danny Ings – 6.65

23. Christian Benteke – 6.66

22. Odsonne Édouard – 6.66

21. Raul Jimenez – 6.66

Despite Nketiah’s good form to end the