The 20 players with the best goals-per-game ratio in the Premier League since 2000 - Kane 3rd

Harry Kane is closing in on Alan Shearer’s Premier League goals record.

The Englishman has scored 178 goals in England’s top tier, making him the fifth most prolific goal-scorer in Premier League history.

He’s now just 82 goals shy of Alan Shearer’s record. Still just 28 years old, Kane has a real chance of reaching Shearer’s mark.

Kane has been one of the best strikers in England’s top tier since 2000.

But what is his goals-per-game ratio compare and how does it compare to legendary strikers to have plied their trade in the Premier League in the 21st century?

PopFoot have answered that very question and you can view their findings below…

20. Alexis Sanchez – 0.41 goals-per-game

19. Dimitar Berbatov – 0.41 goals-per-game

18. Carlos Tevez – 0.42 goals-per-game

17. Wayne Rooney – 0.42 goals-per-game

16. Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink – 0.42 goals-per-game

15. Demba Ba – 0.43 goals-per-game

14. Romelu Lukaku – 0.44 goals-per-game

13. Cristiano Ronaldo – 0.44 goals-per-game

12. Michael Owen – 0.44 goals-per-game

11. Bruno Fernandes – 0.45 goals-per-game

10. Jamie Vardy – 0.49 goals-per-game

9. Robin van Persie – 0.51 goals-per-game

8. Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang – 0.53 goals-per-game

7. Diego Costa – 0.58 goals-per-game

6. Luis Suarez – 0.63 goals-per-game

5. Mohamed Salah – 0.63 goals-per-game

4. Ruud van Nistelrooy – 0.63 goals-per-game

3. Harry Kane – 0.65 goals-per-game

2. Sergio Aguero – 0.67 goals-per-game

1. Thierry Henry – 0.68 goals-per-game

Kane just falls shy of Aguero and Henry’s goals-per-game ratio in the Premier League since 2000.

The Tottenham striker’s ratio has actually gone down in the 2021/22 season as he’s ‘only’ notched 12 goals in 29 Premier League games.

Salah, despite not being an out-and-out striker, is