by Manchester City forward Erling Haaland broke the record for most goals scored in a Premier League season with his 35th of the season against West Ham on Wednesday.
His feat is all the more impressive as the record of 34 was set in the league’s first 42-game seasons by Andy Cole and Alan Shearer.
Here, the PA news agency looks at Haaland’s comparison.
Andy Cole, Newcastle, 1993-94
Attendance: 40
Goals: 34
Assists: 13
Cole scored just once in his first four games, but scored 15 in the next 12, including every goal in a 3-0 win over Liverpool and in doubles against Sheffield Wednesday, West Ham and Oldham.
Another hat-trick against Coventry and an outstanding performance in the return match with the Hammers, with a goal and three assists in a 4–2 win, were further highlights of his season. His 13 assists also led the Premier League as Newcastle finished third, making him the only man since Harry Kane in 2020-21 to top both tables.
Alan Shearer, Blackburn, 1994-95
Attendance: 42
Goals: 34
Assists: 13
Shearer was ever-present as he equaled Cole’s record and led Blackburn to the title, as Cole completed his tally with a goal on the final day of the season. He scored three hat-tricks – all in 3-0 wins at Ewood Park, against QPR, West Ham and Ipswich – and four braces in his second of three consecutive 30-goal seasons.
He also equaled Cole’s assist tally, finishing third in the top flight as he and strike partner Chris Sutton have combined to set each other up on 13 occasions, a record broken by Kane two years ago in tandem with fellow striker Chris Sutton. Spurs team Son Heung-min.
Erling Haaland, Manchester City, 2022-23
Attendance: 31
Goals: 35
Assists: 7
Haaland wasted no time in making his mark in the Premier League, scoring two goals on his debut against West Ham, a record nine in his first five games and 15 in nine. He has four hat-tricks to his name and another will match Shearer’s record of five in a season set in his 31-goal 1995-96 season.
The record-equalizing penalty against Fulham at Craven Cottage last weekend capped his half-century in all competitions, having scored 12 goals in eight Champions League appearances and four domestic cup appearances, with his goal against the Hammers which sent him ahead in Premier League history.
Haaland’s league assist tally, albeit in single digits, still ranks sixth in the top flight this season, challenging scrutiny of his perceived one-dimensional role in Pep Guardiola’s squad.
Honor roll
Haaland started racking up previous Golden Boot wins as early as November 5 after scoring 18 goals in his first 12 games.
His 23-goal tally that won the last three awards only lasted until a January hat-trick against Wolves, which accounted for nine previous Golden Boot seasons in all, as he equaled Mohamed Salah’s 38-game record of 32 in just 28 appearances.
18 goals – Michael Owen, Dion Dublin and Chris Sutton 1997-98; Owen, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Dwight Yorke 1998-99
Attendance: 12
v Fulham (H), 5 November
19 –Nicolas Anelka 2008-09
Attendance: 14
v Leeds (A), 28 December
20 – Didier Drogba 2006-07; Dimitar Berbatov and Carlos Tevez 2010-11
Attendance: 14
v Leeds (A), 28 December
22 – Teddy Sheringham 1992-93; Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mané and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 2018-19
Attendance: 18
against Tottenham (H), 19 January
23 – Hasselbaink 2000-01; Jamie Vardy 2019-20; Harry Kane 2020-21; Salah and Son Heung-min 2021-22
Attendance: 19
against Lupi (H), 22 January
24 – Thierry Henry 2001-02
Attendance: 19
against Lupi (H), 22 January
25 –Alan Shearer 1996-97; Ruud van Nistelroy 2002-03; Henry 2004-05; Kane 2015-16
Attendance: 19
against Lupi (H), 22 January
26 – Robin van Persie 2012-13; Sergio Aguero 2014-15
Attendance: 22
against Arsenal (A), 15 February
27 – Henry 2005-06
Attendance: 24
v Bournemouth (A), 25 February
29 – Drogba 2009-10; Kane 2016-17
Attendance: 27
v Southampton (A), 8 April
30 –Kevin Phillips 1999-2000; Henry 2003-04; Van Persie 2011-12
Attendance: 27
v Southampton (A), 8 April
31 —Shearer 1995-96; Cristiano Ronaldo 2007-08; Luis Suarez 2013-14
Attendance: 28
v Leicester (H), 15th April
32 – Salah 2017-18
Attendance: 28
v Leicester (H), 15th April
34 —Andy Cole 1993-94; Shearer 1994-95
Attendance: 30
v Fulham (A), 30th April
