Top 10 players who score the most goals in a Premier League season

1. Alan Shearer, 1994–95 (34 goals)

In the 1993–94 season, Alan Shearer scored 31 goals, but it wasn't enough to win the Premier League Golden Boot. That was won by Andrew Cole, but both of them were from young teams trying to undermine Manchester United's shiny new hegemony in English football. In 1994–95, Shearer not only scored more goals than Cole, but he also led Blackburn Rovers to their first league title since 1914.

Alan Shearer

Shearer made 42 appearances and scored 34 goals. Given the injury issues he had during his career, the fact that he started all 42 league games (and was only substituted off twice) is arguably even more astounding than his goal total. Shearer would start every game in that season for the first time in his Premier League career, and his prize was the lone major honor of his career.

Shearer was infamous for being reluctant to utilize his left foot, as evidenced by the fact that only one of the 34 goals he scored this season—an early goal in a 3-1 victory at Manchester City on Boxing Day—came from that limb. Nine of his 34 goals came in the first 15 minutes of games, as Shearer and Blackburn pushed forward early in an effort to prevent Manchester United from winning three straight championships. They eventually succeeded in doing this thanks to Shearer's goal on the final day of the campaign at a restless Anfield, where fans were more concerned about United's failure to win the title than the game's outcome. As it turned out, Rovers finished on top because Liverpool won 2-1 and Alex Ferguson's squad lost to West Ham.

2. Andrew Cole, 1993–1994 (34 goals)

While no one objected to Manchester United's purchase of the 34-goal reigning Golden Boot winner Andy Cole from Newcastle United in January 1995, there was general surprise that Newcastle would let their star player go. This was part of Manchester United's strategy to thwart Blackburn's ultimately successful title bid in 1994–95. In 1992–93, Cole led the Magpies back to the top division, and in 1993–94, his totals of 34 goals and 13 assists were the absolute top numbers in both categories. In 2020-21, Harry Kane would be the next player to accomplish this feat.The fact that none of Cole's 34 goals during that season came from the penalty spot, and that by the time Cole completed his Premier League career in 2008, only one of his 187 goals had come from the spot, is even more astonishing.

Andrew Cole

Cole won five Premier League championships, a UEFA Champions League, two FA Cups, and a League Cup by the conclusion of his career, but none of them came until 1993–94, the year he appeared to be the most exciting striker in the nation and actually was.

3. Mohamed Salah, 2017-18 (32 goals)

The final two Premier League seasons, which included 22 teams and 42 games, were when Cole and Shearer's 34-goal seasons occurred. The glass ceiling for player goals in this format seemed to be 31 goals for a long period during the 1995–96 season, when clubs (and healthy players) would play 38 games. That is, until Liverpool decided to complete the formation of the renowned front three of Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino, and Mohamed Salah by bringing Salah, a former Chelsea player, back to the Premier League from Roma in the summer of 2017.

Mohamed Salah

Although it was a frustrating 3-3 draw, the Egyptian scored on his club debut against Watford and went on to score four more goals against them in the rematch at Anfield. In January, Liverpool's 4-3 thriller win over Manchester City featured goals from Salah against Arsenal, Chelsea, and a long-range attempt. He scored three goals against Tottenham, but more significantly, he scored against Brighton on the final day, which helped him reach the historic total of 32 goals in a season that included 38 games.

Despite suffering a shoulder injury from a collision with Sergio Ramos in the Champions League final, Salah's 2017–18 league season was one of the best ever recorded in the English top division. His winning seven (7) LFC player of the month honors in that season serves as additional evidence.

4. Luis Suarez, 2013-14 (31 goals)

With his 31 goals in the 2017–18 season, Salah passed three men; one of them was Luis Suarez, a former player at Anfield. The Uruguayan had to wait until late September to make his debut, not because of a delayed start or an injury, but rather because he was serving a lengthy 10-game suspension for biting Branislav Ivanovic during his club's home game against Chelsea in April 2013. Suarez was only able to play in 33 Premier League games as a result in 2013–14, but he more than made up for the missed time.

Luis Suarez

To get his annual glut, he scored hat-tricks against West Brom in October, Cardiff in March, and Norwich City with a fantastic four in a pre-Christmas thrashing of the Canaries. Despite the fact that his 10 goals in December still stand as a Premier League record for a single month, he only managed to score two goals in April and May, when Liverpool's title hopes were gloriously on the verge of success before tragically failing. In Liverpool's second-to-last game, a 3-3 tie against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park, he scored his final Premier League goal of the year and his final goal in England overall. Suarez sobbed as he left the field, and soon after, he left Liverpool.

5. Cristiano Ronaldo, 2007-08 (31 goals)

Manchester United won the Premier League championship for the second consecutive year in 2007–08, and they also won the Champions League. At times, Ronaldo's partnership with Wayne Rooney and Carlos Tevez was breathtaking, and both players were always eager to put in countless hours of labor so that Ronaldo might benefit. And boy, did Ronaldo ever benefit.

Cristiano Ronaldo

The foundation of Ronaldo's successful season was a brace rather than a hat-trick, of which he only had one (his second and third Premier League trebles would have to wait until the 2021-22 season in the distant future). In addition to scoring twice against Wigan at Old Trafford in October, he also scored against Blackburn, Fulham, Everton, Portsmouth, Newcastle, Bolton, and West Ham. He also scored against Wigan, Newcastle, Bolton, Fulham, and West Ham in December. In the final league game of the year at Wigan, Manchester United defeated Chelsea 2-0 to win the league title ahead of them. They would later defeat Chelsea on penalties in the Champions League final in Moscow.

6. Alan Shearer 1995-96 (31 goals), 1993-94 (31 goals)

Alan Shearer is a goal scorer who has set numerous records.Besides winning the Premier League Golden Boot title in the 1994–95 season, he also made people admire him for having 31 goals in two seasons.

In the 1996-97 season, when Ray Harford took over as manager when Kenny Dalglish left for an unknown position as director of football, the Rovers had little prospect of defending their league championship, as it turned out. So it was remarkable that Shearer set a then-record 31 goals in a season of 38 games, even though Blackburn ended only seventh and competed against each other in the Champions League. In addition, Shearer set a Premier League record by scoring five goals in a single season, and it was a season of goals based on hat-tricks. The final time the Ewood Park crowd saw Shearer score in blue and white was on a Wednesday in Lancashire, when he scored twice against Wimbledon. He led all scorers at Euro '96 before leaving for Newcastle United for a then-record £15 million transfer fee. For Newcastle United, he would score more Premier League goals than Blackburn, but never at the same rate.

Alan Shearer

Alan Shearer did score 12 away goals in 1993-94, a Premier League high for him, and he also dispelled any doubts that persisted following the knee injury that had hampered 1992-93. This 31-goal haul came in a 42-game season, so it is probably less spectacular than the 31 in 1995-96. The Premier League record for a single player in a season is nine braces, which this season's performance is remarkable for. This player consistently caused issues by scoring twice.

7. Harry Kane, 2017-18 (30 goals)

Harry Kane has also been an excellent player in recent years. He appeared on this list with the achievement of scoring 30 goals in the 2017–18 season.

Kane started scoring goals in the Premier League after August had ended, following up with braces against Everton and West Ham in September, as was the custom back then. As of now, in the summer of 2022, Kane has not recorded a hat trick in the Premier League since December of 2017, when he scored twice in four days against Burnley and Southampton, respectively.

Harry Kane

Kane reached his 30th birthday by scoring twice against Leicester on the final day of the season. It should also be noted that this season, Kane's "home" was Wembley Stadium while Spurs waited for their new home to be constructed. Overall, the campaign was more than successful, especially considering that Kane finished this year's campaign by taking home the Golden Boot at the World Cup in Russia.

8. Robin van Persie, 2011-12 (30 goals)

Just his ability to keep in shape was in question; there was never any question about Robin van Persie's skill with the ball. Van Persie has never played more than 28 league games in any of his seven prior seasons with Arsenal before the 2011–12 campaign. He played all 38 games for Arsenal in 2011–12 and all 38 games for Manchester United in 2012–13. He scored 56 goals in all. Van Persie scored 30 of them during his final campaign under Arsene Wenger, 10% of them in a historic 5-3 victory at Stamford Bridge. Along with Kanu and Sergio Aguero, van Persie is one of just three visitors to score a Premier League hat-trick away at Chelsea.

Robin van Persie

Van Persie led the Premier League in scoring with 12 goals in 2011-12 while playing with his weaker foot. Against Norwich in May, he scored his final two goals while wearing an Arsenal jersey. He won the Premier League with Sir Alex Ferguson and Manchester United the following year, something none of them have accomplished since.

9. Thierry Henry 2003-04 (30 goals)

Thierry Henry

Although it was the only occasion Thierry Henry scored 30 or more Premier League goals, he did so after five straight seasons of 24 or more, making it the pinnacle of arguably the competition's finest player's golden age of football. Henry's legacy is only strengthened by the fact that 2003–04 was the season in which Arsenal won the title without dropping a single match. The final nail in the coffin was two hat-tricks in a week against Liverpool and Leeds United. Arsenal's unbeaten streak was saved by the first, and it appeared inevitable after the second. Yes, Henry's final 13 goals in 2003-04 came at Highbury, but it was a beautiful field.

10. Kevin Phillips, 1999-20 (30 goals)

Kevin Phillips

The 1999–2000 season was fantastic for Kevin Phillips. He continued to be Andy Cole's top rival in the 1993–94 season for a promoted player's impact on goal scoring. Cole and Phillips did it for Newcastle and Sunderland, respectively, and in the process, Cole scored 16 of his 30 goals away from home. No other player has ever scored as frequently past an opponent's goalie away from home in a single season in the Premier League's 30-year history. His lone hat-trick came on the road, away at Derby, and his total performance earned him a spot in Kevin Keegan's disastrous England squad for Euro 2000 in addition to the Golden Boot (Harry Kane would win it again in 2016).