Liverpool’s Top Goal scorer from every season in the Premier League

Ian Rush with 346 goals is Liverpool's all tiem top scorer.


Liverpool’s Top Goal scorer from every season in the Premier League

Liverpool is the football club representing North West England with the same name,e in the top tier of English football. The Merseyside club was founded in 1892 and since has been a power to reckon with. The club has 19 league titles and 8 FA Clubs and is the most successful English club in international tournaments. Won We look at the top goal scorers for Liverpool over the years since the start of the Premier League in 1992.

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1992-94: Ian Rush

Ian Rush
Ian Rush

Ian Rush scored the most goals for the Reds in the first two seasons of the Premier League, as he registered 14 strikes in both campaigns back to back. The Welsh striker became the greatest goalscorer at the club during the following years and ended his career with 346 goals to his name.

1994-97: Robbie Fowler

English striker Robbie Fowler took on the mantle of scoring goals for the Reds from 1994 to 1997. The striker scored 25,28, and 18 goals in 3 consecutive seasons and was named the PFA Young player of the year in the seasons 1995 and 96.

1998-04: Michael Owen

Michael Owen

A Reds academy graduate, Michael Owen became a Liverpool legend as he scored many goals for his side from the turn of the new millennium in 2000. He became Liverpool’s leading scorer for seven straight seasons, as no one came close to the English striker in terms of lethalness in front of goal. The striker scored 117 goals for the Reds in the seven seasons in the Premier League.

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2003-06: Milan Baros, Steven Gerrard and Dirk Kuyt

Milan Baros
Milan Baros

Since the departure of Michael Owen in 2004, the great English club has failed to find someone who would singlehandedly score the same number of goals for them. Milan Baros produced the best results in front of goal in 2003/04 when he scored a meager nine goals.

Steven Gerrard became the leading scorer the next year in 2005 when he hit the back of the net just ten times in 38 matches. The number increased to 12, the next year, in 2006, and Dirk Kuyt was the man who scored them for the Reds.

2007-08, 2009,10: Fernando Torres

Fernando Torres

Things took a great turn for Liverpool in 2007 when they signed Spanish striker Fernando Torres from Atletico Madrid. The striker churned in goals for fun, finished the season with 24 strikes to his name, and proved his mettle in the Premier League. He also finished the highest scorer in 2009, with 18 goals.

2011-14: Luis Suarez

Luis Suarez

Liverpool signed controversial striker Luis Suarez in 2011 following the departure of their main goal scorer Fernando Torres. The Uruguayan striker enjoyed instant success at Anfield and scored the most goals for them in his first season in the Premier League with just 11 goals. However, his numbers increased astronomically in the following seasons as he scored 23 and then 31 goals in the next two seasons in 2012 and 2013. The 31 goals in a Premier League season was the record for most goals scored ever in a single league season until 2017.

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2017-2022: Mohammed Salah

Mohammed Salah

Egyptian King Mohammed Salah has been Liverpool’s best player ever since he joined the club from AS Roma in 2017. In his first season in the Premier League, he eclipsed Luis Suarez’s record of 31 goals in 2017/18, where he scored 32 goals in 33 matches. He also continued his form in the following seasons and scored 22, 19, and 22, out of which he won the Golden boot in 2017/18 and 2018/19. His goals helped Liverpool end their Premier League drought in 2019/20. In the 2022 season, Mohammed Salah was the top scorer in the Premier League alongside Son Heung-min of Spurs.

Liverpool Top Goal Scorer Season Wise

SeasonPlayer NamePlayer PositionNumber of Matches PlayedGoals scored
1992/93Ian RushCentre-Forward 3114
1993/94Ian RushCentre-Forward3914
1994/95Robbie FowlerCentre-Forward3125
1995/96Robbie FowlerCentre-Forward3128
1996/97Robbie FowlerCentre-Forward3518
1997/98Michael Owen Centre-Forward 2818
1998/99Michael Owen Centre-Forward3518
1999/00Michael Owen Centre-Forward3111
2000/01Michael Owen Centre-Forward3516
2001/02Michael Owen Centre-Forward3319
2002/03Michael Owen Centre-Forward 3819
2003/04Michael OwenCentre-Forward3016
2004/05Milan BarosCentre-Forward 269
2005/06Steven Gerrard Central Midfield 3510
2006/07Dirk KuytCentre-Forward3612
2007/08Fernando Torres Centre-Forward 2424
2008/09Steven GerrardCentral Midfield 3716
2009/10Fernando TorresCentre-Forward3218
2010/11Dirk KuytCentre Forward3813
2011/12Luis Suarez Centre-Forward 3111
2012/13Luis Suarez Centre-Forward 3323
2013/14Luis Suarez Centre-Forward 3331
2014/15Steven GerrardCentral Midfield 299
2015/16Roberto FirminoCentre-Forward2810
2016/17Sadio ManeLeft Winger 2713
2017/18Mohammed Salah Right Winger 3632
2018/19Mohammed Salah Right Winger3822
2019/20Mohammed Salah Right Winger3419
2020/21Mohammed SalahRight Winger3722
2021/22Mohammed SalahRight Winger3523

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