The records continue to fall for Erling Haaland during his phenomenal debut season at Manchester City, with the history books in need of rewriting.
It has been a remarkable 2022/23 for the flop Manchester City might play better without, with his goals firing them towards the Treble.
His statistics are ludicrous and there are plenty more records for him to target before season’s end. Haaland can add them to this definitive collection of the landmarks he has already set in blue.
Most goals in a Premier League season – 35
Was: 34, held by Andy Cole (1993/94, Newcastle) and Alan Shearer (1994/95, Blackburn)
Most goals in a debut Premier League season – 35
Was: 30, held by Kevin Phillips (1999/2000, Sunderland)
Most goals in all competitions in a Premier League season – 51
Was: 44, held by Ruud van Nistelrooy (2002/03, Man Utd) and Mo Salah (2017/18, Liverpool)
Most goals for Manchester City in all competitions in a single season – 51
Was: 38, held by Tommy Johnson (1928/29)
Most goals in an English top-flight league season by a non-British or Irish player – 35
Was: 33, held by George Robledo (1951/52, Newcastle)
𝟯𝟱 Premier League goals 🤩 A big thank you to everyone for the support, nothing happens without you all, we don’t stop here! 💙 pic.twitter.com/5MJqSbH0T4
— Erling Haaland (@ErlingHaaland) May 3, 2023
Fewest number of games needed to score two Premier League hat-tricks – 5
Was: 21, held by Demba Ba
Fewest number of games needed to score three Premier League hat-tricks – 8
Was: 48, held by Michael Owen
Fewest number of games needed to score four Premier League hat-tricks – 19
Was: 65, held by Ruud van Nistelrooy
Fewest number of games needed to score 20 goals in a Premier League season – 14
Was: 21, held by Kevin Phillips (1999/2000, Sunderland)
Fewest number of games needed to score 25 goals in a Premier League season – 19
Was: 26, held by Kevin Phillips (1999/2000, Sunderland)
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Fewest number of games needed to score 25 goals under Pep Guardiola – 20
Was: 28, held by Lionel Messi
Fewest number of games needed to score 30 Champions League goals – 25
Was: 34, held by Ruud van Nistelrooy
Other records broken
First Premier League player to score 20 goals before January
First Premier League player to score in opening four away games
First Premier League player to score hat-tricks in three successive home games
First player to score more than one goal on his Champions League debut for three different clubs
Most Premier League goals in August in any season
