Erling Haaland reached the 100-goal mark in Premier League play during Manchester City\u2019s match with Fulham on Tuesday, becoming the quickest player in league history to hit the century. The 25-year-old achieved the milestone in just 111 Premier League appearances, surpassing the previous benchmark set by Alan Shearer, who reached 100 in 124 games.<\/p>\n
Haaland\u2019s pace to 100 leaves several of the competition\u2019s top scorers well behind. He arrived at the milestone far sooner than Harry Kane (147), Sergio Ag\u00fcero (147) and Thierry Henry (160). Mohamed Salah reached 100 in 162 appearances. The club forward\u2019s rise has been relentless this season and he will now press on with ambitions of breaking his own single-season scoring record.<\/p>\n
Haaland, who has already been compared to Lionel Messi by his manager this term, scored 36 times during the 2022\u201323 campaign en route to a treble, surpassing Salah\u2019s previous record of 32 goals in a 38-match season. His 100th Premier League strike was his 15th in the competition this season, keeping well clear of Brentford\u2019s Igor Thiago and Brighton & Hove Albion\u2019s Danny Welbeck in the scoring charts so far this year.<\/p>\n
The milestone underlines how quickly Haaland has established himself among the Premier League\u2019s most prolific forwards. A review of the fastest players to 100 Premier League goals highlights the scale of the achievement: Erling Haaland (111), Alan Shearer (124), Harry Kane (147), Sergio Ag\u00fcero (147), Thierry Henry (160), Mohamed Salah (162), Ian Wright (173), Robbie Fowler (175), Les Ferdinand (178) and Michael Owen (185).<\/p>\n
That list places Haaland at the top by a clear margin and frames a season in which he has already rewritten single-season records and set a new standard for goalscoring efficiency in the Premier League.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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