Mohamed Salah becomes Premier League's 10th all-time top scorer

Ten years and nine months after making his Premier League debut for Chelsea, Mohamed Salah wrote his name in the competition's books against Crystal Palace. The Egyptian reached the milestone of 150 goals in the Premier League.
A remarkable figure in itself, no doubt about it. The Liverpool player entered the top 10 of all-time goalscorers in the Premier League, the name of England's top flight since the 1992-93 season. Therefore, with the help of BeSoccer Pro, we review the figures and the achievement of the African player.
Salah reached his 150th goal in his 247th game in the Premier League, which leaves him with a great average of 0.61 goals per game so far. In terms of season-by-season figures, it is clear that Salah's best form in the domestic competition was seen in the 2017/18 campaign, following his arrival at Anfield.
Fresh from Roma, Salah returned to the Premier League after his previous experience with Chelsea (2 goals in 10 games in 2013-14 and 0 in 3 in 2014-15). His first steps at Anfield could not have been better, as on an individual level he finished the season with a total of 32 goals in 38 games, this being so far his best record both in figures and average, as he averaged 0.84 goals per game. Since then, his figures have been remarkable, although he has always been far from the records of that campaign.
In 2018-19, Salah scored 22 goals in 38 Premier League games (0.58 average), but in the difficult 2019-20 season he scored 19 goals in 34 games (0.56). In 2020-21, the former Roma man finished the campaign with 22 goals in 37 appearances (0.59), while his contribution rose to 23 in 35 games (0.66) in the 2021-22 term. Finally, before his 13 goals in 15 contests so far this campaign, the Egyptian scored 19 times in 38 appearances (0.5) in the 2022-23 edition.
His numbers have earned Salah, in addition to helping his team win the title in the 2019-20 season, the Premier League Golden Boot three times, winning the award alone in the 2017-18 season and sharing the honour with other players in the 2018-19 (with Pierre Emerick Aubameyang and Sadio Mane) and 2021-22 (with Heung-Min Son) seasons.

With 150 goals scored, Mohamed Salah can now boast of being one of the top 10 top scorers in the English championship in the 'Premier League era' (from the 1992-93 campaign to the present). The African is 10th on the list, surpassing Michael Owen, who scored most of his goals in the domestic championship with Liverpool, although he also added to his tally with Newcastle, Manchester United and Stoke City.
Just above Salah are two legends who, if things don't go wrong, could catch them this season, as Jermaine Defoe and Robbie Fowler share eighth place with 162 goals. The former scored in the English top flight for West Ham, Tottenham Hotspur, Portsmouth, Sunderland and Bournemouth, while the latter had spells at Liverpool, Leeds United and Manchester City.
Thierry Henry and Frank Lampard are in fifth and sixth place, with 176 goals for the Arsenal legend and 172 for the Chelsea icon, who also scored for West Ham and Manchester City. Still well clear of the Egyptian and just outside the podium are Andy Cole and Kun Aguero. The Englishman scored 188 goals for Newcastle, Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers, Fulham, Manchester City and Portsmouth, with the Argentinian scoring 184 league goals for Manchester City.
Although Salah has already earned a timeless place among the Premier League's top scorers, it seems the podium is still a long way off for the Egyptian, who still needs to score more than half a hundred goals in the competition to reach third place. That is occupied by Wayne Rooney, who scored 208 goals during his spells with Manchester United and Everton in England's top flight.
Silver goes to, along with Salah, the only active player in this top 10: Harry Kane. The Three Lions international, after a lifetime with Tottenham, left last summer to join Bayern Munich. A decision that, while it may bring him the titles that have eluded him, will deprive him of becoming the top scorer in the history of the competition, something he would almost certainly have achieved given his averages and the 213 goals with which he left London.
Without the threat of Kane, the top of the list can breathe a sigh of relief. The 260 Premier League goals with which Blackburn Rovers and, above all, Newcastle legend Alan Shearer ended his career look set to remain at the top for several more years to come, with the former England international now seeing Erling Haaland's sporting fortunes as his next rival in this never-ending race.