Comparing Kane’s major tournament stats to Lineker, Shearer and Rooney’s

Planet Football • 05 Jul 2021

Harry Kane scored twice against Ukraine in England‘s 4-0 Euro 2020 quarter-final win in Rome, taking him onto 37 total goals for his nation, nine of which have come at major tournaments.

But how does Kane’s record at the World Cup and European Championships compare to England’s other great strikers of the last 40 years?

Here, we’ve taken a close look at the numbers of Kane and lined them up alongside the stats of Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer, Michael Owen and Wayne Rooney to see how each shapes up.

Gary Lineker

World Cup

Games: 12
Starts: 12
Sub appearances: 0

Goals: 10
Assists: 0
Penalties scored: 2

Minutes per goal: 113
Minutes per non-penalty goal: 141
Minutes per goal or assist: 113

Euros

Games: 6
Starts: 6
Sub appearances: 0

Goals: 0
Assists: 2
Penalties scored: 0

Minutes per goal: N/A
Minutes per non-penalty goal: N/A
Minutes per goal or assist: 246

Total

Games: 18
Starts: 18
Sub appearances: 0

Goals: 10
Assists: 2
Penalties scored: 2

Minutes per goal: 162
Minutes per non-penalty goal: 202
Minutes per goal or assist: 135

Watch: Greatest Games: Gary Lineker on the day that proved his ‘ground zero’

Alan Shearer

World Cup

Games: 4
Starts: 4
Sub appearances: 0

Goals: 2
Assists: 0
Penalties scored: 1

Minutes per goal: 195
Minutes per non-penalty goal: 390
Minutes per goal or assist: 195

Euros

Games: 9
Starts: 9
Sub appearances: 0

Goals: 7
Assists: 0
Penalties scored: 2

Minutes per goal: 122
Minutes per non-penalty goal: 171
Minutes per goal or assist: 122

Total

Games: 13
Starts: 13
Sub appearances: 0

Goals: 9
Assists: 0
Penalties scored: 3

Minutes per goal: 138
Minutes per non-penalty goal: 208
Minutes per goal or assist: 138

Michael Owen

World Cup

Games: 12
Starts: 10
Sub appearances: 2

Goals: 4
Assists: 2
Penalties scored: 0

Minutes per goal: 181
Minutes per non-penalty goal: 181
Minutes per goal or assist: 120

Euros

Games: 7
Starts: 7
Sub appearances: 0

Goals: 2
Assists: 2
Penalties scored: 0

Minutes per goal: 262
Minutes per non-penalty goal: 262
Minutes per goal or assist: 131

Total

Games: 19
Starts: 17
Sub appearances: 2

Goals: 6
Assists: 4
Penalties scored: 0

Minutes per goal: 208
Minutes per non-penalty goal: 208
Minutes per goal or assist: 125

#OnThisDay in 1998, David Beckham played the ball to Michael Owen and this happened.

An iconic World Cup goal. pic.twitter.com/AVXCuWsKuY

— Planet Football (@planetfutebol) June 30, 2021