A breakdown of the stats behind Son Heung-min’s 100 Prem goals
With his fabulous goal for Tottenham against Brighton, Son Heung-min scored his 100th Premier League goal – and we’ve broken down his top-flight century for your reading pleasure.
Son curled home from the edge of the box after just ten minutes of Spurs’ 2-1 victory over Brighton at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to achieve the milestone.
To notch up a century of goals in the highest division in English football is some achievement, and Son has become only the 34th player to do so since the Premier League was formed in 1992.
The South Korea international took 260 games to join the hundred club, all of which have come in a Tottenham shirt. He is also the first Asian player to score 100 Premier League goals, which is a magnificent achievement.
Son has been a huge hit in the white half of north London since arriving from Bayer Leverkusen in 2015 and has already chalked up a number of individual awards.
He claimed the 2019-20 Puskas award for his sensational solo goal against Burnley and shared the Golden Boot with Mohamed Salah in 2021-22 after scoring 23 times in the English top flight.
We’ve created a breakdown of all the stats around Sterling’s first 100 Premier League goals.
Overall
Games: 260
Goals: 100
Goals per game: 0.38
Hat-tricks: 3
Assists: 56
Penalties (missed): 1 (1)
Season-by-season breakdown
2015-16: 4 goals in 28 appearances
2016-17: 14 goals in 34 appearances
2017-18: 12 goals in 37 appearances
2018-19: 12 goals in 31 appearances
2019-20: 11 goals in 30 appearances
2020-21: 17 goals in 37 appearances
2021-22: 23 goals in 35 appearances
2022-23: 7 goals in 28 appearances
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Most popular opponents scored against:
Ten goals: Southampton
Nine goals: Leicester City
Seven goals: Crystal Palace
Six goals: Watford and West Ham United
Five goals: Aston Villa and Bournemouth
Four goals: Arsenal, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester City, Newcastle United and Norwich City
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