Erling Haaland has become the quickest player in history to reach 50 Premier League goals, beating Andy Cole’s previous record of 65 games.
Haaland’s first-half strike for Manchester City against Liverpool on Saturday afternoon was his 50th in just 48 games.
It is the latest in a list of goalscoring records the Norwegian has smashed since joining from Borussia Dortmund in 2022.
His opener against Liverpool was his first against the Merseyside club, meaning Brentford are now the only club he has failed to score against in the Premier League.
Quickest Players To Reach 50 Premier League Goals
- Erling Haaland – 48 games
- Andy Cole – 65 games
- Alan Shearer – 66 games
- Ruud van Nistelrooy – 68 games
- Fernando Torres – 72 games
- Mo Salah – 72 games
- Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – 79 games
- Sergio Aguero – 81 games
- Thierry Henry – 83 games
- Kevin Phillips – 83 games
Every Premier League Record Held By Erling Haaland
See below a list of the ridiculous and mind-blowing records that Haaland has to his name since joining Manchester City from Borussia Dortmund last summer.
- Quickest player to reach 50 Premier League goals (2023/24)
- No player had scored the first two goals of a PL campaign before Haaland vs Burnley (2023/24)
- Most goals in a single Premier League season with 36 in 35 appearances (2022/23)
- Most goals in one season in all competitions by a Premier League player with 52 (2022/23)
- More Premier League goals than three clubs: Swindon (47), Barnsley (37), Luton (10)
- Everton and Wolves scored fewer Premier League goals in an entire season than Haaland (2022/23)
- Most goals in first five Premier League games with eight (2022/23)
- First Premier League player to score hat-tricks in three successive home games (2022/23)
- Quickest Premier League player to reach three hat-tricks in eight games (2022/23)
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