The top 25 goalscorers in English top flight history

Here is a list of the 25 top goalscorers in English top flight history.

- By Simon Carter

We're not Sky Sports, who believe they invented football in 1992. Instead, this is an all-time list stretching back to the late 1800s.

Of the top

25

only five - Alan Shearer, Ian Rush, Tony Cottee, Harry Kane and Wayne Rooney - made their debuts in the last 45 years.

Liverpool's Mo Salah, with

187

goals, is the only current player who could break into the top 25 in the next few years.

314

Steve Bloomer (1892-1914) scored his goals in 535 games for Derby (255/410) and Middlesbrough (59/125).

310

No player has scored more top flight goals for the same club than Everton's Dixie Dean (362 games, 1924-1938), including an all-time record 60 in 1927-28.

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