Who is the best Premier League striker ever?

SlickRic · 30-03-2021 10:12AM #1

Obvious conversation is obvious following the Aguero announcement.

Shearer and Henry are clear IMO. But does he have a case for 3rd?

Could Kane get to the top?
Does Suarez's obvious talent and individual production during his time get him in there?
Drogba's big game presence?
Rooney's talent and longevity?
Van Nistelrooy's killer instinct?

For me:

Henry
Shearer
Aguero

Thoughts?

dfx- · 30-03-2021 11:37AM

Van Nistelrooy, though I don't think he's well suited to today's game. I'd have him ahead of Henry too, Shearer is a harder sell...

If there was a ball loose in the box, that's where RvN was and that's what you need and a lot of teams have sacrificed.

30-03-2021 11:44AM

Why Cantona doesn't get mentioned in these I'll never know.

But sure, I'll go for the one who was the best player out of all them and won the league every full season he played in it.

Fitz* · 30-03-2021 12:04PM

Aguero & Henry for me.

I've always rated Aguero higher than Shearer myself. I think he played in a tougher, more technical era and scored an almighty high number of goals, consistently, and backed it up with plenty assists too. He played off the main striker at times too.

Harry Palmr · 30-03-2021 12:11PM

Whats the definition - games/goals surely is the one that matters. Though obviously you can change that to BIG games/BIG goals. Some players are great at swatting small fry but come up short when it matters.
Some players are literally at the wrong club to win much/anything - Harry Kane is example par excellence right now, and Shearer before him.

jem · 30-03-2021 12:11PM

Sheerer Suarez's salah
Kane not in top 10

noodler · 30-03-2021 12:21PM

I haven't seen a season or two like Suarez's but on terms of doing it over longer period.. probably Shearer and Henry.

The_Kew_Tour · 30-03-2021 12:40PM

Shearer, RVN and Aguero

JPA · 30-03-2021 12:52PM

Barring injury, and especially if he moves, I think Harry Kane can beat Shearer's record.

osarusan · 30-03-2021 12:55PM

Shearer for me. The most goals in the EPL, while spending comparatively little time at a top team/team challenging for the title compared to those nearest him.

Ashbourne hoop · 30-03-2021 01:39PM

Rooney has to be up there.

ELM327 · 30-03-2021 01:41PM

Cantona, Henry, Suarez.

event · 30-03-2021 02:04PM

Alan Shearer.
Broke the 30 goal barrier in 3 seasons. Broke the 20 goal barrier in 4 other seasons. And he did this playing for Newcastle. Suffered some serious knee injuries as well and came back each time.

The strikers role is to score goals. He did it consistently for 14 years.

No question for me

CSF · 30-03-2021 02:15PM

Shearer for me aswell. Incredible record over a long spell.

Agent Coulson · 30-03-2021 03:17PM

If you were to build a striker you would build Shearer.

Shearer for me was the best in the last 30 years.

Xterminator · 30-03-2021 03:50PM

For me alan shearer by a margin. He took a journeyman team and won the league with them. His goal return in this team was phenomenal. If he had gone to united i shudder to think how many chances they would have created for him, but was was an assassin on front of goal. In 3 seasons he finished on 30 goals plus and he had more hat tricks than henry too!!! 260 goals in 441 matches (both blackburn and newcastle). His cool finishing meant he finished chances consistently & noone has scored 30 plus goals in more than 1 season but he did it in 3!

i think thierry henry was a better all round player, with more skill and panache. Easier on the eye & a higher goal to game ratio I rate shearer above henry - as a striker, but accept henry was a better all rounder.

Aguero is a funny one - its just been announced he is leaving, and i guess in a couple of years we might move him up the list - on reflection. for me he is top 3, and with 4 league titles - i think he may eventually be considered the GOAT. But how do you rate someone in a team that has players like KDB that can hand up chances on a plate? Would my granny not have a good scoring record in that team?

Shearers ability to battle & carve a chance out of nowhere just pips it for me.

artanevilla · 30-03-2021 03:54PM

+1 for Shearer, his record is really phenomenal when you consider he was playing with a pretty average team around him for most of his career.

Joe Don Dante · 30-03-2021 03:54PM

i'd go for Thierry Henry

Shanotheslayer · 30-03-2021 04:12PM

Statistically speaking Shearer. I don't remember much of his peak though.

Henry for me was the man he was just so graceful. Made it look so easy

Suarez over those 2 seasons. He was unbeatable. I think one season he was banned for like 6 games or something and still got 30 or close to it.

simongurnick · 30-03-2021 04:26PM

Matt le tissier. Different gravy.

celt262 · 30-03-2021 04:28PM

Shearer

ctrl-alt-delete · 30-03-2021 05:13PM

Shearer for me, he was phenomenal.

Not just a clinical poacher & finisher of other people's chances, he could create chances for himself. He could do it all.

He may have won more trophies had he went to United, but that was never going to happen. He captained his hometown club and became their all time record scorer.

His goalscoring record speaks for itself.

tastyt · 30-03-2021 05:15PM

Shearer , complete striker .

1o059k7ewrqj3n · 30-03-2021 05:54PM

Paulo Wanchope.

ShamoBuc · 30-03-2021 06:08PM

Shearer all day long.

Bobby Baccala · 30-03-2021 06:11PM

Henry or Aguero

plibige · 30-03-2021 06:13PM

Henry, with Shearer and Aguero very close to him.

Any other striker mentioned didn't have the longevity of success and I think that has to be factored in when you talk about premier league history.

Kane will be in that mix by the end of his career

Fann Linn · 30-03-2021 06:14PM

Sniffer Clarke of LUFC.

banie01 · 30-03-2021 06:20PM

This is one of those questions that has a fairly simple answer.
The numbers don't lie.

It's Shearer.
There have been more talented, more gifted and more lauded strikers in the PL certainly.
But.
None have been as consistent, as him.

Also this best "PL" striker ever shíte?

There was football before the PL, and Shearer has 23 pre-PL topflight goals.
I make his total at the top level 283, not 260.

This rewriting of history to frame records as PL only.
It sells great players short.
It's a marketing trick and it needs to be called out as the bollox it is.

Now I'd add RvP, Torres, Suarez and Van Nistelroy to the great players list.
But Shearer is miles ahead of the competition IMO.

At a better club than Newcastle he would certainly have been far better regarded against the others.

JPA · 30-03-2021 09:42PM

Henry for me, he was just phenomenally good, also racked up huge number of assists.

Shearer was a machine but personal preference is Henry.

FatherTed · 30-03-2021 09:57PM

banie01 wrote: »

This is one of those questions that has a fairly simple answer.
The numbers don't lie.

It's Shearer.
There have been more talented, more gifted and more lauded strikers in the PL certainly.
But.
None have been as consistent, as him.

Also this best "PL" striker ever shíte?

There was football before the PL, and Shearer has 23 pre-PL topflight goals.
I make his total at the top level 283, not 260.

This rewriting of history to frame records as PL only.
It sells great players short.
It's a marketing trick and it needs to be called out as the bollox it is.

Now I'd add RvP, Torres, Suarez and Van Nistelroy to the great players list.
But Shearer is miles ahead of the competition IMO.

At a better club than Newcastle he would certainly have been far better regarded against the others.

The question is "best Premier League striker" after all....

It is Shearer yes but I'd put in a shout for the oft forgotten Andy Cole. Scored 187 in the Prem with just 1 penalty compared to Shearer's 260 who scored 56 penalties. So excluding penalties its 204-186 (441 games vs 414)

Who is the best Premier League striker ever?

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