Mohamed Salah has now scored more Premier League goals than Thierry Henry – but can we put Liverpool’s Egyptian king in the same conversation as the Arsenal icon?
We dive into the stats to compare Salah’s Premier League record with Henry’s.
Only Alan Shearer, Harry Kane, Wayne Rooney, Andrew Cole, Sergio Aguero and Frank Lampard have scored more Premier League goals than Salah. He is now only on 176, one more than Henry and one behind Lampard; He could catch Aguero and Cole earlier in the season though.
Salah scored his 176th Premier League goal in Liverpool’s routine 4–1 win over Ipswich Town. Two of these were for Chelsea during his short-lived stint at Stamford Bridge.
He is now in his eighth season at Anfield, matching Henry’s original, legendary stint at Arsenal. But he made 13 Premier League appearances for Chelsea before returning to England with Liverpool, and Henry added a further four Premier League games (and a goal) to his short and sweet 2011-12 loan at the Emirates.
Henry has actually made 27 fewer Premier League appearances than Salah, having struggled more with injuries during his time in English football. He made just 17 league appearances in his final season at Arsenal, while Salah barely missed a minute in eight years at Liverpool.
But in addition to scoring more goals than what many consider the greatest Premier League footballer in history, Salah also racked up 10 assists.
Henry has two Premier League titles to Salah’s one and four Golden Boots to Salah’s three – but the Liverpool man can still finish the 2024-25 campaign level on both counts.
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How their Premier League records stack up against each other:
Mohammad is wrong
Games: 285
start: 261
Sub Attendance: 24
Goal: 176
Help: 82
Penalty Score: 30
Target per minute: 131
Non-penalty goals per minute: 158
Per goal or assist: 89
Thierry Henry
Games: 258
start: 235
Sub Attendance: 23
Goal: 175
Help: 72
Penalty Score: 23
Target per minute: 121
Non-penalty goals per minute: 140
Per goal or assist: 86
