Messi & Ronaldo: The player with most league goals in each season since 99/00 | OneFootball

Last Sunday, Erling Braut Haaland scored his 25th goal of the 2022/23 Premier League season.

In just 19 appearances, the Norwegian has reached a quarter of a century, which is quite frankly ridiculous.

Haaland scored a hat-trick in Manchester City‘s dominant 3-0 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers, his fourth treble of the campaign.

The numbers are absurd in the extreme and you almost dread to think what number Haaland will eventually finish on.

Andy Cole’s record of 34 goals in a Premier League season, which came when there 42 games played per edition, is under serious, serious threat.

So, with Haaland’s outrageous goal scoring once again making the headlines, we’ve decided to take another look back through the history books.

Below, you’ll find the player with the most league goals to their name in each completed season since 1999/2000.

All the data has been sourced from Transfermarkt and amazingly, Haaland has already matched one of the totals on show…

The player with the most league goals in every season since 1999/2000

1999/2000 – Kevin Phillips (Sunderland)

Games: 36 | Goals: 30

2000/2001 – Hernan Crespo (Lazio)

Games: 32 | Goals: 26

2001/2002 – Jardel (Sporting Lisbon)

Games: 30 | Goals: 42

2002/2003 – Roy Makaay (Deportivo La Coruna)

Games: 38 | Goals: 29

2003/2004 – Thierry Henry (Arsenal)

Games: 37 | Goals: 30

2004/2005 – Thierry Henry (Arsenal)

Games: 32 | Goals: 25

2005/2006 – Luca Toni (Fioretina)

Games: 38 | Goals: 31

2006/2007 – Francesco Totti (AS Roma)

Games: 35 | Goals: 26

Games: 34 | Goals: 31

2008/2009 – Diego Forlan (Atletico Madrid)

Games: 33 | Goals: 32

2009/2010 – Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

Games: 35 | Goals: 34

2010/2011 – Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)

Games: 34 | Goals: 40

2011/2012 – Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

Games: 37 | Goals: 50

2012/2013 – Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

Games: 32 | Goals: 46

2013/2014 – Luis Suarez (Liverpool)

Games: 33 | Goals: 31

2014/2015 – Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)

Games: 35 | Goals: 48

2015/2016 – Luis Suarez (Barcelona)

Games: 35 | Goals: 40

2016/2017 – Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

Games: 34 | Goals: 37

2017/2018 – Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

Games: 36 | Goals: 34

2018/2019 – Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

Games: 34 | Goals: 36

2019/2020 – Ciro Immobile (Lazio)

Games: 37 | Goals: 36

2020/2021 – Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)

Games: 29 | Goals: 41

2021/2022 – Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)

Games: 34 | Goals: 35

The way Haaland is going, he may get near the jaw-dropping totals recorded by Messi and Ronaldo in their absolute pomps.

And the fact the City star has already equalled Henry’s 2004/05 tally, while sitting just one behind Crespo and Totti’s 26-goal hauls, is nothing short of astounding.

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