PREMIER LEAGUE
Who are the top Premier League scorers in Boxing Day history? Full list
The list of the highest scorers in Premier League games played on 26 December is brimming with the division’s overall all-time top marksmen.
Seven of the Premier League’s 10 highest scorers of all time are also among the most prolific marksmen on Boxing Day fixtures in England’s top flight.
Kane tops Boxing Day scoring charts ahead of Fowler
Former Tottenham Hotspur star Harry Kane leads the way with 10 goals in seven appearances on 26 December, having overtaken Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler at the head of the standings last season.
Kane netted in a 2-2 draw with Brentford 12 months ago, to maintain his record of having scored every time he has played on Boxing Day.
The England captain, who joined Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich in a €100m transfer in the summer, is the second-highest scorer in Premier League history, with 213 goals. Only Newcastle United and Blackburn Rovers great Alan Shearer, with 260, is ahead of Kane.
Fowler, who sits eighth on the all-time Premier League list with 163 goals, scored nine times in 10 Boxing Day games, during a career that also saw him turn out for English top-tier clubs Leeds United, Manchester City and Blackburn Rovers.
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Shearer, Keane and Henry also in top five
Shearer and Robbie Keane sit joint-third in the Boxing Day charts with eight goals each. Thierry Henry - whose 175 Premier League goals for Arsenal make him the division’s seventh-highest scorer - completes the top five with seven.
Jermain Defoe (six goals on 26 December), Andrew Cole (five) and Frank Lampard (five) are also among the goal-getters who are in both the Premier League’s Boxing Day and overall top 10s.
There are no active players among the league’s 10 most frequent scorers on Boxing Day.
Premier League’s highest scorers on Boxing Day
- 1. Harry Kane: 10 goals
- 2. Robbie Fowler: nine goals
- 3. Robbie Keane: eight goals
- 3. Alan Shearer: eight goals
- 5. Thierry Henry: seven goals
- 6. Jermain Defoe: six goals
- 7. Andrew Cole: five goals
- 7. Steven Gerrard: five goals
- 7. Frank Lampard: five goals
- 7. Dimitar Berbatov: five goals
Who has the most Boxing Day appearances?
Lampard, who scored 177 Premier League goals between 1996 and 2015 for West Ham, Chelsea and Manchester City, is the second-highest Boxing Day appearance maker since 1992, with 17. He finished up one behind former Aston Villa, Manchester City, Everton and West Brom midfielder Gareth Barry.
Boxing Day 2023: Premier League schedule and how to watch in US
- Newcastle United vs Nottingham Forest - 7:30am ET, USA Network
- Bournemouth vs Fulham - 10am ET, USA Network
- Sheffield United vs Luton Town - 10am ET, Peacock
- Burnley vs Liverpool - 12:30pm ET, USA Network, Universo
- Manchester United vs Aston Villa - 3pm ET, USA Network, Universo
You can also stream Premier League action on the online platform fuboTV, which offers users a free trial.
Manchester United vs Aston Villa: live with AS USA
What’s more, AS USA will be offering live-text coverage of Manchester United and Aston Villa’s clash at Old Trafford. Kieran Quaile will be building up to the match-up from about an hour ahead of kick-off, before providing minute-by-minute commentary of the action.
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