10 players with the most goals + assists in EPL history: Salah catching Henry

Liverpool's Mohamed Salah is the only player currently playing in the Premier League to feature in the top 10 players with the most goals in the history of the competition.

It takes a mix of remarkable longevity and irrefutable quality to achieve such numbers, as the names at the top of the list attest.

Here's the full rundown of the top 10 players in Premier League history with the most goals and assists combined.

It's no surprise to see Sheringham's name here given his strengths in the Premier League. The forward had been a professional for almost a decade when the English top flight was rebranded in 1992, yet he continued to feature in the league until 2007, only hanging up his boots in 2008.

Sheringham still holds the record for the oldest outfielder to have played in the league, having played for West Ham at the age of 40.

“We love him so much,” Pep Guardiola said in tears after the Argentine forward played his last game for City in 2021.

“He is a special person. He's so nice. He helped me a lot… We can't replace him, we can't. There are a lot of players in this club – Joe Hart, David Silva [are others] – who helped us be this club. We have his legacy.”

On his day, invariably against Newcastle, there has probably never been a deadlier goalscorer in the Premier League.

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Things are still going well for Liverpool today and we wouldn't be surprised if Salah manages to climb a few places on this list by the time he leaves Anfield.

The Egyptian striker has scored eighteen or more goals in all seven seasons at Liverpool and is once again in the hunt for the Golden Boot this season.

As well as being an elite marksman, Salah is just five assists away from finishing in the top 10 of the Premier League's all-time assists list.

The Arsenal icon spent eight seasons in the Premier League, which is considerably less than most of the top ten names, but he certainly made the most of his time in England.

In 2002–03, Henry became the first player to register more than 20 goals and assists (24 goals, 20 assists) in a Premier League campaign. It's an achievement that remains unparalleled twenty years later and it's hard to imagine it will ever be bettered.

Tottenham and England's all-time top scorer is second in the Premier League charts, but a certain Geordie's all-time record appears safe following his €100 million move to Bayern Munich.

At least for a while. Don't bet on Kane returning with unfinished business in English football in a few years.

Surprisingly, despite dropping deeper and becoming more of a playmaker in his final Premier League days, Kane actually registers the fewest assists of any player in the top 10 with 46.

Fourteen of those assists came in Tottenham's 2020/21 season – a single-season tally surpassed by only a select few players.

Somehow underrated these days, Cole has scored 187 Premier League goals and not a single one of them was a penalty. That's just ridiculous. Another 73 assists aren't bad either.

“It is what it is,” Cole recalled years later.

“It wasn't even that [others wanted to take it more]I wanted to score goals in open play. I honestly said that to myself. If I thought I couldn't do that, I don't think I would be good enough, that was a simple way of looking at it.

One of only three players (along with the next two) to record more than 100 goals and 100+ assists, Giggs holds the all-time record for Premier League assists with 162 – over fifty more than anyone else. Kevin De Bruyne needs sixty more to equal him.

The former winger's career at Manchester United lasted from 1990 to 2014, during which time he contributed to 271 Premier League goals for the Red Devils.

The man with the most goals and most assists in Chelsea history.

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Only Kane and Alan Shearer have scored more goals. Only Cesc Fabregas and Giggs have registered more assists. Exalted company.

“Growing up, I watched the Premier League as far back as I can remember,” Rooney said when he was inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame in 2022.

“My dream was always to become a professional footballer, to score goals and win trophies, and I was lucky enough to win the Premier League five times.

“I have so many wonderful memories of my years playing for Everton and Manchester United, and I am really proud of what we have achieved.”

Shearer's record as the Premier League's top scorer is well established, but the No. 9 also tops the table in terms of total goal contributions with a not-too-shabby 64 assists for Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United.

Of the currently active players, Salah should maintain his high standards well into his 30s and Kane should certainly return to play at least three or four decent campaigns.

Haaland certainly has the goalscoring potential, but there is a good chance he will leave Manchester City for a European superpower during his peak years.

Shearer's record may never be broken.