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Mo Salah is the greatest Premier League winger of all time and here’s why…

Mo Salah is the greatest Premier League winger of all time and here’s why…

Mohamed Salah has been incredible this season and Liverpool are Premier League champions.

Here are his most outrageous statistics from a glorious career.

* Mohamed Salah has scored 244 goals and made 113 assists in 400 appearances for Liverpool.

* Salah has 321 club goals in 654 matches.

* Add 162 assists at club level as well.

* Only TWO players have scored more goals for Liverpool after scoring v Manchester City in February (Ian Rush, Roger Hunt).

* Hodgson (1.56) is the only Liverpool player with a better games-per-goal ratio.

* He is the highest-scoring African player in Premier League history with 185 goals.

* Salah is sixth in the Premier League all-time scorers list, overtaking Sergio Aguero against Spurs. Only Andy Cole (187), Wayne Rooney (208), Harry Kane (213) and Alan Shearer (260) have more

* That makes him the highest active Premier League player in the top scorers list.

* And the top scoring overseas player.

* Oh, and Liverpool’s top scorer in Premier League history.

* Salah has scored 30+ goals in five of his six seasons at Liverpool.

* He also has a silly 79 goals away from home in Our League. No Liverpool player, past or present, has more.

* Salah has an additional 58 goals in 103 appearances for Egypt.

* Salah scored his 100th Anfield goal in the Premier League against Leicester on Boxing Day, becoming the eighth Premier League player to score 100 times at a home stadium.

* With two goals against Southampton, Salah has scored more goals at Anfield than Wayne Rooney managed at Old Trafford. Only Sergio Aguero and Thierry Henry have more at a single stadium.

* With two goals and an assist in Liverpool’s 3-3 draw at Newcastle on December 4, Salah both scored and assisted in a Premier League game for the 37th time, breaking Wayne Rooney’s all-time record. He has done it another five times since then, most recently against Manchester City on February 23.

* After scoring against City, Salah became the first player to score or assist 40 or more goals in two different Premier League seasons.

* The first player older than 27 to score or assist 40 or more goals in a single Premier League season.

* The first player to score 25 goals and register 15 assists in a single Premier League season.

* The first player in Premier League history to score and assist in both games of a season against the reigning champions.

* Liverpool’s leading assist provider in a single Premier League season with 18 in 2024/25.

* He has won ten trophies in his career, including every possible honour at Liverpool, except the Europa League (Premier League x2, Champions League, FA Cup, EFL Cup, UEFA Super Cup, FIFA Club World Cup).

* He has the most goals in continental football in Liverpool’s history (50).

* Nobody has scored more goals in a debut season for the Reds (44, 2017/18).

* No Liverpool player has scored more goals in a season in the Premier League era (44, 2017/18).

* He is tied for most continental goals in a season with Roberto Firmino (11, 2017/18).

* Nobody has scored in more games in a single season for Liverpool (34, 2017/18).

* Salah has the record for most consecutive games scored in for the Reds (10, 2021).

* Salah has scored in the most consecutive home games from the start of a season (6, 2023).

* Nobody has scored in more consecutive games at Anfield for Liverpool (9, 2023).

* The players with the most international goals (27) while playing for Liverpool: Ian Rush, Michael Owen, Mo Salah.

* Salah won the Swiss Super League in both of his seasons at FC Basel (2012/13 and 2013/14).

* Salah scored the fastest hat-trick in Champions League history, which was also the fastest Champions League hat-trick by a substitute (6 minutes and 12 seconds v Rangers, 2022).

* No player has scored more Champions League goals for an English club (44).

* Salah is the top African scorer in UEFA club competitions (61) and is the all-time African top goalscorer in the Champions League (47).

* He also has the most goals in UEFA club competitions while representing an English club (49).

* The Egyptian is also Liverpool’s top scorer in Champions League history.

* Salah scored the most goals by an African player in a Premier League season (32, 2017/18).

* Salah won the most Premier League Player of the Month awards by a single player in a season (3, 2017/18).

* Salah holds the record for most teams scored against in a 38-game Premier League season with Ian Wright and Robin van Persie (17, 2017/18).

* Salah outscored three Premier League clubs in a season once (West Brom, Huddersfield Town, Swansea City, 17/18). He is the only player to ever do this.

* Salah is currently outscoring Leicester City and Southampton in the 2024/25 Premier League.

* In 2022, Salah became the first and only player to score on the opening day of six consecutive Premier League seasons.

* The former Chelsea forward has the most goals by a Liverpool player in their first 100 appearances for the club (69) and first 100 Premier League appearances (70).

* No other player has scored 20 or more goals in four different Premier League seasons for Liverpool. He has now done it five times.

* Only Salah, Alan Shearer, Thierry Henry, Sergio Aguero, and Harry Kane have managed 20 goals in a Premier League season five times.

* Salah became the first player in Reds history to score at least 20 goals across all competitions in seven seasons last year.

* He made it eight out of eight seasons in December. Harry Kane (9) and Alan Shearer (10) are the only Premier League players to do this in more seasons.

* Since turning 30, Salah has scored 65 Premier League goals, which is more than the following players managed in their entire Barclays career: Alexis Sanchez, Phil Foden, Bruno Fernandes, Peter Beardsley, Gianfranco Zola, Yaya Toure, David Silva, Tim Cahill, Eidur Gudjohnsen, James Maddison, Alexandre Lacazette, Gareth Bale, Andy Carroll, Javier Hernandez, Edin Dzeko, Philippe Coutinho, Mesut Ozil, Cesc Fabregas, Dirk Kuyt, Willian, Ilkay Gundogan, Dele Alli and Bobby Zamora.

* He is the fastest Liverpool player to score 100 top-flight goals (151 games).

* Only Steven Gerrard (47) has scored more penalties (44) for the club than Salah.

* Salah is Egypt’s all-time World Cup goalscorer with two goals and in World Cup qualifiers (16).

* He is also their all-time highest scorer in Africa Cup of Nations qualification (21).

* No Egyptian has scored more goals for club and country (379). He overtook Hossam Hassan after the 7-0 victory over Manchester United in March 2023.

* He also played for AS Roma and Fiorentina. He is the highest-scoring Egyptian in Serie A history with 35 goals in 81 matches.

* Salah is a two-time African footballer of the year. Soon to be three.

* For Liverpool, Salah is a two-time Premier League Goal of the Month, seven-time Player of the Month, 14-time PFA Player of the Month and FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball winner.

* Salah has been named FWA Footballer of the Year and Premier League Player of the Season for his performances in 2024/25.

* His other seasonal achievements at Liverpool include: 21/22 Premier League Goal of the Season, three Premier League Golden Boots, 17/18 Premier League Player of the Season, 21/22 Premier League Playmaker of the Season, three PFA Premier League Team of the Year appearances, three PFA Fans’ Player of the Season awards, 17/18 Champions League Squad of the Season spot, three Liverpool Players’ Player of the Seasons, three Liverpool Goal of the Seasons, three Football Supporters’ Association Player of the Years, two European Sports Media Team of the Year appearances, two Football Writers’ Association Footballer of the Year awards and two PFA Players’ Player of the Year awards.

* Salah has also claimed the following awards: Onze d’Argent, IFFHS CAF Men’s Team of The Year (x4), International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) Best CAF Men’s Player of the Decade, IFFHS CAF Men’s Team of the Decade, IFFHS Best CAF Men’s Player of the Year, Laureus Sporting Inspiration Award, Golden Foot, BBC Goal of the Season, BBC African Footballer of the Year (x2), Globe Soccer Fans’ Player of the Year, Globe Soccer Best Arab Player of the Year, El Heddaf Arab Footballer of the Year, CAF Most Promising Talent of the Year and UAFA Golden Boy.

* Salah won the Puskas Award in 2018 for his goal against Merseyside rivals Everton.

* Salah was named Swiss Super League Player of the Year in 2013.

* He was also AS Roma Player of the Season in 2015/16.

* Salah is top for goals (28) and assists (18) in the Premier League this season and thus by extension also top for goal involvements (46).

* The 32-year-old has 16 goals in 17 appearances against Manchester United. This makes them his favourite opponent. Furthermore, no Liverpool player has ever scored more v United, which includes one hat-trick and three braces.

* Salah has 13 goals and eight assists in 23 matches against Manchester City. Big game player.

* Salah, Luis Suarez, Michael Owen and Robbie Fowler are the only Liverpool players to score four or more in a single match in the last 30 years.

* Clubs Salah has never lost against in the Premier League (more than one match played): Newcastle United, Huddersfield Town, Norwich City, Stoke City, West Brom, Sheffield United, Cardiff City.

* Salah has five or more goals against these clubs in the Premier League: Manchester United, Arsenal, Brighton, West Ham, Tottenham Hotspur, Southampton, Bournemouth, Watford, Leeds United, Manchester City, Crystal Palace, Newcastle United, Aston Villa, Everton, Brentford, Chelsea, Wolves, Leicester City.

* He has eight or more against: Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United, Newcastle, West Ham, Southampton, Arsenal, Brighton, Manchester City, Crystal Palace. Big game player.

* Last season, Salah became the first player in Premier League history to register both 10+ goals and 10+ assists in three consecutive seasons. He made that four a while ago.

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