Youngest players to score 50 Premier League Goals: Bukayo Saka joins the party

Bukayo Saka has reached a major milestone in his career as he has accumulated 50 Premier League goals to become the 7th youngest to do so. The 23-year-old Arsenal winger scored his 50th goal against Liverpool only after 9 minutes of the kick-off in the Premier League 2024-25 encounter on 27 October 2024.

Big player for big moments.

50 Premier League goals for our Bukayo ❤️ pic.twitter.com/qCe3RUoTJX

— Arsenal (@Arsenal) October 27, 2024

Saka has carved his name into the rich history of Arsenal as well by becoming the youngest Arsenal footballer ever to score 50 Premier League goals aged 23 years and 52 days on Sunday. He has now surpassed Thierry Henry, the Gunners' legend who reached the milestone for Arsenal at the age of 24 years and 128 days. 

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Bukayo Saka has surpassed his fellow Englishman Marcus Rashford who scored his 50th Premier League goal in 2020 at the age of 23 years and 56 days. Only six players in Premier League history have reached the 50-goal tally at a younger age than Saka. 

Saka has now joined an elite club of players as history was re-written on Sunday evening at the Emirates Stadium in London. 

The youngest @Arsenal player to score 50 Premier League goals, and the 7th youngest overall 😮‍💨

Exceptional from Bukayo Saka 💫 pic.twitter.com/KRcf3aB2rs

— Premier League (@premierleague) October 27, 2024

Youngest players to score 50 Premier League goals

1. Robbie Fowler 

• Clubs: Liverpool FC
• 50th Goal: vs Manchester United in 1996
• Age at that time: 20 years, 252 days 
• Season: 1996-97

2. Micheal Owen

• Clubs: Liverpool FC
• 50th Goal: vs Southampton in 2000
• Age at that time: 20 years, 256 days 
• Season: 2000-01

3. Wayne Rooney 

• Clubs: Everton, Manchester United 
• 50th Goal: vs Manchester City in 2006
• Age at that time: 21 years, 46 days 
• Season: 2006-07

4. Romelu Lukau 

• Clubs: West Bromwich Albion, Everton
• 50th Goal: vs Aston Villa in 2015
• Age at that time: 22 years 192 days 
• Season: 2015-16

5. Cristiano Ronaldo

• Clubs: Manchester United
• 50th Goal: vs Blackburn Rovers in 2007
• Age at that time: 22 years 341 days 
• Season: 2007-08

6. Harry Kane

• Clubs: Tottenham Hostpur 
• 50th Goal: vs Stoke City in 2016
• Age at that time: 23 years 44 days
• Season: 2016-17

7. Bukayo Saka

• Clubs: Arsenal
• 50th Goal: vs Liverpool in 2024
• Age at that time: 23 years, 52 days
• Season: 2024-25

8. Marcus Rashford

• Clubs: Manchester United
• 50th Goal: vs Leicester City in 2020
• Age at that time: 23 years, 56 days
• Season: 2020-21

9. Emile Heskey 

• Clubs: Leicester City, Liverpool
• 50th Goal: vs Tottenham in 2001
• Age at that time: 23 years, 101 days
• Season: 2000-01

10. Erling Haaland

• Clubs: Manchester City 
• 50th Goal: vs Liverpool in 2023
• Age at that time: 23 years, 127 days
• Season: 2023-24