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Mohamed Salah Breaks Premier League Record, Leaves David Beckham Behind

Mohamed Salah has 30-goal contributions in Premier League 2024-25 as the season reaches midway. Salah is leading both the scoring and assists charts with 13 goals and 17 assists, and has managed to score and provide at least one goal in all competitions.

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Liverpool continued their dominant run in the Premier League with a formidable 5-0 away victory at West Ham on Sunday. Mohamed Salah yet again displayed a remarkable performance with a goal and two assists to add another milestone to his record-laden season.

Salah broke Manchester United skipper Bruno Fernnandes’ record for the most matches with a goal and assist.

Five different players had managed to reach seven matches in a Premier League season where they both scored and assisted: Alan Shearer, Thierry Henry, Robin van Persie, Harry Kane and Bruno Fernandes.

Before West Ham, the Liverpool forward has scored and assisted against Ipswich Town, Manchester United, Chelsea, Aston Villa, Manchester City, Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur this season.

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Mohammed Salah has 30-goal contributions in Premier League 2024-25 as the season reaches midway. Salah is leading both the scoring and assists charts with 13 goals and 17 assists, and has managed to score and provide at least one goal in all competitions. 

Mohamed Salah Breaks Premier League Record, Leaves David Beckham Behind
Premier League 2024-25: Top Scorers

(Last Updated December 29)

Rank Player Club Goals (PKs) Assists Matches Mins
1.

Mohamed Salah

Liverpool

17 (4)

13

18

1586

2. Erling Haaland Man City 14 (1) 1 19 1709
3. Cole Palmer Chelsea 12 (3) 6 18 1570
4. Alexander Isak Newcastle 11 (0) 4 16 1291
5 Chris Wood N. Forest 11 (2) 1 19 1530
6. Matheus Cunha Wolves 10 (0) 4 19 1471
7 Bryan Mbeumo Brentford 10 (2) 2 17 1525

Salah’s best goal output came in his debut season, the 2017/18 campaign, when he formed a formidable trio alongside Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino, reaching the 2018 Champions League final.in eight league games this season, the most by any player in the Premier League era. 

Meanwhile, Salah also broke into the top 10 list of players with the most assists in Premier League history. He replaced the tenth-placed David Beckham with his 82nd assist during the West Ham game. He next eyes his former Liverpool players James Milner (89) and Steven Gerrard’s (92) tally if he continues his form in the second half of the season.

The Egyptians goal on Sunday was his 20th in all competitions for the Reds, meaning he has now scored 20 goals in all competitions for the eighth consecutive season since joining Liverpool in June 2017.

In December, Salah then became just the fifth Reds player to reach 200 goals in all competitions when he fired home the equaliser against Crystal Palace.

In all competitions, Salah has scored 231 goals for Liverpool in 375 games.

Players Goals Games Goals per game Years
1. Ian Rush 346 660 0.52 1980-1987,

1988-1996

2. Roger Hunt 285 492 0.58 1958-1969
3. Gordon Hodgson 241 377 0.64 1925-1936
4. Mohamed Salah 231 375 0.61 2017-Present
5. Billy Liddell 228 534 0.43 1939-1961
6. Steven Gerrard 186 710 0.26 1998-2015
7. Robbie Fowler 183 369 0.49 1993-2001,

2006-2007

8. Kenny Dalglish 172 515 0.33 1977-1990
9. Michael Owen 158 297 0.53 1996-2004
10. Harry Chambers 151 339 0.44 1915-1928

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