Sonny breaks into Club's all-time top 10 goalscoring list after hat-trick at Villa
Sun 10 April 2022, 09:15|
Tottenham Hotspur
Heung-Min Son's hat-trick in our 4-0 win against Aston Villa on Saturday evening has taken him into the Club's all-time top 10 goalscoring list.
The treble - his third matchball at Spurs, following his first in the FA Cup against Millwall (March, 2017) and his four-goal show at Southampton last season (September, 2020) - lifted him over all-time greats Robbie Keane (122 goals) and Teddy Sheringham (124) and into 10th place on the list. Alan Gilzean (133) will be next in his sights.
Sonny was clinical as we rode out the storm in the first half before running away with it at Villa Park. The South Korean star drilled home a volley off the post to open the scoring in the third minute but Villa put us under pressure for the rest of the half, Hugo Lloris producing a number of top-drawer saves to keep our lead intact.
The game changed once Dejan Kulusevski made it 2-0 early in the second half and Sonny was there to finish from Harry Kane's flick for 3-0 and then fired in off the post again for 4-0 after a sweeping move the length of the pitch.
The 100 club
1 - Jimmy Greaves - 1961-70 - 266 goals in 379 appearances
2 - Harry Kane - 2011-present - 243/379
3 - Bobby Smith - 1955-64 - 208/317
4 - Martin Chivers - 1968-76 - 174/367
5 - Cliff Jones - 1958-68 - 159/378
6 - Jermain Defoe - 2004-2014 - 143/363
7 - George Hunt - 1930-37 - 138/198
8 - Len Duquemin - 1947-57 - 134/307
9 - Alan Gilzean - 1964-74 - 133/439
10 - Heung-Min Son - 2015-present - 125/318
11 - Teddy Sheringham - 1992-2003 - 124/277
12 - Robbie Keane - 2002-2011 - 122/306
13 - Les Bennett - 1946-54 - 117/294
14 - Jimmy Dimmock - 1919-31 - 112/438
15 - Glenn Hoddle - 1975-87 - 110/490
16 - Bert Bliss - 1912-22 - 104/215
17= - Billy Minter - 1908-19 - 101/263
17= - Johnny Morrison - 1933-39 - 101/154
Records from joining the Football League in 1908/09
Sonny has another target immediately in his sights as well - he's now matched his best ever total for a Premier League campaign with 17, and he's in the hunt for the Premier League's Golden Boot, currently led by Liverpool's Mo Salah on 20.
Sonny's goals in the Premier League
2021/22 - 17
2020/21 - 17
2019/20 - 11
2018/19 - 12
2017/18 - 12
2016/17 - 14
2015/16 - 4
