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Harry's goal-den season

Harry Kane racked up some impressive numbers in 2017-18 - performances rewarded with the England captaincy for this summer's World Cup.

They key number is 41 - 41 goals in all competitions - his best haul so far and the most in a season since Clive Allen's record 49 in 1986-87.

Academy graduate Harry, still only 24, began the season on 99 goals for us and ended with 140, sixth in our all-time goalscoring list. He also overtook Teddy Sheringham's 97 goals to become our all-time record goalscorer in the Premier League and the first Spur to 100 goals in the Premier League.

He reached the 30-goal mark in the Premier League for the first time with two goals against Leicester City on the final day.

And that's just for starters!

41 GOALS

Harry's 41 goals is the highest of his career since breaking through in 2014-15. He's only the fourth Spur to hit 40-plus goals in a season, his 41 the third-highest individual total in our history. He's also only the third Spur to score 30-plus goals in three different seasons. He's now on 140 goals for the Club in 213 appearances.

Harry's seasonal totals since 2014-15:
2014-15 - 31 goals in all competitions/21 in the Premier League
2015-16 - 29 goals in all competitions/25 in the Premier League
2016-17 - 35 goals in all competitions/29 in the Premier League
2017-18 - 41 goals in all competitions/30 in the Premier League

Most goals by a Spurs player in a season:
49 - Clive Allen (1986-87)
42 - Jimmy Greaves (1962-63)
42 - Martin Chivers (1971-72)
41 - Harry Kane (2017-18)
38 - Bobby Smith (1957-58)

30-plus goals in a season on three or more occasions:
Bobby Smith
38 goals in 40 appearances, 1957-58
35 goals in 40 appearances, 1958-59
30 goals in 44 appearances, 1959-60
33 goals in 43 appearances, 1960-61

Jimmy Greaves
30 goals in 31 appearances, 1961-62
42 goals in 48 appearances, 1962-63
36 goals in 45 appearances, 1963-64
35 goals in 45 appearances, 1964-65
31 goals in 42 appearances, 1966-67
36 goals in 52 appearances, 1968-69

Harry Kane
31 goals in 49 appearances, 2014-15
35 goals in 38 appearances, 2016-17
41 goals in 47 appearances, 2017-18

Harry curls home the winner against Leicester on the season's finale - his 30th in the Premier League in 2017-18

30-PLUS LEAGUE GOALS

Harry became the seventh Spur to score 30-plus league goals in a season and in doing so, overtook Teddy Sheringham's Club best mark in the Premier League (97) and became the first player to score 100 goals for us in the Premier League.

30-plus league goals in a season for Spurs:
1919-20 - Bert Bliss - 31 goals
1930-31 - Ted Harper - 31 goals
1932-33 - George Hunt - 33 goals
1933-34 - George Hunt - 32 goals
1957-58 - Bobby Smith - 36 goals
1958-59 - Bobby Smith - 32 goals
1962-63 - Jimmy Greaves - 37 goals
1963-64 - Jimmy Greaves - 35 goals
1986-87 - Clive Allen - 33 goals
2017-18 - Harry Kane - 30 goals

Spurs' top goalscorers in the Premier League:
108 - Harry Kane in 150 matches
97 - Teddy Sheringham in 236
91 - Jermain Defoe in 276
91 - Robbie Keane in 238