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Sonny breaks into Club's all-time top 10 goalscoring list after hat-trick at Villa

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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.

Delight after Sonny opens the scoring at Villa
A cool finish from Harry Kane's flick for 3-0 at Villa Park
Celebrations after Sonny bags his hat-trick
Sonny with the matchball at Villa Park

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

Our all-time top goalscorer Jimmy Greaves scores his first goal for Spurs on his debut against Blackpool - December, 1961
Harry Kane is second in our all-time list - this was goal 243 at Brighton on 16 March
Bobby Smith - he's third on the list on 208
Martin Chivers is fourth on 174 goals - he celebrates the opener against Villa in the 1971 League Cup Final
Cliff Jones makes up the top five - this was the last of his 159 goals for us against United in October, 1968

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

Sonny on Spurs TV

Hat-trick hero Heung-Min Son reflects on our 4-0 win at Aston Villa.

By Tottenham Hotspur

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