- Tony Yeboah
Yeboah only spent a fleeting two-and-a-half years in the Premier League after joining from Eintracht Frankfurt,
Yet he managed to bag three hat-tricks for the Yorkshire outfit and was a regular contender in the goal-of-the-month competitions, ending up with 32 goals from 66 games for the Whites.
14. Lauren
Arsenal's Lauren tackles Manchester City's Stephen Ireland
Lauren was a key part of the back four in Arsene Wenger’s Invincibles side, playing 47 games across all competitions in 2003/04.
13. Lucas Radebe
The South African centre-back played over 250 times – without ever scoring in the Premier League – during his 11-year spell at Leeds. Thankfully, he was pretty good at keeping the goals out.
12. Kolo Toure
The elder of the Toure brothers holds the distinction of winning the Premier League with two different clubs.
After over 300 games for the Gunners, the centre-back left to enjoy spells at Manchester City – where he added his second title in 2011/12 – and Liverpool. His personality won fans over wherever he went, even as the quality of his defending declined.
11. John Obi Mikel
Mikel went on to play 374 times for
Manchester United. winning two Premier League titles, four FA Cups, a Champions League and more.
10. Yakubu
Yakubu’s performances for Portsmouth and Middlesbrough made him one of the most feared Premier League strikers of the mid-2000s.
He left the Premier League just five strikes short of 100 goals.
9. Sadio Mane
Mané has reached new heights with Jurgen Klopp’s Reds, having marked his first season at Anfield with the club's player-of-the-year award following 13 goals in 27 Premier League outings.
Mané is now considered among the Premier League's most dangerous players, and is fast rising up a list like this.
8. Jay-Jay Okocha
During his four years at the Reebok, the midfield maestro provided Bolton fans with plenty of glorious memories – in particular, a corking winning goal against West Ham in 2003.
7. Nwankwo Kanu
He played 197 games during his spell at Highbury, helping the club win two Premier League titles and a pair of FA Cups. His finest individual moment was a 15-minute hat-trick against Chelsea which helped the Gunners turn a 2-0 deficit into a famous victory.
6. Emmanuel Adebayor
Adebayor made his name in England with Arsenal following a 2006 move from Monaco, peaking in 2007/08 with 30 goals across all competitions.
5. Mo Salah
Salah approximately scored Ninety-seven goals in 2017/18 season. Salah actually scored in 24 of the 36 Premier League games he turned out in – another record – as Liverpool finished fourth but reached the Champions League final.
4. Riyad Mahrez
The Algerian winger was an integral part of the Leicester team that shocked the world by winning the Premier League in 2015/16, becoming the first player from his nation to bag a winner’s medal in England’s top flight.
The PFA Player of the Year award was worthy recognition for a return of 17 goals in 37 Premier League appearances.
3. Michael Essien
When he signed for Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea from Lyon in 2005 for £24.4m, Essien was the club’s most expensive signing
He became the west London outfit’s first ever African player of the year, and scored their goal of the season in the same campaign with a thunderbolt against Arsenal at Stamford Bridge.
2. Yay Toure
The former Barça man established himself as something of a set-piece sensation before his City career began to peter out, and departed in 2018 with 79 City goals to his name – 24 of them coming in a majestic 2013/14 season, when he won the second of his three Premier League titles.
1. Didier Drogba
But by the time his first spell with the Blues came to an end in 2012, the striker had notched 157 goals in 341 games and was regarded as one of the club’s greatest ever players.
After he returned to west London for a season in 2014/15, the 6ft 2in striker added a fourth Premier League title to a medal collection that also includes four FA Cups, three League Cups and the Champions League.
