The Players With Most Premier League Match-Winning Goals Have Been Named

The Premier League's greatest match-winners have been named - with Alan Shearer coming top with the most goals to earn three points.

Shearer is the competition's top scorer with 260 goals split between time at Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United respectively.

It comes as no surprise that his goals settled big games and per Transfermarkt, 68 of his goals were match-winners.

He is two ahead of Wayne Rooney who represented Everton and Manchester United respectively.

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Making up the rest of the top five are Thierry Henry, Frank Lampard and Sergio Aguero, with Aguero the only one currently active.

Check out the entire top 25 below.

25. Cristiano Ronaldo (31 match-winning goals)

24. Fernando Torres (31 match-winning goals)

23. Peter Crouch (32 match-winning goals)

22. Ian Wright (33 match-winning goals)

21. Didier Drogba (33 match-winning goals)

20. Ruud van Nistelrooy (36 match-winning goals)

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19. Paul Scholes (37 match-winning goals)

18. Steven Gerrard (37 match-winning goals)

17. Michael Owen (37 match-winning goals)

16. Robbie Fowler (38 match-winning goals)

15. Robbie Keane (38 match-winning goals)

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14. Les Ferdinand (39 match-winning goals)

13. Jimmy-Floyd Hasselbaink (39 match-winning goals)

12. Emile Heskey (39 match-winning goals)

11. Jermaine Defoe (41 match-winning goals)

10. Robin van Persie (42 match-winning goals)

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9. Ryan Giggs (42 match-winning goals)

8. Harry Kane (44 match-winning goals)

7. Dwight Yorke (44 match-winning goals)

6. Andy Cole (46 match-winning goals)

5. Sergio Aguero (47 match-winning goals)

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4. Thierry Henry (59 match-winning goals)

3. Frank Lampard (61 match-winning goals)

2. Wayne Rooney (66 match-winning goals)

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1. Alan Shearer (68 match-winning goals)

While Shearer tops the list, it would be hard to argue against Aguero scoring arguably the greatest match-winning goal ever.

The Argentine international's final minute strike vs QPR in 2012 saw Manchester City win their first Premier League title and snatch it away from bitter rivals United.

Despite the goal going down in City folklore, Aguero doesn't think it was his best of games in sky blue.

He said on Twitch: "I didn't do anything that game, come on, I scratched my balls for the whole game!

"I only received a kick in the back and did nothing else...until the goal".

"I swear, guys, that I didn't want to kick the ball like I did; I didn't want to put it there.

"If I had it kicked like I really wanted, it would have hit the defenders in the way and it wouldn't have been a goal. But luckily I scored."

Topics: Football News, Sergio Aguero, Football, Premier League, Wayne Rooney

Daniel Marland

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