Erling Haaland Smashes Alan Shearer’s Record to Become Fastest Player to 100 Premier League Goals
Manchester City’s goal-scoring phenomenon Erling Haaland has carved a new piece of history into the Premier League record books, becoming the fastest player ever to reach 100 goals in the competition. The Norwegian striker achieved the sensational milestone during City’s match against Fulham on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, where he netted his landmark goal with a powerful finish in the 17th minute of the match at Craven Cottage. The goal was his fifteenth in the league this season, solidifying his status as one of the most prolific goalscorers the English top-flight has ever witnessed.
Haaland reached the century mark in an astonishing 111 Premier League appearances, easily eclipsing the previous record which had stood for nearly three decades. That record was held by the Premier League’s all-time leading goalscorer, Alan Shearer, who required 124 matches to achieve his first 100 goals while playing for Blackburn Rovers in 1995. Haaland’s ability to reach the landmark in thirteen fewer games underscores the unprecedented scoring rate he has maintained since his arrival at Manchester City in 2022.
The twenty-five-year-old’s spectacular achievement now places him in an exclusive group of only thirty-five players to score 100 or more goals in the Premier League era. The previous fastest goal-scorers following the two leaders, Harry Kane and Sergio Agüero, took 141 and 147 games respectively to reach the centennial milestone, illustrating the immense gap Haaland has created in the competition’s history. Despite this massive record, Haaland still faces a long pursuit of Alan Shearer’s more significant all-time record of 260 Premier League goals.
