Erling Haaland is undoubtedly one of English football’s greatest goalscorers, with his feats and achievements since joining Manchester City unparalleled in the Premier League era.
In 167 games the Norwegian has scored 145 times in all competitions for City, including 11 hat-tricks (featuring two five-goal hauls) and scoring more than once in a match on 36 occasions.
The 25-year-old struck his 100th goal in the Premier League last week against Fulham, reaching the landmark in just 111 appearances — 13 fewer than Alan Shearer’s previous record of 124.
So how does Haaland compare to the very greatest strikers across the entire history of the game in England? Is he better than inter-war goal machine Dixie Dean? Or how about Jimmy Greaves, a prolific scorer in the 1950s and 1960s?
There is no right or wrong answer, and that is partly what makes discussions about the greatest players and athletes in the history of various sports so hotly contested and, above all, fun.
Only time, and perhaps injuries (or a lack of them), will tell if Haaland breaks Greaves’ mark of 357 goals. As for Dean’s 60 in a season? Well, that is one record that might just last forever.