Who is the most important Premier League goalscorer?

Jack Ottman 6 years ago 4.3k
Sterling has scored a number of important goals for Manchester City this season. AFP

After Raheem Sterling scored yet another later winner for Manchester City on Wednesday night, we take a look at which players have won the most points for their team so far this season...

Goals change games, anyone can tell you that, but a winning goal, for example, can be so much more important than the fourth goal in a 4-0 thrashing, and some players just have a knack for scoring the vital goals.

Thanks to stats provided by Opta, we take a look at which players have earnt their side the most points this season with their goals...

 

Riyad Mahrez (Leicester): 4 points (3 goals)

Harry Kane (Tottenham): 4 points (10 goals)

Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal): 4 points (7 goals)

Wayne Rooney (Everton): 4 points (7 goals)

Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City): 4 points (4 goals)

Sam Vokes (Burnley): 5 points (3 goals)

Mohamed Salah (Liverpool): 5 points (12 goals)

Oumar Niasse (Everton): 6 points (5 goals)

Chris Wood (Burnley): 6 points (4 goals)

Raheem Sterling (Manchester City): 9 points (9 goals)

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K. De Bruyne
A. Lacazette
Oumar Niasse
M. Salah
S. Vokes
W. Rooney
R. Mahrez
R. Sterling
Harry Kane
Chris Wood
Leicester
Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur
Liverpool
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