Erling Haaland's remarkable stats: scoring more for his country than Ronaldo and Zlatan

We've been compiling extraordinary statistics that illustrate Erling Haaland's start in the Premier League as nothing short of phenomenal. And we won't stop until he does, which doesn't seem likely to happen anytime soon.

The figures presented below are accurate as of his 117th Premier League goal and 65th for Norway.

Speed records in the Premier League

• Haaland has become the first player in Premier League history to be the subject of an article titled 'Remarkable Statistics' by a once-respectable football site, Football365.com, only to realise they would need to update it alarmingly often.
• He scored 50 goals in the quickest time in Premier League history, doing so in just 48 matches — breaking the previous records held by Andy Cole (65 matches), Alan Shearer (66), Ruud van Nistelrooy (68), Mo Salah, and Fernando Torres (both 72).
• The Norwegian also reached 75 goals faster than anyone else, managing that feat in just 77 matches, surpassing the likes of Alan Shearer (93), Harry Kane (115), and others.
• He required merely 94 games to rack up 100 points in the Goal + Assist system, bettering the previous records set by Shearer (100 matches) and Eric Cantona (116).
• Haaland is the quickest to net 100 goals in the Premier League, achieving this in just 111 matches, eclipsing the records of Shearer (124) and Kane (141).

Scoring streaks and unique achievements

• Before Haaland, no player had scored two goals in their opening Premier League matches of a season — he did this against Burnley in the 2023/24 campaign.
• He has scored against every one of the 25 opponents he has faced in the Premier League, recently adding Coventry and Sunderland to his collection this season.
• Only Thierry Henry and Mo Salah (four times) have won the Premier League Golden Boot more often than Haaland (three times).

Historical scoring records in England

• Haaland set the record for the most goals in a single Premier League season during his debut campaign at Manchester City, finding the back of the net 36 times in 35 matches, eclipsing previous records of 34 goals held by Andy Cole and Alan Shearer but achieved over 42 matches.
• He has outscored anyone at the top level since Ron Davis bagged 37 goals for Southampton in the 1966/67 season with his 36 strikes in the 2022/23 season.
• Haaland also broke the record for the most goals in all competitions by a Premier League player in a single season (52), surpassing Mo Salah’s tally of 44 goals from 2017/18 and Ruud van Nistelrooy in 2002/03.
• Only Dixie Dean (63 goals for Everton in 1927/28) has scored more in all competitions in a single season than Haaland's 52.
• He matched the record for goals scored in the Premier League before Christmas in a season (19), tying with Andy Cole (1993/94), Kevin Phillips (1999/2000), and Luis Suarez (2013/14).

Historical standing compared to legends

• Haaland has scored 117 goals in the Premier League — more than the career totals of notable players like Ian Wright, Ryan Giggs, and Cristiano Ronaldo, among others.
• Remarkably, after just 137 matches in the league, he has already scored more goals than eight Premier League clubs, including Oldham (105), Bradford (68), and Cardiff (66), with Reading (136) in his sights.

Records for season starts

• By netting nine goals in his first five Premier League matches during the 2022/23 season, Haaland has broken the previous record held by Micky Quinn, who scored eight in the inaugural year of the league.
• This season, he set records for most goals in the first three (seven), four (nine), and five (ten) matches of a Premier League season, all at the expense of previous record holders.

Hat-tricks

• Haaland joins the ranks of six players to score hat-tricks in consecutive Premier League matches; however, Harry Kane holds the record for most in a single season and across years.
• With a tally of eight Premier League hat-tricks, he matches Kane and Thierry Henry while trailing only Sergio Aguero (12), Alan Shearer (11), and Robbie Fowler (9).
• Four hat-tricks in a single season (2022/23) is more than any player apart from Alan Shearer, who netted five in the 1995/96 season.
• Hayland is the first player to score hat-tricks in three consecutive home games, and he's quickly outclassed all records in this domain.
• He accomplished the extraordinary feat of scoring three hat-tricks in just eight matches, obliterating the previous benchmark set by Michael Owen.

Under Pep Guardiola

• Haaland reached 25 goals under Pep Guardiola faster than any player, taking just 20 matches — breaking records previously held by Lionel Messi and others.
• No player has scored more in a season for Manchester City than Haaland, smashing Tommy Johnson's 38-goal mark that stood since 1929.

UEFA Champions League

• Haaland has become the fastest and youngest player to reach 20 goals in the Champions League, doing it in just 14 matches at Salzburg and Dortmund, smashing Harry Kane’s record.
• He has continued this trend, being the fastest and youngest to hit 30 and 40 goals as well.
• Haaland also made quick work of reaching 50 goals in the competition, doing so in 49 matches — considerably faster than previous record-holders.

Domestic cups in England

• He’s the first player to score five goals in a single FA Cup match and a Champions League game.
• With five goals against Luton in the FA Cup, he became the first player to achieve this milestone for City twice.

International records (Norway)

• At just 24 years old and playing his 36th match for Norway, Haaland scored two goals in a Nations League victory over Slovenia, making it 34 goals and breaking Jorgen Juve's national record.
• He became the first European player to score five goals in a World Cup qualifying match, achieving this against Moldova.
• Haaland currently boasts 65 goals in 57 appearances for Norway, surpassing several legendary players in the process.

Erling Haaland's achievements

• Austrian Bundesliga Champion: 2018/19, 2019/20
• German Cup Winner: 2020/21
• Bundesliga Player of the Season: 2020/21
• Premier League Player of the Month: August 2022, April 2023, August 2024, September 2025
• Premier League Golden Boot Winner: 2022/23
• UEFA Champions League Top Scorer: 2020/21
• FIFA FIFPro World XI: 2021
• Premier League Player of the Year: 2022/23
• Young Player of the Year: 2022/23

Erling Haaland's scoring record in top leagues

• Molde (Norwegian Superliga) 2017-2018: 39 matches, 14 goals
• RB Salzburg (Austrian Bundesliga) 2018-2020: 16 matches, 17 goals
• Borussia Dortmund (Bundesliga) 2020-22: 67 matches, 62 goals
• Manchester City (Premier League) 2022-26: 137 matches, 117 goals
• Total: 249 matches, 210 goals

Erling Haaland's record in the Champions League

• RB Salzburg 2019-20: 6 matches, 8 goals
• Borussia Dortmund 2019-22: 13 matches, 15 goals
• Manchester City 2022-26: 40 matches, 36 goals
• Total: 59 matches, 59 goals

Erling Haaland's record for his national team

Norway 2019-26: 57 matches, 65 goals