Mohamed Salah’s career statistics make him one of the Premier League’s legends. Mohamed Salah is an Egyptian international footballer playing for Liverpool Football Club in the English Premier League. At Liverpool, Mohamed Salah registered impressive statistics since joining them in the 2017 summer season from Roma on a fee around the region of around 34 million pounds. Since joining the club, Mohamed Salah has become a generational talent from a flop player at Chelsea.
Salah has established himself as having etched his name into football history as one of the most decorated and successful players from Egypt. At some points, the football community agreed that Salah is the African player of all time.
Mohamed Salah’s career achievements at Liverpool and FC Basel
Since joining the club, Salah has lifted the Premier League two times with Liverpool (2017/2018 and 2024/2025 seasons. The former comes after almost three decades of the club’s hustling and struggling. He also won one Champions League trophy in the 2018/19 season, followed by the FIFA Club World Cup and UEFA Super Cup, respectively.
Other milestones he achieved at Liverpool include: two League cups (2021-2022 and 2023 and 2024), one FA Cup (2022) and the Community Shield (2022). With FC Basel, he won the Swiss Super League two times (2012-2013 and 2013 – 2024). Apart from reaching such kind of achievements, we highlight other records of the Egyptian King “Mo Salah”.
Premier League all-time top score.
Salah netted 189 goals in 302 Premier League appearances. He became the 4th Premier League top scorer of all time, surpassing legendary Andrew Cole’s record of 187. In the list of the Premier League all-time top scorers, Alan Shearer tops the list with 260 Goals.
Premier League all-time top score list
| Name of the player | Games played | Number of Goals |
| Alan Shearer | 441 | 260 |
| Harry Kane | 320 | 213 |
| Wayne Rooney | 491 | 208 |
| Mohamed Salah | 303 | 190 |
Premier League top opening day goal scorers
Mohamed Salah holds the record for the Premier League goal score in the opening matchday of the Premier League campaign. The Liverpool winger has 10 goals in nine opening-day games since joining Liverpool in 2017. He reached such a milestone in the 2025/2026 opening game versus AFC Bournemouth. Below him are: Wayne Rooney (8), Alan Shearer (8), Andy Cole (8), Jamie Vardy (8) and Frank Lampard (8).
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The most PFA Player’s Player of the Year.
Mohamed Salah has the most player of the season awards in the Premier League from the Professional Football Association (PFA) Awards. He won it three times in 2018, 2022 and 2025, respectively. Only Thierry Henry, Mark Hughes, Alan Shearer, Kevin De Bruyne and Cristiano Ronaldo are near him for this record; they all won it two times each.
Premier League all-time top goal contributors for one club.
Mo Salah holds this record. He is mostly the top contributor to Liverpool’s history. Based on Transfer Market data, Mo Salah has the most goal contributions for one club with 280 Goals and assists. After him are Wayne Rooney, who contributed 276 Goals in 393 matches, Ryan Giggs contributed 271 goals in 632 games and Arsenal legend Thierry Henry, who contributed 248 goals in 258 games. Sky Sports pundit Paul Merson said that Liverpool would win nothing without Mo Salah. He said so when backing Salah following his saga at Liverpool after his misunderstanding with manager Arne Slot in December 2025.
I’m with Salah – Liverpool would’ve won nothing without him’
“I’m on Mo Salah’s side. I think he’s gotten too much stick.
“Maybe he shouldn’t have done what he did, but he’s a human being. He’s a winner. He’s a legend. The figures he’s put up on the wing – goals and assists – are off the charts. We’ll never see that again, in my opinion.
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“All he’s done is say he wants to play football. He’s got the hump because he’s not playing. How could you be slaughtered for that?
“There are other players in the team that could’ve been dropped, and he’s probably thinking ‘we’re not very good and I’m not playing’. I just think it’s wrong.
Liverpool wouldn’t have won anything if it weren’t for Mo Salah. You take away his goals and assists, and I don’t think there’s any trophies in that cabinet for a while.” Merson quoted by Sky Sports News microphones.
One of the top goal scorers in Liverpool history.
Salah is the third top scorer in Liverpool history. He managed to score 250 goals in 420 games across all competitions for Liverpool. Only Roger Hunt and Ian Rush are above Salah in all-time goal scores in Liverpool history.
Liverpool’s top scores of all time
| Player | Games played | Goals |
| Ian Rush | 654 | 339 |
| Roger Hunt | 483 | 280 |
| Mohamed Salah | 420 | 250 |
| Gordon Hogson | 356 | 233 |
| Bill Lidel | 513 | 220 |
Players with the most assists in Liverpool History.
Mohamed Salah is the third in the list for players provided the most assists in Liverpool history, with the few games he played for the club. In this aspect, only Kenny Dalglish and Steven Gerald are above him. This shows how Salah does his best to win a football match and helps his team achieve.
Players with the most assists in Liverpool history
| Kenny Dalglish | 511 games | 186 assists |
| Steven Gerald | 710 games | 156 assists |
| Mohamed Salah | 420 games | 116 assists |
The top players with the most Golden Boot in Premier League history.
Mohamed Salah holds the record of the Premier League players with the most Golden Boots. Only Arsenal legend Thierry Henry equaled and shared this record with Salah. However, at Liverpool, Salah tops the list of players with the most Golden Boots from the club. In modern football, only Michael Owen was somehow near Salah’s record.
Top players with the most Golden Boot in Premier League history at the club level.
| Name of the player | Number of the Premier League golden boots |
| Mohamed Salah | 4 |
| Michael Owen | 2 |
| Sadio Mane | 1 |
| Luis Suarez | 1 |
Most goals contributed in a single Premier League campaign
Mohamed Salah holds the record of the player with the most goal involvements in a single Premier League season (47). He achieved this success in the 2024/25 season and equaled Alan Shearer and Andy Cole’s milestones.
Most Goal involvements for a single Premier League season
| Name of the player | Goals contributions in a single Premier League season |
| Mohamed Salah | 47 |
| Alan Shearer | 47 |
| Andy Cole | 47 |
| Erling Haaland | 44 |
| Thierry Henry | 44 |
The top score of Liverpool’s history in European club competitions.
Not only in the domestic league, but also, Mohamed Salah shines in the European elite club competitions. Both in the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Super Cup, Salah tops the list at Liverpool. He scored 45 goals in UEFA club competitions. From Liverpool, next to him to score many goals in European club competitions in Liverpool history are: Sadio Mane (24), Roberto Firmino (22), Steven Gerald (21) and Ian Rush (14) goals.
Furthermore, Salah holds the record of Champions League and other European club competitions’ top scorer from Africa (45 goals). After him, Ivorian Didier Yves Drogba is next in the list, having scored 36 goals under this criterion.
Mohamed Salah.
Most Premier League goals in a single season by a Liverpool player.
In the Premier League, Erling Haaland broke the records of Andy Cole and Alan Shearer for scoring 34 goals in a single Premier League season. Haaland broke the record in the 2022/23 season when he managed to score 36 goals. After them, Salah is there with 32 goals in a single Premier League season. He reached such achievements in the 2017/18 season. At the club level, Salah tops the list.
Most Premier League goals in a single season by a Liverpool player.
| Name of the player | Number of goals |
| Mohamed Salah | 32 (2017/18 season) |
| Luis Suarez | 31 (2013/14 season) |
| Mohamed Salah | 29 (2024/25 season) |
| Robbie Fowler | 28 (1994/95 season) |
| Robbie Fowler | 20 (1995/1996 season) |
Top African goal scorers in Premier League History
Liverpool super-star Mohamed Salah is the highest-scoring in the Premier League history from Africa. Since joining Liverpool from FC Basel in 2017, Salah has netted 189 goals in 302 Premier League games. He has netted at least 18 goals every season since. The list below shows the top 9 African goal scorers in Premier League history.
| Name of the player | Number of matches | Goals scored |
| Mohamed Salah | 302 | 189 |
| Sadio Mane | 263 | 111 |
| Didier Drogba | 254 | 104 |
| Emmanuel Adebayor | 241 | 97 |
| Yakubu Aiyegbeni | 252 | 95 |
| Riyad Mahrez | 284 | 82 |
| Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | 143 | 69 |
| Wilfried Zaha | 305 | 68 |
| Yaya Toure | 230 | 62 |
First player in Premier League history to contribute 20+ goals in eight consecutive seasons.
Only Mohamed Salah has managed to achieve this. From the 2017/18 season, the Egyptian has been involved in 20 goals or more for eight consecutive seasons until the 2024/25 season. Salah achieved this under manager Jürgen Klopp as well as in the first managerial career of Arne Slot at Liverpool. In the 2025/26 season, things fell apart for him since his relationship with Arne Slot spoiled.
The player with the most Player of the Month awards in the Premier League.
Mohamed Salah shares a record of the most player of the month awards in Premier League history. He has seven Premier League Player of the Month awards. However, he shares this record along with Harry Kane and Sergio Aguero. Among African players in the Premier League, Salah leads the chart.
Players with the most player of the year in the Premier League.
Mo Salah tied with Cristiano Ronaldo, Nemanja Vidic, Thierry Henry and Kelvin De Bruyne by being the player of the Premier League season on two occasions. Salah and co are only to win the player of the month more than once in the Premier League.
Most assists by an African player in the Premier League.
Mohamed Salah holds the record for the assists by an African player in Premier League history. Salah registered 89 assists in 302 Premier League appearances. From Africa, next after Salah is Didier Drogba, who contributed to 54 assists in 254 Premier League appearances.
First player in the Premier League history to reach double digits for goals and assists before Christmas.
In the 2024/25 Premier League season, Mohamed Salah made an impressive and unique record of registering double figures before Christmas Eve. By December 22, 2024, Salah scored 13 goals and assisted 10.
Highest-scoring footballer in Egypt’s history.
Mo Salah tops the list for scoring many goals both for the club and the country. He netted a total of 377 goals in his career statistics. He continues to play, so he has a chance to add some more. In addition, Salah is the first and currently only Egyptian international to score in four consecutive AFCON seasons (2017, 2019, 2021, 2023). Furthermore, he is Egypt’s all time top score in AFCON qualifications, netting 20 goals. Also, he is Egypt’s all-time scorer in FIFA World Cup history, scoring two goals.
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