Awesome; He's passed Fowler and has Henry, Shearer and Lampard in his sights... so, will Rooney become the sharpest shooter of them all?.

Wayne Rooney moved into the top five of all-time Barclays Premier League goalscorers with his double at Tottenham yesterday, going ahead of Robbie Fowler on 164 goals.
The Manchester United striker, who is his club’s leading striker in the division by some margin, now has three retired forwards and Chelsea’s Frank Lampard in his sights to become the Number One in its short history.
Lampard, who is not starting every league game at Chelsea now, is four ahead of his England colleague, which leaves just three legends of the art of scoring to overtake.

Charging to the top: Wayne Rooney's strikes against Spurs put him fifth in the all-time scorer list

On target: Rooney netted United's opener and rescued them a point from the penalty spot on Sunday

Third in line, and 11 goals ahead of him, is Arsenal’s leading goalscorer Thierry Henry, who also tops the chart of scorers for a single club with his 175 goals scored in Arsenal colours.
Only narrowly ahead of him by another 12 goals is former Newcastle United and Manchester United striker Andy Cole who added to his tally at Blackburn Rovers and finished his career with 187 goals.
If he can overtake that trio – and why not before the end of the season – Rooney then has a rush on before retirement to catch up with the greatest striker in the Premier League era.

Legends: Alan Shearer (left) and Thierry Henry are ahead of Rooney in the all-time Premier League scorers list

On the tail: Just above Rooney is Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard, who has netted 168 goals

Former England and Newcastle United captain Alan Shearer is head and shoulders above the rest with an astonishing total of 260 goals.
The majority – 148 in all – were scored in his beloved Newcastle Number Nine shirt, and yet Shearer missed almost an entire season under Kenny Dalglish in only his second year at St James’s Park.
He scored his other goals leading Blackburn to the title under Dalglish.

Onion bag: Andy Cole is one of the Premier League's top marksmen with 187 strikes

Rooney, who is a total of 35 goals ahead of his United strike partner Robin van Persie, is also Manchester United’s leading goalscorer and is second in the list of single goalscorers for one club.
His brace at White Hart Lane took him ahead of Shearer and he is now one short of reaching a century and a half of goals in United goals.
Henry tops that list with his 175 goals for Arsenal and Rooney still needs another 26 to catch him up in that particular category.
Rooney's most prolific seasons were in 2009-10 and 2011-12, netting 34 in all competitions in both seasons. With his double at Spurs adding numbers nine and ten to his tally for this campaign, the England man is on course to put this year up there with his best.

Head and shoulders above: Rooney will have to go some to top his best-ever season in 2009 (above)

ALL-TIME PREMIER LEAGUE GOALS

Alan Shearer   260
Andrew Cole   187
Thierry Henry   175
Frank Lampard   168

Wayne Rooney  164

Robbie Fowler   163
Michael Owen   150
Les Ferdinand  149
Teddy Sheringham   146
Robin van Persie   129
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink  127
Robbie Keane   126
Nicolas Anelka   123
Dwight Yorke   123
Jermain Defoe   123
Ian Wright  113
Dion Dublin    111
Emile Heskey  110
Ryan Giggs   109
Scholes, Paul    107

AT ONE CLUB

Thierry Henry   Arsenal    175

Wayne Rooney   Manchester United    149

Alan Shearer   Newcastle United    148
Frank Lampard   Chelsea    144
Robbie Fowler   Liverpool    128
Michael Owen   Liverpool    118
Alan Shearer   Blackburn Rovers    112
Ryan Giggs   Manchester United    109
Paul Scholes   Manchester United    107
Ian Wright   Arsenal    104
Steven Gerrard   Liverpool    101
Matthew Le Tissier   Southampton    100
Didier Drogba  Chelsea    100
Teddy Sheringham   Tottenham Hotspur    97
Robin van Persie  Arsenal    96
Ruud van Nistelrooy   Manchester United    95
Andrew Cole   Manchester United    93
Robbie Keane   Tottenham Hotspur    91
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer Manchester United    91
Jermain Defoe   Tottenham Hotspur    90

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