PLAYERS WHO HIT MORE THAN 100 GOALS IN EPL

A 20 goal per season striker is a must have if any club desires to survive in the Barclays Premier League, let alone win the title.

Many strikers have come and go in the English game, without having really made a significant impact in terms of goals.

A handful of strikers have ploughed on and emerged basking in full glory by becoming goal centurions, while a hungry few will be looking to push their goal tally past the 100 mark in the upcoming season.

Credit should be given to these fantastic 13 centurions. Not only did they score a bucket full of goals, some have done it with wonderful strikes like Shearer's signature thunderbolt free kicks, Henry's classy chip over the keeper and Ferdinand's majestic bullet headers.

Players who have hit 100 or more goals

1. Alan Shearer - 260 goals
2. Andrew Cole - 189 goals
3. Thierry Henry - 174 goals
4. Robbie Fowler - 163 goals
5. Les Ferdinand - 149 goals
6. Teddy Sheringham - 147 goals
7. Michael Owen - 136 goals
8. Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink - 127 goals
9. Dwight Yorke - 123 goals
10. Ian Wright - 113 goals
11. Dion Dublin - 111 goals
12. Robbie Keane - 105 goals
13. Mathew Le Tissier - 101 goals

There are seven players who could possibly break the 100 mark barrier this season, with Wigan's Emile Heskey one goal short of a century while Manchester United's long serving midfielders, Scholes and Giggs nearing the mark as well.

Players likely to break 100 goal mark in the 2008/2009 season

1. Emile Heskey - 99 goals
2. Paul Scholes - 96 goals
3. Ryan Giggs - 95 goals
4. Frank Lampard - 94 goals
5. Mark Viduka - 92 goals
6. Kevin Phillips - 87 goals
7. Nicolas Anelka - 86 goals

It all makes for another thrilling season of the world's best league which is set to erupt this month. Watch out for the names in the list above and see if you can catch them scoring their centuries.