Johnson hits double to join illustrious list of Spurs players
Tue 08 April 2025, 09:00|
Tottenham Hotspur
Brennan Johnson has become the latest player to score 10+ goals for us in a Premier League season as he hit his 10th and 11th league goals of the campaign in Sunday's 3-1 win over Southampton.
An arrival from Nottingham Forest in the summer of 2023, the forward has enjoyed a sensational season in front of goal with his 16 goals in all competitions so far seeing him lead the way as our top goalscorer.
On Sunday afternoon, he added two more goals to his tally as we toppled Saints and those goals took him to double figures for the season in the league alone - becoming only the 22nd Spurs player in Premier League history to achieve that feat.
It is also the first time in his career he has hit double figures for goals in the top flight.
He is the second Wales international to enjoy the success in N17 after Gareth Bale - the iconic forward having done it twice in his Spurs career (2012/13 (21) and 2020/21 (11)).
Watch - Johnson scores 10th league goal of the season
Brennan is the first player to reach the milestone so far this season and, with seven games still to go, there is a good chance a few players may join him.
Four players are within three goals of registering a 10th of the campaign in the top flight. James Maddison is the closest with nine to his name thus far, while Heung-Min Son, Dejan Kulusevski and Dominic Solanke are all on seven each.
In a number of seasons, we have seen three players each hit double figures - 2006/07, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19 and 2020/21 - but we have never seen four players achieve the feat in one season.
Players to have scored 10+ goals for us in a Premier League season (ranked by best scoring season)
1) Harry Kane - nine times - 2014/15 (21), 2015/16 (25), 2016/17 (29), 2017/18 (30), 2018/19 (17), 2019/20 (18), 2020/21 (23), 2021/22 (17) and 2022/23 (30).
2) Heung-Min Son - eight times - 2016/17 (14), 2017/18 (12), 2018/19 (12), 2019/20 (11), 2020/21 (17), 2021/22 (23), 2022/23 (10) and 2023/24 (17).
3) Teddy Sheringham - six times - 1992/93 (21), 1993/94 (13), 1994/95 (18), 1995/96 (16), 2001/02 (10) and 2002/03 (10).
4) Robbie Keane - six times - 2002/03 (13), 2003/04 (14), 2004/05 (11), 2005/06 (16), 2006/07 (11) and 2007/08 (15).
5) Jermain Defoe - five times - 2004/05 (13), 2006/07 (10), 2009/10 (18), 2011/23 (11) and 2012/13 (11).
6) Gareth Bale - twice - 2012/13 (21) and 2020/21 (11).
7) Dele - twice - 2015/16 (10) and 2016/17 (18).
8) Emmanuel Adebayor - twice - 2011/12 (17) and 2013/14 (11).
9) Chris Armstrong - twice - 1995/96 (15) and 1999/2000 (14).
10) Dimitar Berbatov - twice - 2006/07 (12) and 2007/08 (15).
11) Rafa van der Vaart - twice - 2010/11 (13) and 2011/12 (11).
12) Christian Eriksen - twice - 2014/15 (10) and 2017/18 (10).
13) Jurgen Klinsmann - once - 1994/95 (20).
14) Steffen Iverson - once - 1999/2000 (13).
15) Darren Bent - once - 2008/09 (12).
16) Brennan Johnson - once - 2024/25 (11 and counting).
17) Mido - once - 2005/06 (11).
18) Richarlison - once - 2023/24 (11).
19) Les Ferdinand - once - 2000/01 (10).
20) Gus Poyet - once - 2001/02 (10).
21) Roman Pavlyuchenko - once - 2010/11 (10).
22) Lucas Moura - once - 2018/19 (10).
