Kelechi Iheanacho Is the Best in Premier League History in One Very Important Goalscoring Category

Published on: 26 December 2016

Manchester City striker Kelechi Iheanacho scored his team's second goal during Boxing Day's hard fought away win over Hull and now has the very best 'minutes per goal' ratio in Premier League history. Better than Aguero, better thanHenry, better than everyone.


During his short career,Iheanacho has found the net in the Premier League an average of once every 96 minutes spent on the pitch. No one else who has scored a minimum of 10 goals has been more efficient and prolific.

96 - Kelechi Iheanacho has the best minutes per goal ratio of any player in PL history (min. 10 goals), scoring every 96 minutes. Sharp.

To put it into context, Aguero scores in the Premier Leagueevery 107 minutes. For Arsenal legend and four-time Golden Boot winner Thierry Henry it was every 122 minutes, while for ex-Manchester United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy it was every 128 minutes.


Iheanacho has actually scored the same number of Premier League goals as Zlatan Ibrahimovic (12), but the Swede has only netted every 128 minutes in comparison.

12 - Kelechi Iheanacho has scored 12 Premier League goals from just 19 shots on target. Prospect.

For City manager Pep Guardiola, the young Nigerian's ability is clear. He just wants to see even more of it.


"Kele has talent. He is in the box and scoring goals but he is young and we need more. Kele is there always at the right time at the right moment," he told ManCity.com.


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