most premier league goals in 1997 calendar year

Alan Shearer had the most goals in the Premier League in 1996-97, with 25 goals.

Interpreted as:

most premier league goals by a player in 1997 calendar year

	NAME	G	SEASON	CLUB	M	MIN	START	G/M	A	G+A	PK
1	Alan Shearer A. Shearer	25	1996-97	Newcastle	31	2,782	31	0.81	7	32	3
2	Ian Wright I. Wright	23	1996-97	Arsenal	35	2,699	30	0.66	4	27	4
3	Ole Gunnar Solskjær O. Gunnar Solskjær	18	1996-97	Man United	33	2,230	25	0.55	4	22	0
4	Robbie Fowler R. Fowler	18	1996-97	Liverpool	32	2,813	32	0.56	4	22	0
5	Dwight Yorke D. Yorke	17	1996-97	Aston Villa	37	3,231	37	0.46	6	23	1
6	Fabrizio Ravanelli F. Ravanelli	16	1996-97	Middlesbrough	33	2,857	33	0.48	4	20	3
7	Les Ferdinand L. Ferdinand	16	1996-97	Newcastle	31	2,511	30	0.52	8	24	0
8	Dion Dublin D. Dublin	13	1996-97	Coventry	34	2,815	33	0.38	2	15	0
9	Matt Le Tissier M. Le Tissier	13	1996-97	Southampton	31	2,164	25	0.42	0	13	4
10	Dennis Bergkamp D. Bergkamp	12	1996-97	Arsenal	29	2,384	28	0.41	9	21	3
11	Juninho Paulista J. Paulista	12	1996-97	Middlesbrough	35	3,038	34	0.34	8	20	0
12	Stan Collymore S. Collymore	12	1996-97	Liverpool	30	2,194	25	0.40	4	16	0
13	Chris Sutton C. Sutton	11	1996-97	Rovers	25	2,033	24	0.44	6	17	1
14	Dean Sturridge D. Sturridge	11	1996-97	Derby County	30	2,565	29	0.37	2	13	0
15	Efan Ekoku E. Ekoku	11	1996-97	Wimbledon	30	2,366	28	0.37	2	13	0
16	Eric Cantona E. Cantona	11	1996-97	Man United	36	3,229	36	0.31	12	23	3
17	Steve Claridge S. Claridge	11	1996-97	Leicester	32	2,528	29	0.34	5	16	0
18	Andy Booth A. Booth	10	1996-97	Sheffield Wed	35	2,802	32	0.29	3	13	0
19	Duncan Ferguson D. Ferguson	10	1996-97	Everton	33	2,870	31	0.30	5	15	0
20	Emile Heskey E. Heskey	10	1996-97	Leicester	35	3,035	35	0.29	6	16	0
21	Kevin Gallacher K. Gallacher	10	1996-97	Rovers	34	2,875	34	0.29	4	14	0
22	Savo Milošević S. Milošević	10	1996-97	Aston Villa	30	2,461	29	0.33	1	11	0
23	Egil Johan Østenstad E. Johan Østenstad	9	1996-97	Southampton	30	2,554	29	0.30	4	13	0
24	Gary Speed G. Speed	9	1996-97	Everton	37	3,330	37	0.24	1	10	0
25	Gianluca Vialli G. Vialli	9	1996-97	Chelsea	28	2,103	23	0.32	4	13	1