Between the 1996-97 and 2005-06 seasons, Thierry Henry had the most goals in the Premier League, with 164 goals.

most goals by a player in the premier league 1996-97 to 2005-06

	NAME	G	M	MIN	START	G/M	A	G+A	PK
1	Thierry Henry T. Henry	164	237	19,744	219	0.69	70	234	20
2	Alan Shearer A. Shearer	148	303	26,315	295	0.49	36	184	37
3	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink J. Floyd Hasselbaink	125	263	20,496	233	0.48	55	180	14
4	Michael Owen M. Owen	125	227	17,707	203	0.55	31	156	11
5	Andy Cole A. Cole	118	279	21,191	235	0.42	48	166	1
6	Ruud van Nistelrooy R. van Nistelrooy	95	150	12,181	137	0.63	14	109	18
7	Robbie Fowler R. Fowler	95	252	17,887	201	0.38	25	120	9
8	Dwight Yorke D. Yorke	91	237	17,640	194	0.38	32	123	4
9	Kevin Phillips K. Phillips	87	226	18,432	208	0.38	24	111	11
10	Emile Heskey E. Heskey	86	341	26,993	308	0.25	44	130	0
11	Ole Gunnar Solskjær O. Gunnar Solskjær	84	216	13,008	142	0.39	37	121	0
12	Dion Dublin D. Dublin	82	235	17,765	199	0.35	31	113	10
13	Robbie Keane R. Keane	79	211	15,231	166	0.37	23	102	8
14	James Beattie J. Beattie	79	251	17,780	198	0.31	25	104	12
15	Dennis Bergkamp D. Bergkamp	76	282	19,279	220	0.27	86	162	5
16	Teddy Sheringham T. Sheringham	75	261	19,005	209	0.29	46	121	9
17	Frank Lampard F. Lampard	74	332	28,292	314	0.22	49	123	11
18	Paul Scholes P. Scholes	74	298	22,774	255	0.25	37	111	1
19	Mark Viduka M. Viduka	71	173	13,882	160	0.41	22	93	5
20	Paolo Di Canio P. Di Canio	66	190	15,551	176	0.35	49	115	15
21	Les Ferdinand L. Ferdinand	64	204	13,203	160	0.31	21	85	0
22	Nicolas Anelka N. Anelka	64	174	13,291	150	0.37	25	89	7
23	Robert Pirès R. Pirès	62	189	13,977	159	0.33	41	103	4
24	Gianfranco Zola G. Zola	59	229	16,077	185	0.26	42	101	1
25	Kevin Campbell K. Campbell	57	207	15,416	176	0.28	20	77	0