Harry Kane today scored his 500th career goal in Bayern Munich’s 3-0 win over Werder Bremen, and he managed to hit that landmark in fewer games than Cristiano Ronaldo.
The 32-year-old has undoubtedly been one of the greatest strikers of his generation, producing the goods over and over again for Bayern, as well as for his former club Tottenham, and for the England national team.
Read on for some stats and facts about Kane’s 500 goals after this memorable moment in his tremendous career at the highest level.
Harry Kane managed to reach 500 goals in 743 games
Harry Kane celebrates a goal for Bayern Munich this season (Photo by Lars Baron/Getty Images)
If you’re interested, that’s ten games fewer than it took Ronaldo, though of course he won’t be too worried about that as he now closes in on a frankly ridiculous 1000 career goals.
Lionel Messi managed it quicker, though, with the Barcelona and Argentina legend only needing 632 games to hit 500 goals.
Apart from Messi and Ronaldo, the only other footballers who are still active with over 500 goals are Robert Lewandowski (690), Luis Suarez (600), and Karim Benzema (517).
100 of Harry Kane’s goals were penalties
Kane is certainly Mr Reliable from the spot, so it’s perhaps not too surprising that one of his goals today was also a penalty.
Harry Kane is all-time top scorer for both Tottenham and England
Kane has the privilege of being the all-time leading scorer for one of his clubs, as well as for his national team.
Harry Kane celebrates a goal for Tottenham back in 2018 (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)
The prolific front-man notably overtook the legendary Jimmy Greaves towards the end of his Spurs career, finishing on 280 goals for the north London club in total.
Tottenham leading scorers
Games
Goals
Harry Kane
435
280
Jimmy Greaves
381
268
Bobby Smith
317
208
Martin Chivers
367
174
Son Heung-min
454
173
Kane also overtook Wayne Rooney as England’s record goal-scorer not that long after the former…
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