Steven Gerrard moved up to #14 in the list of the club's all-time top goalscorers after his brace at Newcastle United on Sunday, which took him to 109 strikes for the club to date. His nearest challenger among the current squad is Fernando Torres, who has grabbed 38 reds goals so far.
His 109 goals include 63 in the League, a club record thirty in Europe, eight in the FA Cup, seven in the League Cup and one in the FIFA Club World Championship. These goals have come in 464 outings, meaning he has netted a goal once every 4.3 games, although his ratio since the arrival of Rafael BenÃtez is considerably more impressive even than that, as he has bagged 81 goals in 224 appearances since the summer of 2004, equivalent to a goal every 2.8 matches.
His most favoured opponent in terms of goalscoring is Aston Villa, against whom he has got on the scoresheet seven times, with Bolton Wanderers and now Newcastle United both having to pick the ball out of their nets on six occasions as a result of our influential skipper. Interestingly, only 36 of his goals have come before half time, with the remaining 73 coming after the break, while just fourteen of his goals have come from the penalty spot.
His strikes in the North East took him past John Barnes, who grabbed 108 goals in 407 games. It will only take another two goals before the 28-year old Huyton lad can move up another place in the club's all-time goalscorers list to sit alongside Jack Balmer, who struck trebles in three consecutive matches on our way to the League title in 1947, a remarkable feat that has yet to be matched in English top-flight football. Steven is in fact likely to move up several places in the scoring charts over the coming year or two. However, he still remains on less than a third of the goals bagged by our all-time leading scorer, Ian Rush.
Current Top 15 Goalscorers:
1. Ian Rush (346)
2. Roger Hunt (286)
3. Gordon Hodgson (241)
4. Billy Liddell (228)
5. Robbie Fowler (183)
6. Kenny Dalglish (172)
7. Michael Owen (158)
8. Harry Chambers (151)
9. Jack Parkinson (130)
10. Sam Raybould (128)
11. Dick Forshaw (124)
12. Ian St. John (118)
13. Jack Balmer (111)
14. Steven Gerrard (109)
15. John Barnes (108)
