Salah, was it this bad? Third place in the EPL's all-time best forward ranking, beating Rooney and Drocin...Son Heungmin is not a candidate
Dec 17, 2024
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Sports broadcaster 'Sky Sports' revealed the final rankings of the 13 players 'EPL's best forwards' on its official channel on the 17th (Korea time). 'Sky Sports' was ranked by Monday Night Football (MNF) points, fan votes, and player-turned-commentator Jamie Carragher's combined score.
The MNF point standard is '3 best seasons during which 13 candidates played in EPL and their performance during that period. For example, Cristiano Ronaldo (Alnasr) scored his performance in the 2006-2009 season when he played for Manchester United and in the 2001-2004 season when Thierry Henry played for Arsenal. Five points for the Ballon d'Or, four points for PFA Player of the Year, two points for EPL's top scorer, two points for winning the EPL and European Champions League, one point for more than 10 assists, and one point for exceeding 100 goals in total.
In MNF points, Ronaldo received the most points with 28 points. Henry (27 points), Alan Shearer (23 points), Salah (20 points), and Wayne Rooney (18 points). Ronaldo won his first Ballon d'Or in the 2007-2008 season and also won the league and the European Champions League.
However, Henri scored the highest 10 points in both fan voting and Carragher scores of nearly 50,000 people, with a total of 47 points, beating Ronaldo with a total of 42 points to become the best forward in EPL history.
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Of the 13 candidates, four are active, of which Salah is the only active player playing in the EPL this season.
Son Heung-min's 「Soulmate" Kane came in ninth. He failed to score a high score in MNF points because he failed to lift the trophy when he was at Tottenham. He also scored just four points in the fan vote. What's more shocking is that Carragher gave him zero points. He scored only 14 points in total.
In the order of total points, Henri-Ronaldo-Sala-Shearer-Rooney (30 points), Didier Drogba (24 points), Eric Cantona (23 points), Sergio Aguero (18 points), Kane (14 points), Eden Hazard (13 points), Luis Suarez (13 points), Gareth Bale (12 points), and Denis Berkamp (12 points) ranked 1st to 13th.
Son Heung-min, who tied for 18th in the total score rankings by scoring a combined 125 goals against Southampton, was excluded from the 13 candidates.
yoonjinman@sportschosun.com
