If Mo Salah had decided before the season began that he was never going to kick a football again, his legacy in the firmament of Liverpool would have heretofore been firmly secured.
Fortunately for Reds fans that was never going to happen. The 32-year-old always feels he has more to give and has proven as much this term. Indeed, he might be better than ever if the numbers are anything to go by.
When Liverpool faced Southampton on Saturday, Salah was not at his best, but he came away with two goals from the penalty spot in a 3-1 win. We’re at the point now that whenever he scores it’s not just a goal, but a marker of the heights he has scaled.
Mo Salah: The stats and records behind historic 2024/25 season
The Egyptian winger has found the net 27 times in the top flight in 2024/25 alone, putting him well clear at the top of the scoring charts. Provided he stays there, he will claim the Golden Boot for a fourth time, equalling Thierry Henry‘s record.
That’s not the only record belonging to the Arsenal icon in danger this year. Salah is currently on 17 league assists, meaning he needs just three more to match the 20 Henry provided in 2002/03 (and Kevin De Bruyne in 2019/20). Additionally, he would become just the second player to ever register at least 20 goals and 20 assists in a single Premier League campaign – after Henry.
With ten league games remaining in the season, Salah has already equalled the record for most goal involvements (44) in a 38-game campaign, level with Erling Haaland (2022/23) and, as if I even need to say it, Henry. Only three more goals or assists are needed to match Andrew Cole in 1993/94 and Alan Shearer in 1994/95 (47).
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Having previously registered 42 goal contributions in 2017/18, he’s the first player to breach the 40 mark in multiple seasons, and he’s also the players to score 25 or more goals and provide 15 or more assists in a single campaign.
It’s probably blindingly obvious by now, but it bears stating: this might be the greatest season we have seen from an individual player in the history of the Premier League. And one that will cement his place as one of the all-time greats of the game.
It’s jarring to think that if Liverpool finish the job and win the Premier League title, it will be only the second of Salah’s career. There are plenty of footballers who have won more trophies, but even fewer, and in some cases none, who have matched his individual accomplishments.
Salah is now on 184 Premier League goals, meaning only four players have ever scored more in the competition (Andy Cole, Wayne Rooney, Harry Kane and Alan Shearer). In case you were wondering, he’s nine ahead of Henry. If he signs a new contract no one would bet against him moving up to number two in the list.
Some more stats to throw at you: he’s now the third-highest goalscorer in Liverpool’s history; he’s scored more goals at Anfield than Wayne Rooney scored at Old Trafford (only Aguero and, of course, Henry, have scored more at a single Premier League stadium); and he’s scored ten or more home goals and ten or more away goals in three different campaigns. He did so previously in 2017-18 and 2021-22.
When Salah inevitably picks up the 2025 PFA Players’ Player of the Year Award for his exploits this season, it will be the first time anyone has won it three times. He is quickly running out of peers as he sprints towards footballing immortality.
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