Mohamed Salah has established himself as one of the modern greats at Liverpool during his time at Anfield.
The Egypt star, signed in 2017 from Serie A side Roma, has proved an attacking revelation on Merseyside, inspiring the Reds to glory in every domestic trophy, along with the 2019 UEFA Champions League.
Although Erling Haaland broke Salah’s record for the most goals scored in a 38-game Premier League campaign in 2022/23, the 32-year-old is still writing his name in the Liverpool history books. Reds fans hope that will continue for some time, amid ongoing interest from the Saudi Pro League, with his contract expiring in 2025.
The Sporting News looks at Salah’s record in front of goal and how he compares to former Liverpool players.
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Salah overtook club legend Robbie Fowler on the leader board for most Liverpool goals and drew level with revered former captain Steven Gerrard by scoring against Brentford on May 6, 2023. In the process, he became only the eighth Liverpool player in history to score at least 100 goals at Anfield, and the first to score in nine consecutive home matches.
Salah then went beyond Gerrard’s mark and moved to 194 goals by scoring twice against Everton on October 21.
On December 9, Salah then became just the fifth Reds player to reach 200 goals in all competitions when he fired home the equaliser against Crystal Palace.
The 2017/18 Golden Boot winner is the only active player in Liverpool’s top 10 list, with several of the hotshots included retiring over the last two decades. Salah’s goals-per-game ratio (0.60) is also highly impressive, only behind Gordon Hodgson among players on this list.
| Players | Goals | Games | Goals per game | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Ian Rush | 346 | 660 | 0.52 | 1980-1987, 1988-1996 |
| 2. Roger Hunt | 285 | 492 | 0.58 | 1958-1969 |
| 3. Gordon Hodgson | 241 | 377 | 0.64 | 1925-1936 |
| 4. Billy Liddell | 228 | 534 | 0.43 | 1939-1961 |
| 5. Mohamed Salah | 218 | 360 | 0.60 | 2017- |
| 6. Steven Gerrard | 186 | 710 | 0.26 | 1998-2015 |
| 7. Robbie Fowler | 183 | 369 | 0.49 | 1993-2001, 2006-2007 |
| 8. Kenny Dalglish | 172 | 515 | 0.33 | 1977-1990 |
| 9. Michael Owen | 158 | 297 | 0.53 | 1996-2004 |
| 10. Harry Chambers | 151 | 339 | 0.44 | 1915-1928 |
If Salah continues to score at his current rate for Liverpool, it would take him well over 200 more games to overtake Ian Rush at the top of the list.
Rush scored 346 goals for the Reds between 1980 and 1996. In that time, he spent one season in Italy with Juventus before returning to Merseyside because his style appeared to better suit English football.
The Wales international wore the No. 7 shirt and partnered Kenny Dalglish in the Liverpool attack. Rush won five league titles and two European Cups for the club, finishing as top goal scorer for the club on eight separate occasions.
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In all competitions, Salah has scored 218 goals for Liverpool in 360 games.
Salah’s best goal output came during his debut season, the 2017/18 campaign, when he formed a formidable trio alongside Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino, reaching the 2018 Champions League final.
Since then he has won every club trophy available to Liverpool, earning their first title of the modern Premier League in 2020 and the domestic cup double in 2022. He also won the Champions League in 2019 and reached another final in 2022.
Salah has won seven trophies in total for the Reds. Here are the competitions in which his goals have been scored during his six years at the club:
| Season | Premier League | Champions League/Europa League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Community Shield | Season Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 32 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| 2018/19 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| 2019/20 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| 2020/21 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| 2021/22 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| 2022/23 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 30 |
| 2023/24 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 |
| 2024/25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 161 | 47 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 218 |
