Jermain Defoe: Sunderland striker is the eighth player to score 150 goals in the Premier League – but who hit the landmark the quickest?
The former Spurs man joined the most elite of clubs after scoring his 150th Premier League goal
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JERMAIN DEFOE celebrated his 150th Premier League goal in Sunderland's 3-0 rout of Hull City at the Stadium of Light on Saturday.
If you're struggling at the wrong end of the table then you need a goalscorer to get you out of trouble - and that is what Defoe has done since he arrived on Wearside in January 2015.
Most of his Premier League goals were scored for Tottenham in two different spells with the north London club spanning more than 10 years.
Defoe, who started his career at West Ham, scored 91 Premier League goals with Spurs He also had a short stint playing for Portsmouth in between leaving and returning to White Hart Lane.
There are some real Premier League legends that belong to the 150 club - but who reached the landmark in the fewest games?
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Premier League 150 goals
1. Alan Shearer: 212 matches
2. Thierry Henry: 230 matches
3. Andy Cole: 286 matches
4. Michael Owen: 323 matches
5. Wayne Rooney: 330 matches
6. Robbie Fowler: 333 matches
7. Jermaine Defoe: 443 matches
8. Frank Lampard: 520 matches
Alan Shearer leads the way scoring his 150 goals in an astonishing 212 games showing just why the lethal striker was feared by all opponents.
Thierry Henry is just 18 games behind Shearer, his pace skill and athleticism saw a breed of a new striker, while his goals stunned many with the audacity of his attempts.
Andy Cole is the only other player to have hit 150 Premier League goals in less than 300 games, with Michael Owen, Wayne Rooney and Robbie Fowler the other players on the list.
Chelsea legend Frank Lampard is the only midfielder to score 150 goals in England's the Premier League.
Lampard is the fourth highest Premier League goalscorer of all-time with 177 goals in total.
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