Arsenal top scorers 2024/25: Jesus hattrick seals spot in Carabao Cup semis

Carlo Garganese

• 21 Dec 2024 20:51 GMT
• 11 min read

Arsenal entered the 2024/25 season, their fifth full campaign under Mikel Arteta, desperate to improve on back-to-back runner-up finishes in the Premier League.

The Gunners pushed Manchester City all the way to the final game last season but once again narrowly missed out on glory in England’s top-flight, as Pep Guardiola’s side celebrated a fourth straight title.

Despite huge progress in the league over recent years, silverware has not been flowing for Arsenal, with Arteta only having one FA Cup and two Community Shields to his name so far.

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There is therefore pressure for the club to deliver trophies in 2024/25 after coming so close in previous seasons.

The race to become Arsenal top scorer is again proving to be an interesting one.

Bukayo Saka has topped the club’s scoring standings for three straight seasons, an impressive record for a player who usually brings much more than just goals.

England winger Saka scored 20 goals in all competitions last season. That came after he shared the scoring crown with Gabriel Martinelli and Martin Odegaard after netting 15 times in 2022/23 and came out on top in 2021/22 despite scoring just 12 times that year.

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Saka is therefore the man to beat in the battle to score the most goals for Arsenal in the 2024/25 season.

If he becomes the leading Arsenal goalscorer again this season, he will be more than halfway towards matching club legend Thierry Henry, who topped the goal charts in a stunning seven straight campaigns.

Saka knew he was likely to face competition from the likes of Martinelli, Odegaard, Kai Havertz, Gabriel Jesus and Leandro Trossard.

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But with Mikel Merino and Raheem Sterling now signed too, there are some new Arsenal transfer additions who will also hope to stake their claim. That did not always look like it would be the case, as the biggest purchase until the final days of the window was a defender: Italy international Riccardo Calafiori.

This page will be updated with Arsenal’s top scorers in the Premier League and all competitions after every matchday this season.

Arsenal: Premier League top scorers 2024/25

Arsenal have scored 34 goals in 17 Premier League matches played so far this season.

Havertz leads the way with six strikes in the Premier League. The German notably scored in four straight matches across all competitions before drawing a blank in a 2-0 defeat against Bournemouth following the October international break.

Arsenal made a strong start to their title pursuit with a 2-0 home win over Wolves on Matchday 1. The Gunners netted once in each half, with Kai Havertz and Bukayo Saka scoring the goals.

The score was also 2-0 in Arsenal's second match of the season, an impressive win away against an Aston Villa team who made the top four last year. Both goals came in the second half, with Leandro Trossard and Thomas Partey netting for the Gunners.

Havertz leads the scoring standings after a strong start to the campaign. He got his second goal at home to Brighton, a match which saw Saka get his third assist in as many games. Arsenal's 100% start to the campaign was over, though, with Brighton claiming a 1-1 draw after Declan Rice was sent off.

The Gunners recorded a crucial 1-0 away win over rivals Tottenham in the North London derby on MD4. Saka made it four straight games with an assist, setting up the headed winner by Gabriel Magalhaes.

Arsenal improved their scoring record in their huge away match against title rivals Man City. A last-gasp equaliser for the champions meant the Gunners had to settle for a 2-2 draw just as it looked like they were going to hold on for a famous win with 10 men after Trossard had seen red.

Gabriel scored a header that was set up by Saka yet again, with the England winger making it five assists in as many games, while Riccardo Calafiori scored his first goal for the club with a spectacular strike.

Having also netted five times in the EFL Cup in their previous outing, the Gunners goals continued in a dramatic late 4-2 win over Leicester City at home on September 28.

Trossard scored and Havertz got his third league goal of the season, while Gabriel Martinelli's opener ensured he was off the mark for the campaign. Trossard thought he had a second, which also would have meant a sixth straight assist for Saka, but the strike was ultimately credited as a Wilfred Ndidi own goal.

Arsenal's seventh league match of the season saw them defeat promoted side Southampton 3-1 at home. The Gunners fell behind, but Havertz netted again, scoring for the fourth straight game in all competitions and then the win was sealed by Saka and Martinelli.

For Saka, it was his first EPL goal since the opening weekend of the season.

The winger then picked up an injury on international duty and was missed as the Gunners were defeated 2-0 by Bournemouth in their first major setback of the season. This was followed by a 2-2 draw against Liverpool and a 1-0 loss to Newcastle as Arteta's side fell off the pace at the top of the table.

Martinelli scored the opener against Chelsea on 10 November, but his strike was cancelled out by Pedro Neto.

Saka drew level with Havertz on four goals in Arsenal's comfortable 3-0 victory over Nottingham Forest after the November international break. Thomas Partey scored his second goal of the season, while Ethan Nwaneri opened his Premier League account late on.

After putting five past Sporting CP in the Champions League, Arsenal again hit five in a bizarre match against West Ham on 30 November. Seven goals were scored in the first half of the fixture, with Gabriel, Trossard, captain Martin Odegaard, Havertz and Saka all on target in a 5-2 win.

It was a more low-key affair against Man Utd on 4 December, with the Gunners again proving deadly from set-pieces. Goals from Jurrien Timber and William Saliba were enough to see off Ruben Amorim's men.

Saliba netted again a few days later but Arsenal were held 1-1 by Fulham while the Gunners' difficulties continued as they were held scoreless by Everton on 12 December.

The following week, they routed Crystal Palace 5-1. Gabriel Jesus scored his first two Premier League goals of the season while Declan Rice also got off the mark. Havertz netted his sixth while Martinelli was also on target.

Arsenal top scorers in all competitions 2024/25

As well as the Premier League, a busy season for Arsenal will include them playing in the Champions League, FA Cup and Carabao Cup.

Arsenal have played seven matches outside of the EPL so far, scoring 18 goals. It means they have netted a total of 51 goals from their 23 matches in all competitions.

Kai Havertz is leading the scoring standings with 11 Arsenal goals. Six of those have come in the Premier League, with two in the EFL Cup and three in the Champions League.

Arsenal played their first match outside of PL action away to Atalanta on September 19 in a UEFA Champions League match that finished 0-0.

Their other UCL opponents in the initial league stage this season will include Inter, PSG and Girona.

In the EFL Cup on September 25, Arsenal thrashed Bolton Wanderers 5-1 in the third round. It was a special night for 17-year-old Ethan Nwaneri, who netted twice to score his first goals for the Gunners. Raheem Sterling also opened his account, with Declan Rice and Kai Havertz also on target in an emphatic win at the Emirates Stadium.

Arsenal then recorded one of their most impressive results of the 2024-25 season so far on October 1, beating Paris Saint-Germain 2-0 at home in the Champions League.

Havertz scored a header, giving him a fifth goal overall this season, while Saka netted when his free-kick, which appeared to have been a cross, found its way into the net, giving him his first goal since the opening day of the campaign against Wolves.

Both Havertz and Saka would go on to continue their scoring form in the match that followed against Southampton in the Premier League.

Arsenal then beat Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0 in their third Champions League match of the season, although an own goal by Dmytro Riznyk was the decisive moment.

The Gunners cruised past Preston North End in the Carabao Cup to end October on a high, with Kai Havertz and Ethan Nwaneri finding the back of the net again, while Gabriel Jesus ended his drought in a 3-0 win.

However, Arsenal were beaten 1-0 by Inter in the Champions League on 6 November.

But, they bounced back with a thumping 5-1 win over Sporting CP on 26 November, with Martinelli, Havertz, Gabriel, Saka and Trossard all on the scoresheet.

Saka and Havertz were on the scoresheet again in their next Champions League clash, with the former scoring a brace in a 3-0 win over Monaco.

Arsenal's good run of form continued in the Carabao Cup quarter-final against Crystal Palace as a Gabriel Jesus hattrick overturned the Eagles' early lead.

Arsenal next fixtures

Arsenal's next fixture in 2024/25 is against Ipswich Town at the Emirates Stadium in the Premier League on 27 December.

There is an impressive list of players who have been named the Arsenal top scorer in previous seasons.

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Thierry Henry is the standout name, topping the club's scoring standings for seven straight seasons from the 1999/00 campaign until 2005/06. He was dethroned by Robin van Persie the following campaign before joining Barcelona.

Van Persie impressively topped the Arsenal goal rankings four times in his career.

Other multiple winners include Alexis Sanchez, Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

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Aubameyang was the last Arsenal player to score 30 goals in a season, striking 31 times in the 2018/19 campaign.

Sanchez, Van Persie, Emmanuel Adebayor and Ian Wright also have 30-goal seasons to their names in the Premier League era, while Henry superbly breached that barrier in five of the seven campaigns he came out on top.

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The 39 goals scored across all competitions by Henry in Arsenal's 2003/04 Invincibles season is the highest total in this century.

Ted Drake was the last Arsenal player to score 40 or more goals in a season, netting a club-record 44 times in the 1934-35 season.

Which Arsenal players have won the Premier League Golden Boot?

Arsenal players have won the Premier League Golden Boot award on six occasions, putting the club second overall behind Liverpool, who have had seven wins.

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Thierry Henry is responsible for four of those successes, three of which came in consecutive seasons. He won the Golden Boot four times in five years, with only Ruud van Nistelrooy (2002/03) disrupting that run.

Henry holds the Premier League record for most Golden Boot wins, one title clear of three-time winners Alan Shearer, Mohamed Salah and Harry Kane.

His best league total was 30 goals in the Gunners' famous unbeaten 2003/04 Premier League season.

Robin van Persie won the Golden Boot for Arsenal in the 2011/12 season, scoring 30 Premier League goals. He then moved to Manchester United and won the award, as well as the league title, with his new club the following season.

The most recent Arsenal Golden Boot win was in 2018/19, when Pierre-Emerick Aubemayang scored 22 top-flight goals. He shared the award rather than winning it outright, as his total was tied with two Liverpool players: Salah and Sadio Mane.

Thierry Henry is the all-time Arsenal top scorer with 228 goals, a total he reached in only 377 matches.

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He netted 175 of those goals in the Premier League and the other 53 in other competitions. The former France star has held the record since 2005, when he passed club great Ian Wright in the club’s overall scoring standings.

Wright remains in second place with 185 goals and Cliff Bastin is in third with 178.