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Now we know what you\u2019re thinking. \u201cCalendar year\u201d is not a measure of anything in football. The clue that \u201ccalendar year\u201d is not the way things are measured in football is the fact you have to put the word \u201ccalendar\u201d in to make it clear you\u2019re not talking about a proper year, which, as we all know, runs from July 1 until June 30.<\/em><\/p>\n But do you know what is a thing? Content. Content is definitely a thing. In many ways, the only thing. And so we make no apologies for presenting you with this, the top 10 calendar year Premier League goalscorers for 2022. Mainly because Erling Haaland is second on the list, which is objectively funny. Harry Kane and Ivan Toney have nothing to be ashamed about, but there are a great many other strikers in the Premier League who should be taking a long, hard look at themselves. Be warned, there are some underwhelming numbers ahead\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 10. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) \u2013 12 goals<\/strong> \u00a0<\/p>\n 8=. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) \u2013 13 goals<\/strong> \u00a0<\/p>\n 8=. Rodrigo (Leeds) \u2013 13 goals<\/strong> \u00a0<\/p>\n 7. James Maddison (Leicester) \u2013 14 goals<\/strong> \u00a0<\/p>\n 5=. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) \u2013 15 goals<\/strong> 5=. Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) \u2013 15 goals<\/strong> \u00a0<\/p>\n 4. Son Heung-min (Tottenham) \u2013 18 goals<\/strong> \u00a0<\/p>\n 3. Ivan Toney (Brentford) \u2013 20 goals<\/strong> \u00a0<\/p>\n
Scored Arsenal\u2019s first goal of the year, in a fine if ultimately futile performance when losing 2-1 to Manchester City, and then the opening goal in the final game of the year at Brighton to help send the Gunners seven points clear at the top of the table. Throw in the World Cup and it\u2019s been a decent 12 months for the lad, hasn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n
And about a million assists for Haaland to go with all those lovely, lovely goals.<\/p>\n
Has scored most of his 2022 goals in batches. Three goals in four games in March, followed by six games without a goal. Then four in three to start this season, then six games without a goal, then five in four before the World Cup break. Two games without a goal since\u2026<\/p>\n
And yet Gareth Southgate wouldn\u2019t pick him at the World Cup, just because he was injured. Agenda, that.<\/p>\n
Salah had a distinctly underwhelming 2022 in terms of Premier League goals, yet only four players managed more goals than Liverpool\u2019s three-time Golden Boot winner.<\/p>\n
Still the main man for Palace\u2019s increasingly fun yet inconsistent side after all these years and still delivering solid numbers to go with the flair.<\/p>\n
Somehow still fourth on this list despite only scoring in one Premier League game this season. Testament to a few things. One, just how well he finished 2021\/22 with 15 goals after the turn of the year to ultimately snag a share of the Golden Boot. Two, how underwhelming a year 2022 has been in general for goalscorers. And three, making sure that if you do only score in one game then make sure you get a hat-trick. That\u2019s just common sense.<\/p>\n
There are plenty of underwhelming numbers on this list, but Toney\u2019s 20 goals for Brentford is very much not one of them. A stellar year of goalscoring that was given a kickstart by Christian Eriksen but has continued unabated without him with 12 goals in 16 games this season.<\/p>\n