We look back at the players to have won the most penalties in Premier League history, plus the teams to have been awarded the most spot-kicks in the competition in a single season.
It was a day to forget for Raheem Sterling and Chelsea on Matchday 2 of the 2023-24 Premier League season as they went down 3-1 to West Ham at London Stadium. However, there was the slimmest of silver linings, for Sterling at least.
A goal-fest in May 2023 between Fulham and Leicester City contained two penalties, the first of which was won by Jamie Vardy. That had drawn the veteran striker level with Sterling as the player with the most spot-kicks earned in Premier League history. However, Sterling forced a foul from West Ham’s Tomáš Souček with the score at 1-1 in the August 2023 game put him back in front of Vardy.
Most Penalties Won By Players in Premier League History
Raheem Sterling: 26Jamie Vardy: 25Wilfried Zaha: 19Alan Shearer: 15Danny Welbeck: 14Andrew Johnson: 14Gabriel Agbonlahor: 13Emile Heskey: 13Ashley Young: 13Mohamed Salah: 13Luis Suárez: 13
Vardy is one behind Sterling’s record. The 38-year-old has won all 25 of his penalties for Leicester while Sterling’s 26 are split between his time at Liverpool (four), Manchester City (19), and now Chelsea (three). Nineteen for one club puts Sterling joint-second with Wilfried Zaha who has won all 19 of his for Crystal Palace.
Of current Premier League players, Danny Welbeck (14), Mohamed Salah and Ashley Young (both 13) are the ones closest to cracking the top three.
It’s no surprise to see all three of Sterling, Zaha and Vardy feature in the list for most penalties won in a single season in the Premier League, but they all trail Andrew Johnson of Crystal Palace who earned eight in the 2004-05 campaign.
Most Penalties Won By A Player in a Single Premier League Season
Andrew Johnson in 2004-05: 8Jamie Vardy in 2015-16: 7Wilfried Zaha in 2018-19: 6Raheem Sterling in 2017-18: 6Anthony Gordon in 2023-24: 6
Players with the Best Penalty Records in the Premier League
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4 weeks ago Matt FurnissDespite all those spot-kicks, Palace were actually relegated that season. The Eagles won 12 penalties in total that campaign, which was a joint-league high until Leicester in 2015-16 surpassed that tally, helped by Vardy. But the Foxes’ tally was pushed into second place in 2019-20 when Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s Manchester United side won an incredible 14 penalties in one campaign, after having earned 12 in the season before.
Most Penalties Won By A Team in a Single Premier League Season
Manchester United in 2019-20: 14Leicester City in 2015-16: 13Manchester United in 2018-19: 12Leicester City in 2020-21: 12Chelsea in 2023-24: 12Arsenal in 2006-07: 12Blackburn Rovers in 1994-95: 12Crystal Palace in 2004-05: 12Liverpool in 2013-14: 12Chelsea in 2009-10: 12
Bournemouth had an unwanted achievement at the other end of the scale in 2022-23, when they became just the ninth team to fail to win a single penalty in a Premier League season.
Every other team in 2022-23 won at least three penalties, with the introduction of VAR surely making spot-kicks even more likely, but Bournemouth, unfortunately for them, were not handed even one. It makes their unlikely survival that season even more impressive.
Teams To Win Zero Penalties in an Entire Premier League Season
Queens Park Rangers in 1994-95Wimbledon in 1998-99Southampton in 2000-01Blackburn Rovers in 2003-04Tottenham Hotspur in 2004-05Charlton Athletic in 2004-05Portsmouth in 2005-06Tottenham Hotspur in 2012-13Swansea City in 2012-13Burnley in 2017-18Bournemouth in 2022-23
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