Premier League 100 club: Mohamed Salah overtakes Didier Drogba as highest-scoring African

Mohamed Salah has overtaken Chelsea legend Didier Drogba as the top-scoring African player in Premier League history.

The Liverpool forward helped himself to a hat-trick during his side's 5-0 hammering of Manchester United on Sunday, taking his tally for the season to 10 Premier League goals in just nine games.

In the process, Salah became the first player in Premier League history to score a hat-trick against Manchester United at Old Trafford, also moving above Drogba and Darren Bent in the list of all-time goalscorers in the competition.

The Egyptian is now level with Man United legend Paul Scholes on 107 Premier League strikes, one behind Peter Crouch and just two adrift of Ryan Giggs.

Here, Sports Mole looks at the latest standings in the Premier League 100 club after Salah's exploits.

1. Alan Shearer (Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United)

Goals: 260 Appearances: 441 Ratio: 0.59

2. Wayne Rooney (Everton, Manchester United)

Goals: 208 Appearances: 491 Ratio: 0.42

3. Andy Cole (Newcastle United, Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers, Fulham, Manchester City, Portsmouth, Sunderland)

Goals: 187 Appearances: 414 Ratio: 0.45

4. Sergio Aguero (Manchester City)

Goals: 184 Appearances: 275 Ratio: 0.67

5. Frank Lampard (West Ham United, Chelsea, Manchester City)

Goals: 177 Appearances: 609 Ratio: 0.29

6. Thierry Henry (Arsenal)

Goals: 175 Appearances: 258 Ratio: 0.68

7. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur)

Goals: 167 Appearances: 253 Ratio: 0.66

8. Robbie Fowler (Liverpool, Leeds United, Manchester City)

Goals: 163 Appearances: 379 Ratio: 0.43

9. Jermain Defoe (West Ham United, Tottenham Hotspur, Portsmouth, Sunderland, Bournemouth)

Goals: 162 Appearances: 496 Ratio: 0.33

10. Michael Owen (Liverpool, Newcastle United, Manchester United, Stoke City)

Goals: 150 Appearances: 326 Ratio: 0.46

11. Les Ferdinand (Queens Park Rangers, Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United, Leicester City, Bolton Wanderers)

Goals: 149 Appearances: 351 Ratio: 0.42

12. Teddy Sheringham (Nottingham Forest, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United, Portsmouth, West Ham United)

Goals: 146 Appearances: 418 Ratio: 0.35

13. Robin van Persie (Arsenal, Manchester United)

Goals: 144 Appearances: 280 Ratio: 0.51

14. Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (Leeds United, Chelsea, Middlesbrough, Charlton Athletic)

Goals: 127 Appearances: 288 Ratio: 0.44

15. Robbie Keane (Coventry City, Leeds United, Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool, West Ham United, Aston Villa)

Goals: 126 Appearances: 349 Ratio: 0.36

16. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City)

Goals: 125 Appearances: 254 Ratio: 0.49

17. Nicolas Anelka (Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea, West Bromwich Albion)

Goals: 125 Appearances: 364 Ratio: 0.34

18. Dwight Yorke (Aston Villa, Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers, Birmingham City, Sunderland)

Goals: 123 Appearances: 375 Ratio: 0.33

19. Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)

Goals: 120 Appearances: 504 Ratio: 0.24

20. Romelu Lukaku (Chelsea, West Bromwich Albion, Everton, Manchester United)

Goals: 116 Appearances: 259 Ratio: 0.45

21. Ian Wright (Arsenal, West Ham United)

Goals: 113 Appearances: 213 Ratio: 0.53

22. Dion Dublin (Manchester United, Coventry City, Aston Villa)

Goals: 111 Appearances: 312 Ratio: 0.36

23. Emile Heskey (Leicester City, Liverpool, Birmingham City, Wigan Athletic, Aston Villa)

Goals: 110 Appearances: 516 Ratio: 0.21

24. Ryan Giggs (Manchester United)

Goals: 109 Appearances: 632 Ratio: 0.17

25. Peter Crouch (Aston Villa, Southampton, Liverpool, Portsmouth, Tottenham Hotspur, Stoke City)

Goals: 108 Appearances: 468 Ratio: 0.23

26. Mohamed Salah (Chelsea, Liverpool)

Goals: 107 Appearances: 167 Ratio: 0.64

27. Paul Scholes (Manchester United)

Goals: 107 Appearances: 499 Ratio: 0.21

28. Darren Bent (Ipswich Town, Charlton Athletic, Tottenham Hotspur, Sunderland, Aston Villa, Fulham)

Goals: 106 Appearances: 276 Ratio: 0.38

29. Didier Drogba (Chelsea)

Goals: 104 Appearances: 254 Ratio: 0.41

30. Sadio Mane (Southampton, Liverpool)

Goals: 100 Appearances: 237 Ratio: 0.42

31. Matt Le Tissier (Southampton)

Goals: 100 Appearances: 270 Ratio: 0.37