Top 10 Premier League strikers of all time

Sports Mole's countdown of the top 10 Premier League strikers of all time continues with number six - Ruud van Nistelrooy.

Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United)

The archetypal poacher and arguably the finest of his ilk in Premier League history, Ruud van Nistelrooy's five-year spell at Old Trafford was packed with goals galore.

After seeing his switch to Manchester United postponed by a year due to a serious knee injury, Van Nistelrooy made up for lost time by scoring 36 times in his debut season for the club - including 23 in the Premier League.

The Dutchman was named the PFA Fans' and Players' Player of the Year that season, but outshone even those performances with a 25-goal league haul in a title-winning 2002-03 campaign - a tally which earned him the Golden Boot and Player of the Season awards.

Somewhat surprisingly, that would prove to be his only league title with the club as Arsenal and Chelsea battled for top honours too, but Van Nistelrooy still managed to end his United career with 150 goals in 219 appearances across all competitions.

The fox in the box struck 95 of those in 150 Premier League outings too, breaking the 20-goal barrier in four of his five seasons with the club.

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	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Manchester City Man City	12	10	2	0	36	5	31	32
2	Liverpool	12	9	3	0	23	5	18	30
3	Chelsea	12	8	4	0	27	8	19	28
4	Tottenham Hotspur Spurs	12	9	0	3	20	10	10	27
5	Arsenal	12	7	3	2	26	15	11	24
6	Bournemouth	12	6	2	4	21	16	5	20
7	Watford	12	6	2	4	17	14	3	20
8	Manchester United Man Utd	12	6	2	4	20	21	-1	20
9	Everton	12	5	4	3	19	15	4	19
10	Leicester City Leicester	12	5	2	5	17	16	1	17
11	Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves	12	4	4	4	12	13	-1	16
12	Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton	12	4	2	6	13	18	-5	14
13	West Ham United West Ham	12	3	3	6	14	18	-4	12
14	Newcastle United Newcastle	12	2	3	7	9	15	-6	9
15	Burnley	12	2	3	7	12	25	-13	9
16	Crystal Palace	12	2	2	8	8	17	-9	8
17	Southampton	12	1	5	6	8	21	-13	8
18	Cardiff City Cardiff	12	2	2	8	11	25	-14	8
19	Huddersfield Town Huddersfield	12	1	4	7	6	22	-16	7
20	Fulham	12	1	2	9	11	31	-20	5

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	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Rosenborg Rosenborg	29	19	6	4	50	23	27	63
2	Molde Molde	29	17	5	7	60	35	25	56
3	SK Brann Brann	29	16	7	6	44	31	13	55
4	FK Haugesund Haugesund	29	15	5	9	42	32	10	50
5	Kristiansund Kristiansund	29	13	7	9	46	39	7	46
6	Ranheim Ranheim	29	12	6	11	42	48	-6	42
7	Odd	29	11	7	11	39	37	2	40
8	Valerenga Fotball Valerenga	29	10	9	10	37	43	-6	39
9	Sarpsborg 08 Sarpsborg	29	10	8	11	44	39	5	38
10	Tromso IL Tromso	29	11	3	15	41	46	-5	36
11	Bodo/Glimt Bodo/Glimt	29	6	13	10	31	34	-3	31
12	Stromsgodset Stromsgodset	29	7	9	13	44	46	-2	30
13	Lillestrom	29	6	11	12	32	44	-12	29
14	Start Start	29	8	5	16	29	51	-22	29
15	Stabaek Football Stabaek	29	6	10	13	35	48	-13	28
16	Sandefjord Sandefjord	29	4	11	14	34	54	-20	23

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