Premier League Top scorers - England 1996/1997

The winning top scorer in Premier League (EPL), England (or FA Premier League as the league was called back then) during the season 1996/1997 was Alan Shearer with 25 goals scored. Below you find the list of the highest goal scorers during the season.

EPL best goal scorers 1996/1997

#	Player	Team	Nationality	Age	Goals
1.	Alan Shearer	Newcastle	England	26	25
2.	Ian Wright	Arsenal	England	33	23
3.	Ole Gunnar Solskjær	Manchester United	Norway	24	18
	Robbie Fowler	Liverpool	England	22	18
5.	Dwight Yorke	Aston Villa	Trinidad and Tobago	25	17
6.	Fabrizio Ravanelli	Middlesbrough	Italy	28	16
	Les Ferdinand	Newcastle	England	30	16
8.	Dion Dublin	Coventry	England	28	13
	Matt Le Tissier	Southampton	England	28	13
10.	Dennis Bergkamp	Arsenal	Netherlands	28	12
	Juninho Paulista	Middlesbrough	Brazil	24	12
	Stan Collymore	Liverpool	England	26	12
	Steve Claridge	Leicester	England	31	12
14.	Chris Sutton	Blackburn	England	24	11
	Dean Sturridge	Derby	England	23	11
	Efan Ekoku	Wimbledon	Nigeria	29	11
	Éric Cantona	Manchester United	France	30	11
18.	Andy Booth	Sheffield Wednesday	England	23	10
	Duncan Ferguson	Everton	Scotland	25	10
	Egil Østenstad	Southampton	Norway	25	10
	Emile Heskey	Leicester	England	19	10
	Kevin Gallacher	Blackburn	Scotland	30	10
	Savo Milosevic	Aston Villa	Serbia	23	10

17 August 1996 was the starting date for the Premier League (FA Premier League) season 1996/1997, and the final games were played 11 May 1997. More information and the winning top scorers in Premier League between the seasons 1989/1990-2023/2024 here.

Scored hat-tricks in Premier League, season 1996/1997

In total there were 12 scored hat-tricks during the season 1996/1997 in Premier League, England. All players scoring these hat-tricks (or more than 3 goals), and the matches they scored it in, are listed here.

Player, Team	Match	Goals
Paul Kitson West Ham	West Ham - Sheffield Wednesday 5-1 Sat 3 may 1997	3 4', 12', 88'
Kevin Gallacher Blackburn	Blackburn - Wimbledon 3-1 Sat 15 march 1997	3 6', 26', 57'
Fabrizio Ravanelli Middlesbrough	Middlesbrough - Derby 6-1 Wed 5 march 1997	3 54', 82', 85'
Steffen Iversen Tottenham	Sunderland - Tottenham 0-4 Tue 4 march 1997	3 2', 9', 62'
Ian Marshall Leicester	Leicester - Derby 4-2 Sat 22 february 1997	3 7', 24', 27'
Alan Shearer Newcastle	Newcastle - Leicester 4-3 Sun 2 february 1997	3 77', 83', 90'
Robbie Fowler Liverpool	Liverpool - Middlesbrough 5-1 Sat 14 december 1996	4 1', 28', 77', 85'
Gary Speed Everton	Everton - Southampton 7-1 Sat 16 november 1996	3 30', 32', 72'
Dwight Yorke Aston Villa	Newcastle - Aston Villa 4-3 Mon 30 september 1996	3 4', 59', 69'
Ian Wright Arsenal	Arsenal - Sheffield Wednesday 4-1 Mon 16 september 1996	3 61', 78', 90'
Kevin Campbell Nottingham Forest	Coventry - Nottingham Forest 0-3 Sat 17 august 1996	3 13', 36', 47'
Fabrizio Ravanelli Middlesbrough	Middlesbrough - Liverpool 3-3 Sat 17 august 1996	3 26', 36', 81'