Sergio Aguero moves up the list of Premier League record goalscorers - here are the top 20 and their stats in pictures

Manchester City striker the most prolific import in Premier League history

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  Alan Shearer, left, in his Newcastle days. He scored in the Premier League for Blackburn and Newcastle, 260 goals in total. Getty

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  Wayne Rooney scored 208 goals in the top flight for Everton and Manchester United. Reuters

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  Andrew Cole played for seven clubs in the Premier League, scoring most goals for Newcastle, Manchester United and Blackburn. He had 187 goals to his name by the time he retired. Allsport

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  Manchester City's Argentinian striker Sergio Aguero celebrates one of his 177 Premier League goals, and he's not finished yet. AFP

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  Frank Lampard (bottom) netted 177 times in the Premier League for West Ham, Chelsea and Manchester City. Reuters

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  Arsenal's French forward Thierry Henry celebrates one of his 175 Premier League goals for the Gunners. AFP

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  Robbie Fowler scored 128 Premier League goals for Liverpool, and 163 in total after also netting for Leeds and Manchester City. Getty

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  Jermain Defoe has 162 Premier League goals for five different clubs, including Tottenham and Sunderland. Reuters

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  Michael Owen played for four Premier League clubs, scoring 150 times. His most succesful spells were at Liverpool and Newcastle. Getty

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  Les Ferdinand was another striker who played for a host of teams. He scored 149 Premier League goals for QPR, Newcastle, Tottenham, West Ham, Leicester and Bolton. Getty

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  Teddy Sheringham started his Premier League career with Nottingham Forest, and also scored league goals for Tottenham, Manchester United, Portsmouth and West Ham, a total of 146. AP

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  Dutch striker Robin van Persie played for Arsenal and Manchester United in the Premier League, netting a total of 144 times. AFP

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  Tottenham's Harry Kane has 136 Premier League goals so far but, despite his current injury, he should score many more. Reuters

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  Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink scored 127 Prem goals for Leeds, Chelsea, Middlesbrough and Charlton. Getty

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  Robbie Keane scored 126 goals for Coventry, Leeds, Tottenham, Liverpool, West Ham and Aston Villa. Getty

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  Nicolas Anelka netted 125 times for Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Bolton, Chelsea and West Brom. Getty

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  Dwight Yorke scored 123 Premier League goals for Aston Villa, Manchester United, Blackburn, Birmingham and Sunderland. Getty

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  Steven Gerrard made 710 appearances for Liverpool, and scored 120 goals in the Premier League. Reuters

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  Romelu Lukaku scored 113 times for West Brom, Everto and Manchester United. Getty

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  Ian Wright scored 113 times in the Premier League for Arsenal and West Ham. Getty

Manchester City paid Atletico Madrid £40m (Dh 190m) for Sergio Aguero in 2011 - and only after much deliberation. Many in the game thought the fee too high.

Nine years on and that deal can only be described as a bargain. Aguero's hat-trick against Aston Villa made him the most prolific imported striker in Premier League history with 177 goals, as he moved past Thierry Henry and level with Frank Lampard in the hit list.

Only three players - Alan Shearer, Wayne Rooney and Andrew Cole - have more goals on the all-time Premier League charts. Aguero's number of hat-tricks, now 12, is a Premier League record.

Aguero's most famous goal came at the end of his first season, against QPR to win the title. The 31-year-old is the club's record scorer and now needs only one more to reach 250 for the Blues in all competitions.

There have been many great names scoring a bag load of goals in the Premier League. Above is a photo gallery of the top 20. To move on to the next image, click on the arrows, or if you're using a mobile device, simply swipe.