Two of the Premier League's most prolific marksmen got their seasons back up and running with immediate effect as top-flight football returned after the World Cup break on Boxing Day.
Harry Kane sparked a quickfire comeback for Tottenham Hotspur as they recovered from two goals down to draw with Brentford, edging him ever closer to becoming only the third player in Premier League history to score 200 goals.
Mohamed Salah then opened the scoring for Liverpool in their eventual 3-1 win over Aston Villa to take him on to 127 goals and move him into the top 15 of the Premier League's all-time top-scorers, now level with Jimmy-Floyd Hasselbaink.
Here, Sports Mole looks at the latest standings in the Premier League 100 club following the Boxing Day action.
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. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur)
Goals: 196
Appearances: 298
Ratio: 0.66
4. Andy Cole (Newcastle United, Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers, Fulham, Manchester City, Portsmouth, Sunderland)
Goals: 187
Appearances: 414
Ratio: 0.45
5. Sergio Aguero (Manchester City)
Goals: 184
Appearances: 275
Ratio: 0.67
6. Frank Lampard (West Ham United, Chelsea, Manchester City)
Goals: 177
Appearances: 609
Ratio: 0.29
7. Thierry Henry (Arsenal)
Goals: 175
Appearances: 258
Ratio: 0.68
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. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City)
Goals: 134
Appearances: 286
Ratio: 0.47
15. Mohamed Salah (Chelsea, Liverpool)
Goals: 127
Appearances: 208
Ratio: 0.61
16. Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (Leeds United, Chelsea, Middlesbrough, Charlton Athletic)
Goals: 127
Appearances: 288
Ratio: 0.44
17. Robbie Keane (Coventry City, Leeds United, Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool, West Ham United, Aston Villa)
Goals: 126
Appearances: 349
Ratio: 0.36
18. Nicolas Anelka (Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea, West Bromwich Albion)
Goals: 125
Appearances: 364
Ratio: 0.34
19. Dwight Yorke (Aston Villa, Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers, Birmingham City, Sunderland)
Goals: 123
Appearances: 375
Ratio: 0.33
20. Romelu Lukaku (Chelsea, West Bromwich Albion, Everton, Manchester United)
Goals: 121
Appearances: 278
Ratio: 0.44
21. Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
Goals: 120
Appearances: 504
Ratio: 0.24
22. Ian Wright (Arsenal, West Ham United)
Goals: 113
Appearances: 213
Ratio: 0.53
23. Raheem Sterling (Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea)
Goals: 112
Appearances: 332
Ratio: 0.34
24. Sadio Mane (Southampton, Liverpool)
Goals: 111
Appearances: 263
Ratio: 0.42
25. Dion Dublin (Manchester United, Coventry City, Aston Villa)
Goals: 111
Appearances: 312
Ratio: 0.36
26. Emile Heskey (Leicester City, Liverpool, Birmingham City, Wigan Athletic, Aston Villa)
Goals: 110
Appearances: 516
Ratio: 0.21
27. Ryan Giggs (Manchester United)
Goals: 109
Appearances: 632
Ratio: 0.17
28. Peter Crouch (Aston Villa, Southampton, Liverpool, Portsmouth, Tottenham Hotspur, Stoke City)
Goals: 108
Appearances: 468
Ratio: 0.23
29. Paul Scholes (Manchester United)
Goals: 107
Appearances: 499
Ratio: 0.21
30. Darren Bent (Ipswich Town, Charlton Athletic, Tottenham Hotspur, Sunderland, Aston Villa, Fulham)
Goals: 106
Appearances: 276
Ratio: 0.38
31. Didier Drogba (Chelsea)
Goals: 104
Appearances: 254
Ratio: 0.41
32. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
Goals: 103
Appearances: 236
Ratio: 0.44
33. Matt Le Tissier (Southampton)
Goals: 100
Appearances: 270
Ratio: 0.37
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