Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has scored more goals than last season's Golden Boot winners Mohamed Salah and Heung-min Son following his hat-trick against Wolves in the Premier League on Sunday.
Haaland opened the scoring with a towering header from a Kevin De Bruyne cross after 40 minutes at the Etihad and doubled the champions' lead from the penalty spot early in the second half.
The Norwegian then completed his hat-trick after 54 minutes, when Wolves goalkeeper Jose Sa passed the ball straight to Riyad Mahrez and the Algerian put his team-mate in for a simple finish.
With 61 minutes on the clock, Haaland went off to an ovation from the City fans and was replaced by Argentina striker Julian Alvarez.
It is still January and Haaland has 31 goals in all competitions already in 2022-23.
In the Premier League, he has already overtaken last season's Golden Boot winners Salah and Son.
Haaland averages a goal every 59.6 minutes in the Premier League this season. By comparison, Salah scored one every 120 minutes last term, while Son needed 131.2 per goal.
It was the Norwegian's fourth Premier League hat-trick in just over half a season. He has more trebles already than Cristiano Ronaldo and as many as Salah. One more this term will see him draw level with the record of five, set by Alan Shearer at Blackburn in 1995-96.
While City were playing their 20th match, it was Haaland's 19th in the competition this season. He now has 25 Premier League goals in that time and 31 overall in just 26 appearances.
At that rate, he is on course to score close to 50 in the Premier League and over 60 in total. What a signing.
