We all know Manchester City superstar Erling Haaland is the best in the Premier League at purely scoring goals, which involves more than just shooting, but who is the most accurate shooter in the league when they are in front of goal? Using a mix of analytics like shot on target percentage and goals per shot ratio, here are the 10 most accurate shooters of the 2025/26 season thus far.
10. Erling Haaland, Manchester City
Erling Haaland has scored more goals than anyone in the Premier League this season, but he’s actually only 10th in goals per shot ratio and 9th with a shot on target percentage of 49. Still, being in the top 10 with that high volume of shooting opportunities is highly impressive, even if Haaland hasn’t been as automatic as he was to start the season.
9. Danny Welbeck, Brighton
Danny Welbeck is far from finished. The all arounder has provided Brighton with a crucial finishing touch this season, scoring 10 goals while averaging a goal nearly every four shots in total.
8. Joao Pedro, Chelsea
Joao Pedro has one of the best conversion rates in the Premier League and is now sitting on 14 goals in league play. Only Antoine Semenyo at Manchester City has a significantly superior ratio of goals to shots in the English top flight this campaign.
7. Bryan Mbeumo, Manchester United
Bryan Mbeumo really needs to be doing more all around right now, as his play has not improved along with the rest of his teammates upon the appointment of Michael Carrick. Even so, he was brilliant this season at times when Man United were not, and he has scored nine goals with more than half of his shots going on target.
6. Benjamin Sesko, Manchester United
Meanwhile, Benjamin Sesko is now enjoying a rich vein of form ever since the appointment of Carrick as manager, benefiting from the improve creation of his teammates. His finishing chops have always been touted, and now the goals are flying out of the ketchup bottle with eight thus far in the 2025/26 season.
5. Igor Thiago, Brentford
No player has a better shot on target percentage than Igor Thiago’s 53.7, and now everyone around the Premier League knows the new Brazilian signing’s name. He is the Ivan Toney and Yoane Wissa replacement for the Bees, ranking second behind only Haaland this season with 18 goals.
4. Dominic Solanke, Tottenham Hotspur
Richarlison ranks among the most accurate shooters in the Premier League, but since returning from an awful foot injury, Dominic Solanke has been quite clinical in front of goal. too. The England international needs more from his teammates, but with a shooting percentage of 50 and 0.25 goals per shot, he is making his own luck.
3. Brian Brobbey, Sunderland
A former superstar of the Dutch Eredivisie, Brian Brobbey can be wildly inconsistent, but he is one of the most purely talented forwards in the world. Brobbey is quietly second in the league in goals per shot and is also right there with Solanke hitting a clip of 50 percent of his shots being on target.
2. Eli Junior Kroupi, Bournemouth
Every big club in the Premier League is now after Eli Junior Kroupi, as the teenage sensation has broken out as the main man for Bournemouth following Antoine Semenyo’s huge move to Manchester City. He has eight goals already this season, and his average of 0.28 goals per shot is just edging out Semenyo for first in the Premier League.
1. Antoine Semenyo, Manchester City
For both Bournemouth and Manchester City, Semenyo ranks in the top 10 in every major shooting analytics. He was a Premier League Player of the Season frontrunner for the Cherries and already has five goals in eight starts for the Citizens. He is first or just about tied for first in both shot on target percentage and goals per shot.
Joe Soriano is the editor of The Trivela Effect and a FanSided Hall of Famer who has covered world football since 2010. He’s led top digital communities like The Real Champs (Real Madrid) and has run sites covering Tottenham, Liverpool, Juventus, and Schalke. He also helped manage NFL Spin Zone and Daily DDT, covering the NFL and pro wrestling.