In examining the 200 goals Harry Kane has scored for Tottenham Hotspur, we find impressive numbers and a lot of points for Spurs when Kane hits the net.
We have heard the big symmetrical statistics at this point, 200 goals in 300 games, with 100 home and 100 away, how perfect. More perfect might have been for the 200th to have also coincided with Kane’s 150th Premier League goal, which is likely to come Sunday at the Hawthorns versus West Brom. Alas, Kane hit 200 with his 11th Europa League proper goal instead and Spurs picked up the points. Points even more likely to be taken with Kane having scored. So, we will explore how likely Spurs are to win when Harry Kane scores and other fun facts found in 200 Harry Kane goals. Note all stats from transfermarket.com.
How Harry Has Delivered
Harry Kane is an exceptional striker a big part of what makes him so great is his ability to score at almost any time from anywhere on the pitch. While it did not technically count toward 200, we will all remember Kane half-field goal to help Spurs win the Audi Cup. While those goals are much more memorable than his two-career tap-ins, they have indeed come in all shapes and sizes.
Of course, most of Harry Kane’s goals have come with his magical right boot. Kane has netted 115 of his 200 goals with his right foot, accounting for 58% of all his goals. That may seem like an excessive amount given the fact that Kane is known for scoring with his head and both feet. However, 30 of those 115 goals have been penalties and a further 3 were set piece related. In ordinary open play Kane has scored 82 with his right foot, 41%, which is probably more reflective of how Kane contributes overall.
While 15% of his goals have come through those 30 penalty kicks, it was probably fitting that 200 came on a header as Kane has even more header goals than penalty kicks, with 33 goals being nodded in. Just for comparison Heung-Min Son has scored 92 goals for Tottenham and he has scored 50 with his right foot and 38 with his left, but only 4 with his head, accounting for just over 4% of his total goals.
Kane does have a solid left foot of his own which has netted 42 goals for Spurs. This is the one area where Son may be a tad better, as his 38 goals are 41% of his total, as Kane’s 42 left-footed goals account for 21% of his total. Of course, 42 goals is a career for many players, but it is just Kane’s left foot. Bottom line, whether right footed, left footed, or with his head, Kane can put the ball in goal.
Kane Across All Competitions
Given Kane can score in almost any fashion, it should figure he should be able to score in any competition. Harry Kane has scored in every official competition in which Tottenham competes. Naturally, the Premier League is where Kane has made the most appearances (217) as well as the most goals (149).
It makes sense that many of Kane’s goals (75%) come in the Premier League as that is where Kane has played the majority – 217 of 300 (72%) of his games. By pure numbers is looks like Kane scores in 70% of all Premier League matches he plays, but that is not quite true as those 149 goals have come in 103 different games. Meaning Kane scores in about 48% of all Premiere League games he appears in. Basically, Kane scores at a rate better than one goal in every two games, phenomenal.
Kane is good in Europe of course, scoring 36 goals in all European competitions, which includes his 5 goals in Europa League qualifying this season. While the UEL qualifying is the one ‘competition’ where Kane has scored more goals than he has played games, with 5 goals in just 3 matches, there is one other competition where Kane seems to score nearly every game – the Champions League.
Harry Kane has played a total of 24 Champions League games and in those 24 games the Tottenham talisman has netted 20 times. That is a goal in 83% of all appearances by straight numbers, although those 20 goals have come in 14 different matches, meaning Kane really scores in ~60% of all Champions League games he appears in. Throw in 15 goals in Cup competitions, and Kane just scores, no matter the competition, he just scores.
Tottenham Take Points When Kane Scores
There is one overriding statistic that is probably the most important of all that goes with the 200 goals Harry Kane has scored for Tottenham. According to Transfermarket Tottenham earn points at a rate of 2.38 per appearance when Harry Kane scores a goal. Clearly Tottenham is not unbeatable when Kane scores, but they sure are close.
Harry Kane has scored in 141 different matches, scoring more than 1 one goal some 48 times includes one 4 goal game and 11 different hat-tricks. In those 141 games, Tottenham have won 104 of them – which is 74%. Essentially, any time Harry Kane plays and scores for Tottenham they have a 3 out of 4 chance of winning the match.
Add in 23 draws, and if Harry Kane scores there is now a 90% chance Tottenham are not losing. Yes, Spurs do lose when Kane scores, having lost 14 times or in 10% of the matches where Kane scores. But given the volume of matches Kane scores in, I will take that 90% all day long.
According to PlanetFootball, as of January of this year Spurs win ~57% of all games Harry Kane plays in. When he scores that takes that win percentage up 20%, a big part of Tottenham’s success since Kane hit the first team. Now as Kane takes his game to the next level with his tremendous scoring and assist rate this season, that win percentage will only continue to rise.
Other Statistics and Numbers Related to 200
- Harry Kane has had 54 game winning goals in his 200
- Harry Kane has 11 hat-tricks with his most recent in early October in Europa League.
- Harry Kane Scored 4 goals in May 2017 against Leicester City – a club Kane once went on loan to.
- In 300 appearances, Kane has played 23,505 minutes for Spurs, and has averaged a goal every 117 minutes. If you include the 40 assists, Kane has averaged a goal or assist every 98 minutes across his entire Tottenham career.
- Harry Kane has scored the most goals in his career against Leicester City at 16, and West Ham United is second with 11.
- Harry Kane has double digits in career goals against 4 teams, Leicester, West Ham, Southampton, and Arsenal.
We could probably go on and on, such is the staggering statistics behind 200 goals, an amazing achievement to accomplish and an amazing journey to observe. Here is to the 200 and however many more there are to follow, thanks Harry!