Leicester’s Jamie Vardy set a new Premier League record when he scored in his 11th straight game on Saturday. PA Sport looks at the other sharp-shooters who Vardy has beaten – and who he is yet to conquer.
Eight goals: Daniel Sturridge 2013-14
■ Before Vardy the closest anyone had come to threatening Ruud van Nistelrooy’s Premier League record was when Sturridge spearheaded Liverpool’s ultimately unsuccessful title challenge with Luis Suarez.
The forward actually missed two months during his run, underlining his Anfield injury issues.
He scored in a 3-3 draw at Everton in November before being sidelined until the January with ankle ligament damage.
But he returned in style to score in seven straight games, including a brace in the second Merseyside derby, before finishing with a double against Swansea.
10 goals: Ruud van Nistelrooy 2002-03 and 2003-04
■ The record Vardy broke on Saturday had stood since 2003 after Dutchman Van Nistelrooy’s 10-game streak.
The Holland star’s achievement spanned two seasons as he netted 13 goals in eight straight Premier League games at the end of the 2002-03 campaign.
He opened the run with a hat-trick against Fulham and bagged another treble against Charlton as he ended 2002-03 with 47 goals for club and country.
Van Nistelrooy continued his form into 2003-04 with goals against Bolton and Newcastle to break his own record after he had scored in eight straight games during 2001-02.
12 goals: Jimmy Dunne 1931-32
■ Between October 1931 and January 1932 Dunne scored in 12 consecutive league matches for Sheffield United. In 1930-31 he scored 41 league goals for the Blades – the most by an Irishman during an English season. But his record came a year later as he started against Grimsby and netted 18 times before he finally drew a blank.
Dunne joined Arsenal in 1933, helping the Gunners to the title as Sheffield United were relegated.
15 goals: Stan Mortensen 1950-51
■ The forward scored in 15 consecutive games for Blackpool during the 1950-51 season.
His games were separated by injury as Mortensen hit three in three, missed a game, then scored 11 in 11, then one more after another injury.
He also scored a hat-trick in the 1953 ‘Matthews Final’ as Blackpool beat Bolton 4-3 in Sir Stanley Matthews’ famous performance.
Mortensen’s statue at Bloomfield Road hit the headlines this year when the club took it down, allegedly to ensure it did not become a focal point for fans’ protests before it was returned in May.
21 goals: Lionel Messi 2012-13
■ Vardy has a long way to go before he can threaten Lionel Messi after the Barcelona superstar scored in 21 La Liga games in a row.
The Argentina forward hit 33 goals in his run during the 2012-13 season which started in November and only ended when Atletico Madrid shut him out on the final day.
He scored four in a 5-1 win over Osasuna and a consolation in a 2-1 ‘Clasico’ defeat at Real Madrid in March 2013. Messi scored 46 league goals during the season and failed to net in just four La Liga matches.