Top 20 Strikers of the 2000s

Golden Boot machines, Champions League final heroes and one-decade wonders. Only one of them can be the striker of the 2000s.

1. 1
   Thierry Henry

   Arsenal's record scorer and four-time Premier League Golden Boot winner.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Alan Shearer

   Newcastle striker and the Premier League's all-time record scorer.
   757pts
3. 3
   Adriano

   Brazilian with a thunderous left foot at Inter in the mid-2000s.
   756pts
4. 4
   David Trezeguet

   French striker who scored over 170 goals for Juventus.
   689pts
5. 5
   Samuel Eto'o

   Cameroonian who won the Champions League with Barcelona in 2006 and 2009.
   640pts
6. 6
   David Villa

   Valencia striker and Spain's top scorer at Euro 2008.
   640pts
7. 7
   Wayne Rooney

   Manchester United forward who broke through as a teenager in 2002.
   594pts
8. 8
   Filippo Inzaghi

   Milan poacher who scored twice in the 2007 Champions League final.
   585pts
9. 9
   Fernando Torres

   Spanish striker who scored the winner in the Euro 2008 final.
   524pts
10. 10
    Ronaldo Nazário

    Brazilian who scored eight goals to win the 2002 World Cup.
    524pts
11. 11
    Andriy Shevchenko

    Milan striker who won the 2004 Ballon d'Or and two Serie A scoring titles.
    524pts
12. 12
    Didier Drogba

    Chelsea's big-game striker of the Mourinho era.
    454pts
13. 13
    Ruud van Nistelrooy

    Dutch goal-machine at Manchester United and Real Madrid.
    374pts
14. 14
    Miroslav Klose

    German who scored five goals at both the 2002 and 2006 World Cups.
    282pts
15. 15
    Zlatan Ibrahimović

    Swede who won league titles with Ajax, Juventus, Inter and Barcelona that decade.
    282pts
16. 16
    Christian Vieri

    Powerful Italian centre-forward who starred for Inter.
    282pts
17. 17
    Raúl

    Real Madrid captain and three-time Champions League winner.
    282pts
18. 18
    Hernán Crespo

    Argentine who scored in Serie A, the Premier League and a Champions League final.
    175pts
19. 19
    Luca Toni

    Italian who won the 2006 European Golden Shoe with 31 goals for Fiorentina.
    175pts
20. 20
    Roy Makaay

    Dutch striker who won the European Golden Shoe with Deportivo in 2003.
    175pts

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