Cole Palmer’s sensible debut season at Chelsea continued this week because the 21-year-old scored his twenty second aim of the Premier League marketing campaign at Brighton.

Having struggled for minutes at Manchester City final season, Palmer has been a revelation since signing for Chelsea and trails solely former teammate Erling Haaland within the Golden Boot standings as we head into the ultimate weekend.

Only Harry Kane and Kylian Mbappe have extra aim contributions than Palmer in Europe’s prime 5 leagues this season, an unimaginable feat given that is the ahead’s first full season at this stage.

Following his newest strike, he’s now entered the highest 5 for objectives scored in a single Premier League season for Chelsea.

Most Premier League objectives scored for Chelsea in a single season:

Cole Palmer – 22* (2023/24)

What a expertise. What an influence. Cole Palmer’s performances this season have pundits and followers scratching their heads as to how Manchester City let him go away final summer season.

The 21-year-old had failed to interrupt into Pep Guardiola’s all-conquering facet amid some formidable competitors however has confirmed he belongs on the highest stage in a Chelsea shirt. Since scoring his first aim for the Blues in opposition to Burnley in October, Palmer has been the shining mild of Mauricio Pochettino’s facet.

He scored a hat-trick in an exhilarating 4-3 win over Manchester United at Stamford Bridge and 4 occasions throughout a ruthless efficiency in opposition to Everton lower than a fortnight later.

Palmer now has 22 objectives and 10 assists within the Premier League this season, main the league for mixed objectives and assists alongside Erling Haaland and Ollie Watkins.

Palmer once more… #CFC | #BhaChe pic.twitter.com/89jZqRXrIj

— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) May 15, 2024

An England debut arrived in November and he’s positioned himself in competition for a beginning function at Euro 2024 in the summertime. Having already claimed Chelsea’s Player of the Season and Players’ Player of the Season awards, he’s in competition for the Premier League and PFA end-of-season accolades.

Frank Lampard – 22 objectives (2009/10)

Frank Lampard grew to become the best goalscoring midfielder the Premier League has seen throughout his time at Chelsea and produced essentially the most prolific marketing campaign of his profession in 2009/10.

Chelsea grew to become the seventh English membership to win a Premier League and FA Cup double beneath Carlo Ancelotti and did so in free-scoring vogue. The Blues grew to become the primary crew since Tottenham in 1962/63 to attain a century of objectives in a top-flight league season and set plenty of then-Premier League data together with for many objectives (103) and finest aim distinction (+71).

147 #PL objectives
3 #PL titles

Frank Lampard signed for @ChelseaFC #OnThisDay 18 years in the past… pic.twitter.com/hrim4Qwy2A

— Premier League (@premierleague) June 14, 2019

Lampard scored 22 objectives from midfield and laid on 14 assists for the title winners.

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Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink – 23 objectives (2000/01 and 2001/02)

Chelsea equalled the Premier League switch file to signal Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink from Atletico Madrid, agreeing a £15m deal to deliver the previous Leeds ahead again to the Premier League.

A Golden Boot winner at Elland Road, Hasselbaink grew to become solely the second participant – after Alan Shearer – to complete because the Premier League’s main scorer for 2 totally different golf equipment in his debut season at Stamford Bridge.

Just so, so good from @jf9hasselbaink! #MUNCHE pic.twitter.com/11rjBcuR8b

— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) October 23, 2020

It was the primary of consecutive 23-goal campaigns for the Dutchman, who missed out to Thierry Henry for the Golden Boot by only one aim in 2001/02.

Hasselbaink scored 87 objectives in 177 appearances for Chelsea in all competitions earlier than departing for Middlesbrough in 2004.

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Didier Drogba – 29 objectives (2009/10)

Didier Drogba holds the file for essentially the most Premier League objectives scored for Chelsea in a single season.

The Ivorian hit 29 league objectives throughout Chelsea’s title-winning marketing campaign of 2009/10, together with a final-day hat-trick because the Blues have been confirmed champions with an 8-0 win in opposition to Wigan.

Didier Drogba at his medical finest #GoalOfTheDay @ChelseaFC pic.twitter.com/d4yozufGIQ

— Premier League (@premierleague) June 29, 2020

Drogba’s return was the most effective of his profession and earned the ahead the Premier League’s Golden Boot for a second time, having beforehand received the award with 20 objectives in 2006/07.

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