The Premier League's Best & Worst Penalty Takers.

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The Premier League's Best & Worst Penalty Takers.

The accolade for the most penalties taken with a 100% success rate is held by former Manchester City midfielder and dominant powerhouse, Yaya Toure.

The Ivorian star might have lost his cool about not being given a birthday cake for his 31st birthday, but he certainly held a cool temperament from the penalty spot.

He took 11 penalties in the Premier League and scored with every single one of them.

Seven of Toure's 11 Premier League penalties turned out to be the winning goal in the game, while five put his Manchester City team into the lead.

But one player was knocking on Toure's door and had the chance to equal his record in April 2023.

Brentford's Ivan Toney had scored all 10 of the penalties that he'd taken in the Premier League following his spot-kick against Fulham in March 2023, but he finally missed one in the competition with his 11th attempt in a home defeat to Newcastle United on 8 April 2023.

He did go on to score a penalty in the same game, later in the first half, but it was in vain as they lost 2-1.

The player with the next most penalties and a 100% conversion rate is Dimitar Berbatov (nine from nine).

Matt Le Tissier may have scored 25 penalties in the Premier League, but he did miss a spot-kick in the competition.

The only man to save a Premier League penalty taken by Le Tissier? That would be Nottingham Forest's Mark Crossley in March 1993.

The Best of the Rest

Danny Murphy scored with 18 of his 19 penalties taken in the Premier League (95%), with his only miss coming for Fulham at Manchester City in April 2008.

Joe Hart the goalkeeper ruined his 100% record with his ninth attempt from the spot in the competition.

Julian Dicks (15/16) and James Beattie (16/17) both scored 94% of their penalties in the Premier League.

Of players to have scored at least 20 Premier League goals, only Luka Milivojevic (79%) has scored a higher proportion from penalties (all for Crystal Palace) than Dicks did (63%).

Of current players in the Premier League to have taken at least 10 penalties, Newcastle United striker Callum Wilson (92%) has the best record from the spot having missed only one of his 13 in the competition.

That miss came against Cardiff City for Bournemouth in August 2018, with Neil Etheridge being the goalkeeper to destroy Wilson's 100% record.

Thierry Henry never saw a Premier League penalty saved, but he still missed two of his 25 taken in the competition. Weirdly both of his penalty misses came via hitting the post against two of the only three Finnish goalkeepers to play in the Premier League.

Four players to take at least 10 Premier League penalties have a 91% success rate: Current Aston Villa striker Danny Ings, Leighton Baines, former Chelsea defender Frank Leboeuf, and the late Gary Speed.

Other current Premier League stars are just outside the >90% gang for penalty success.

Harry Kane has scored 30 of his 34 Premier League penalties, with a success rate of 88%, while Mohamed Salah scored 18 of his 20 Premier League penalties (90%).

Evergreen James Milner has scored 89% of penalties taken in the Premier League (17/19) with the exact same record as current Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta.

Unsurprisingly, Premier League record goalscorer Alan Shearer is the player with the most penalty goals in the competition (56), having also taken the most in the Premier League (67). Frank Lampard (43), Steven Gerrard (32), Harry Kane (32), and Mark Noble (28) follow Shearer in the Premier League penalty goal rankings.

Who is the Worst Premier League Penalty Taker?

Juan Pablo Angel is the worst penalty taker in Premier League history, who has taken at least 10 in the competition. But scored only half (five) of his 10 penalties for Aston Villa between October 2001 and October 2006.

Of 29 players to have taken at least 20 penalties in the Premier League, Michael Owen has the worst success rate from the penalty spot, scoring just 14 of his 21 spot-kicks in the top flight.

Current Premier League trio Aleksandar Mitrovic, Wilfried Zaha, and Riyad Mahrez, all make the top 12 for worst Premier League penalty-takers in the history of the competition.