The Best Individual Seasons in Premier League History
Top 5 Most Greatest Individual Seasons in Premier League History
Fasika Zelealem returns with yet another interesting yet contentious topic of the five best individual season performances in Premier League history.
I warn you, there will be a few notable admissions but the list I shall present you will be a cracker.
5. Luis Suarez: Liverpool - 2013/14
In another world, the 2013/14 season could have been the year Liverpool ended their 24-year title drought and the top of those plaudits would have rightly gone to Luis Suarez.
As a Liverpool fan myself, watching the Uruguayan during that season was unlike anything I’d watched in my lifetime.
There was a sense of something magical just bound to happen every game from the striker and almost every week, he delivered.
Luis Suarez 2013/14 - All Goals
In 33 appearances that season, Suarez netted 31 goals and contributed 12 assists.
Mind you, that was with missing out on the first six games of the season due to suspension.
Despite not clinching the title, Suarez cemented his place among the elites in football and it’s no surprise he made the move to Barcelona and flourished alongside Lionel Messi, a role the likes of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Thierry Henry, and David Villa struggled with.
Despite spending just three and a half years at Liverpool, Suarez etched his name in Premier League folklore as one of the most talented players to grace the league.
4. Didier Drogba: Chelsea - 2009/10
Didier Drogba has never been the most prolific goalscorer but in the 2009/10 season, the Ivorian went on a tear, scoring 29 goals in 32 appearances as he led Chelsea to the Premier League title in what was his third title as a Chelsea player.
Drogba had 10 assists and that’s just the type of player he was, a team player who created for his teammates.
On the final day of the season, Drogba netted a second-half hat-trick against Wigan in an 8-0 win that clinched him his second Premier League golden boot.
That was the only Premier League individual award Drogba won as both the Premier League Player of the Season and PFA Players’ Player of the Year was awarded to Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney.
3. Mohamed Salah: Liverpool - 2017/18
In his return to the Premier League after spending three seasons in Italy, Mohamed Salah made quite a statement in his debut year at Liverpool.
Salah broke the record for most goals in a 38-game season, netting a remarkable 32 goals in 36 games as well as contributing 10 assists.
That’s 42 goals and assists in 36 games for the Egyptian who dominated the individual awards despite Liverpool finishing fourth in a year where Manchester City broke the record for most points in a Premier League season.
Salah introduced himself onto the big stage with his performances and has only gone from strength to strength.
2. Thierry Henry: Arsenal - 2003/04
Thierry Henry finds himself on one of my top five lists once again and considering what he’s achieved in his career, it’s almost a foregone conclusion that he would be included.
2003/04 was a historic season in English football and Thierry Henry was at the forefront of it.
The Frenchman netted a league-high 30 goals and six assists to lead Arsenal to an undefeated season, coining the famous “Invincibles” name when describing the Arsenal side of 2003/04.
Not only was it Henry's second Premier League title, but the striker cleaned up the individual awards, winning the PFA Players' Player of the Year, FWA Footballer of the Year, and the Premier League Player of the Season award.
Henry finished second in the 2004 FIFA World Player of the Year award as Ronaldinho won the award and as the cherry on the cake, Arsenal clinched the title at White Hart Lane, the ground of bitter rivals Tottenham Hotspur… for the second time.
1. Cristiano Ronaldo: Manchester United - 2007/08
Cristiano Ronaldo’s evolution at Manchester United was apparent and season after season, you could see the gradual progression of the winger.
The 2007/08 season was the year Ronaldo went from a highly talented youngster with huge potential to a bonafide, outright world-class player.
Cristiano Ronaldo All 42 Goals in 2007/08 for Manchester United.
Ronaldo became ‘The Man’ for United that season with 31 goals and six assists in 34 league games and hitting 42 goals in all competitions for the first time in his career.
The 2007/08 season marked the beginning of Ronaldo’s ascent into football elite, securing his first Ballon d’Or and FIFA World Player of the year as well all three major Premier League individual awards and his first and only Premier League Golden Boot.
The ruthless Ronaldo that we’ve witnessed for over a decade at Real Madrid, Juventus and now Al Nassr, that begun in Manchester United colours in the Premier League.
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