Mo Salah to leave Liverpool: The five incredible stats that define his Premier League legacy

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Mohamed Salah celebrating for Liverpool at Anfield during his final season before leaving the club in 2026
An iconic era at Liverpool comes to an end as Mohamed Salah prepares to leave in 2026.

The Egyptian King will leave Anfield in June 2026, departing as the Premier League’s all-time leader in goal involvements for a single club after a record-shattering final two seasons

Liverpool confirmed on Tuesday that Mohamed Salah will leave the club at the end of the current season. Since his arrival from Roma in 2017, Salah has evolved from a “Chelsea reject” into a global icon, breaking records with such regularity that he has fundamentally altered the expectations for modern wide forwards.

As he prepares for his final seven Premier League games in a red shirt, his legacy is best viewed through the lens of five historic benchmarks that may not be touched for decades.

1. The ultimate individual honour: A record-breaking third PFA award

Salah’s sensational 2024/25 campaign, in which he spearheaded Liverpool’s 20th league title, earned him the PFA Players’ Player of the Year award for a historic third time.

By adding the 2025 trophy to his successes in 2017/18 and 2021/22, he became the first player in the 52-year history of the award to win it on three separate occasions.

This feat officially moved him clear of a legendary group that includes Thierry Henry, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Kevin De Bruyne, all of whom retired or remained stuck on two.

2. The playmaking peak: 281 direct goal involvements

While often characterized as a clinical goalscorer, Salah’s greatest Premier League record is one of total offensive contribution.

In December 2025, an assist for Hugo Ekitike against Brighton took him to 277 direct goal involvements for Liverpool, surpassing Wayne Rooney’s long-standing record of 276 for a single club (Manchester United).

He currently sits at 281 direct goal involvements for the Reds, a figure that highlights his dual-threat capability as both a world-class finisher and an elite creator.

3. Matching the “King of Highbury”: Four Golden Boots

Following his 29-goal haul in the 2024/25 season, Salah joined Thierry Henry at the absolute summit of English goalscoring history by claiming his fourth Premier League Golden Boot.

Having previously won the award in 2018, 2019, and 2022, his fourth win cemented his status as the most consistent scorer of the modern era. No other active player has more than two, emphasizing the mountain any future challenger must climb to match the Egyptian’s sustained excellence.

4. The model of consistency: Eight straight 20-goal seasons

Perhaps the most staggering testament to Salah’s professionalism is his record of scoring 20 or more goals in eight consecutive seasons across all competitions. By reaching the milestone again in late 2024, he surpassed Ian Rush’s previous club record of six straight seasons (1981–1987).

This relentless output ensured that Liverpool never went a single campaign during the “Klopp or Slot eras” without their talisman delivering at a world-class frequency.

5. Climbing the all-time ladder: 191 Premier League goals

Salah departs Anfield as the fourth-highest scorer in the history of the Premier League. With 191 goals (189 of which were scored for Liverpool), he sits behind only the iconic trio of Alan Shearer (260), Harry Kane (213), and Wayne Rooney (208).

As the highest-scoring African player and the highest-scoring non-Englishman in the competition’s history, he leaves as a pioneer who proved that a winger could outproduce the league’s greatest traditional strikers.

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