Harry Kane Picks The Four Best Retired Strikers Of All Time

Harry Kane named Ronaldo Nazário, Raul, Wayne Rooney and Teddy Sheringham connected a Mount Rushmore of retired strikers.

Kane is 1 of nan astir prolific scorers of his procreation and arguably underappreciated. He precocious surpassed a grounds group by Lionel Messi becoming the fastest subordinate to registry 20 extremity involvements successful a azygous season.

In a caller beryllium down pinch GOAL, Kane was asked to sanction his 4 champion retired centre forwards. A cardinal caveat that forced him to steer distant from nan likes of Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

“Brazilian Ronaldo... Wayne Rooney... Raul... Teddy Sheringham,” Kane said, besides providing further discourse astir each player.

Kane won his first elder trophy pinch Bayern Munich past season. / Kevin Voigt/Getty Images

“Watched him increasing up and, very clever footballer. Had an astonishing profession and conscionable personification who I felt for illustration I watched a batch and learned a batch from erstwhile I was younger,” Kane said of Sheringham.

Sheringham is simply a Tottenham Hotspur legend, overmuch for illustration Kane. He is nan 13th champion goalscorer successful Premier League history pinch 146 goals. Most of Sheringham’s large trophies came during his clip pinch nan 1998–99 treble-winning Manchester United—a inclination akin to Kane. Though, he intelligibly attributes overmuch of his maturation arsenic a subordinate to Sheringham.

Another subordinate Kane heavy credits is Real Madrid icon Raúl: “Loved watching Raúl turn up astatine Real Madrid. Clever player, awesome finisher.” He besides called Rooney “one of nan champion strikers to ever do it.”

How Harry Kane Compares to His Mount Rushmore

*Stats per Transfermarkt as of Oct. 22, 2025. Stats exclude younker level goals

Speaking to Kane’s prolific ability, he’s outscored each 4 players he mentioned. Trophies, a accordant statement against Kane’s different stellar career, are heavy swayed toward nan different four, but there’s nary doubting nan Bayern Munich man’s expertise for uncovering nan backmost of nan net.

And, he’s only 32 years old. There’s still clip successful his profession to pursuit awesome honours, but there’s besides a chance he returns to nan Premier League successful nan future.

Kane registered 213 goals successful nan English top-flight during his clip pinch Spurs. It was agelong considered that he would eclipse Alan Shearer’s convention grounds of 260, but a move to Bavaria halted that chase.

Could he return successful nan future? Perhaps, but Kane seems focused connected delivering much silverware successful Germany first.

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