Spot on – how Cole Palmer’s penalty record compares to Premier League rivals

Cole Palmer set a Premier League record on Sunday after scoring two penalties in Chelsea’s 4-3 win over Tottenham.

The England forward has now scored all 12 of his spot-kicks in the top flight and here, the PA news agency looks at his perfect record and how it compares to the Premier League’s best.

Spot on

– Former Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure held the previous record of 11 Premier League penalties without ever missing. He and Palmer are the only players with a perfect record stretching into double figures.

– Ivan Toney missed out on the record when, after scoring his first 10 for Brentford, his 11th was saved by Newcastle’s Nick Pope. Toney scored another penalty later in the game which would have been to break Toure’s record.

– Dimitar Berbatov scored all nine of his Premier League penalties while among current players, Fulham forward Raul Jimenez has eight from eight with Bryan Mbeumo, Toney’s successor at Brentford, and Nottingham Forest’s Chris Wood on seven from seven.

– Former Southampton star Matt Le Tissier scored 25 out of 26 Premier League penalties while Danny Murphy, Callum Wilson, James Beattie, Julian Dicks and Erling Haaland have all converted at least 15 while missing only once.

– Palmer’s is not the first penalty landmark this season. Bournemouth’s Justin Kluivert became the first player to score a hat-trick of spot-kicks in the competition in their recent 4-2 win over Wolves – the Dutchman has four from four since moving to England.

Shearer tops the chart – twice

– Alan Shearer’s 56 successful penalties remain a Premier League record, 13 clear of second-place Frank Lampard.

– Having taken 67, the ex-Newcastle and Blackburn striker also shares the record of 11 misses with fellow former England captain Wayne Rooney.

– Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah has scored the most penalties of any current Premier League player with 29.

Palmer’s penalties

Burnley 1 Chelsea 4, October 7, 2023: Palmer’s first Premier League goal came from the spot after Raheem Sterling was fouled.

Chelsea 2 Arsenal 2, October 21, 2023: Opened the scoring after William Saliba’s handball. Mykhailo Mudryk made it 2-0 before a late Arsenal fightback.

Tottenham 1 Chelsea 4, November 6, 2023: Palmer has previous for scoring a penalty in a high-scoring win over Spurs. He cancelled out Dejan Kulusevski’s opener before Nicolas Jackson fired a late hat-trick.

Chelsea 4 Manchester City 4, November 12, 2023: Five minutes into stoppage time against his former club, Palmer kept his nerve to earn a point and lock in his “Cold Palmer” nickname.

Chelsea 1 Fulham 0, January 13, 2024: Palmer scored the only goal deep into first-half stoppage time.

Chelsea 2 Burnley 2, March 30, 2024: The first of Palmer’s brace came from the spot, though Josh Cullen and Dara O’Shea earned the eventually-relegated Clarets a point.

Chelsea 4 Manchester United 3, April 4, 2024: Palmer’s first penalty of the game put his side 2-0 up inside 20 minutes. United came back to lead but in  a remarkable finish, Palmer scored a second spot-kick 10 minutes into added time – and then added an open-play winner for a hat-trick.

Chelsea 6 Everton 0, April 15, 2024: Palmer already had another hat-trick to his name before scoring his fourth from the spot.

Chelsea 4 Brighton 2, September 28, 2024: All four Chelsea goals came from Palmer in the first half, the second a penalty.

Tottenham 3 Chelsea 4, December 8, 2024: Palmer equalled Toure’s record before breaking it in fittingly impudent fashion with a Panenka for what turned out to be the decisive goal.