Every Premier League Hall of Fame inductee

The Premier League Hall of Fame began in 2021
The Premier League Hall of Fame began in 2021 / Tom Dulat/GettyImages
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The Premier League Hall of Fame was established in 2021 to honour the best players in the history of the division and those who have made the biggest impact since it was founded in 1992.

For a player to be eligible for a place in the Hall of Fame, they must have made 250 appearances in the Premier League or achieved one of the following:

  • Appeared in more than 200 Premier League appearances for one club
  • Selected to any of the Team of the Decade or 20-Year Anniversary teams
  • Won a Premier League Golden Boot or Golden Glove
  • Been voted as Premier League Player of the Season
  • Won three Premier League titles
  • Scored 100 Premier League goals, or goalkeepers who have recorded 100 Premier League clean sheets

Here is every inductee in the Premier League Hall of Fame.


2021

Alan Shearer

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Shearer won the title with Blackburn / Getty Images/GettyImages

The highest goalscorer in the history of the competition, Shearer racked up 260 goals across his time with Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United, winning the title with the former in 1995.


Thierry Henry

Thierry Henry
Henry is a Premier League icon / Etsuo Hara/GettyImages

Henry joined Shearer as the first inductees to the Hall of Fame. Widely heralded as one of the best the division has ever seen, Henry scored 175 league goals in 258 appearances for Arsenal.


Eric Cantona

Eric Cantona of Manchester United
The enigmatic Cantona was a key figure for United / Mike Hewitt/GettyImages

Cantona was the first player to be inducted through a fan vote. The Frenchman was a core part of Manchester United's success during the 1990s.


Roy Keane

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Keane enjoyed some classic encounters with Patrick Vieira / ADRIAN DENNIS/GettyImages

Another ex-United captain, Keane was the most expensive player in British football when he joined from Nottingham Forest 1993. He made 366 appearances for the club, winning seven league titles.


Frank Lampard

Frank Lampard
Lampard bagged goal after goal from Chelsea's midfield / Etsuo Hara/GettyImages

Chelsea's leading scorer won three league titles at Stamford Bridge, with some of his 177 league goals also coming during his time with West Ham and Manchester City.


Dennis Bergkamp

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Bergkamp was joyous to watch / Shaun Botterill/GettyImages

A part of the Arsenal Invincibles, as well as a further two title-winning sides, Bergkamp's strike against Newcastle in 2002 was voted the best goal in the first 25 years of the Premier League.


Steven Gerrard

Steven Gerrard
Gerrard could do it all from midfield / Clive Brunskill/GettyImages

Gerrard was the first inductee never to have won the Premier League title. Across his 504 appearances for Liverpool, he racked up 121 goals and 98 assists.


David Beckham

David Beckham
Beckham peppers another goalie with a free kick / Ben Radford/GettyImages

Rounding out the 2021 inductees was Beckham, a six-time champion with United and one of the most recognisable players in the history of the game.


2022

Wayne Rooney

Wayne Rooney
There was no stopping Rooney in full flight / Etsuo Hara/GettyImages

Rooney was one of the first two to be inducted in 2022. Behind only Shearer in the goalscoring charts, the former United and Everton man ended his career on 208 strikes.


Patrick Vieira

Patrick Vieira
Vieira's Arsenal won the league at White Hart Lane / Ian Walton/GettyImages

One of the biggest icons in Arsenal history, Vieira won three titles with the Gunners before adding an FA Cup triumph with Manchester City later in his career.


Sergio Aguero

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Aguero delivered a major moment in Premier League history / PAUL ELLIS/GettyImages

No foreign player has ever scored more Premier League goals than Aguero's 184, with the Argentine adding a cool five league titles with Man City.


Didier Drogba

Didier Drogba
Drogba was a fan favourite at Stamford Bridge / Mike Hewitt/GettyImages

Once the top-scoring African in league history, Drogba won two Golden Boots as he fired Chelsea to four league titles across two spells with the club.


Vincent Kompany

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Guardiola has since moved into management / Michael Regan/GettyImages

Kompany won four of his own league titles with Man City, playing a major role in establishing the team as one of Europe's finest.


Peter Schmeichel

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Schmeichel was a giant of a goalkeeper / Getty Images/GettyImages

The only goalkeeper to have won the Premier League's Player of the Season award, Schmeichel spent time with Aston Villa and Man City but is better known for his five league titles at United.


Paul Scholes

Paul Scholes
Paul Scholes scores goals / Etsuo Hara/GettyImages

Speaking of successful United icons, you won't find many more decorated than Scholes. 499 appearances, 107 goals and a mental 11 titles. Not bad.


Ian Wright

Ian Wright
Wright was a formidable forward / Shaun Botterill/GettyImages

Arsenal's leading goalscorer before Henry came to town, Wright managed 113 Premier League goals in 213 appearances across his time with both Arsenal and West Ham.


2023

Sir Alex Ferguson

Sir Alex Ferguson
Ferguson signed off with a league title / Alex Livesey/GettyImages

Sir Alex Ferguson was one half of the first pair of managers to be inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame. He is Britain's most successful manager ever and brought 13 Premier League titles to Manchester United.


Arsene Wenger

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Wenger left Arsenal in 2018 / IAN KINGTON/GettyImages

Arsene Wenger revolutionised English football when he arrived as Arsenal manager in the 1990s and would create some of the best Premier League sides ever, including the 2003/04 Invincibles.


Tony Adams

Tony Adams
Adams' longevity served him and Arsenal well / Ross Kinnaird/GettyImages

Ah, the Premier League's original hard-man no-nonsense defender. Tony Adams spent 19 years with Arsenal including 10 in the Premier League era, and is immortalised with a statue outside the Emirates Stadium.


Petr Cech

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An unmistakable look / Matthew Ashton/GettyImages

Little did Chelsea fans know in 2004 that their relatively obscure signing from Rennes would go down as one of the Premier League's greatest ever goalkeepers. There was no beating Petr Cech at his very best.


Rio Ferdinand

Rio Ferdinand
Ferdinand was one of the first of his kind / Shaun Botterill/GettyImages

There weren't many - if any at all - defenders more comfortable with the ball at their feet in the mid-2000s than Rio Ferdinand, one of the sport's first truly great modern centre-backs.


2024

Ashley Cole

Ashley Cole
Cole is widely seen as England's greatest ever left-back / Shaun Botterill/GettyImages

Ashley Cole spent 15 years as a Premier League player across spells at Arsenal and Chelsea, though it's strange to think he spent more time and won more league titles with the former.


2024 nominations

Two further players from the following will join Cole in 2024's list of inductions:

  • Sol Campbell
  • Michael Carrick
  • Andy Cole
  • Jermain Defoe
  • Cesc Fabregas
  • Les Ferdinand
  • Robbie Fowler
  • Eden Hazard
  • Gary Neville
  • Michael Owen
  • David Silva
  • John Terry
  • Yaya Toure
  • Edwin van der Sar
  • Nemanja Vidic

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