Ranking the best Arsenal players of all time

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Ranking the best Arsenal players of all time.

  • Arsenal’s all-time top scorer is Thierry Henry.
  • David O’Leary is the all-time top-flight player for Arsenal.
  • Tony Adams is widely regarded as Arsenal’s greatest captain of all time.

1. Thierry Henry

Thierry Henry didn’t arrive at Arsenal as a star. He left as a club legend. During the Frenchman’s first move to the Premier League, Henry struggled to adapt to the style of the English league. But once he lit up he was unstoppable.

Four Premier League Golden Boot awards were a testament to Henry’s ability to find the back of the net. In the seasons where he didn’t win the Golden Boot, Henry made 20 assists, the most by a player in Premier League history (equal to Kevin De Bruyne at present).

2. Tony Adams

For Arsenal fans, Tony Adams is probably the greatest player and captain the team has ever had. Not only was he an excellent and long-lasting player, สมัคร ufabet but Tony Adams was also a leader with determination and courage that many people idolized him as a footballer. Adams was given the captain’s armband at the age of 21,

3. Dennis Bergkamp

Dennis Bergkamp joined Arsenal with a reputation for being a Ballon d’Or nominee and a star player for the Netherlands. But none of that compares to Bergkamp’s 11 years at Arsenal, where he scored 120 goals in 423 appearances. That’s an impressive number for a

player, but Bergkamp’s strengths were more in creating chances for his teammates than scoring goals himself.

4. Ian Wright

Despite moving to Arsenal at the age of 28, which many considered too old for him, Ian Wright showed that age was no problem by scoring against Leicester on his debut in the League Cup, then scoring a hat-trick against Southampton on his first league game for Arsenal before continuing to score goals. Ian Wright’s specialty is the ability to turn ordinary balls into goals with incredible accuracy.

5. Patrick Vieira

Arsene Wenger’s first signing after agreeing to take charge of Arsenal, and to be honest, this might be Wenger’s best signing. Patrick Vieira was everything in the midfield for Arsenal, making the team second to none at that time. With his tall stature, Vieira became one of the best defensive midfielders in the Premier League.