Who Is The Best Player From Each Continent To Play In The Premier League

Who Is The Best Player From Each Continent To Play In The Premier League

The Premier League has been a home to some of the world's greatest footballing talents, from Dennis Bergkamp to Wayne Rooney and even Cristiano Ronaldo. Fans have been spoiled over the years at the incredible amount of talent.

In this article I’ll be going through the greatest Premier League players from every continent across the world.

Thierry Henry (Europe)

Thierry Henry has done it all 🏆

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Starting things off with the greatest Premier League player of all time, Thierry Henry. The Frenchman played for Arsenal across an eight- to nine-year spell, moving from Juventus to North London for around £11 million in 1999. He went on to play for the Gunners up until 2007 where he left to join Barcelona, however he would rejoin with Arsenal for a brief loan spell in 2012 from New York Red Bulls.

During his time at Arsenal, he went on to win two league titles in 2001/02 and 2003/04, one of them being the mighty Invincible season; three FA Cups in 2002, 2003, and 2005; and three Community Shields in 1999, 2002, and 2004.

In terms of individual accolades, he went on to win the PFA Players’ Player of the Year twice, in 2003 and 2004; the FWA Footballer of the Year in 2003, 2004 and 2006; and the Premier League Golden Boot in 2001/02, 2003/04, 2004/05 and 2005/06.

Henry became Arsenal's leading goal scorer as he finished with 228 goals in all competitions from 377 appearances. In terms of Premier League goals, he ranks eighth of all time with 175.

Since his retirement a well-deserved statue was built outside the Emirates to honour the role that Thierry Henry had in Arsenal's history and how he'll go down as one of, if not the best, Arsenal player ever.

Mohamed Salah (Africa)

This is Mohamed Salah in a nutshell. pic.twitter.com/2JeXQrQBrM

— رابطة ليفربول (@LFC_Arab_fans) December 8, 2025

The Egyptian King for me, is the clear winner from the continent of Africa. there have been some incredible players from there, such as Yaya Toure or Didier Drogba; however, none of them come close to Salah

Moving from Roma to Liverpool in 2017, he instantly was a hit, breaking the record at the time for most Premier League goals scored in a season with 32 from 38 games. His scoring has not slowed down, as to the present day he has scored a total of 250 goals from 421 appearances in all competitions; in the Premier League he’s netted 190 times, putting him fourth on the all-time list.

He's won trophy after trophy at Anfield, with the likes of the Premier League twice, a UCL, an FA Cup, two League Cups, a FIFA Club World Cup and a few more.

Individual awards include three Golden Boots, PFA Players’ Player of the Year, FWA Footballer of the Year twice and African Footballer of the Year twice.

Salah has become one of Liverpool’s all-time greats, as he’s cemented himself in the Liverpool history books and will be remembered for decades to come.

Son Heung-Min (Asia)

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— The Spurs Express (@TheSpursExpress) December 9, 2025

Son Heung-Min or more commonly known as just Son, has been an incredible Premier League player for Tottenham. He moved from Bayern Leverkusen in 2015 to join Spurs, which cost £22 million, making him the most expensive Asian player of all time.

Despite him now having a Premier League legacy, he started very slowly at Spurs, starting only 13 league games and scoring just four league goals and seemed to be struggling to adapt to life in England; Son reportedly asked Pochettino if he could leave in the summer of 2016.

Son managed to turn it around, having a breakout season the following year and never looking back; he played 333 times for Tottenham and scored 127 times with 71 assists in the Premier League.

With him being a Tottenham player, trophies were hard to come by but in his final season in the 2024/25 campaign, he managed to finally win one, being the Europa League.

During his time at Spurs, he managed to win the Golden Boot in the 2021/22 season as well as winning the Puskas Award in 2020 thanks to his incredible solo goal vs Burnley.

Tim Cahill (Oceania)

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— My Greatest 11 (@MyGreatest11) December 6, 2025

Despite not having an abundance of talent like Europe or Africa, Oceania has still produced some great Premier League players down the years. It was a tough choice between the likes of Mark Viduka or Harry Kewell but I’ve gone with Tim Cahill.

The Aussie joined Everton back in the summer of 2004 and instantly became a fan favourite. Playing 226 times across his eight years at Goodison, he racked up 56 goals and 22 assists; he was known especially for his aerial threat, as 22 of his 56 goals came from headers.

He won Oceania Footballer of the Year in 2004 and Everton’s Player of the Year in 2004/05.

Sergio Aguero (South America)

Sergio Aguero’s contract has now expired, he is no longer a Manchester City player 💔 pic.twitter.com/31Cvp2IMBh

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The Argentine will go down as Manchester City’s greatest ever player (unless Haaland continues the way he is).

He joined from Atletico Madrid in 2011 for £35 million and was flawless from the first whistle. He went on to score 23 goals in his debut season and one of them being what is probably the most iconic goal in the Premier League, “Manchester City are still alive here, Balotelli, AGUEROOOOOOOOOO”.

Across his City career, he’d score 260 times in 390 appearances, 184 of them coming in the Premier League, putting him sixth on the all-time leaderboard.

He went on to win the title five times along with one FA Cup, six League Cups and a Community Shield. As individual awards go, he won the Golden Boot in 2014/15 and was in the PFA Team of the Year.

Clint Dempsey (North America)

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The American played for two London clubs across his career, Fulham and Tottenham.

His time in Tottenham was a lot shorter than in Fulham, as he played just 29 times and was used as a rotation player rather than a starter; even so, he did pop up with seven goals across those games.

However, at Fulham is where he really flourished; playing 189 times across six seasons from 2006 to 2012, he scored 50 times and became Fulham’s all-time top Premier League scorer.

His best season at Fulham saw him score 17 times and assist six times, leading to fourth place in the Golden Boot race and producing arguably the best individual season from an American in Europe.

He didn’t win any trophies while playing in the Premier League but is regarded as the best American player ever and Fulham’s greatest ever player.