Noni Madueke's fine strike against Mansfield Town helped us hit 100 goals for the 2025/26 season.
The curling effort at the One Call Stadium was quickly followed by our 101st strike as Ebere Eze ensured we reached the quarter-final of the FA Cup with a thunderbolt.
As we hit the milestone for yet another season, let's examine how we reached our latest ton.
sharing the load
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Our tally after 46 matches now stands at 101 goals in 2025/26. Riccardo Calafiori got the goalscoring underway in our first game of the season as his close-range header defeated Manchester United 1-0 at Old Trafford.
Richy was the first of an incredible 19 different goalscorers to contribute to the 101 goals scored in 25/26 - with summer signing Viktor Gyokeres the biggest contributor on 15 goals so far.
Top scorers in 2025/26 (as of 09/03/26)
Player
Goals
Viktor Gyokeres
15
Gabriel Martinelli
11
Bukayo Saka
9
Eberechi Eze
8
Leandro Trossard
7
Noni Madueke
7
Timing is everything and we've been able to come up with the goods on a consistent basis across the 90 minutes.
Noni's goal in the 41st minute means we have bagged 15 goals between minutes 31 and 45. But our favourite times to score are all in the second half.
We've found the net 21 times in the opening 15 minutes of a second half, with another 19 coming between 61-75. We've then added another 21 goals in the final 15 minutes of matches, showing how strong we are at finishing games.
Minute breakdown of goals in 2025/26
Minute of goal
Number of goals
1-15
14
16-30
11
31-45
15
46-60
21
61-75
19
76-90+
21
Goals aren't just coming from lots of players but from all kinds of methods too.
Our productivity from set pieces has been well documented, but we've been finding the net from all angles in 2025/26 so far.
How we've scored our goals in 25/26
Method
Goals
Open
65
Corner
24
Free-kick
6
Penalty
4
Throw
2
Inside Box
88
Outside Box
13
Own Goals
7
January 2026 has been our busiest month, both in terms of goals and games. We netted 22 goals across nine matches, playing in the league, Champions League, FA Cup and Carabao Cup. However, November and February have the highest goals-per-game ratio at 2.5.
Goals by month
Month
Goals
Games
Goals Per Game
August
6
3
2
September
10
5
2
October
12
6
2
November
15
6
2.5
December
16
8
2
January
22
9
2.4
February
15
6
2.5
March
5
3
1.66
history beckons
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We were the first English club to pass 100 goals in the 2025/26 season, a feat that was replicated by Manchester City several hours later in their 3-1 win over Newcastle United.
Only Barcelona and Bayern Munich have scored more goals than us across Europe's top five leagues. Barca have 111 from 42 matches, with Bayern way out in front on 128 in just 38 matches.
We've now hit triple figures for a fourth successive campaign under Mikel Arteta and have already surpassed our tallies for 19/20, 20/21 and 21/22. It took us until April 20, 2025, to reach the 100-goal milestone last season.
Full seasons under Mikel Arteta
Seasons
Goals
Games
2020/21
94
58
2021/22
77
45
2022/23
103
49
2023/24
113
52
2024/25
112
58
2025/26
101
46
Due to our high goalscoring performance in 2025/26 so far, only one season in the past 81 years has a better goals per game ratio than this campaign.
That came in 1952/53, when we averaged 2.39 goals per game. Our 2016/17 campaign, in which we won the FA Cup, also saw us average 2.2 goals per game, with 2023/24 narrowly behind on 2.17.
Goals per game ratio since 1945
**Season**
**Games**
**Goals**
**PG**
1952/1953
46
110
**2.39**
**2025/2026**
**46**
101
**2.20**
2016/2017
55
121
**2.20**
2023/2024
52
113
**2.17**
1963/1964
50
108
**2.16**
2009/2010
55
116
**2.11**
2022/2023
49
103
**2.10**
1962/1963
45
94
**2.09**
1958/1959
47
97
**2.06**
1956/1957
48
99
**2.06**
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