Liverpool top scorers against the Big Six: Gakpo surpasses Carroll and Torres despite Spurs defeat

Mo Salah has a big lead as the highest Liverpool goalscorer in Premier League fixtures against the rest of the Big Six now half his teammates have gone.

From the slew of predictable leading names to single-goal stalwarts such as Mario Balotelli, Lazar Markovic and Jonjo Shelvey, here is every player to have scored for Liverpool in Premier League matches against Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham since the start of the 2010/11 season – the first in which they comprised the top six.

We have even broken it down into goals against each opponent before confirming the overall totals. These numbers are accurate as of the last Liverpool game versus a Big Six side (1-2 v Spurs on September 30, 2023).

v Arsenal
Roberto Firmino (11)

Mo Salah (8)

Sadio Mane (7)

Diogo Jota (5)

Philippe Coutinho (4)

Martin Skrtel (3)

Jordan Henderson, Raheem Sterling, Daniel Sturridge, Luis Suarez (2)

Joe Allen, Dirk Kuyt, Adam Lallana, Joel Matip, James Milner, Takumi Minamino, David Ngog, Darwin Nunez, Andy Robertson, Georginio Wijnaldum (1)

v Chelsea
Sadio Mane, Mo Salah (4)

Trent Alexander-Arnold, Christian Benteke, Philippe Coutinho, Roberto Firmino, Jordan Henderson, Daniel Sturridge, Luis Suarez, Fernando Torres, Georginio Wijnaldum (2)

Daniel Agger, Emre Can, Luis Diaz Steven Gerrard, Glen Johnson, Naby Keita, Dejan Lovren, Raul Meireles, Maxi Rodriguez, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jonjo Shelvey, Martin Skrtel (1)

v Manchester City
Mo Salah (7)

Philippe Coutinho, Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mane (4)

James Milner, Martin Skrtel (3)

Andy Carroll (2)

Fabinho, Steven Gerrard, Jordan Henderson, Diogo Jota, Dirk Kuyt, Adam Lallana, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Raheem Sterling, Daniel Sturridge, Luis Suarez, Georginio Wijnaldum (1)

v Manchester United
Mo Salah (10)

Steven Gerrard (6)

Roberto Firmino, Dirk Kuyt, Daniel Sturridge (3)

Cody Gakpo, Diogo Jota, Sadio Mane, Darwin Nunez, Xherdan Shaqiri, Luis Suarez (2)

Christian Benteke, Luis Diaz, Naby Keita, Adam Lallana, James Milner, Virgil van Dijk (1)

v Tottenham
Mo Salah (8)

Roberto Firmino (5)

Luis Suarez (4)

Steven Gerrard, Jordan Henderson, Sadio Mane (3)

Philippe Coutinho, Luis Diaz, Diogo Jota, Raheem Sterling (2)

Trent Alexander-Arnold, Mario Balotelli, Stewart Downing, Jon Flanagan, Cody Gakpo, Curtis Jones, Lazar Markovic, Alberto Moreno, Andy Robertson, Martin Skrtel, Georginio Wijnaldum (1)

Total (current players in italics)
Mo Salah (37)

Roberto Firmino (25)

Sadio Mane (20)

Philippe Coutinho (12)

Steven Gerrard, Luis Suarez (11)

Diogo Jota (10)

Jordan Henderson, Daniel Sturridge (8)

Martin Skrtel (7)

Dirk Kuyt, James Milner, Raheem Sterling, Georginio Wijnaldum (5)

Luis Diaz (4)

Trent Alexander-Arnold, Christian Benteke, Cody Gakpo, Adam Lallana, Darwin Nunez (3)

Andy Carroll, Naby Keita, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Andy Robertson, Xherdan Shaqiri, Fernando Torres (2)

Daniel Agger, Joe Allen, Mario Balotelli, Emre Can, Stewart Downing, Fabinho, Jon Flanagan, Curtis Jones, Dejan Lovren, Lazar Markovic, Joel Matip, Raul Meireles, Takumi Minamino, Alberto Moreno, David Ngog, Maxi Rodriguez, Jonjo Shelvey, Virgil van Dijk (1)