Arsenal: 15 Greatest Strikers Of All Time

13. Kanu

Kanu could damn well have been in the Top 5 if he wasn’t stuck playing back up to the greatest striker to ever grace the Premier League, Thierry Henry. Henry himself has said that Kanu could have been a starter. the Nigerian was incredibly talented and was hampered in his numbers only in his lack of appearances.

What truly made him a cult hero was his 15 minute hat trick against Chelsea after being down 2-0. When you do that, you could do nothing else and still be in many conversations.

But Kanu did many other things. He was an Invincible, which automatically inflates anyone’s status. He was named African Player of the Year in 1999. He was voted the 13th greatest player in Arsenal history on the team’s official website. All of this points to a man who could have been so much more.

In the end, he scored 43 goals in 197 appearances, the gross majority of which were subs. That is the only reason we couldn’t put him higher up on this list. He is still an Arsenal great in his own right.

Next up, No. 12.