Mo Salah Records List Gets Even Longer as Liverpool Legend Breaks Another to Send Egypt to World Cup

Mo Salah now holds the African record as the outright leading goalscorer in World Cup qualifiers.

Salah scored twice on Wednesday to fire Egypt to a 3-0 win over Djibouti, which saw the Pharaohs become the third African nation to book their spot at next year’s 48-team tournament — joining Morocco and Tunisia on the guest list.

Mo Salah breaks World Cup qualifying record by moving clear of fellow African icons

Liverpool legend Salah has now scored 20 goals in World Cup qualifiers during his Egypt career — two more than Samuel Eto’o and Didier Drogba managed for Cameroon and Ivory Coast respectively during their international careers.

Salah has now scored 63 goals in 108 senior appearances for Egypt. He needs another seven goals to overtake Hossam Hassan as his country’s all-time leading scorer.

However, Salah already holds plenty of other records — some of which we have listed below.

List of records Mo Salah holds

Salah’s goals, assists and longevity at the highest level have seen him set multiple records in the Premier League, in Europe and across African football. Among the most notable are:

• Top African scorer in World Cup qualifiers (20 goals)
• Highest-scoring African player in Premier League history (188 goals)
• Liverpool’s all-time top Premier League goalscorer (186 goals)
• Most Premier League Golden Boots won by an African player (four)
• Joint-most Premier League Golden Boots in history (four, with Thierry Henry)
• First player ever to win the Premier League Golden Boot, Playmaker Award and EA SPORTS Player of the Season in the same season
• One of only two players to win both the Premier League Golden Boot and Playmaker Award twice
• First player to score on the opening day in five — then six — consecutive Premier League seasons
• First opposition player to score a Premier League hat-trick at Old Trafford
• Most left-footed goals in a Premier League season (25 in 2017/18)
• First player to win three Premier League Player of the Month awards in a single season
• Most consecutive winning appearances in Premier League history (33 between 2019 and 2020)
• Fastest Liverpool player to reach 100 top-flight goals (151 games)
• Liverpool’s all-time leading scorer in European competition (51 goals)
• Top African scorer in UEFA Champions League history (52 goals)
• Only player to both score and assist inside the first six minutes of a Champions League match for an English club
• Scorer of the fastest Champions League hat-trick in history (six minutes vs Rangers, 2022)
• First Premier League player to reach double figures for goals on opening days
• Record for most goal involvements against a single manager in the Premier League (21 vs Eddie Howe sides)

What records could Mo Salah break in future?

Salah is also closing in on several major milestones. He is just seven goals away from becoming Egypt’s all-time leading scorer, although he remains 76 games behind Ahmed Hassan on the list of his nation’s most capped players.

Meanwhile, Salah (188 goals) continues to climb the Premier League’s all-time list of leading scorers, with only Alan Shearer (260), Harry Kane (213) and Wayne Rooney (208) currently ahead of him.

He also has the chance to become the first player to win five Premier League Golden Boots, and he is within touching distance of surpassing Steven Gerrard’s record for the most penalties scored for Liverpool.

Despite some recent calls for Salah to be benched by Liverpool boss Arne Slot, his remarkable fitness and consistency mean further landmark achievements in both domestic and international football are highly likely in the coming years.