Mohamed Salah is on track to achieve the best individual Premier League season in history.

The Liverpool talisman continued to rewrite the record books by matching a Lionel Messi feat in a 2-0 win over Manchester City.

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Salah is putting his name among Premier League iconsCredit: Getty

The Egyptian was directly involved in both goals at the Etihad, which marked the eleventh Premier League match this campaign in which he's both scored and assisted.

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This is the most by a player in a single season in one of Europe's big five leagues since Messi for Barcelona in the 2014/15 season, also on 11.

Overall, Salah already has 41 goal contributions in the English top-flight alone this term and has another 11 games to break all records.

The 32-year-old is just six short of the Premier League record, but that's halved for the best individual tally in a 38-game season.

Alan Shearer and Andy Cole share the mantle for the most goal contributions in a single Premier League season with 47.

The former achieved the feat in Blackburn's title-winning campaign in 1994/95, with Cole having done for Newcastle the year before.

However, an important distinction is that both of those achievements came in a 42-game season when the Premier League had 22 teams.

Since the introduction of a 38-game season in 1995/96, Thierry Henry and Erling Haaland share the record with 44 goal contributions each.

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Arsenal's iconic Frenchman Henry scored 24 goals and provided 20 assists during his historic 2002/03 campaign.

Haaland meanwhile matched that contribution in his opening season in England, scoring 36 goals alongside providing eight assists.

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Salah is on the verge of equalling his incredible first season at Liverpool

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*42-game season, **Missed first five matches due to suspension

That latter achievement is the most goals scored in a single Premier League campaign, with the Norwegian two ahead of Cole.

Kevin De Bruyne and Henry are tied for the most assists in a single season, having laid on 20 in 2019-20 and that 02/03 campaign respectively.

The joint record is somewhat controversial, with Man City superstar De Bruyne believing he should hold the feat outright.

The Belgian has previously argued that some of his assists that year was wrongfully taken away from him and that he should be on more.

As reported by goal, De Bruyne said: "I have got two more – you guys took two away from me that I am still claiming so for me I was already above [Henry].

"It is what it is.

It is nice to have [the record] and it is nice to have it with Thierry."

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De Bruyne and Henry share the Premier League assist record for a single seasonCredit: AFP

Most Assists in a Premier League Season

Thierry Henry - Arsenal (2002/03 - 20)

Kevin De Bruyne - Man City (2019/20 - 20)

Mesut Ozil - Arsenal (2015/16 - 19)

Cesc Fabregas - Chelsea (2014/15 - 18)

Frank Lampard - Chelsea (2004/05 - 18)

Kevin De Bruyne - Man City (2016/17 - 18)

Ironically, both of his alleged assists came against Arsenal, with De Bruyne's cross for Raheem Sterling's goal in a 3-0 win in December 2019 taking a slight deflection so didn't get counted.

In the reverse fixture, KDB teed up Sterling again that June but missed out on the assist as the ball hit David Luiz on the thigh.

1 Erling Haaland (Manchester City) 36 2022-232 Andy Cole (Newcastle United) 34 1993-942 Alan Shearer (Blackburn Rovers) 34 1994-954 Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) 32 2017-185 Alan Shearer (Blackburn Rovers) 31 1993-945 Alan Shearer (Blackburn Rovers) 31 1995-965 Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) 31 2007-085 Luis Suarez (Liverpool) 31 2013-149 Kevin Phillips (Sunderland) 30 1999-009 Thierry Henry (Arsenal) 30 2003-049 Robin van Persie (Arsenal) 30 2011-129 Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) 30 2017-18 and 2022-23

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