FLW ranks Leicester City’s striking options over the last five seasons.
Of course, something that has helped them to do this has been their strong options when it comes to their striking department.
With this in mind, below, we’ve taken a look at, and ranked from best to worst, all of the club’s strikers from the last five seasons, not including this campaign.
We must stress, these rankings are based on the seasons 2018/19 through to 2022/23, so performance outside of that timeframe has been largely ignored.
Given that he only played two games for Leicester City in the last five seasons, it felt there was only one place George Hirst could go on this list, although it is no mark on his ability.
The young forward just could not break through at the King Power Stadium, instead spending recent seasons out on loan away from the club.
Now at Ipswich permanently, Hirst has a bright future ahead of him and is, for now, playing regular football, which will be crucial for his development.
5 Islam Slimani
4 Shinji Okazaki
3 Patson Daka
2 Kelechi Iheanacho
1 Jamie Vardy
Last but certainly not least, we reach Jamie Vardy, the only Leicester City striker that could have been ranked number one here.
Although the last five seasons have all come in Vardy’s 30’s, he has still managed to bag plenty of goals in the timeframe we are looking at.
Between 18/19 and 22/23 for example, Vardy netted 81 times, as well as turning creator on 27 occasions.
Vardy continues to feature for the side this season and has already got on the scoresheet a few times in 2023/24.
His overall tally for the club is remarkable, having made 439 appearances for the Foxes and scored 165 goals at the time of writing – a number that will increase as the 23/24 campaign progresses.
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