Every season brings new records to the Premier League: here are just a few statistics from 22 seasons, from the most to least, youngest to oldest, fastest to longest, and just plain best.

• 5 minutes – time of first-ever Premier League goal, scored by Brian Deane for Sheffield United v Manchester United on 15 August 1992

• 10 seconds – time of the fastest goal, scored by Ledley King  for Tottenham Hotspur v Bradford City in December 2000 

• 6 seconds – fastest goal by a substitute after coming on – Nicklas Bendtner for Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur in December 2007

• 16 years 271 days – youngest top flight scorer – James Vaughan for Everton v Crystal Palace in April 2005

• 40 years 268 days – oldest scorer – Teddy Sheringham for West Ham United v Portsmouth in December 2006

• 17 goals as a substitute – Ole Gunnar Solskjaer for Manchester United

• 5 goals scored by goalkeepers – Peter Schmeichel for Aston Villa v Everton in 2001, Brad Freidel for Blackburn Rovers v Charlton Athletic in 2004, Paul Robinson for Tottenham Hotspur v Watford in 2007, Tim Howard for Everton v Bolton Wanderers 2012 and Asmir Begovic for Stoke City v Southampton 2013.

• 39 goals scored by a defender – David Unsworth for Everton, West Ham United, Portsmouth, Sheffield United and Wigan Athletic

• 20 goals by one player against one club – Alan Shearer v Leeds United (for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United)

• 2 players have scored for six different Premier League clubs – Andy Cole for Newcastle United, Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers, Fulham, Manchester City and Portsmouth; and Les Ferdinand for Queens Park Rangers, Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United, Leicester City and Bolton Wanderers

• 0 penalties scored by Les Ferdinand despite a 149-goal haul

• 93 metres – longest goal – Tim Howard for Everton v Bolton in 2012

• 64 metres – longest goal from open play – Xabi Alonso for Liverpool v Newcastle United in 2006

• 46 metres – longest volleyed goal – Matthew Taylor for Portsmouth v Everton in 2006

• 5 - most goals by a single player in a match – Andy Cole for Manchester United v Ipswich Town in 1995, and Alan Shearer for Newcastle United v Sheffield Wednesday in 1999

• 273 seconds – the fastest hat-trick – scored by Robbie Fowler for Liverpool v Arsenal in August 1994

• 4 goals after coming on as a substitute – Ole Gunnar Solskjaer for Manchester United v Nottingham Forest in February 1999

• 33 long-range goals – David Beckham – more than half of his 62 tally for Manchester United

• 632 appearances – Ryan Giggs for Manchester United has appeared most in the Premier League

• 1 player has appeared in every Premier League season – Ryan Giggs

• 16 years 65 days – youngest Premier League debut – Matthew Briggs for Fulham v Middlesbrough in May 2007

• 43 years 162 days – oldest Premier League player – John Burridge for Manchester City v Queens Park Rangers in May 1995

• 36 years 151 days – oldest player to make debut – Fernando Hierro for Bolton Wanderers in August 2004

• 5 players have won the Premier League with two clubs – Henning Berg with Blackburn Rovers in 1994/95 and Manchester United in 1998/99 and 1999/2000, Carlos Tevez with Manchester Utd in 2007/08, 2008/09 and Manchester City in 2011/12, Gael Clichy with Arsenal in 2003/04 and Manchester City 2011/12 and 2013/14, Nicolas Anelka with Arsenal in 2003/04 and Chelsea in 2009/10 and Kolo Toure with Arsenal in 2003/04 and Manchester City in 2011/12.

• 13 - most Premier League medals – Ryan Giggs

• 2 managers in charge of five different clubs – Mark Hughes at Blackburn Rovers, Fulham, Manchester City, QPR and Stoke City, and Harry Redknapp at West Ham United, Southampton, Portsmouth, Tottenham Hotspur and QPR.

• 9-0 biggest win – Manchester United v Ipswich Town in March 1995

• 1-8 biggest away win – Nottingham Forest v Manchester United in February 1999

• 11 goals in one match – Portsmouth (7) against Reading (4) in September 2007

• 49 games – longest unbeaten run - for Arsenal spanning three seasons from May 2003 to October 2004

• 32 games – longest run without a win – Derby County in 2007/08

• 76,098 biggest attendance – Manchester United v Blackburn Rovers at Old Trafford in March 2007

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