Over the years, the Premier League has been home to some of the greatest forwards in Europe. 

Thierry Henry, Didier Drogba, Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney have all lit up English football over the years, scoring hundreds of goals between them. 

But one name stands above them all. Alan Shearer is still the league's greatest goalscorer, netting an incredible 260 goals in 441 games. 

The former Southampton, Blackburn and Newcastle striker set that record by playing for 14 seasons between 1992 and 2006, before retiring at the age of 35.  

None of the legendary names in the list above came close to breaking Shearer's goal record - but how do the current crop of Premier League stars compare? 

Seven top forwards have been placed on a graph below, which shows the average goals they need, per season, to reach the record. 

Sergio Aguero, Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah, Harry Kane, Romelu Lukaku, Raheem Sterling and Marcus Rashford are the players who feature - and the graph makes for very interesting reading.

Check it out below. 

As you can see, it really is a tough task for anyone to break Shearer's record. 

Aguero is the closest player to doing so, but he would still need to average 20 goals a season for the next three years, plus another 19 for two seasons after that.

It's not even clear if he'll be playing in the Premier League until he's 35, so it's unlikely he'll break the record. 

Arguably then, as the youngest player on the list, Rashford might have the best chance to set a new record. 

But to do so, he'll need 17 goals in each of the next nine campaigns, plus 16 a season for the five years after that. 

The fact that all these top Premier League forwards have such a slim chance of reaching 260 goals shows just how amazing Shearer's record is. 

It's so good that realistically, it won't be broken for at least another five seasons - and that will only happen if Aguero scores 98 more in that time!