Martin Ødegaard sits second on Arsenal’s Premier League midfield scorers after 38 goals
Martin Ødegaard has scored 38 Premier League goals for Arsenal as the club secured the 2025-26 Premier League title under Mikel Arteta, moving him into second place on the club’s list of highest-scoring midfielders in the competition.
Arsenal ended a more than two-decade wait to win the English top-flight crown in 2025-26, with Ødegaard a regular contributor throughout that campaign. His 38-goal tally for the Gunners in the Premier League puts him ahead of Mesut Özil, Cesc Fàbregas and Santi Cazorla on the club’s midfield scoring chart, and two goals shy of Aaron Ramsey’s leading total of 40.
Ødegaard has registered his 38 Premier League goals across 186 appearances for Arsenal and also has 37 assists in the competition. He initially joined on loan from Real Madrid before completing a permanent transfer in 2021; he began his time at the club operating often on the right side of attack but has since been used centrally, with the 2022-23 season widely referred to as his breakout campaign. Club reports describe him as combining vision, pressing ability and a strong left foot.
Aaron Ramsey remains the top-scoring midfielder for Arsenal in the Premier League with 40 goals in 262 matches. The Welsh international is credited in the club narrative for a high work rate and stamina, regular box-to-box runs, several match-winning finishes and a most prolific 2013-14 season in which he scored 10 goals in 23 appearances.
Cesc Fàbregas is third on the list with 35 Premier League goals from 212 appearances for Arsenal. Fàbregas progressed through Barcelona’s La Masia academy, joined Arsenal’s youth setup in 2003, broke into the first team under Arsène Wenger and went on to captain the side; he is described as an attacking central midfielder with a wide passing range and world-class vision.
Mesut Özil is fourth, having contributed 33 goals and 50 assists — 83 goal contributions — in 184 Premier League matches for Arsenal after leaving Real Madrid for the club in 2013 and spending eight years at the Gunners. Santi Cazorla rounds out the top five with 25 goals in 129 Premier League games and is noted for the ability to take set pieces and shoot accurately with either foot.
Ødegaard remains an active member of Arsenal’s squad and sits two goals short of Aaron Ramsey’s midfield scoring record of 40 Premier League goals, a milestone he can match with further contributions in upcoming league fixtures.