After being named in our starting line-up for this afternoon’s Premier League encounter with West Ham United, Bukayo Saka will reach 200 appearances in the competition.
The winger featured in the English top-flight for the first time on New Year’s Day 2019, and has brought up the double century just under six years later. Still aged on 24, he is the sixth-youngest player in our history to hit this figure, and the second in the Premier League era, only behind Cesc Fabregas:
Youngest players to play 200 league games for Arsenal
Date
Player
Age
Dec 1934
Cliff Bastin
22y, 262d
May 1979
Liam Brady
23y, 81d
Sep 1981
David O’Leary
23y, 133d
Oct 1970
John Radford
23y, 237d
Apr 1968
George Armstrong
23y, 241d
Jan 2011
Cesc Fabregas
23y, 242d
Oct 2025
Bukayo Saka
24y, 29d
Bukayo’s 200 games consist of 181 starts and 19 substitute appearances, and total 114 wins, 41 draws and 44 losses. He is the 18th Arsenal player to achieve this milestone in the Premier League era, and the 79th overall in our history to feature in 200 league matches.
When it comes to Premier League history, Bukayo is again sixth on the list when it comes to the youngest players to reach a double ton since the division was created in 1992, and the fastest since his former teammate Raheem Sterling did it in October 2018:
Youngest players to play 200 PL games
Player
Age
Year 200th Game
Wayne Rooney
22y, 34d
2008
James Milner
23y, 104d
2009
Cesc Fabregas
23y, 242d
2011
Gareth Barry
23y, 307d
2004
Raheem Sterling
23y, 325d
2018
Joe Cole
24y, 11d
2005
Bukayo Saka
24y, 29d
2025
In that time, Bukayo has netted 54 times and provided 45 assists, leaving him tantalisingly close to hitting 100 goal involvements in 200 games should he add to either of those totals today against the Hammers.
They are his favourite opponents to have played against in the Premier League, having scored more goals against them than any other club (4), as well as laying on four more assists for his teammates – only against Southampton does he have more (5).
Since he first appeared against Fulham back in January 2019, only eight players have registered more goals and assists in the division than Bukayo.
Most PL goal invovlements since Jan 1, 2019
Player
Goals
Assists
Goals+Assists
Mohamed Salah
141
71
212
Son Heung-Min
90
54
144
Kevin De Bruyne
50
75
125
Harry Kane
92
29
121
Bruno Fernandes
64
51
115
Erling Haaland
93
17
110
Ollie Watkins
76
34
110
Jamie Vardy
77
26
103
Bukayo Saka
54
45
99
Bukayo will be hoping that his landmark day can see him get on the scoresheet, but out of the 18 players to have made a 200th Premier League appearance for us, Thierry Henry is the only one to score in on that landmark, netting a brace against Crystal Palace in February 2005.
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