In the wake of Carlos Tevez reaching the landmark of 50 career goals for City, I took a look at how he ranked in terms of being the fastest player to achieve this feat.
Tevez of course was the second fastest, taking 73 games in comparison to Derek Kevan who achieved it in 64 games.
Now, thoughts turn to the next landmark: the century. Historically, there have been fifteen players who have achieved this.
The list of centurions is as follows:
Eric Brook 178
Tommy Johnson 166
Colin Bell 153
Joe Hayes 152
Billy Meredith 151
Francis Lee 148
Tommy Browell 139
Billy Gillespie 132
Fred Tilson 132
Eric Roberts 130
Horace Barnes 125
Alec Herd 132
Dennis Tueart 109
Neil Young 108
Shaun Goater 103
And if he can join the list, the question will be whether Tevez (should he reach his ton) will be the quickest to do this, with the 100 club achieving their century in the following games:
Billy Gillespie 171
Tommy Browell 183
Eric Roberts 187
Horace Barnes 188
Fred Tilson 197
Shaun Goater 206
Joe Hayes 211
Alec Heard 215
Francis Lee 217
Billy Meredith 222
Tommy Johnson 236
Dennis Tueart 237
Colin Bell 273
Eric Brook 297
Neil Young 367
Having taken 73 games to hit 50, Tevez would need hit a second 50 in 97 games to break Gillespie's record - a very achievable feat you have to say. In fact, given the impressive way he has reached 50 in such quick time the only way he doesn't become the quickest to 100 is if he leaves the club before achieving it.