previous games per year :33,36,35,32 -
His overall Everton goals ratio is 67 goals in 248 appearances (transfer market) 1 goal every 3.6 games despite the dross he’s had to work with
He’s worth the money
His Premier League strike rate is 0.25 goals per match.
Of the forwards I can think of around his level, that's worse than Ings (0.32), Antonio (0.26), Wilson (0.4), Wood (0.3), Holdsworth (0.28), Dublin (0.36), Sutton (0.33), Armstrong (0.33), Carew (0.31) and Collymore (0.38). He's above the likes of Bamford (0.24), Quinn (0.24), Zamora (0.19) and Welbeck (0.2), and level with Iversen and Goater.
Other Everton strikers of the era: Johnson (0.27), Beattie (0.27), Campbell (0.26), Ferguson (0.25), Radzinski (0.18), Yakubu (0.38), Saha (0.29), Lukaku (0.44), Rideout (0.26), Cottee (0.35), Richarlison (0.26).
He's a decent target man who's strong in the air and does the basics well, but anyone paying close to £40m for him deserves a points deduction.