Thanks to marcspurs from Spurs Odyssey who put together the following stats on Defoe and Keane:

App.    Goals   Pens

2002/03:   Robbie Keane  32+(6)      13         2

PL Only              29+(3)      13         2

2003/04:   Robbie Keane 38+(3)       16         3

PL Only            31+(3)       14         3

Jermain Defoe 14+(1)        7

PL Only             14+(1)        7

2004/05:   Robbie Keane  29+(16)     17        2

PL Only              23+(12)     11        2

Jermain Defoe   35+(9)       22        1

PL Only               28+(7)       13

2005/06:   Robbie Keane 27+(11)     16         3

PL Only             25+(11)     16         3

Jermain Defoe 24+(14)        9

PL Only              23+(13)       9

2006/07:   Robbie Keane 31+(13)     22        4

PL Only              18+(9)       11        3

Jermain Defoe 29+(20)     18        3

PL Only             20+(14)     10        3

2007/08:   Robbie Keane 46+(8)      23         3

PL Only             32+(4)      15         3

Jermain Defoe   8+(23)       8

PL Only               3+(16)       4

2008/09:   Robbie Keane    14           5          2

PL Only                 14           5          2

Jermain Defoe   7+(3)        4

PL Only               6+(2)        3

2009/10:   Robbie Keane 18+(7)       9          2

PL Only              15+(5)       6          1

Jermain Defoe  24+(2)     17

PL Only              20+(2)     15



ROBBIE KEANE:

TOTALS:  235 (+64) 299 apps / 121 goals (21 penalties)

PL Only :  187 (+47)  234 apps / 91 goals   (19 penalties)



JERMAIN DEFOE

TOTALS:   141 (+72) 213 apps / 85 goals (1 penalty)

PL Only :   114 (+55) 169 apps / 62 goals



Robbie Keane / Jermain Defoe

2003/04:           3558 (2879) / 1281 (1281)

2004/05:           2754 (2189) / 3243 (2521)

2005/06:           2479 (2299) / 2317 (2207)

2006/07:           2921 (1654) / 2897 (1929)

2007/08:           3899 (2726)  / 1011 (527)

2008/09:           1257 (1257)  /  698 (560)

2009/10:           1446 (1161)  / 2024 (1699)

TOTALS:       18314 (14165) /  13471 (10724)

Mins / 90:     203.48 (157.38) /  149.67 (119.15)



These are the total number of minutes each has spent on the pitch since Defoe joined in the 2003/04 season and then shown as games (total minutes divided by number of minutes in a game).  The first figure is all games, the figure in brackets is PL games only……..



Robbie Keane:  203.48 games / 108 goals = 1 goal every 1.88 games

PL Games:        157.38 games /   78 goals = 1 goal every 2.01 games

Jermain Defoe: 149.69 games /   85 goals = 1 goal every 1.76 games

PL games:         119.15 games /   62 goals = 1 goal every 1.92 games



Marc goes on to say that both players have a good scoring record, but not great and not in the same league as James Peter Greaves, Gary Linker or Jurgen Klinsmann.



So there we have it, beyond any argument, Defoe has a better goals to games ratio than Keane…..but both have made huge contributions to the club.