Over the course of the Premier League years, West Ham United has seen plenty of strikers come and go, with varying levels of success.

The striker is such an important position for any football club and we have been both blessed and cursed with some of the names in this category.

We are now in the 24th Premier League year so understandably it is difficult to pick out thirty reasonable strikers but each name on this list has done something for West Ham – whether that be Freddie Sears’ debut goal for the club or Carlos Tevez’s individual brilliance, which kept us in the Premier League in the 2006/07 season.

In this top thirty list, we work our way from some obscure and forgotten names to the more celebrated stars of West Ham’s Premier League history.

This list considers each player’s contribution to West Ham United only and does not take into account the rest of their career…

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30. Freddie Sears

Premier League appearances: 36
Premier League goals: 2
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29. Lee Chapman

Premier League appearances: 40
Premier League goals: 7
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28. Samassi Abou

Premier League appearances: 22
Premier League goals: 5
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27. Ricardo Vaz Te

Premier League appearances: 36
Premier League goals: 5
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26. Guillermo Franco

Premier League appearances: 23
Premier League goals: 5
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25. Diego Tristan

Premier League appearances: 14
Premier League appearances: 3
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24. Jeroen Boere

Premier League appearances: 25
Premier League goals: 6

23. Craig Bellamy

Premier League appearances: 24
Premier League goals: 7
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22. Ian Wright

Premier League appearances: 22
Premier League goals: 9
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21. Mauro Zarate

Premier League appearances: 11
Premier League goals: 3

*Correct on 4th October 2015
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20. Enner Valencia

Premier League appearances: 32
Premier League goals:  4

*Correct on 4th October 2015
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19. David Di Michele

Premier League appearances: 30
Premier League goals: 4
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18. Ilan

Premier League appearances: 11
Premier League goals: 4
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17. Teddy Sheringham

Premier League appearances: 43
Premier League goals: 8
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16. Demba Ba

Premier League appearances: 12
Premier League goals: 7
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15. Andy Carroll

Premier League appearances: 54
Premier League goals: 14

*Correct on 4th October 2015
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14. Paulo Wanchope

Premier League appearances: 35
Premier League goals: 12
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13. Jermain Defoe

Premier League appearances: 74
Premier League goals: 18
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12. Paul Kitson

Premier League appearances: 63
Premier League goals: 18
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11. Marlon Harewood

Premier League appearances: 69
Premier League goals: 17
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10. Bobby Zamora

Premier League appearances: 79
Premier League goals: 18
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9. John Hartson

Premier League appearances: 60
Premier League goals: 24
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8. Trevor Morley

Premier League appearances: 56
Premier League goals: 13
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7. Carlton Cole

Premier League appearances: 216
Premier League goals: 41
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6. Frederic Kanoute

Premier League appearances: 84
Premier League goals: 29
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5. Diafra Sakho

Premier League appearances: 31
Premier League goals: 13

*Correct on 4th October 2015
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4. Tony Cottee

Premier League appearances: 67
Premier League goals: 23
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3. Carlos Tevez

Premier League appearances: 26
Premier League goals: 7
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2. Dean Ashton

Premier League appearances: 46
Premier League goals: 15
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1. Paolo Di Canio

Premier League appearances: 118
Premier League goals: 47

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