 In terms of goal @-@ scoring awards , Henry was the European Golden Boot winner in 2004 and 2005 ( sharing it with Villarreal 's Diego Forlán in 2005 ) . Henry was also the top goalscorer in the Premier League for a record four seasons ( 2002 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 ) . In 2006 , he became the first player to score more than 20 goals in the league for five consecutive seasons ( 2002 to 2006 ) . With 175 , Henry is currently fifth in the list of all @-@ time Premier League goalscorers , behind Alan Shearer , Andy Cole , Wayne Rooney and Frank Lampard . All of his Premier League goals were for Arsenal , giving him the record for most goals in the competition for one club , until it was broken by Rooney in 2016 . France 's all @-@ time record goalscorer was , in his prime in the mid 2000s , regarded by many coaches , footballers and journalists as one of the best players in the world . In November 2007 , he was ranked 33rd on the Association of Football Statisticians ' compendium for " Greatest Ever Footballers . " 
