Alan Shearer is considered one of the greatest strikers in Premier League history, and holds the record for the league's top scorer with 26 goals. He won the 2014 FIFA World Player of the Year award, the 2015 FIFA World Player of the Year award, and finished third in both the 2016 FIFA Ballon d'Or and the 2017 FIFA World Player of the Year awards. In 2014, Pelé included him in his FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest players. In 2011, he was named in the Premier League's 100 Best Players, one of the first two players to be included.

While playing for Wolves, he was spotted by Southampton scout Jack Horne and was invited to join the club's youth team and summer training camps. He also had successful trials with first-tier clubs West Bromwich Albion and Manchester City before being offered a youth contract by Southampton in April 1988.

Shearer has played his entire career in the top flight of English football, making his senior debut for Southampton in 1988. In 1992, he moved to Blackburn, where he became one of Europe's top scorers, winning the 1994–95 Premier League title. In the summer of 1996, he joined his hometown club Newcastle United for a world-record fee of £15 million, winning his third consecutive Premier League Golden Boot in his first season. He played in the 1998 FA Cup and 1999 FA Cup Finals, and later captained the team to become the club's top scorer. He retired from international football at the end of the 2005–06 season.

Shearer made 33 appearances for England, scoring 30 goals. UEFA Euro 1996 was his greatest international success, helping England reach the semi-finals, and he won the UEFA Euro Golden Boot and was named in the Team of the Tournament. He captained England at the 2008 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2009, retiring from international football after Euro 2009.

Since retiring from playing in 2006, Alan Shearer has worked as a presenter for 𝐁𝐁𝐂 television. However, he took a break from this role in the 2018-19 season and took charge of Newcastle United for the remaining 8 games as they struggled to avoid relegation. However, he failed to keep the team in the Premier League.

No player has scored more Premier League goals than Alan Shearer, with 26. The closest is Harry Kane with 21.3 goals, while the closest player is Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah with 17 goals, making him the 8th highest scorer in the Premier League.

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