Lacazette netted Arsenal's 100th Premier League penalty. so your club rank?

Arsenal joined an elite club of Premier League side's to have scored 100 Premier League goals on Monday night.

Alexandre Lacazette converted from the spot against West Brom to make it 2-0 and seal all three points for his side.

Since the advent of the Premier League in 1992, the English top flight have only three clubs who have scored a century of spot kicks — with the Gunners the latest to join the group.

But it is Liverpool who top the list of the league's greatest top-flight penalty-takers over the last 26 seasons, scoring 122.

Steven Gerrard makes up almost a third of the Reds' impressive  tally — converting 32 of his 39 from the spot — while Robbie Fowler and Michael Owen also contributed double figures.

Liverpool have not only scored the most, they have been awarded the most penalties, 145.

Chelsea are the other side to make up the centurion club, with the Blues scoring 107 of their 125 penalties.

The Stamford Bridge outfit also boast the player to have scored the most penalties for a single club in the Premier League era — Frank Lampard with 41.

The league's most successful club, Manchester United, fall just short of the 100-mark for the time being, sitting on 97 goals from the 12-yard spot.

Just two clubs have maintained a flawless penalty ratio — Barnsley and Cardiff. The Tykes slotted all four of their penalties while Peter Whittingham scored Cardiff's only top-flight spot kick.

Oldham have the worst penalty success rate in the league's history, scoring only half of their six penalties.

But the current Premier League club with the worst record is West Brom, netting just 25 of their 40 penalties with a ratio of 62.5 percent.

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