Toney’s 39 goals in 63 Football League starts starts works out as a goal every 1.61 games for the club.
The Peterborough Telegraph looked at all the club’s strikers who have scored 20 or more Football League goals for the club to work out the hottest Posh shots.
We used starting appearances and goals scored in Football League matches only and calculated a games-per-goal ratio.
Star names from successful Posh teams like Ken Charlery and Tony Adcock didn’t even make the top 20. Others who were considered weaker all-round forwards did make the list.
Dwight Gayle, widely recognised as one of the top strikers in the club’s history, didn’t qualify as he ‘only’ scored 13 goals in his 27 appearances at a goal every 2.07 games which would have placed him 12th in our list.
Toney’s lofty ranking would come as no surprise to Posh manager Darren Ferguson who rates the 24 year-old highly. Ferguson said: “I’m lucky enough to have managed some outstanding strikers at this club and Ivan is as good as any of them. He’s more than just a goalscorer as his physicality and quality helps create goals for others.
“Ivan is also a terrific defender at set-pieces. One of the best I’ve managed.”
Club record signing Mo Eisa has 14 goals in 27 Posh starts (a goal every 1.93 starts).
The top 20 in reverse order are...
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4th. GEORGE HUDSON. Posh years: 1961-63. Posh starts: 65. Posh goals: 38. GPG ratio: 1.71. Far from the most famous Posh striker of the 1960s, but clearly one of the deadliest. Legendary manager Jimmy Hagan signed Hudson after he scored a hat-trick against Posh for Accrington. Hudson formed a formidable partnership with Terry Bly in the Third Division and ended up following his teammate to Coventry after a run of 26 goals in 36 matches.
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3rd. JACK MARRIOTT. Posh years: 2017-18. Posh starts: 44. Posh goals: 27. GPG ratio: 1.63. Marriott actually scored a fantastic 33 goals in his one season with Posh after stepping up from the Luton Town substitutes’ bench and his record in Football League matches was sensational. He was a deadly finisher inside the penalty area and a worthy winner of the League One Golden Boot for the 2017-18 campaign. Moved to Derby for £4 million. Photo: Midlands
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2nd. IVAN TONEY. Posh years: 2018-20. Posh starts: 63. Posh goals: 49. GPG ratio: 1.61. Toney’s place ahead of some classy and consistent Posh strikers of the past proves a) how good he’s been in two seasons at the Weston Homes Stadium and b) how much he will be missed. The scorer of all types of goal and such a special player, his transfer value has risen from the £350k Posh paid Newcastle for him to around £10 million now. Photo: Worthing
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1 TERRY BLY. Posh years: 1960-62. Posh starts: 88. Posh goals: 81. GPG ratio: 1.08. The undisputed ‘daddy’ of the prolific Posh strikers. Bly scored a Fourth Division record 52 goals in 46 games in the club’s first season as a Football League club in 1960-61 and by the time he left for Coventry at the end of his second season at London Road he was still averaging almost a goal every game, a stunning record even in the days of dodgy defending.