Son Heung-min became the first Asian player to score 20 goals in a season in the top five European football leagues. It has been 12 years since his debut in the first division of European football in Hamburg, Germany's Bundesliga in 2010.

Son scored the 20th goal of the season with the opening goal in the 11th minute in the English Premier League match against Liverpool in the 2021-2022 season.

Son is the first Asian player to score 20 goals in a season in La Liga (Spain), Serie A (Italy), Bundesliga (Germany), and Ligue 1 (France), the five major European football leagues including the EPL. Son Heung-min, who scored his 18th and 19th goals against Leicester City on the 1st, broke the record for most goals by a Korean player in the European league in a season, set by former Korean national team coach Cha Beom-geun during the 1985-1986 season playing for Leverkusen in the Bundesliga.

If Son Heung-min adds one more goal from the remaining three games this season, he is tied with the most goals scored by an Asian player in a season in the first division of Europe. Iran national striker Alireza Jahanbach (Feyenoord) scored 21 goals in the 2017-18 season while playing for Alkmaar in the Dutch league Eredivisie, becoming the top scorer.

Son also came close by one goal difference to the most personal goals scored in an official match (22 goals) in a season set for the 2020-2021 season. Son Heung-min also scored one goal in the UEFA Europa Conference League this season.