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Detailed explanation-1: -Famed as one of English football’s most prolific strikers, Greaves scored 266 goals in 379 games in all competitions for Spurs between 1961 and 1970.

Detailed explanation-2: -His final game came on 1 May 1971 in a 1–0 home defeat to Huddersfield Town. Greaves scored 13 goals in 40 games in all competitions for West Ham. Greaves’s final season in the First Division took his goalscoring tally to a record 357 goals in the First Division.

Detailed explanation-3: -Greaves, who started his career at Chelsea, scored 266 goals in 379 games for Spurs between 1961 and 1970.

Detailed explanation-4: -A member of England’s 1966 World Cup winning squad, the prolific goalscorer spent two seasons with the Hammers towards the end of his illustrious playing career, scoring 13 goals in 40 appearances, including two on a memorable debut at Manchester City in March 1970.

Detailed explanation-5: -On average, Kane has a career goal-per-game rate of 0.64 for Tottenham, a touch less than Greaves at 0.70. He also averages 22.5 goals per season [not including this season’s running total], while Greaves’ average for the North London side was 29.7 goals per season.