Declan Rice reaches 300 Premier League starts – only two players got there younger

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·21 September 2026

Declan Rice reaches 300 Premier League starts – only two players got there younger

Declan Rice reached a milestone at the weekend after making his 300th Premier League start during Arsenal's fixture at Brighton.

Rice's afternoon was one to forget as Arsenal crashed to a 3-0 defeat at the Amex Stadium, though the midfielder did write his name into the history books.

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The England international became the third-youngest player inPremier League history to have started 300 games, with only Gareth Barry and Frank Lampard reaching that landmark at a younger age.

Rice is one of onlyfour players to have made 300 starts in the Premier League before turning 28. Remarkably, Rice has only appeared as a substitute in the Premier League on 18 occasions.

He broke into the West Ham United side as a teenager, before becoming a central part of the Arsenal team following his £105m move to the Emirates in 2023.