Costa, Kane & Austin lead EPL conversion rates so far this season

Diego Costa has hit the ground running at Stamford Bridge

Diego Costa, Harry Kane and Charlie Austin have had three very different football backgrounds but they lead the way in terms of being clinical in front of goal so far this season.

The Premier League is this season blessed with some exception goalscoring talent.

New arrivals and old faces are vying for the Golden Boot. Pleasingly, there is a new crop of young English goalscorers making their mark at the top level.

Diego Costa and Sergio Aguero lead the way in terms of goals scored with Charlie Austin and Harry Kane chasing hard.

We take a look slightly deeper look into the figures to discover which player has shown the best conversion rate so far this season amongst the Premier League's sharp shooters.

What sets the great strikers apart is their ability to make the most of the chances that come their way - especially in the big moments.

Looking back through the Premier League archives, deadly finishers like Shearer, Fowler and Sheringham seemed to bury the ball when a chance presented itself - for them finishing was instinctive.

For others it was more a labour of love. A player like of Andy Cole was often pigeon-holed as a forward that needed multiple opportunities before putting the ball in the net.

Sergio Aguero has been a formidable scorer for Manchester City since arriving from Atletico Madrid four years ago.

Injury has at times interrupted his career and his goal in the 5-0 demolition of Newcastle means he has already equalled last season's tally of 17 in the league.

At 24%, Aguero has scored with just under one in four of his attempts on goal this season so far - a decent rate for any striker.

Alongside him at the top of the goalscoring chart is Diego Costa - who also arrived in England from the Vicente Calderon.

Costa has earned a reputation as a bludgeoning centre forward prepared to mix it with defenders often skirting on the fringes of the law.

There is no room to question Costa's conversion rate in a blue shirt this season. The Spanish international has hit the net with 17 of his 48 attempts on goal for an astounding conversion rate of 35%.

Costa's versatility is also admirable, with ten goals on his favoured right foot, five on his left and two headers in his league tally to date.

What of the trio of young English strikers that have hit double figures this season, who leads the way amongst those trying to break into Roy Hodgson's squad?

In recent weeks it is Harry Kane for whom the drum is beating loudest of all.

The Tottenham striker is scoring goals - 14 in the league amongst his 22 in all competitions - but he has also shown a really pleasing trait of scoring important goals.

Even when things go wrong for Kane - as with Sunday's missed penalty against West Ham - they seem to somehow go right.

The 21-year-old has a 28% conversion rate from attempts on goal in the league - comfortably ahead of an established star like Aguero.

Just behind on 26% is QPR forward Charlie Austin. The Hoops leading man showed he can get goals in tight situations at Hull on Saturday last when notching a cool header despite his team playing with ten men for almost an hour.

Saido Berahino was the first of that trio to earn Hodgson's recognition when he got an England call up in November.

The West Brom striker went off the boil slightly after that but Tony Pulis now seems to have settled Berahino who boasts a 21% success rate from 48 attempts to date.

Arsenal's big money summer signing Alexis Sanchez has grabbed many headlines this season scoring a dozen league goals in an impressive opening to his Emirates career. The Chilean has so far operated on a 26% scoring ratio from shots at goal.

While Aguero is the main man at champions City, it is also worth a glance at his striking partners.

Wilfried Bony arrived from Swansea where he had established an 18% success rate this season.

Edin Dzeko impressed against Newcastle on Saturday with his link-up play and a tidy finish for City's third goal but the Bosnian has scored with only 13% of his attempts on goal so far this season.

Will Bony be able to force his way past Dzeko in Manual Pellegrini's plans between now and the end of the season?

Costa may have his critics but the Chelsea frontman is equally prolific and efficient in front of goal from what we have seen this season - and that is ominous for anyone hoping to keep the Golden Boot away from the 26-year-old.