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I just looked up Torres. 2007-08 in his first season at Liverpool he was a very regular scorer. Arguably Defoe does compare badly when compared to one of the best strikers in the world over the last 10 years at the absolute peak of his powers. In fact I'll stick my neck out (sarcasm) and say that Defoe is not and never has been the best striker in the world, or even one of the top three.

In his second season at Anfield Torres had runs of 4, 5 and 6 games without a goal. Very comparable to Defoe.

Torres adds much more to a team without scoring than Defoe can... and as Chalfie's link states, Defoe doesn't even compare well to more average premiership strikers, let alone top class ones.