Beckham is rightly celebrated as one of the most successful players in the BPL and remains a global icon.
A career in numbers
6 - David Beckham won six Barclays Premier League title-winner's medals
15 - David Beckham scored 15 direct free-kicks in the Barclays Premier League, three more than any other player in the competition's history.
11 - Beckham's best goals total in a single BPL season was the 11 he managed in 2001/02.
15 - Beckham assisted 15 league goals in 1999/00, his best total in a single BPL season and one of only 11 times a player has reached 15 in a single campaign.
51 - Between August 1997 and May 2001 Beckham assisted 51 BPL goals, 15 more than the next-best player, Arsenal's Dennis Bergkamp.
6 - Favourite opponents: Beckham scored six times against Tottenham Hotspur, and five each against West Ham United and Wimbledon, including the goal from his own half against the Dons.
1,284 - He played the most minutes in the BPL against Leeds United (1284) and Liverpool (1224).
2 - Beckham scored two penalties in the BPL: away at Newcastle United in 2000 and at West Ham in 2002.
2 - Only two players have played more matches for Manchester United in the Barclays Premier League and not been sent off (Ryan Giggs 632, Patrice Evra 273, David Beckham 265)
17 - Of Beckham's first 22 Barclays Premier League goals, 17 (77%) came away from home.
8 - Beckham's first eight assists in the BPL were for eight different players (Lee Sharpe, Giggs, Andy Cole, Eric Cantona, Steve Bruce, Jordi Cruyff, Roy Keane and David May).
11 - Andy Cole benefited from the most Beckham assists in the BPL (11).
1 - The first goalkeeper to concede to Beckham in the BPL was future team-mate Mark Bosnich.