ANDRE Gray is in doubt as to his own personal highlight of Burnley's history-making campaign.

The Clarets vintage of 2016/17 became the first to survive in the top flight in the Premier League era, and the first to secure back-to-back seasons at the highest level since 1975.

It's been a record breaking season in a number of ways and Gray left his own mark on the history books when he hit a hot streak in front of goal between Christmas and New Year.

The festive period brought Burnley a home double header against Middlesbrough and Sunderland, two teams they were expected to be battling the drop with, but sides in the end they finished well clear off.

They were in the middle of a stunning run of Turf Moor form but the games still looked crucial at that point. That they took six points from then was down primarily to Gray, who scored the only goal of the games against Boro before hitting a hat-trick in the 4-1 rout against the Black Cats, becoming the first Burnley player to score a treble at that level since the late Peter Noble 42 years earlier.

"Definitely my hat-trick against Sunderland," Gray said when asked for his moment of the season.

"To score a Premier League hat-trick was a big thing for me.

"Coming back from my ban and going a few games without scoring, it was good to get back in the goals.

"I didn’t know that (first top flight hat-trick for club since 1975). It’s great to go and do those kind of things for the club and have a part of history."

Gray was the Championship's top scorer a year ago and he made his mark in the Premier League early, scoring in the win over Liverpool.

In total he has hit nine top flight goal this season and he is happy with what the club have achieved this season, with the team's achievements ranking above his own.

"I’m happy. It’s been a great season for the boys. The main thing was to get safe and go from there," the 25-year-old said.

"There’s no point in me scoring the two goals I did at Swansea and us losing. I’d rather have not scored and we won the game.

"That’s all that matters in this league this season. Personal goals come second."

Gray scored the goal in the vital win at Crystal Palace that all but secured Burnley's safety.

But he insists the Clarets have continued to push for points since that win at Selhurst Park, and is adamant that easing up is not part of the squad's DNA under Sean Dyche.

"If anyone watches us train they’ll see we never take our foot off the gas," he said.

"I think we proved that last year, we got promoted on the Monday and still went out there on the Saturday and went and won the league.

"You saw the other day that Brighton didn’t do it where as we did, so I think it shows we never take our foot off the gas."