Football records and statistics in England

This article concerns football records in England. Unless otherwise stated, records are taken from the Football League or Premier League. Where a different record exists for the top flight (Football League First Division 1888–1992, and Premier League 1992–present), this is also given.

National team

League

Records in this section refer to the English Football Pyramid

Titles

Top-flight appearances

Representation

Wins

Draws

Losses

Points

Games without a win


Games without defeat

Goals

Scorelines

Disciplinary

Both players came on as a substitute and elbowed/pushed an opponent before the game had been restarted.

Transfers

Appearances

Goals

FA Cup

Team

Individual

All rounds

  • Top scorers
As of 2 July 2021[41]

The table includes all players to have scored 20 or more goals.

Rank Player Goals Apps Ratio Years Club(s)
1 Harry Cursham 49 44 1.11 1877–1888 Notts County
2 Ian Rush 44 75 0.59 1979–1998 Chester City, Liverpool, Newcastle United
3 Denis Law 43 63 0.67 1956–1974 Huddersfield Town, Manchester United, Manchester City
4 Jimmy Greaves 42 57 0.74 1958–1979 Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United, Barnet
5 Steve Bloomer 39 55 0.71 1893–1914 Derby County, Middlesbrough
6 Allan Clarke 35 66 0.39 1964–1980 Walsall, Fulham, Leicester City, Leeds United, Barnsley
7 Dixie Dean 33 36 0.92 1924–1938 Tranmere Rovers, Everton,
8 Archie Hunter 32 41 0.78 1879–1890 Aston Villa
9 Stan Mortensen 31 38 0.82 1956–1957 Blackpool, Hull City
10 Teddy Sheringham 30 56 0.54 1986–2008 Millwall, Nottingham Forest, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United, Portsmouth, West Ham United, Colchester United
Ronnie Allen 30 61 0.49 1946–1963 Port Vale, West Bromwich Albion, Crystal Palace
Billy Walker 30 53 0.57 1919–1933 Aston Villa
14 Malcolm Macdonald 29 36 0.81 1969–1979 Luton Town, Newcastle United, Arsenal
Bobby Smith 29 40 0.73 1955–1964 Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur
Arthur Rowley 29 52 0.56 1949–1963 Leicester City, Shrewsbury Town
17 Frank Lampard 28 78 0.36 1996–2014 West Ham United, Chelsea, Manchester City
Nat Lofthouse 28 49 0.56 1946–1960 Bolton Wanderers
17 Alan Shearer 27 50 0.54 1990–2006 Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United
John Barnes 27 87 0.31 1981–1998 Watford, Liverpool, Newcastle United
Tony Brown 27 54 0.5 1963–1981 West Bromwich Albion
Roy Bentley 27 75 0.36 1949–1962 Bristol City, Newcastle United, Chelsea, Fulham, Queens Park Rangers
Jack Rowley 27 44 0.61 1937–1957 Manchester United, Plymouth Argyle
David Jack 27 52 0.52 1920–1934 Bolton Wanderers, Arsenal
Harry Hampton 27 37 0.73 1904–1922 Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Newport County
25 Mark Hughes 26 72 0.36 1984–2002 Manchester United, Chelsea, Southampton, Blackburn Rovers
W.G. Richardson 26 34 0.76 1929–1949 West Bromwich Albion
Cliff Bastin 26 46 0.57 1929–1947 Arsenal
28 Bobby Tambling 25 36 0.69 1960–1969 Chelsea
David Herd 25 53 0.47 1954–1969 Arsenal, Manchester United, Stoke City
Joe Smith 25 43 0.58 1910–1929 Bolton Wanderers
Johnny Campbell 25 19 1.32 1890–1897 Sunderland
30 Paul Mariner 24 45 0.53 1974–1986 Plymouth Argyle, Ipswich Town, Arsenal
John Richards 24 44 0.55 1969–1983 Wolverhampton Wanderers
33 Wayne Rooney 23 49 0.47 2004–2020 Everton, Manchester United, Derby County
Dion Dublin 23 54 0.43 1988–2008 Cambridge United, Manchester United, Coventry City, Aston Villa, Leicester City, Norwich City
Jimmy Greenhoff 23 65 0.35 1964–1980 Leeds United, Birmingham City, Stoke City, Manchester United
Geoff Hurst 23 29 0.79 1961–1975 West Ham United, Stoke City
Jackie Milburn 23 44 0.52 1946–1956 Newcastle United
Tom Finney 23 40 0.58 1947–1960 Preston North End
Bobby Gurney 23 40 0.58 1925–1950 Sunderland
36 Fred Tilson 22 28 0.79 1928–1938 Manchester City
Jermain Defoe 22 39 0.56 2001–2016 West Ham United, Bournemouth, Tottenham Hotspur, Sunderland
Frank Stapleton 22 51 0.43 1974–1987 Arsenal, Manchester United
40 John Aldridge 21 41 0.51 1978–1998 Newport County, Oxford United, Liverpool, Tranmare Rovers
Clive Allen 21 33 0.64 1978–1994 QPR, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester City, Chelsea, West Ham United
Lee Chapman 21 46 0.46 1980–1994 Stoke City, Arsenal, Sunderland, Sheffield Wednesday, Nottingham Forest, Leeds United, West Ham United
Mick Jones 21 36 0.58 1964–1974 Sheffield United, Leeds United
Alan Gilzean 21 40 0.53 1964–1974 Tottenham Hotspur
George Best 21 46 0.46 1964–1974 Manchester United
Stan Pearson 21 30 0.7 1938–1954 Manchester United
Jimmy Ross 21 36 0.58 1888–1902 Preston North End, Liverpool, Burnley, Manchester City
48 Sergio Agüero 20 22 0.91 2011–2021 Manchester City
Kevin Phillips 20 42 0.48 1995–2013 Watford, Sunderland, Southampton, Aston Villa, West Bromwich Albion, Birmingham City, Blackpool
Dwight Yorke 20 42 0.48 1990–2009 Aston Villa, Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers, Birmingham City, Sunderland
Graeme Sharp 20 54 0.37 1980–1991 Everton
Peter Osgood 20 46 0.43 1966–1977 Chelsea, Southampton
Len Duquemin 20 33 0.61 1946–1957 Tottenham Hotspur
George Camsell 20 35 0.57 1926–1939 Middlesbrough

League Cup

Final

All rounds

All time top scorers

Rank Player Goals Apps Ratio Years Club(s)
1 Ian Rush 49 82 0.6 1980–1998 Liverpool, Leeds United, Newcastle United
2 Geoff Hurst 48 60 0.8 1961–1975 West Ham United, Stoke City
3 John Aldridge 44 60 0.73 1978–1998 Newport County, Oxford United, Liverpool, Tranmere Rovers
4 Ian Wright 38 50 0.76 1986–1999 Crystal Palace, Arsenal, West Ham United
5 Tony Cottee 35 62 0.56 1982–2001 West Ham United, Everton, Leicester City, Norwich City
6 Robbie Fowler 33 44 0.75 1993–2009 Liverpool, Manchester City, Cardiff City, Blackburn Rovers
Dean Saunders 32 57 0.56 1982–2001 Oxford United, Derby County, Liverpool, Aston Villa, Nottingham Forest, Sheffield United, Bradford
7 Alan Shearer 32 50 0.64 1990–2006 Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United
8 David Kelly 30 60 0.5 1983–2002 Walsall, West Ham United, Leicester City, Newcastle United, Tranmere Rovers, Sheffield United
9 Martin Chivers 29 41 0.71 1962–1976 Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur
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Matt Le Tissier 27 52 0.52 1987–2001 Southampton
Kenny Dalglish 27 59 0.46 1977–1987 Liverpool
Teddy Sheringham 27 55 0.49 1984–2007 Millwall, Nottingham Forest, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United, Portsmouth, West Ham United
Lee Chapman 27 56 0.48 1979–1995 Stoke City, Arsenal, Sheffield Wednesday, Nottingham Forest, Leeds United, West Ham United

FA Charity / Community Shield

Final

All competitions

  • Fastest century of goals scored during a Premier League season (in fewest no. of games played): 103 goals scored in 34 games by Manchester City in season 2013–14. Previous record: 100 goals scored in 42 games by Chelsea in season 2012–13 (excludes games played / goals scored in FA Community Shield (1/2), UEFA Super Cup (1/1) and FIFA Club World Cup (2/3)).[23]
  • Fastest century of goals scored during a Premier League season (in elapsed calendar days): 103 goals scored on 18 January 2014 by Manchester City in 2013–14. Previous record: 100 goals scored on 21 February 2013 by Chelsea in season 2012–13 (excludes games played / goals scored in FA Community Shield (1/2), UEFA Super Cup (1/1) and FIFA Club World Cup (2/3)).[23]
  • Most consecutive penalty shoot-out wins: 9 by Bradford City between 6 October 2009 and 11 December 2012[46]
  • Fastest penalty awarded: 6 seconds. Chester v Witton Albion – 13 December 2016. Referee Joseph Johnson awarded a penalty when Blaine Hudson upended Tolani Omotola after 6 seconds.[47]

Attendance records

List of English record competition winners

These tables list the clubs that have won honours an English record number of times. It lists all international competitions organised by UEFA and FIFA as well as competitions organised by the English governing bodies the English Football League, the Premier League, and The Football Association.

Ongoing competitions

English record winners of all ongoing competitions
Competition Record club(s) Total wins Most recent Notes
English champions Manchester United 20 2013 [48]
FA Cup Arsenal 14 2020 [49]
EFL Cup Liverpool 9 2022 [50]
FA Community Shield Manchester United 21 2016 [51]
UEFA Champions League Liverpool 6 2019 [52]
UEFA Europa League Liverpool 3 2001 [53]
UEFA Super Cup Liverpool 4 2019 [54]
FIFA Club World Cup Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United 1 2021 [55]

Discontinued competitions

This table follows the elite criteria above. It also includes any competitions that were not directly run by the governing bodies but were precursors to such competitions. Note: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was replaced with UEFA Cup and Intercontinental Cup was replaced with FIFA Club World Cup.

English record winners of discontinued competitions
Competition Record club(s) Total wins Most recent Notes
Full Members' Cup Chelsea and Nottingham Forest 2 1992 [56]
Football League Centenary Trophy Arsenal 1 1988 [57]
Sheriff of London Charity Shield Arsenal 4 1965 [51]
Football League Super Cup Liverpool 1 1986
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Chelsea 2 1998 [58]
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Leeds United 2 1971 [59]
Intercontinental Cup Manchester United 1 1999

Managers

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See also

References

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