List of English football first tier top scorers
The top tier in English football today is the Premier League, replacing the Football League Division 1 for the 1992-1993 inaugural season. Since the 1888-89 season, the first year of top flight football, 109 different individual players have been named top scorer. Players from Tottenham have been named top scorer more than players from any other club, appearing 13 times on this list. 18 different nationalities are represented and although the vast majority of players are English, there were 16 times where the top scorer in the First Division was Scottish. Since the Premier League started, the player (or players) is awarded the Golden Boot Trophy, for the most league goals in the season. In the Premier League era, Thierry Henry has won the Golden Boot more times than anyone else, winning this accolade four times, all with Arsenal.[1] Wayne Rooney, the Premier League's second highest goal scorer, does not appear on this list at all. Once a rarity a more widespread assortment of nationalities has achieved this success in recent years, in the 2018-19 season, it was shared between three players from different African countries, then last season Son Heung-Min from South Korea, finished level with Egypt’s Mohamed Salah. Since the turn of the millennium only three Englishmen have won the award. In the 1999-2000 season Kevin Phillips won with 30 goals for Sunderland.[2] Tottenham’s Harry Kane won the golden boot in successive seasons when he scored 25 in 2015-16 and then 29 in the 2016-17 season. He won it again in the 2020-21 season.[1] The third is Jamie Vardy, the Leicester City striker scored 23 goals in the 2019-20 season.[1] The last home nation top scorer was John Aldridge, the Republic of Ireland international scored 26 goals for Liverpool in the 1987-88 season.[3]
Top Scorers
By season
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On six occasions Jimmy Greaves was the league top scorer, twice with Chelsea and later four with Tottenham, however Steve Bloomer[4] with 5 holds the record for one team. Thierry Henry is the record Premier League winner with 4. Gary Lineker has won the honour three times, all with different clubs, the only player to do so.
In the 1951-52 season, Chile international Jorge ‘George’ Robledo became the first foreign player to score the most goals in a season, topping the list with 33 goals for Newcastle United.[5] He stood alone on this list for 47 years. For two consecutive years the award was won by the lowest total of goals ever, 18.[2] Englishmen Michael Owen, Dion Dublin and Chris Sutton won in the 97-98 season.[6] Owen again won in the 98-99 season,[6] but this time he was joined by Dutchman Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Dwight Yorke,[6] Trinidad & Tobago, the duo becoming the first foreign league top scorers since Robledo. Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast) became the first African to win it in 2006-07 season[6] and later Carlos Tevez, Luis Suarez and Sergio Aguero would add to the South American winners.[6] In 2018–19, two players from the same club both finished as top scorers for the first time, Sadio Mané, Senegal, and Mohamed Salah, Egypt, of Liverpool.[7] finished in another three way tie, joined by Pierre Emerick Aubameyang, Gabon. Last season saw Son Heung Min become the first Asian winner, the South Korean scored 22 goals to finish level with Mohamed Salah.[2]
From the start of the Premier League, a golden boot trophy is presented to the top goalscorer. The first player to win this trophy was Teddy Sheringham,[6] then playing for Tottenham Hotspur. In the 1993-94 season Andy Cole scored 34 goals for Newcastle United, the highest number of goals in the Premier League era to win the award.[2] The following season Alan Shearer equaled it while playing for Blackburn Rovers. Both these seasons were over a 42 match season, 22 teams back then. Since the Premier League was reduced to 20 teams, Mohamed Salah holds the record with 32 in 38 matches.[8][9] However all these totals are dwarfed by the all time record holder, Everton legend Dixie Dean, who still holds the record for the most goals in a season with 60[10] set in the 1927–28 season.
Player (X) | Name of the player and number of times they were top scorer at that point (if more than one) |
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Indicates multiple top scorers in the same season |
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Indicates player also won the European Golden Shoe in the same season (since 1967–68) |
§ | Denotes the club were English champions in the same season |
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By number of seasons as top scorer
- Bold shows players currently playing in the Premier League.
- Italics show players still playing professional football.
By club
Coventry City and Stoke City are the only clubs with top league scorers whose teams have never finished in the top three.
Rank | Club | Titles | Seasons |
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1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 13 |
1957–58, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1968–69, 1980–81, 1986–87, 1989–90, 1992–93, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2020–21 , 2021–22 |
2 | Everton | 12 |
1893–94, 1901–02, 1906–07, 1908–09, 1914–15, 1923–24, 1927–28, 1931–32, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1977–78, 1985–86 |
2 | Arsenal | 12 |
1934–35, 1947–48, 1976–77, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1991–92, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2011–12, 2018–19 |
3 | Liverpool | 11 |
1902–03, 1909–10, 1965-66, 1983–84, 1987–88, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2013–14, 2017–18, 2018–19 , 2021–22 |
4 | Sunderland | 8 |
1891–92, 1892–93, 1894–95, 1911–12, 1922–23, 1928–29, 1949–50, 1999–2000 |
5 | Derby County | 7 |
1895–96, 1896–97, 1898–99, 1900–01, 1903–04, 1932–33, 1933–34 |
5 | Aston Villa | 7 |
1895–96, 1897–98, 1899–1900, 1911–12, 1930–31, 1976–77, 1980–81 |
5 | Chelsea | 7 |
1958–59, 1960–61, 1984–85, 2000–01, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10 |
5 | Manchester United | 7 |
1959–60, 1967–68, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2012–13 |
10 | West Bromwich Albion | 6 |
1919–20, 1935–36, 1954–55, 1961–62, 1969–70, 1970–71 |
10 | Blackburn Rovers | 6 |
1890–91, 1925–26, 1964–65, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98 |
12 | Bolton Wanderers | 5 |
1905–06, 1920–21, 1948–49, 1955–56, 1978–79 |
12 | Southampton | 5 |
1966–67, 1967–68, 1973–74, 1979–80, 1981–82 |
12 | Newcastle United | 5 |
1910–11, 1951–52, 1974–75, 1993–94, 1996–97 |
15 | Manchester City | 4 |
1924–25, 1971–72, 2010–11, 2014–15 |
16 | Sheffield Wednesday | 3 |
1911–12, 1912–13, 1926–27 |
16 | Preston North End | 3 |
1888–89, 1889–90, 1952–53 |
18 | Middlesbrough | 2 |
1913–14, 1921–22 |
18 | West Ham United | 2 |
1929–30, 1972–73 |
18 | Leeds United | 2 |
1956–57, 1998–99 |
18 | Leicester City | 2 |
1984–85, 2019–20 |
22 | Sheffield United | 1 |
1904–05 |
22 | Nottingham Forest | 1 |
1907–08 |
22 | Stoke City | 1 |
1936–37 |
22 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1 |
1946-47 |
22 | Blackpool | 1 |
1950–51 |
22 | Huddersfield Town | 1 |
1953–54 |
22 | Ipswich Town | 1 |
1961–62 |
22 | Burnley | 1 |
1965–66 |
22 | Norwich City | 1 |
1975-76 |
22 | Watford | 1 |
1982–83 |
22 | Coventry City | 1 |
1997–98 |
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Top 50 All-time Top Scorers
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The Football League Division One from 1888 through to the end of the 1991-1992 season and now the Premier League, make up the top tier in English football. During these 134 years three players have scored over 300 goals, with another 24 ending their careers in the 200 bracket. A further three players were a goal shy, finishing on 199 goals. The first was Sheffield Wednesday’s Andrew Wilson[26] whose career was interrupted by World War I but went onto make 501 appearances. In the mid-sixties, Bobby Smith[27] retired after scoring 23 in 74 for Chelsea and 176 in 271 for Tottenham, and finally ten years later, England legend Sir Bobby Charlton,[28] left Manchester United after making 606 appearances.
Derby County forward Steve Bloomer was the first player to score over 300 goals, his record of 314 stood for over half a century. In 14 years, he scored 240 goals in 376 matches in his first stint at Derby County before moving to Middlesbrough where he scored 59 in 125 games for the Boro.[4][29] After five years on Teesside, he returned to Derby who were in the second division then. He spent two years in the second division scoring 38 goals before the Rams won promotion. In his final two seasons he scored a further 15 goals in 34 matches, a total of 255 in 410 appearances for Derby County. Everton striker Dixie Dean came very close to breaking the record, he scored 349 league goals all for Everton, however 39 were scored in the second division, leaving him 4 goals behind. Bloomers’ achievement was finally surpassed when Jimmy Greaves broke the record scoring 357 goals, playing for Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United. For Chelsea he scored 124 goals in 157 appearances, only Frank Lampard 147,[30] Roy Bentley 130,[30] and Bobby Tambling 129[30] have scored more top flight goals for Chelsea. Greaves moved on to Tottenham Hotspur where, to this day, remains Tottenham’s top league goalscorer after scoring 220 goals in 321 appearances.[31] His top flight career ended at West Ham United, where he scored 13 in 38 matches.[32]
In the Premier League era, Alan Shearer[2] sits top, but even with his full tally of 283 goals, he is still left trailing. Three more “modern day” players, who have played in the Premier League make the list, Wayne Rooney,[2] the second highest Premier League goalscorer with 208 goals for Everton and Manchester United, is 22nd. Liverpool legend Ian Rush[2] is the 14th highest scorer in the history of top flight football, but his Premier League tally is only 48 goals, ranking him 130. Another player to lose goals is Tony Cottee,[2] who sits in 18th place. His last 78 goals gives him a current PL ranking of 55. Apart from these three, a further 20 players, who have scored 100 or more goals, have lesser totals. Ranked 44th, Lee Chapman[33] scored 177 goals, the same as Frank Lampard and two more than Thierry Henry, but his last 23 goals sees him in 314th place in the Premier League.[2] Peter Beardsley[34] and Matt Le Tissier[35] (ranked 72 and 73) respectively, both scored 161 goals, 11 more than Michael Owen who is tenth on the PL list. Beardsley is in 86th position with 58 goals in the Premier League while a lack of centurion’s, assists Le Tissier’s ranking. Losing 61 goals actually improves his overall position, ranked 33rd in the Premier League with 100 goals.[2]
The current top active player is Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane,[2] who is currently on 193 goals, 3rd in the Premier League. Kane this season has overtaken such players as Dennis Viollet,[36] Ray Charnley[37] who both had 190 goals, and Peter Harris,[38] who scored 192 goals for Portsmouth. Kane, now ranked 33rd, trails Stan Mortensen[39] who scored 197 goals for Blackpool and George Elliott[40] who scored 198 goals for Middlesbrough. The three players mentioned above who all finished on 199 goals, then stand between Kane and the elite 200 club.
First Division/Premier League Top 50 Goalscorers.[11][41]
Rank | Player | Years | Goals | Apps | Ratio | Club Goals/Appearances |
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1957–1972 | 357 | 516 | 0.69 | Chelsea 124/157 - Tottenham Hotspur 220/321 - West Ham Utd 13/38 |
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1892–1914 | 314 | 535 | 0.59 | Derby County 255/410 - Middlesbrough 59/125 |
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1924–1938 | 310 | 362 | 0.86 | Everton |
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1925–1940 | 288 | 455 | 0.63 | Liverpool 233/359 - Aston Villa 4/15 - Leeds United 51/81 |
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1988–2006 | 283 | 559 | 0.51 | Southampton 23/118 - Blackburn Rovers 112/138 - Newcastle Utd 148/303 |
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1912–1928 | 258 | 481 | 0.53 | Sunderland 209/379 - Arsenal 49/102 |
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1920–1934 | 257 | 476 | 0.54 | Bolton Wanderers 144/295 - Arsenal 113/181 |
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1946–1960 | 255 | 452 | 0.56 | Bolton Wanderers |
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1921–1935 | 248 | 410 | 0.60 | Birmingham City |
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1925–1938 | 246 | 355 | 0.69 | Newcastle Utd 133/160 - Chelsea 72/132 - Derby Co. 38/51 - Grimsby Town 3/12 |
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1908–1927 | 243 | 416 | 0.59 | Bolton Wanderers |
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1921–1935 | 240 | 366 | 0.65 | Huddersfield Town 142/213 - Aston Villa 79/116 - Leeds United 19/37 |
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1921–1939 | 233 | 337 | 0.69 | Middlesbrough |
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1980–1998 | 232 | 515 | 0.45 | Liverpool 229/469 - Leeds United 3/36 - Newcastle United 0/10 |
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1954–1970 | 222 | 412 | 0.53 | Arsenal 97/166 - Manchester United 114/202 - Stoke City 11/44 |
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1904–1922 | 219 | 357 | 0.61 | Aston Villa 215/339 - Birmingham City 4/18 |
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1919–1933 | 214 | 478 | 0.44 | Aston Villa |
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1982–2001 | 214 | 548 | 0.39 | West Ham United 115/279 - Everton 72/184 - Leicester City 27/85 | |
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1925–1933 | 211 | 257 | 0.82 | Sunderland 156/166 - Arsenal 8/15 - Manchester City 47/76 |
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1959–1975 | 210 | 519 | 0.40 | West Ham United 180/411 - Stoke City 30/108 |
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1950–1961 | 208 | 415 | 0.50 | West Bromwich Albion |
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2002–2018 | 208 | 491 | 0.42 | Everton 25/98 - Manchester United 183/393 | |
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1926–1944 | 205 | 348 | 0.59 | Sunderland |
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1925–1935 | 203 | 309 | 0.66 | Leicester City |
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1923–1936 | 203 | 295 | 0.68 | West Ham United | |
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1919–1931 | 201 | 313 | 0.64 | Sheffield United |
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1960–1974 | 201 | 377 | 0.53 | Manchester City 30/68 - Manchester United 171/309 | |
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1900–1920 | 199 | 501 | 0.40 | Sheffield Wednesday |
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1950–1965 | 199 | 345 | 0.58 | Chelsea 23/74 - Tottenham Hotspur 176/271 | |
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1956–1975 | 199 | 606 | 0.33 | Manchester United | |
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1909–1925 | 198 | 327 | 0.61 | Middlesbrough |
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1946–1959 | 197 | 317 | 0.62 | Blackpool |
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2012– | 193 | 295 | 0.65 | Tottenham Hotspur 193/292 - Norwich City 0/3 |
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1946–1960 | 192 | 468 | 0.41 | Portsmouth |
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1953–1967 | 190 | 391 | 0.49 | Manchester United 159/259 - Stoke City 31/132 |
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1954–1972 | 190 | 359 | 0.53 | Blackpool | |
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1947–1964 | 187 | 354 | 0.53 | Newcastle United 4/16 - Aston Villa 67/149 - Preston North End 116/189 |
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1992–2007 | 187 | 415 | 0.45 | Played for 8 clubs - see stats below | |
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1928–1939 | 186 | 255 | 0.73 | Derby County 167/203 - Leicester City 19/52 |
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2011–2021 | 184 | 275 | 0.67 | Manchester City |
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1963–1980 | 179 | 459 | 0.39 | West Brom |
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1988–2007 | 179 | 521 | 0.34 | Millwall 20/64 - Nott'm Forest 14/42 - Spurs 97/236 - Man Utd 31/104 - Portsmouth 9/32 - West Ham 8/43 | |
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1928–1946 | 178 | 269 | 0.66 | West Brom |
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1979–1995 | 177 | 508 | 0.35 | Played for 8 clubs - see stats below |
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1995–2015 | 177 | 609 | 0.29 | West Ham United 24/148 - Chelsea 147/429 - Manchester City 6/32 | |
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1906–1922 | 175 | 387 | 0.45 | Bury 99/178 - Newcastle United 46/139 - Bradford City 26/53 - Oldham Athletic 4/17 |
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1957–1975 | 175 | 458 | 0.38 | Blackburn R. 26/59 - Leicester City 35/68 - Wolves 86/247 - Portsmouth 9/33 - Aston Villa 19/51 | |
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1994–2012 | 175 | 258 | 0.68 | Arsenal | |
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1937–1957 | 173 | 351 | 0.49 | Manchester United |
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1955–1973 | 173 | 509 | 0.34 | Blackburn R. 60/120 - Manchester City 31/82 - Stoke City 82/307 |
Andy Cole | Arsenal 0/1 - Newcastle United 43/58 - Manchester United 93/195 - Blackburn Rovers 27/83 - Fulham 12/31 - Manchester City 9/22 - Portsmouth 3/18 - Sunderland 0/7 |
Lee Chapman | Stoke City 34/99 - Arsenal 4/23 - Sunderland 3/15 - Sheffield Wednesday 63/149 - Nottingham Forest 15/48 - Leeds United 50/118 - West Ham United 7/40 - Ipswich Town 1/16 |
As shown below in the player records, Lee Chapman holds the record of most top flight clubs scored for with 8. Andy Cole played for 8 clubs also, but you can see he scored for only 6. Marcus Bent is another player to play for 8 different top flight clubs, he also only scored for 6.[42] Steve Claridge has played for sixteen different league clubs, but only with Leicester City has he played in the top division, scoring 12 in 49 appearances.[43] A name that also does not appear on the top scorer list is Arthur Rowley, the record holder for the most goals in league football, scoring 434 goals in 619 league games. Arthur's brother Jack Rowley scored 173 goals for Manchester United and you can see him ranked 49 in the top scorers list above. Arthur though didn't play much top flight football in his career, but he did score 51 goals in 95 matches. In one season he scored 8 in 34 appearances for Fulham and then later hit 43 in 61 appearances over two seasons for Leicester City.[44]
Top Five Scorers by Nationality
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Many different nationalities have played in English top flight football throughout the years. The tables below show the top five highest scorers from their respective country. As shown in the list above, the top English and Scottish goal scorers can be seen. The four Scotsmen, Gallacher, Herd, Halliday and Law, are joined by Andrew Wilson, mentioned above who scored 199, make the Scottish top five. Apart from English players, the Republic of Ireland top scorers' features Robbie Keane, who is the only home nations player to score all his goals in the Premier League, as Niall Quinn and Mark Hughes both scored nearly half their goals in either Division 1 or the Premier League. Of the home nation countries, Premier League players are well short of the overall records. Northern Ireland's top Premier League scorer is Iain Dowie who scored 33 of his 57 goals in the Premier League.[2] After Keane the top Irish Republic scorer is Shane Long, who managed 56 goals.[2] The top Welsh goal scorer is Ryan Giggs who scored 114 goals, 109 in the Premier League while Duncan Ferguson with 68 goals is the top Scottish goal scorer in the Premier League.[2] A different story with the rest of the world, made up predominately of Premier League players only. South American Jorge Robledo’s record remains from the fifties, currently the third highest goalscorer. Craig Johnston has been overtaking by Premier League Oceanic players while Lindy Delapenha also, has lost his Caribbean record. However, South African duo Stuart Leary and Berry Nieuwenhuys records remain intact from decades ago. American Roy Wegerle has dropped to second in the USA & Canada scorers. The European and African top scorers are all from the Premier League era.
Cristiano Ronaldo[2] who currently has 103 goals, is the closest European to Romelu Lukaku, 121.
Riyad Mahrez[2] who currently has 78 goals, is the closest African to Yakubu, 95.
Gabriel Jesus[2] who currently has 63 goals, is the closest South American to Luis Suarez, 69.
As of 30th October 2022
- Bold shows players currently playing in the Premier League.
Northern Ireland
Rank | Player | Goals | Apps | Ratio | Years | Clubs | ref |
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1 | Derek Dougan | 175 | 458 | 0.38 | 1957–1975 | Blackburn Rovers (26/59), Leicester City (35/68), Wolves (86/247), Portsmouth (9/33) Aston Villa (19/51) | [45] |
2 | Jimmy Dunne | 153 | 201 | 0.76 | 1926–1937 | Sheffield United (143/173), Arsenal (10/28) | [46] |
3 | George Best | 137 | 361 | 0.38 | 1963–1977 | Manchester United | [47] |
4 | Billy Gillespie | 127 | 448 | 0.28 | 1910–1933 | Sheffield United | [48] |
5 | Jimmy McIlroy | 126 | 519 | 0.24 | 1950–1967 | Burnley (116/439), Stoke City (10/80) | [49] |
Republic of Ireland[50]
Rank | Player | Goals | Apps | Ratio | Years | Clubs | ref |
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1 | Frank Stapleton | 136 | 458 | 0.30 | 1974–1995 | Arsenal (75/225), Manchester United (60/223), Derby County (1/10) | [51] |
2 | Robbie Keane | 126 | 349 | 0.36 | 1997–2012 | Coventry City (12/31), Leeds Utd (13/46), Spurs (91/238), Liverpool (5/19), West Ham Utd (2/9), Aston Villa (3/6) | [52] |
3 | Niall Quinn | 109 | 399 | 0.27 | 1983–2002 | Arsenal (14/67), Manchester City (66/193), Sunderland (29/139) | [53] |
4 | Johnny Giles | 91 | 479 | 0.19 | 1959–1976 | Manchester Utd (10/99), Leeds United (80/343), West Brom (1/37) | [54] |
5 | John Aldridge | 88 | 147 | 0.60 | 1985–1989 | Oxford United (38/64), Liverpool (50/83) | [55] |
Wales
Rank | Player | Goals | Apps | Ratio | Years | Clubs | ref |
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1 | Ian Rush | 232 | 515 | 0.45 | 1980–1998 | Liverpool (229/469), Leeds United (3/36), Newcastle United (0/10) | [56] |
2 | Trevor Ford | 169 | 324 | 0.52 | 1946–1961 | Aston Villa (60/120), Sunderland (67/108), Cardiff City (42/96) | [57] |
3 | Grenville Morris | 152 | 332 | 0.38 | 1897–1913 | Nottingham Forest | [58] |
4 | Mark Hughes | 149 | 531 | 0.28 | 1980–2002 | Manchester Utd (120/345), Chelsea (25/95), Southampton (2/52), Everton (1/18), Blackburn Rovers (1/21) | [59] |
5 | Roy Vernon | 145 | 315 | 0.46 | 1955–1970 | Blackburn Rovers (22/51), Everton (101/176), Stoke City (22/88) | [60] |
European
Rank | Player | Goals | Apps | Ratio | Years | Clubs | ref |
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175 | 258 | 0.68 | 1994–2012 | Arsenal | [2] |
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144 | 280 | 0.37 | 2004–2015 | Arsenal (96/194), Manchester United (48/86) | [2] |
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127 | 288 | 0.44 | 1997–2007 | Leeds Utd (34/69), Chelsea (69/136), Middlesbrough (22/58), Charlton Ath. (2/25) | [2] |
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125 | 364 | 0.34 | 1996–2014 | Arsenal (23/65), Man City (37/89), Chelsea (38/125), Liverpool (4/20), Bolton (21/53), WBA (2/12) | [2] |
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121 | 278 | 0.44 | 2011–2022 | West Brom (17/35), Everton (68/141), Manchester United (28/66), Chelsea (8/36) | [2] |
South America
Rank | Player | Goals | Apps | Ratio | Years | Clubs | ref |
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184 | 275 | 0.67 | 2011–2021 | Manchester City | [2] |
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84 | 202 | 0.42 | 2006–2013 | West Ham Utd (7/26), Manchester United (19/63), Manchester City (58/113) | [2] |
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82 | 146 | 0.56 | 1949–1953 | Newcastle United | [5] |
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77 | 242 | 0.32 | 2015– | Liverpool | [2] |
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69 | 110 | 0.63 | 2011–2014 | Liverpool | [2] |
Africa[61]
Rank | Player | Goals | Apps | Ratio | Years | Clubs | ref |
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124 | 205 | 0.60 | 2013– | Chelsea (2/13), Liverpool (122/192) | [2] |
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111 | 263 | 0.42 | 2014–2022 | Southampton (21/67), Liverpool (90/196) | [2] |
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104 | 254 | 0.41 | 2004–2012 | Chelsea | [2] |
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97 | 242 | 0.40 | 2005–2016 | Arsenal (46/104), Manchester City (15/34), Tottenham H. (35/92), Crystal Palace (1/12) | [2] |
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95 | 252 | 0.38 | 2003–2012 | Portsmouth (28/67), Middlesbrough (25/73), Everton (25/82), Blackburn Rovers (17/30) | [2] |
Oceania
Rank | Player | Goals | Apps | Ratio | Years | Clubs | ref |
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92 | 240 | 0.38 | 2000–2009 | Leeds United (59/130), Middlesbrough (26/72), Newcastle Utd (7/38) | [2] |
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57 | 274 | 0.21 | 2014–2022 | Leeds United (45/181), Liverpool (12/93) | [2] |
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56 | 226 | 0.25 | 2004–2012 | Everton | [2] |
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52 | 183 | 0.28 | 2009– | West Brom (0/3), Leicester City (1/7), Burnley (49/144), Newcastle Utd (2/29), | [2] |
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46 | 254 | 0.18 | 1977–1988 | Middlesbrough (16/64), Liverpool (30/190) | [62] |
U.S.A & Canada
Rank | Player | Goals | Apps | Ratio | Years | Clubs | ref |
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57 | 218 | 0.26 | 2007–2013 | Fulham (50/189), Tottenham H. (7/29), | [2] |
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55 | 274 | 0.21 | 1986–1995 | Luton Town (10/45), Q.P.R (29/75), Coventry City (9/53), Chelsea (3/23), Blackburn R. (4/22) | [63] |
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36 | 148 | 0.24 | 2002–2008 | Everton (4/8), Fulham (32/140) | [2] |
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35 | 194 | 0.18 | 2001–2007 | Everton (25/91), Fulham (10/103) | [2] |
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20 | 85 | 0.24 | 2018– | Chelsea | [2] |
Caribbean
Rank | Player | Goals | Apps | Ratio | Years | Clubs | ref |
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136 | 423 | 0.32 | 1989–2009 | Aston Villa (73/231), Man Utd (48/92), Blackburn R. (12/60), Birmingham City (2/13), Sunderland (1/27) | [2] |
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59 | 283 | 0.21 | 1991–2000 | Wimbledon | [2] |
3 | ![]() |
58 | 208 | 0.28 | 2008– | West Ham Utd | [2] |
4 | ![]() |
56 | 261 | 0.21 | 1995–2007 | Wimbledon (22/105), Charlton Athletic (34/139), Middlesbrough (0/17) | [2] |
5 | ![]() |
50 | 151 | 0.33 | 1948–1958 | Middlesbrough (50/144), Portsmouth (0/7) | [64] |
South Africa
Rank | Player | Goals | Apps | Ratio | Years | Clubs | ref |
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1 | Stuart Leary | 76 | 173 | 0.44 | 1951–1957 | Charlton Athletic | [65] |
2 | Berry Nieuwenhuys | 74 | 236 | 0.31 | 1933–1947 | Liverpool | [66] |
3 | Benni McCarthy | 37 | 120 | 0.31 | 2006–2011 | Blackburn Rovers (37/109), West Ham Utd (0/11) | [2] |
4 | Shaun Bartlett | 24 | 123 | 0.20 | 2000–2006 | Charlton Athletic | [2] |
5 | Stephen Pienaar | 20 | 214 | 0.09 | 2007–2017 | Everton (20/189), Tottenham H. (0/10), Sunderland (0/15) | [2] |
Central America
Rank | Player | Goals | Apps | Ratio | Years | Clubs | ref |
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1 | ![]() |
53 | 158 | 0.34 | 2010–2019 | Man Utd (37/103), West Ham Utd (16/55) | [2] |
2 | ![]() |
50 | 156 | 0.32 | 1997–2004 | Derby County (23/72), West Ham Utd (12/35), Manchester City (15/49) | [2] |
3 | ![]() |
47 | 186 | 0.25 | 1969–1976 | West Ham Utd | [67] |
4 | ![]() |
40 | 123 | 0.33 | 2018– | Wolverhampton Wanderers | [2] |
5 | ![]() |
28 | 111 | 0.25 | 1996–2004 | Wimbledon (16/73), Newcastle United (7/22), Wolverhampton Wanderers (5/16) | [2] |
Forgotten Centurions
Twenty four players who played either side of the 1992 rebranding of the top tier in English football, scored a century of goals in their careers. However, 17 of them have all but faded into a distant memory. These players would be the last group to join the list of forgotten centurions. A total of 255 players, during the 134 year history of football in England, have scored 100 or more goals in the top flight.[68] Son Heung Min will soon make it 256, who currently has 96 goals, all for Tottenham.[2] That figure includes the 33 players in the Premier League 100 club. Of them 33, 7 players had scored previously in the first division before 1992, losing goals but still keeping enough to remain in the Premier League’s history and keeping their careers alive. The other 17 players, who all scored over 100 goals shown in the table below, will never be seen among the easily available Premier League records. Football before 1992 spawned many legends so they are not completely forgotten, they're legends for their respective clubs. Any Liverpool fan will tell you who Roger Hunt or Gordon Hodgson were just like Everton fans with Dixie Dean. The same at Manchester United with Denis Law and Dennis Viollet, Jimmy Greaves at Tottenham, Nat Lofthouse at Bolton and even Steve Bloomer at Derby County. They will always be remembered by their own fans, but internet searches will bury you with Premier League facts, goals, assists and various other records and statistics, including the 33 centurions, because they came after 1992. Unfortunately, internet searches for all football pre 1992, are not as easily available as the Premier League. Football was not invented in 1992, but every record shown on Sky Sports is only since then, meaning 104 years of records ignored, including the other 222 players who have all scored 100 or more goals.
Not every player is as lucky as Matt Le Tissier, losing 61 goals hikes him up to 33rd in the Premier League. The career of Manchester United stalwart Bryan Robson is very nearly entirely erased, the same with Alan Smith, the Leicester City and Arsenal striker. John Wark, the Ipswich Town and Liverpool midfielder scored 135 goals, which would make him the 14th highest goal scorer in the Premier League. The Scottish midfielder is ahead of Paul Scholes and Steven Gerrard while Robson would be sitting alongside Dion Dublin and Sadio Mane, just outside the top 20. Many other player records also fail to show their full career statistics because of the changeover. These include Manchester United forward Brian McClair who lost 70 of his 88 goals.[69] Paul Goddard scored 82 goals but is shot down to only 3[70] while England midfielder Steve Hodge has 3 goals also, not his full 79.[71] Gary Bannister also lost 70 goals, 78 reduced to 8 goals.[72] Former England left back Stuart Pearce is shown with 20 goals and not the 63 he scored, mostly at Nottingham Forest.[73] David Platt does not have his 45 goals he scored for Aston Villa included, only the 13 he scored for Arsenal.[74] Chris Waddle loses his entire career records for both Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur, his 10 goals for Sheffield Wednesday and his solitary Sunderland goal are all that's included.[75]
17 players who all scored 100 or more goals, scoring in both Division 1 & Premier League
Player | Total | Years | Div.1 | Prem | ref | |
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Goals | Matches | |||||
Ian Rush | 232 | 515 | 1980-1998 | 184 | 48 | [56] |
Tony Cottee | 214 | 548 | 1982-2001 | 136 | 78 | [76] |
Lee Chapman | 177 | 508 | 1979-1995 | 154 | 23 | [33] |
Peter Beardsley | 161 | 470 | 1979-1999 | 103 | 58 | [34] |
Mark Hughes | 149 | 531 | 1980-2002 | 85 | 64 | [59] |
Alan Smith | 149 | 425 | 1982-1995 | 141 | 8 | [77] |
John Barnes | 142 | 538 | 1981-1999 | 114 | 28 | [78] |
Graeme Sharp | 139 | 419 | 1980-1997 | 123 | 16 | [79] |
John Wark | 135 | 467 | 1975-1997 | 122 | 13 | [80] |
Mick Harford | 123 | 389 | 1980-1998 | 104 | 19 | [81] |
Dean Saunders | 114 | 386 | 1982-2001 | 69 | 45 | [82] |
Bryan Robson | 111 | 527 | 1975-1997 | 109 | 2 | [83] |
Nigel Clough | 111 | 378 | 1984-1997 | 91 | 20 | [84] |
Niall Quinn | 109 | 399 | 1983-2002 | 50 | 59 | [85] |
John Fashanu | 106 | 282 | 1978-1995 | 86 | 20 | [86] |
Kevin Campbell | 106 | 394 | 1988-2007 | 23 | 83 | [87] |
Rod Wallace | 101 | 359 | 1987-2004 | 56 | 45 | [88] |
Total Goals of players included in the Premier League 100 club
Player | Total | Years | Div.1 | Prem | ref | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Goals | Matches | |||||
Alan Shearer | 283 | 559 | 1988-2006 | 23 | 260 | [89] |
Teddy Sheringham | 179 | 521 | 1988-2007 | 33 | 146 | [90] |
Les Ferdinand | 169 | 401 | 1986-2005 | 20 | 149 | [91] |
Ian Wright | 165 | 315 | 1985-1999 | 52 | 113 | [92] |
Matt Le Tissier | 161 | 443 | 1986-2002 | 61 | 100 | [93] |
Dwight Yorke | 136 | 423 | 1989-2009 | 13 | 123 | [94] |
Ryan Giggs | 114 | 672 | 1990-2014 | 5 | 109 | [95] |
Records
Titles
Most League titles: 20 Manchester United[96] – 19 Liverpool
Most consecutive League titles: 3
Huddersfield Town: 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26
Arsenal: 1932–33, 1933–34, 1934–35
Liverpool: 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84
Manchester United, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01 and 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09
Most seasons in top flight overall: 120 seasons Everton[97]
Most consecutive seasons in top flight: 96 seasons Arsenal[98] (since 1919. League suspended between 1939–46 World War II)
Wins
Most wins in the top-flight overall: 2,020 Liverpool[99]
Most consecutive wins from start of a top-flight season: 11 Tottenham Hotspur[100] 1960–61)
Draws
Most draws overall in the top flight: 1,164 Everton[99]
Most draws in a season:
42 matches – 23 Norwich City 1978–79[101]
38 matches – 17[102]
- Newcastle United 2003-04
- Aston Villa 2006-07 & 2011-12
- Sunderland 2014-15
Losses
Most losses overall in the top flight: 1,600 Everton[99]
Most losses in a season:
42 matches – 31 Stoke City 1984-85[103]
38 matches - 29[102]
- Sunderland 2005-2006
- Derby County 2007-2008
- Sheffield United 2021-2022
Fewest losses in a season: 0:[104]
Preston North End 1888–89 - final record P22 W18 D4 L0
Arsenal 2003–04 - final record P38 W26 D12 L0
Most consecutive losses in a season: 15 Sunderland 2002–03
Points
Most points overall in the top flight (mixed 3pts for a win and 2pts for win): 7,115, Liverpool[99]
Most points in a season for a top-flight team (2 pts for a win in 42 matches): 68 (30 wins 8 draws), Liverpool 1978–79)[105]
Most points in a season for a top-flight team (3 pts for a win in 38 matches): 100 points (32 wins 4 draws), Manchester City 2017–18)[106]
Fewest points in a season (3 points for a win): 11 Derby County 2007–08[107]
Fewest points in a season (2 points for a win): 18 Leeds United 1946–47 & Queens Park Rangers 1968-69[103]
Goals
Most top-flight goals scored in total: 7,172 Everton in 4,645 matches.[99] (Liverpool 7,138 in 4,260)
Most top-flight goals scored in a season:
42 matches - 128 Aston Villa 1930–31[108]
38 matches - 106 Manchester City 2017–18[102]
Player Records
Most top-flight goals: 357 - Jimmy Greaves in 516 matches for Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United between 1957 & 1971)[109]
Most goals in a season:
- 42 matches – 60 Dixie Dean, Everton 1927–28[110]
- 38 matches – 32 Mohamed Salah, Liverpool[111]
Most goals in a match: 7 Ted Drake for Arsenal v Aston Villa (away) 14 December 1935[112]
Most top flight hat-tricks: 30 Dixie Dean Everton 1923–1937[113]
Most hat-tricks in one season: 8 Dixie Dean 1931-32[114]
Youngest top-flight goalscorer: Jason Dozzell 16 years and 57 days for Ipswich Town v Coventry City, February 1984)[115]
Youngest hat-trick goalscorer: Alan Shearer 17yrs 240 days Southampton v Arsenal April 8, 1988.[116] (Trevor Francis 16 years and 317 days was in Division 2)
Oldest top-flight goalscorer: Billy Meredith, 47 years, 8 months, 17 days. Manchester City v Burnley (a) April 15, 1922.[117] Also FA Cup oldest goalscorer, aged 49.[118]
Most consecutive top flight league matches scored in: 15 Stan Mortensen for Blackpool 1950-51[119]
Most top flight clubs scored for: 8 Lee Chapman[33] (Stoke City, Sheffield Wed. Leeds Utd, Arsenal, Sunderland, Nott'm Forest, West Ham Utd, Ipswich Town)
Consecutive Hat-tricks: 3[120]
- Frank Osborne, Tottenham Hotspur 1925 v Liverpool, Leicester City, West Ham United
- Tom Jennings, Leeds United 1926 v Arsenal, Liverpool (4), Blackburn Rovers
- Dixie Dean, Everton 1927/28 1928/29 v Burnley (4), Arsenal, Bolton Wanderers (2 end of season,1 opening day of new season)
- Jack Balmer, Liverpool 1946 v Portsmouth, Derby County (4), Arsenal
Most Hat-tricks for one team in a match: 3 Alf Spouncer, Enoch West and Bill Hooper Nott'm Forest, in their record breaking 12-0 home win over Leicester City on April 21, 1909.[121]
Most Penalties scored in 1 season: 13 Francis Lee, Manchester City 1971/72[122]
Hat-trick of Penalties: 3
- Billy Walker for Aston Villa v Bradford City in 1921.[123]
- Charlie Mitten for Manchester United v Aston Villa in 1950.[124]
- Ken Barnes for Manchester City v Everton in 1957.[125]
Most own goals in one season: 5 Bobby Stuart (Middlesbrough 1934–35)[126]
Fastest goal by a substitute: 6 seconds, Nicklas Bendtner for Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur, 22 December 2007)[127]
Most consecutive Top Scorer awards: 3
- Jimmy Greaves (1963, 1964, 1965)
- Alan Shearer (1995, 1996, 1997)
- Thierry Henry (2004, 2005, 2006)
Most Top Scorer awards with different clubs: 3 Gary Lineker (Leicester City 1985, Everton 1986, Tottenham Hotspur 1990)
Fastest player to 100 English top flight goals: Dave Halliday in 101 games[128]
Players to score over 30 league goals in four consecutive seasons: Dave Halliday, 1925–26 to 1928–29.[128] Halliday scored at least 35 goals in each of those four seasons[128]
Most league appearances: Peter Shilton 849 (1966 to 1997)[129]
Most league appearances by an outfield player: John Hollins 714 (1963-1983)[130] (Chelsea, Q.P.R, Arsenal)
Most league appearances at one club: Ryan Giggs 672 for Manchester United, 2 March 1991 to 6 May 2014)[131]
Most titles won by an individual player: 13 Ryan Giggs[131]
See also
- Football records and statistics in England
- List of footballers in England by number of league goals
- Premier League Golden Boot
- List of footballers with 100 or more Premier League goals
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