List of English football first tier top scorers

The top tier in English football today is the Premier League, replacing the Football League First Division for the 1992–93 inaugural season. Since the 1888–89 season, the first year of top flight football, three players have scored over 300 goals with a further 25 players scoring over 200 goals. In total 256 players have all scored 100 goals or more. 110 different individual players have been named top scorer. Players from Tottenham Hotspur have been named top scorer more than players from any other club, appearing thirteen times on this list. Jimmy Greaves, the all-time top goal scorer in top flight history, won it four times whilst at Tottenham. Nineteen different nationalities are represented and although the vast majority of players are English, there were fifteen 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 third 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 in the 2021–22 season, Son Heung-min from South Korea finished level with Egypt's Mohamed Salah. Sergio Agüero won the award once, scoring 26 in the 2014–15 season. The Argentinian striker scored 184 goals between 2011 and 2021 to become the top foreign top flight goal scorer.^[2]

Top scorers

By season

Jorge Robledo was the first foreign player to score the most goals in a season, 33 for Newcastle United in the 1951–52 season.

On six occasions Jimmy Greaves was the league top scorer: twice with Chelsea and later four with Tottenham Hotspur; however, Steve Bloomer^[3] with five holds the record for one team. Thierry Henry is the record Premier League winner with four. 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.^[4] 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.^[5] Englishmen Michael Owen, Dion Dublin and Chris Sutton won in the 1997–98 season.^[6] Owen again won in the 1998–99 season,^[6] but this time he was joined by Dutchman Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Dwight Yorke,^[6] Trinidad and Tobago, the duo becoming the first foreign, league top scorers since Robledo. During this period however, two Republic of Ireland internationals, winger Andy McEvoy and striker John Aldridge, topped the scoring charts. McEvoy shared the most goals with Jimmy Greaves in the 1964–65 season while Aldridge top scored for Liverpool in the 1987–88 season. Both players, although non-British, do not appear on the top foreign goalscorers list published by the IFFHS^[7] as well as many other more reputable football websites. Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast) became the first African to win the award in 2006–07 season^[6] and later Carlos Tevez, Luis Suárez and Sergio Agüero 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,^[8] finished in another three way tie, joined by Pierre Emerick Aubameyang, Gabon. The 2021–22 season saw Son Heung-min become the first Asian winner; the South Korean international scored 23 goals, finishing level with Mohamed Salah.^[5]

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.^[5] The following season Alan Shearer equalled it while playing for Blackburn Rovers. Both these records however, were set during a 42 match season. Since the Premier League was reduced down to 20 teams, Mohamed Salah held the record previously with 32 in a 38 match season for Liverpool until Norwegian striker Erling Haaland scored his 33rd goal for Manchester City in the 2022–23 season. Haaland's next goal saw him break the record of most goals scored in a season by a foreign player, ending Robledo's 71-year-old record.^[9] Haaland finished the season with 36 goals, the highest goal amount since Ron Davies scored 37 for Southampton fifty-seven years ago. 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, set in the 1927–28 season.^[10] Dean's 310 goals scored for Everton is still the record for most goals scored for one club, and also still holds the records for most hat-tricks, both overall and in a single season.^[11]

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.^[5] This was a record for most goals by a debut player, in a 38 match season, until Erling Haaland broke it in the 2022–23 season. 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 with 23.^[1] The third is Jamie Vardy; the Leicester City striker scored 23 goals in the 2019–20 season.^[1]

Key

Player (X)	Name of the player and number of times they were top scorer at that point (if more than one)
^†	Indicates multiple top scorers in the same season
‡	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

Steve Bloomer was the first player to score over 300 goals. He holds the record of most top scorer awards with one club (Derby County) with 5.

Season	Player(s)	Nationality	Club(s)	Goals
1888–89	John Goodall	England	Preston North End^§	21
1889–90	Jimmy Ross	Scotland	Preston North End^§	22
1890–91	Jack Southworth	England	Blackburn Rovers	26
1891–92	John Campbell	Scotland	Sunderland^§	32
1892–93	John Campbell (2)	Scotland	Sunderland^§	31
1893–94	Jack Southworth (2)	England	Everton	27
1894–95	John Campbell (3)	Scotland	Sunderland^§	22
1895–96^†	Steve Bloomer	England	Derby County	20
	John Campbell	Scotland	Aston Villa^§
1896–97	Steve Bloomer (2)	England	Derby County	22
1897–98	Fred Wheldon	England	Aston Villa	21
1898–99	Steve Bloomer (3)	England	Derby County	23
1899–1900	Billy Garraty	England	Aston Villa^§	27
1900–01	Steve Bloomer (4)	England	Derby County	23
1901–02	Jimmy Settle	England	Everton	18
1902–03	Sam Raybould	England	Liverpool	31
1903–04	Steve Bloomer (5)	England	Derby County	20
1904–05	Arthur Brown	England	Sheffield United	22
1905–06	Albert Shepherd	England	Bolton Wanderers	26
1906–07	Alex Young	Scotland	Everton	28
1907–08	Enoch West	England	Nottingham Forest	27
1908–09	Bert Freeman	England	Everton	38
1909–10	Jack Parkinson	England	Liverpool	30
1910–11	Albert Shepherd (2)	England	Newcastle United	25
1911–12^†	Harry Hampton	England	Aston Villa	25
	George Holley	England	Sunderland
	David McLean	Scotland	Sheffield Wednesday
1912–13	David McLean (2)	Scotland	Sheffield Wednesday	30
1913–14	George Elliott	England	Middlesbrough	32
1914–15	Bobby Parker	Scotland	Everton^§	35
1919–20	Fred Morris	England	West Bromwich Albion^§	37
1920–21	Joe Smith	England	Bolton Wanderers	38
1921–22	Andrew Wilson	Scotland	Middlesbrough	31
1922–23	Charlie Buchan	England	Sunderland	30
1923–24	Wilf Chadwick	England	Everton	28
1924–25	Frank Roberts	England	Manchester City	31
1925–26	Ted Harper	England	Blackburn Rovers	43
1926–27	Jimmy Trotter	England	Sheffield Wednesday	37
1927–28	Dixie Dean	England	Everton^§	60
1928–29	Dave Halliday	Scotland	Sunderland	43
1929–30	Vic Watson	England	West Ham United	41
1930–31	Tom Waring	England	Aston Villa	49
1931–32	Dixie Dean (2)	England	Everton^§	44
1932–33	Jack Bowers	England	Derby County	35
1933–34	Jack Bowers (2)	England	Derby County	34
1934–35	Ted Drake	England	Arsenal^§	42
1935–36	W. G. Richardson	England	West Bromwich Albion	39
1936–37	Freddie Steele	England	Stoke City	33
1937–38	Tommy Lawton	England	Everton	34
1938–39	Tommy Lawton (2)	England	Everton^§	35
1946–47	Dennis Westcott	England	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37
1947–48	Ronnie Rooke	England	Arsenal^§	33
1948–49	Willie Moir	Scotland	Bolton Wanderers	25
1949–50	Dickie Davis	England	Sunderland	25
1950–51	Stan Mortensen	England	Blackpool	30
1951–52	George Robledo	Chile	Newcastle United	33
1952–53	Charlie Wayman	England	Preston North End	24
1953–54	Jimmy Glazzard	England	Huddersfield Town	29
1954–55	Ronnie Allen	England	West Bromwich Albion	27
1955–56	Nat Lofthouse	England	Bolton Wanderers	33
1956–57	John Charles	Wales	Leeds United	38
1957–58	Bobby Smith	England	Tottenham Hotspur	36
1958–59	Jimmy Greaves	England	Chelsea	33
1959–60	Dennis Viollet	England	Manchester United	32
1960–61	Jimmy Greaves (2)	England	Chelsea	41
1961–62^†	Ray Crawford	England	Ipswich Town^§	33
	Derek Kevan	England	West Bromwich Albion
1962–63	Jimmy Greaves (3)	England	Tottenham Hotspur	37
1963–64	Jimmy Greaves (4)	England	Tottenham Hotspur	35
1964–65^†	Jimmy Greaves (5)	England	Tottenham Hotspur	29
	Andy McEvoy	Republic of Ireland	Blackburn Rovers
1965–66^†	Roger Hunt	England	Liverpool^§	29
	Willie Irvine	Northern Ireland	Burnley
1966–67	Ron Davies	Wales	Southampton	37
1967–68^†	George Best	Northern Ireland	Manchester United	28
	Ron Davies (2)	Wales	Southampton
1968–69	Jimmy Greaves (6)	England	Tottenham Hotspur	27
1969–70	Jeff Astle	England	West Bromwich Albion	25
1970–71	Tony Brown	England	West Bromwich Albion	28
1971–72	Francis Lee	England	Manchester City	33
1972–73	Pop Robson	England	West Ham United	28
1973–74	Mick Channon	England	Southampton	21
1974–75	Malcolm Macdonald	England	Newcastle United	21
1975–76	Ted MacDougall	Scotland	Norwich City	23
1976–77^†	Andy Gray	Scotland	Aston Villa	25
	Malcolm Macdonald (2)	England	Arsenal
1977–78	Bob Latchford	England	Everton	30
1978–79	Frank Worthington	England	Bolton Wanderers	24
1979–80	Phil Boyer	England	Southampton	23
1980–81^†	Steve Archibald	Scotland	Tottenham Hotspur	20
	Peter Withe	England	Aston Villa^§
1981–82	Kevin Keegan	England	Southampton	26
1982–83	Luther Blissett	England	Watford	27
1983–84	Ian Rush^‡	Wales	Liverpool^§	32
1984–85^†	Kerry Dixon	England	Chelsea	24
	Gary Lineker	England	Leicester City
1985–86	Gary Lineker (2)	England	Everton	30
1986–87	Clive Allen	England	Tottenham Hotspur	33
1987–88	John Aldridge	Republic of Ireland	Liverpool^§	26
1988–89	Alan Smith	England	Arsenal^§	23
1989–90	Gary Lineker (3)	England	Tottenham Hotspur	24
1990–91	Alan Smith (2)	England	Arsenal^§	22
1991–92	Ian Wright	England	Crystal Palace Arsenal	29[a]
1992–93	Teddy Sheringham	England	Nottingham Forest Tottenham Hotspur	22[b]
1993–94	Andy Cole	England	Newcastle United	34
1994–95	Alan Shearer	England	Blackburn Rovers^§	34
1995–96	Alan Shearer (2)	England	Blackburn Rovers	31
1996–97	Alan Shearer (3)	England	Newcastle United	25
1997–98^†	Dion Dublin	England	Coventry City	18
	Michael Owen	England	Liverpool
	Chris Sutton	England	Blackburn Rovers
1998–99^†	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	Netherlands	Leeds United	18
	Michael Owen (2)	England	Liverpool
	Dwight Yorke	Trinidad and Tobago	Manchester United^§
1999–2000	Kevin Phillips^‡	England	Sunderland	30
2000–01	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (2)	Netherlands	Chelsea	23
2001–02	Thierry Henry	France	Arsenal^§	24
2002–03	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Netherlands	Manchester United^§	25
2003–04	Thierry Henry^‡ (2)	France	Arsenal^§	30
2004–05	Thierry Henry^‡ (3)	France	Arsenal	25
2005–06	Thierry Henry (4)	France	Arsenal	27
2006–07	Didier Drogba	Ivory Coast	Chelsea	20
2007–08	Cristiano Ronaldo^‡	Portugal	Manchester United^§	31
2008–09	Nicolas Anelka	France	Chelsea	19
2009–10	Didier Drogba (2)	Ivory Coast	Chelsea^§	29
2010–11^†	Dimitar Berbatov	Bulgaria	Manchester United^§	20
	Carlos Tevez	Argentina	Manchester City
2011–12	Robin van Persie	Netherlands	Arsenal	30
2012–13	Robin van Persie (2)	Netherlands	Manchester United^§	26
2013–14	Luis Suárez^‡	Uruguay	Liverpool	31
2014–15	Sergio Agüero	Argentina	Manchester City	26
2015–16	Harry Kane	England	Tottenham Hotspur	25
2016–17	Harry Kane (2)	England	Tottenham Hotspur	29
2017–18	Mohamed Salah	Egypt	Liverpool	32
2018–19^†	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Gabon	Arsenal	22
	Sadio Mané	Senegal	Liverpool
	Mohamed Salah (2)	Egypt	Liverpool
2019–20	Jamie Vardy	England	Leicester City	23
2020–21	Harry Kane (3)	England	Tottenham Hotspur	23
2021–22^†	Mohamed Salah (3)	Egypt	Liverpool	23
	Son Heung-min	South Korea	Tottenham Hotspur
2022–23	Erling Haaland^‡	Norway	Manchester City^§	36
2023-24	Erling Haaland (2)	Norway	Manchester City^§	27

By number of seasons as top scorer

As of 15 January 2023^[12]

Rank	Player	Titles	Club(s)	Years	Ref.
1	Jimmy Greaves	6	Chelsea 1959, 1961, Tottenham Hotspur 1963, 1964, 1965, 1969	1958–59, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1968–69	[13]
2	Steve Bloomer	5	Derby County	1895–96, 1896–97, 1898–99, 1900–01, 1903–04	[3]
3	Thierry Henry	4	Arsenal	2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06	[14]
4	John Campbell	3	Sunderland	1891–92, 1892–93, 1894–95
	Gary Lineker	3	Leicester City 1985, Everton 1986, Tottenham Hotspur 1990	1984–85, 1985–86, 1989–90
	Alan Shearer	3	Blackburn Rovers 1995, 1996, Newcastle United 1997	1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97	[15]
	Harry Kane	3	Tottenham Hotspur	2015–16, 2016–17, 2020–21	[16]
	Mohamed Salah	3	Liverpool	2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22
9	Jack Southworth	2	Blackburn Rovers 1891, Everton 1894	1890–91, 1893–94
	Albert Shepherd	2	Bolton Wanderers 1906, Newcastle United 1911	1905–06, 1910–11
	David McLean	2	Sheffield Wednesday	1911–12, 1912–13
	Dixie Dean	2	Everton	1927–28, 1931–32
	Jack Bowers	2	Derby County	1932–33, 1933–34
	Tommy Lawton	2	Everton	1937–38, 1938–39
	Ron Davies	2	Southampton	1966–67, 1967–68
	Malcolm Macdonald	2	Newcastle United 1975, Arsenal 1977	1974–75, 1976–77
	Alan Smith	2	Arsenal	1988–89, 1990–91
	Michael Owen	2	Liverpool	1997–98, 1998–99	[17]
	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	2	Leeds United 1999, Chelsea 2001	1998–99, 2000–01	[17]
	Didier Drogba	2	Chelsea	2006–07, 2009–10	[17]
	Robin van Persie	2	Arsenal 2012, Manchester United 2013	2011–12, 2012–13	[18][19]
	Erling Haaland	2	Manchester City	2022-23, 2023-24

• 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
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
	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
4	Liverpool	11	1902–03, 1909–10, 1965–66, 1983–84, 1987–88, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2013–14, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22
5	Sunderland	8	1891–92, 1892–93, 1894–95, 1911–12, 1922–23, 1928–29, 1949–50, 1999–2000
6	Derby County	7	1895–96, 1896–97, 1898–99, 1900–01, 1903–04, 1932–33, 1933–34
	Aston Villa	7	1895–96, 1897–98, 1899–1900, 1911–12, 1930–31, 1976–77, 1980–81
	Chelsea	7	1958–59, 1960–61, 1984–85, 2000–01, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10
	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
	Blackburn Rovers	6	1890–91, 1925–26, 1964–65, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98
	Manchester City	6	1924–25, 1971–72, 2010–11, 2014–15, 2022–23, 2023-24
13	Bolton Wanderers	5	1905–06, 1920–21, 1948–49, 1955–56, 1978–79
	Southampton	5	1966–67, 1967–68, 1973–74, 1979–80, 1981–82
	Newcastle United	5	1910–11, 1951–52, 1974–75, 1993–94, 1996–97
16	Sheffield Wednesday	3	1911–12, 1912–13, 1926–27
	Preston North End	3	1888–89, 1889–90, 1952–53
18	Middlesbrough	2	1913–14, 1921–22
	West Ham United	2	1929–30, 1972–73
	Leeds United	2	1956–57, 1998–99
	Leicester City	2	1984–85, 2019–20
22	Sheffield United	1	1904–05
	Nottingham Forest	1	1907–08
	Stoke City	1	1936–37
	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1946-47
	Blackpool	1	1950–51
	Huddersfield Town	1	1953–54
	Ipswich Town	1	1961–62
	Burnley	1	1965–66
	Norwich City	1	1975-76
	Watford	1	1982–83
	Coventry City	1	1997–98

By nationality

Country	Titles
England	90
Scotland	15
France	5
Netherlands	5
Wales	4
Egypt	3
Republic of Ireland	2
Northern Ireland	2
Ivory Coast	2
Argentina	2
Norway	2
Chile	1
Trinidad and Tobago	1
Portugal	1
Bulgaria	1
Uruguay	1
Senegal	1
Gabon	1
South Korea	1

Top 50 all-time top scorers

All time record goal scorer Jimmy Greaves who scored 357 goals in 516 matches. He is the record holder of top scorer awards with six and record league goalscorer for Tottenham Hotspur still, with 220.

The Football League Division One from 1888 through to the end of the 1991–92 season and now the Premier League, make up the top tier in English football. During these 136 years three players have scored over 300 goals, with another 25 scoring over 200 goals. A further three players were a goal shy, finishing on 199 goals. The first was Sheffield Wednesday's Andrew Wilson^[20] whose career was interrupted by World War I but went onto make 501 appearances. In the mid-sixties, Bobby Smith^[21] retired after scoring 23 in 74 for Chelsea and 176 in 271 for Tottenham, and finally ten years later, England legend Sir Bobby Charlton,^[22] 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.^[3][23] 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,^[24] Roy Bentley 130,^[24] and Bobby Tambling 129^[24] 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.^[25] His top flight career ended at West Ham United, where he scored 13 in 38 matches.^[26]

In the Premier League era, Alan Shearer^[5] sits top, but even with his full tally of 283 goals, he is still left trailing. Four more "modern day" players, who have played in the Premier League make the list, Wayne Rooney,^[5] the third highest Premier League goalscorer with 208 goals for Everton and Manchester United, is 22nd. Liverpool legend Ian Rush^[5] is the 14th highest scorer in the history of top flight football, but his Premier League tally is only 48 goals, ranking him 132nd. Another player to lose goals is Tony Cottee,^[5] who sits in 18th place. His last 78 goals gives him a current PL ranking of 61. Apart from these three, a further 20 players, who have scored 100 or more goals, have lesser totals. Ranked 44th, Lee Chapman^[27] scored 177 goals, the same as Frank Lampard and two more than Thierry Henry, but his last 23 goals sees him in 343rd place in the Premier League.^[5] Peter Beardsley^[28] and Matt Le Tissier^[29] (jointly ranked 71st), both scored 161 goals, 11 more than Michael Owen who is eleventh on the PL list. Beardsley is in 94th position with 58 goals in the Premier League while a lack of centurions, assists Le Tissier's ranking. Losing 61 goals improves his overall position, ranked 34th in the Premier League with 100 goals.^[5]

The most recent active player in the Top 50 is Mohamed Salah, his goal against Leicester City on Boxing day, 2024, was his 173rd, moving the Egyptian winger inside the top 50. Recently, former Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane,^[5] scored 30 goals in his last season in England to move above players such as Dennis Viollet,^[30] Ray Charnley^[31] who both had 190 goals, Peter Harris,^[32] who scored 192 goals for Portsmouth, Stan Mortensen^[33] who scored 197 goals for Blackpool, George Elliott^[34] who scored 198 goals for Middlesbrough and the three players mentioned above who all scored 199 goals. Kane, ranked 19th, became only the 28th player in 136 years of league football to join the elite 200 club, who, in the summer of 2023, signed for German club Bayern Munich.^[35]

First Division/Premier League top 50 goalscorers^[12][36]

Rank	Player	Years	Goals	Apps	Ratio	Club Goals/Appearances
1	Jimmy Greaves	1957–1971	357	516	0.69	Chelsea 124/157 - Tottenham Hotspur 220/321 - West Ham Utd 13/38
2	Steve Bloomer	1892–1914	314	535	0.59	Derby County 255/410 - Middlesbrough 59/125
3	Dixie Dean	1924–1938	310	362	0.86	Everton
4	Gordon Hodgson	1925–1940	288	455	0.63	Liverpool 233/359 - Aston Villa 4/15 - Leeds United 51/81
5	Alan Shearer	1988–2006	283	559	0.51	Southampton 23/118 - Blackburn Rovers 112/138 - Newcastle Utd 148/303
6	Charlie Buchan	1912–1928	258	481	0.53	Sunderland 209/379 - Arsenal 49/102
7	David Jack	1920–1934	257	476	0.54	Bolton Wanderers 144/295 - Arsenal 113/181
8	Nat Lofthouse	1946–1960	255	452	0.56	Bolton Wanderers
9	Joe Bradford	1921–1935	248	410	0.60	Birmingham City
10	Hughie Gallacher	1925–1938	246	355	0.69	Newcastle Utd 133/160 - Chelsea 72/132 - Derby Co. 38/51 - Grimsby Town 3/12
11	Joe Smith	1908–1927	243	416	0.59	Bolton Wanderers
12	George Brown	1921–1935	240	366	0.65	Huddersfield Town 142/213 - Aston Villa 79/116 - Leeds United 19/37
13	George Camsell	1921–1939	233	337	0.69	Middlesbrough
14	Ian Rush	1980–1998	232	515	0.45	Liverpool 229/469 - Leeds United 3/36 - Newcastle United 0/10
15	David Herd	1954–1970	222	412	0.53	Arsenal 97/166 - Manchester United 114/202 - Stoke City 11/44
16	Harry Hampton	1904–1922	219	357	0.61	Aston Villa 215/339 - Birmingham City 4/18
17	Billy Walker	1919–1933	214	478	0.44	Aston Villa
	Tony Cottee	1982–2001	214	548	0.39	West Ham United 115/279 - Everton 72/184 - Leicester City 27/85
19	Harry Kane	2012–2023	213	320	0.67	Tottenham Hotspur 213/317 - Norwich City 0/3
20	Dave Halliday	1925–1933	211	257	0.82	Sunderland 156/166 - Arsenal 8/15 - Manchester City 47/76
21	Geoff Hurst	1959–1975	210	519	0.40	West Ham United 180/411 - Stoke City 30/108
22	Ronnie Allen	1950–1961	208	415	0.50	West Bromwich Albion
	Wayne Rooney	2002–2018	208	491	0.42	Everton 25/98 - Manchester United 183/393
24	Bobby Gurney	1926–1944	205	348	0.59	Sunderland
25	Arthur Chandler	1925–1935	203	309	0.66	Leicester City
	Vic Watson	1923–1936	203	295	0.69	West Ham United
27	Harry Johnson	1919–1931	201	313	0.64	Sheffield United
	Denis Law	1960–1974	201	377	0.53	Manchester City 30/68 - Manchester United 171/309
29	Bobby Smith	1950–1965	199	345	0.58	Chelsea 23/74 - Tottenham Hotspur 176/271
	Andrew Wilson	1900–1920	199	501	0.40	Sheffield Wednesday
	Bobby Charlton	1956–1975	199	606	0.33	Manchester United
32	George Elliott	1909–1925	198	327	0.61	Middlesbrough
33	Stan Mortensen	1946–1959	197	317	0.62	Blackpool
34	Peter Harris	1946–1960	192	468	0.41	Portsmouth
35	Ray Charnley	1954–1972	190	359	0.53	Blackpool
	Dennis Viollet	1953–1967	190	391	0.49	Manchester United 159/259 - Stoke City 31/132
37	Tommy Thompson	1947–1964	187	354	0.53	Newcastle United 4/16 - Aston Villa 67/149 - Preston North End 116/189
	Andy Cole	1992–2007	187	415	0.45	Played for 8 clubs - see stats below
39	Jack Bowers	1928–1939	186	255	0.73	Derby County 167/203 - Leicester City 19/52
40	Sergio Aguero	2011–2021	184	275	0.67	Manchester City
41	Tony Brown	1963–1980	179	459	0.39	West Brom
	Teddy Sheringham	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
43	Ginger Richardson	1928–1946	178	269	0.66	West Brom
44	Lee Chapman	1979–1995	177	508	0.35	Played for 8 clubs - see stats below
	Frank Lampard	1995–2015	177	609	0.29	West Ham United 24/148 - Chelsea 147/429 - Manchester City 6/32
46	Thierry Henry	1999–2012	175	258	0.68	Arsenal
	Billy Hibbert	1906–1922	175	387	0.45	Bury 99/178 - Newcastle United 46/139 - Bradford City 26/53 - Oldham Athletic 4/17
	Derek Dougan	1957–1975	175	458	0.38	Blackburn R. 26/59 - Leicester City 35/68 - Wolves 86/247 - Portsmouth 9/33 - Aston Villa 19/51
49	Mohamed Salah	2013–	173	280	0.62	Chelsea 2/13 Liverpool 171/267
	Jack Rowley	1937–1957	173	351	0.49	Manchester United
	Peter Dobing	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 only scored for 6. Marcus Bent is another player to play for 8 different top flight clubs, again only scoring for 6.^[37] 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.^[38] A name that 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 is ranked 49th, shown above. Arthur however didn't play much top flight football in his career, but he did score 51 goals in 95 matches. In one season at Fulham he scored 8 in 34 appearances and then later hit 43 in 61 appearances over two seasons for Leicester City.^[39]

Clubs top scorer in top tier

The start of the Football League saw 12 teams become the founding members of the first ever league season in 1888–89. These were Accrington, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Burnley, Everton, Preston North End, Aston Villa, Derby County, Notts County, Stoke City, West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers.^[40] Since then a total of sixty five different clubs have played at the top level, with only three premier league players breaking club records set in the football league. Thierry Henry beat the 150 scored by Cliff Bastin for Arsenal.^[41] Roy Bentley who scored 130 goals for Chelsea^[24] was surpassed by Frank Lampard, while Sergio Aguero overtook the 147 Eric Brook scored for Manchester City.^[42] Matt Le Tissier scored in both the First Division and the Premier League to become Southampton's top scorer, exceeding the 134 goal record set by Welshman Ron Davies.^[43] The Premier League's top three goalscorers, who all have scored over 200 goals, fail to appear. Alan Shearer finished nine goals adrift of Blackburn's Ted Harper^[44] and finished two short of Geordie legend Jackie Milburn,^[45] while Wayne Rooney was sixteen short of Bobby Charlton's record. Harry Kane ended with 213, leaving Jimmy Greaves still as Tottenham's record goalscorer.

Glossop statistics currently unavailable.

Club Player Name Goals Years Accrington Billy Barbour 33 1888–1890 Arsenal Thierry Henry 175 1999–2012 Aston Villa Harry Hampton 215 1904–1920 Barnsley Neal Redfearn 10 1991–1998 Birmingham City Joe Bradford 248 1920–1935 Blackburn Rovers Ted Harper 121 1923–1934 Blackpool Stan Mortensen 197 1941–1955 Bolton Wanderers Nat Lofthouse 255 1946–1960 Bournemouth Josh King 48 2015–2021 Bradford City Frank O'Rourke 63 1920–1921 Bradford Park Avenue David McLean 49 1919–1922 Brentford Dave McCulloch 85 1935–1938 Brighton & HA Michael Robinson 37 1980–1983 Bristol City Sam Gilligan 44 1904–1910 Burnley George Beel 142 1923–1932 Bury Billy Hibbert 99 1906–1911 Cardiff City Len Davies 117 1919–1931 Carlisle United Joe Laidlaw 12 1972–1976 Charlton Athletic Charles Vaughan 91 1946–1953 Chelsea Frank Lampard 147 2001–2014 Coventry City Dion Dublin 61 1994–1998 Crystal Palace Wilfried Zaha 68 2010–2023 Darwen John McKnight 11 1893–1894 Derby County Steve Bloomer 255 1891–1914 Everton Dixie Dean 310 1925–1937 Fulham Graham Leggat 106 1958–1966 Grimsby Town Pat Glover 117 1929–1939 Huddersfield Town George Brown 142 1921–1929 Hull City Nikica Jelavic 13 2014–2015 Ipswich Town John Wark 107 1974–1990 Leeds United Peter Lorimer 151 1962–1979 Leicester City Arthur Chandler 203 1923–1935

Club Player Name Goals Years Leyton Orient Dave Dunmore 11 1961–1964 Liverpool Gordon Hodgson 233 1925–1936 Luton Town Gordon Turner 101 1949–1964 Manchester City Sergio Aguero 184 2011–2021 Manchester United Bobby Charlton 199 1956–1973 Middlesbrough George Camsell 233 1925–1939 Millwall Tony Cascarino 22 1987–1990 Newcastle United Jackie Milburn 150 1946–1957 Northampton Town Bobby Brown 9 1963–1966 Norwich City John Deehan 48 1981–1986 Notts County Trevor Christie 41 1979–1984 Nottingham Forest Grenville Morris 152 1898–1913 Oldham Athletic Joe Walters 35 1912–1919 Oxford United John Aldridge 38 1984–1987 Portsmouth Peter Harris 193 1946–1960 Preston North End Tom Finney 164 1946–1960 Queens Park Rangers Les Ferdinand 80 1987–1995 Reading Kevin Doyle 19 2005–2009 Sheffield United Harry Johnson 201 1916–1931 Sheffield Wednesday Andrew Wilson 199 1900–1920 Southampton Matt Le Tissier 161 1986–2002 Stoke City Freddie Steele 140 1933–1949 Sunderland Charlie Buchan 209 1911–1925 Swansea City Wilfried Bony 27 2013–2019 Swindon Town Jan Age Fjortoft 12 1993–1995 Tottenham Hotspur Jimmy Greaves 220 1961–1970 Watford Luther Blissett 70 1975–1988 West Bromwich Albion Ronnie Allen 208 1950–1961 West Ham United Vic Watson 203 1920–1935 Wigan Athletic Hugo Rodallega 24 2009–2012 Wimbledon John Fashanu 103 1986–1994 Wolverhampton Wanderers Johnny Hancocks 158 1946–1957

Top five scorers by nationality

With 173 goals, Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah is currently the highest African goalscorer and the highest active scorer overall.

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 countries. As shown in the top 50 list above, the top English and Scottish goal scorers can be seen.

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. 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. All well short of the record totals by Derek Dougan, Ian Rush and Hughie Gallacher. Republic of Ireland striker Robbie Keane scored 126 goals in the Premier League, but ended with 10 goals less than record holder Frank Stapleton.^[46]

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 joint 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 United States and Canada scorers. The European and African top scorers are all from the Premier League era.

When Dwight Yorke scored a hat-trick for Manchester United against Leicester City, on Sunday 17 January 1999,^[47] he became the top foreign scorer. With this treble he moved onto 84 top-flight goals, surpassing the previous record of 82, set by Chilean Jorge Robledo in 1953.^[48] Later that year on Saturday 18 December 1999, Yorke scored twice for Manchester United in a 4-2 away win at West Ham United.^[49] His first goal that day saw him become the first foreign player to score 100 top flight goals.^[50] This was his 27th league goal for Manchester United, after scoring 73 previously for Aston Villa. As of the end of the 2023–24 season, his 136 goals ranks him as the fifth-highest foreign goalscorer, behind Sergio Agüero 184, Thierry Henry 175, Mo Salah 157 and Robin van Persie 144.

• Bold shows players currently playing in the Premier League.

As of 26 December 2024.

Northern Ireland

Rank	Player	Goals	Apps	Ratio	Years	Clubs	Ref.
1	Derek Dougan	175	458	0.38	1957–1975	Blackburn Rovers (26/59), Leicester City (35/68), Wolverhampton Wanderers (86/247), Portsmouth (9/33), Aston Villa (19/51)	[51]
2	Jimmy Dunne	153	201	0.76	1926–1937	Sheffield United (143/173), Arsenal (10/28)	[52]
3	George Best	137	361	0.38	1963–1977	Manchester United	[53]
4	Billy Gillespie	127	448	0.28	1910–1933	Sheffield United	[54]
5	Jimmy McIlroy	126	519	0.24	1950–1967	Burnley (116/439), Stoke City (10/80)	[55]

Republic of Ireland^[56]

Rank	Player	Goals	Apps	Ratio	Years	Clubs	Ref.
1	Frank Stapleton	136	458	0.30	1974–1995	Arsenal (75/225), Manchester United (60/223), Derby County (1/10)	[46]
2	Robbie Keane	126	349	0.36	1997–2012	Coventry City (12/31), Leeds United (13/46), Tottenham Hotspur (91/238), Liverpool (5/19), West Ham United (2/9), Aston Villa (3/6)	[57]
3	Niall Quinn	109	399	0.27	1983–2002	Arsenal (14/67), Manchester City (66/193), Sunderland (29/139)	[58]
4	Johnny Giles	91	479	0.19	1959–1976	Manchester United (10/99), Leeds United (80/343), West Bromwich Albion (1/37)	[59]
5	John Aldridge	88	147	0.60	1985–1989	Oxford United (38/64), Liverpool (50/83)	[60]

Wales

Rank	Player	Goals	Apps	Ratio	Years	Clubs	Ref.
1	Ian Rush	232	515	0.45	1980–1998	Liverpool (229/469), Leeds United (3/36), Newcastle United (0/10)	[61]
2	Trevor Ford	169	324	0.52	1946–1961	Aston Villa (60/120), Sunderland (67/108), Cardiff City (42/96)	[62]
3	Grenville Morris	152	332	0.38	1897–1913	Nottingham Forest	[63]
4	Mark Hughes	149	531	0.28	1980–2002	Manchester United (120/345), Chelsea (25/95), Southampton (2/52), Everton (1/18), Blackburn Rovers (1/21)	[64]
5	Roy Vernon	145	315	0.46	1955–1970	Blackburn Rovers (22/51), Everton (101/176), Stoke City (22/88)	[65]

Europe (excluding UK/RoI)

Rank	Player	Goals	Apps	Ratio	Years	Clubs	Ref.
1	Thierry Henry	175	258	0.68	1994–2012	Arsenal	[5]
2	Robin van Persie	144	280	0.51	2004–2015	Arsenal (96/194), Manchester United (48/86)	[5]
3	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	127	288	0.44	1997–2007	Leeds United (34/69), Chelsea (69/136), Middlesbrough (22/58), Charlton Athletic (2/25)	[5]
4	Nicolas Anelka	125	364	0.34	1996–2014	Arsenal (23/65), Manchester City (37/89), Chelsea (38/125), Liverpool (4/20), Bolton Wanderers (21/53), West Bromwich Albion (2/12)	[5]
5	Romelu Lukaku	121	278	0.44	2011–2022	West Bromwich Albion (17/35), Everton (68/141), Manchester United (28/66), Chelsea (8/36)	[5]

South America

Rank	Player	Goals	Apps	Ratio	Years	Clubs	Ref.
1	Sergio Agüero	184	275	0.67	2011–2021	Manchester City	[5]
2	Carlos Tevez	84	202	0.42	2006–2013	West Ham United (7/26), Manchester United (19/63), Manchester City (58/113)	[5]
3	George Robledo	82	146	0.56	1949–1953	Newcastle United	[4]
	Roberto Firmino	82	256	0.32	2015–2023	Liverpool	[5]
5	Gabriel Jesus	75	227	0.33	2017-	Manchester City (58/159), Arsenal (17/68)	[5]

Africa^[66]

Rank	Player	Goals	Apps	Ratio	Years	Clubs	Ref.
1	Mohamed Salah	173	280	0.62	2013–	Chelsea (2/13), Liverpool (171/267)	[5]
2	Sadio Mané	111	263	0.42	2014–2022	Southampton (21/67), Liverpool (90/196)	[5]
3	Didier Drogba	104	254	0.41	2004–2012	Chelsea	[5]
4	Emmanuel Adebayor	97	242	0.40	2005–2016	Arsenal (46/104), Manchester City (15/34), Tottenham Hotspur (35/92), Crystal Palace (1/12)	[5]
5	Yakubu	95	252	0.38	2003–2012	Portsmouth (28/67), Middlesbrough (25/73), Everton (25/82), Blackburn Rovers (17/30)	[5]

Oceania

Rank	Player	Goals	Apps	Ratio	Years	Clubs	Ref.
1	Mark Viduka	92	240	0.38	2000–2009	Leeds United (59/130), Middlesbrough (26/72), Newcastle United (7/38)	[5]
2	Chris Wood	79	245	0.32	2009–	West Bromwich Albion (0/3), Leicester City (1/7), Burnley (49/144), Newcastle United (4/35), Nottingham Forest (25/56)	[5]
3	Harry Kewell	57	274	0.21	1993–2008	Leeds United (45/181), Liverpool (12/93)	[5]
4	Tim Cahill	56	226	0.25	2004–2012	Everton	[5]
5	Craig Johnston	46	254	0.18	1977–1988	Middlesbrough (16/64), Liverpool (30/190)	[67]

United States and Canada

Rank	Player	Goals	Apps	Ratio	Years	Clubs	Ref.
1	Clint Dempsey	57	218	0.26	2007–2013	Fulham (50/189), Tottenham Hotspur (7/29),	[5]
2	Roy Wegerle	55	274	0.21	1986–1995	Luton Town (10/45), Queens Park Rangers (29/75), Coventry City (9/53), Chelsea (3/23), Blackburn Rovers (4/22)	[68]
3	Brian McBride	36	148	0.24	2002–2008	Everton (4/8), Fulham (32/140)	[5]
4	Tomasz Radzinski	35	194	0.18	2001–2007	Everton (25/91), Fulham (10/103)	[5]
5	Christian Pulisic	20	98	0.20	2019–2023	Chelsea	[5]

Caribbean

Rank	Player	Goals	Apps	Ratio	Years	Clubs	Ref.
1	Dwight Yorke	136	423	0.32	1989–2009	Aston Villa (73/231), Manchester United (48/92), Blackburn Rovers (12/60), Birmingham City (2/13), Sunderland (1/27)	[5]
2	Michail Antonio	68	268	0.25	2008–	West Ham United	[5]
3	Robbie Earle	59	283	0.21	1991–2000	Wimbledon	[5]
4	Jason Euell	56	261	0.21	1995–2007	Wimbledon (22/105), Charlton Athletic (34/139), Middlesbrough (0/17)	[5]
5	Lindy Delapenha	50	151	0.33	1948–1958	Middlesbrough (50/144), Portsmouth (0/7)	[69]

South Africa

Rank	Player	Goals	Apps	Ratio	Years	Clubs	Ref.
1	Stuart Leary	76	173	0.44	1951–1957	Charlton Athletic	[70]
2	Berry Nieuwenhuys	74	236	0.31	1933–1947	Liverpool	[71]
3	Benni McCarthy	37	120	0.31	2006–2011	Blackburn Rovers (37/109), West Ham United (0/11)	[5]
4	Shaun Bartlett	24	123	0.20	2000–2006	Charlton Athletic	[5]
5	Steven Pienaar	20	214	0.09	2007–2017	Everton (20/189), Tottenham Hotspur (0/10), Sunderland (0/15)	[5]

Central America

Rank	Player	Goals	Apps	Ratio	Years	Clubs	Ref.
1	Javier Hernandez	53	158	0.34	2010–2019	Manchester United (37/103), West Ham United (16/55)	[5]
2	Raúl Jiménez	52	177	0.29	2018–	Wolverhampton Wanderers (40/135), Fulham (12/42)	[5]
3	Paulo Wanchope	50	156	0.32	1997–2004	Derby County (23/72), West Ham United (12/35), Manchester City (15/49)	[5]
4	Clyde Best	47	186	0.25	1969–1976	West Ham United	[72]
5	Carl Cort	28	111	0.25	1996–2004	Wimbledon (16/73), Newcastle United (7/22), Wolverhampton Wanderers (5/16)	[5]

Asia

Rank	Player	Goals	Apps	Ratio	Years	Clubs	Ref.
1	Son Heung-min	125	318	0.39	2015–	Tottenham Hotspur	[5]
2	Muzzy Izzet	34	248	0.14	1996–2006	Leicester City (33/222), Birmingham City (1/26)	[5]
3	Yossi Benayoun	31	194	0.16	2005–2014	West Ham United (8/75), Liverpool (18/92), Chelsea (1/8), Arsenal (4/19)	[5]
4	Ronny Rosenthal	25	162	0.15	1990–1997	Liverpool (21/74), Tottenham Hotspur (4/88)	[73]
5	Hwang Hee-chan	21	98	0.21	2021–	Wolverhampton Wanderers	[5]

Excluded centurions

Peter Beardsley scored 88 goals for Newcastle United, 46 for Liverpool, 25 for Everton and 2 for Bolton Wanderers. 161 goals in 470 league appearances would rank Beardsley 11th in the Premier League top scorers list.

Former Leeds United legend Johnny Giles in a 2016 interview published in the Irish Independent states "What other sport wipes out 100 years of records and standards and decides that Alan Shearer was the first player to score 100 goals for two clubs when Jimmy Greaves did it decades before? In no other sport in England is there such a casual disregard and disrespect for the achievements of players who inhabit the archives..."^[74]

In the 136 year history of football in England, a total of 256 players have scored 100 or more goals in the top flight.^[75] Son Heung-min in the 2022–23 season became the latest player to reach a century of goals, all scored for Tottenham Hotspur.^[76] That figure includes the 34 players in the Premier League 100 club, leaving 222 players excluded from the records shown today, those centurions among the 104 years of history "wiped out".

Out of those 256 centurions, 24 players played either side of the 1992 rebranding of the top tier in English football. Seven of those players would be among the first players included in the premier league 100 club, those records easily available. The other seventeen players would be included among the neglected records. The records of those other 222 players who have all scored 100 or more goals, are not as easily, or readily available as the 34 players who have, since 1992. The tables below show the seventeen players who scored a century of top flight goals and the seven who have a lesser total, after the 1992 launch of the Premier League, never seen among the Premier League era records.

Matt Le Tissier, despite not having his first 61 goals for Southampton included, is ranked 34th in the Premier League. He scored the same number of goals as Peter Beardsley, however, his 100 goals he scored from 1992 places him in the Premier League records, where as Beardsley is among the 222 excluded centurions, not among any records shown on Sky Sports. The goal-scoring 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 Mané, just outside the top 20. Many other player records also fail to show their full career goal statistics because of the changeover. These include Manchester United forward Brian McClair who had 70 of his 88 goals deducted.^[77] Paul Goddard scored 82 goals but is shot down to only 3^[78] while England midfielder Steve Hodge has 3 goals also, not his full 79.^[79] Gary Bannister also had 70 goals removed, 78 reduced to 8 goals.^[80] Former England left back Stuart Pearce is shown with 20 goals and not the 63 he scored, mostly at Nottingham Forest.^[81] David Platt does not have his 45 goals he scored for Aston Villa included, only the 13 he scored for Arsenal.^[82] 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.^[83]

17 players who all scored 100 or more goals, scoring in both Division 1 & Premier League

Player	Total		Years	Div. 1	Prem	Ref.
	Goals	Matches
Ian Rush	232	515	1980–1998	184	48	[61]
Tony Cottee	214	548	1982–2001	136	78	[84]
Lee Chapman	177	508	1979–1995	154	23	[27]
Peter Beardsley	161	470	1979–1999	103	58	[28]
Mark Hughes	149	531	1980–2002	85	64	[64]
Alan Smith	149	425	1982–1995	141	8	[85]
John Barnes	142	538	1981–1999	114	28	[86]
Graeme Sharp	139	419	1980–1997	123	16	[87]
John Wark	135	467	1975–1997	122	13	[88]
Mick Harford	123	389	1980–1998	104	19	[89]
Dean Saunders	114	386	1982–2001	69	45	[90]
Bryan Robson	111	527	1975–1997	109	2	[91]
Nigel Clough	111	378	1984–1997	91	20	[92]
Niall Quinn	109	399	1983–2002	50	59	[93]
John Fashanu	106	282	1978–1995	86	20	[94]
Kevin Campbell	106	394	1988–2007	23	83	[95]
Rod Wallace	101	359	1987–2004	56	45	[96]

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	[97]
Teddy Sheringham	179	521	1988–2007	33	146	[98]
Les Ferdinand	169	401	1986–2005	20	149	[99]
Ian Wright	165	315	1985–1999	52	113	[100]
Matt Le Tissier	161	443	1986–2002	61	100	[101]
Dwight Yorke	136	423	1989–2009	13	123	[102]
Ryan Giggs	114	672	1990–2014	5	109	[103]

Player Records

All records listed below pertain to league matches played in Division 1 and/or the Premier League only.

Most goals: 357 - Jimmy Greaves in 516 matches for Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United (1957-1971)^[104]

Most goals in a season:

• 42 matches – 60 Dixie Dean, Everton 1927–28^[105]
• 38 matches – 38 Bert Freeman, Everton 1908–09^[106]

Most goals in a debut season:

• 42 matches – 38 Dave Halliday, Sunderland 1925–26^[107]
• 38 matches – 36 Erling Haaland, Manchester City 2022–23^[108]

Most goals in a match: 7 Ted Drake for Arsenal v Aston Villa (away) 14 December 1935^[109]

Most hat-tricks: 30 Dixie Dean Everton 1923–1937^[11]

Most hat-tricks in one season: 8 Dixie Dean 1931-32^[110]

Youngest goalscorer: Jason Dozzell 16 years and 57 days for Ipswich Town v Coventry City, February 1984)^[111]

Youngest hat-trick goalscorer: Alan Shearer 17 years 240 days for Southampton v Arsenal 8 April 1988.^[112] (Trevor Francis 16 years and 317 days was in Division 2)

Oldest goalscorer: Billy Meredith, 47 years, 8 months, 17 days for Manchester City v Burnley 15 April 1922.^[113] Also FA Cup oldest goalscorer, aged 49.^[114]

Most consecutive league matches scored in: 15 Stan Mortensen, Blackpool 1950-51^[115]

Most clubs scored for: 8 Lee Chapman^[27] (Stoke City, Sheffield Wed. Leeds Utd, Arsenal, Sunderland, Nott'm Forest, West Ham Utd, Ipswich Town)

Consecutive hat-tricks: 3^[116]

• 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 21 April 1909.^[117]

Most penalties scored: 56 Alan Shearer (from 67 taken for Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United, 1992–2006)^[118]

Most penalties scored in 1 season: 13 Francis Lee, Manchester City 1971–72^[119]

Hat-trick of penalties:

• Billy Walker for Aston Villa v Bradford City in 1921.^[120]
• Charlie Mitten for Manchester United v Aston Villa in 1950.^[121]
• Ken Barnes for Manchester City v Everton in 1957.^[122]
• Justin Kluivert for Bournemouth v Wolves in 2024.^[123]

Most own goals in one season: 5 Bobby Stuart (Middlesbrough 1934–35)^[124]

Fastest goal by a substitute: 6 seconds, Nicklas Bendtner for Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur, 22 December 2007)^[125]

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)

100 goals for two different clubs: 3^[126]

• David Jack 1919–34 (Bolton Wanderers 144 – Arsenal 113)
• Jimmy Greaves 1957–1970 (Chelsea 124 – Tottenham Hotspur 220)
• Alan Shearer 1992–2006 (Blackburn Rovers 112 – Newcastle United 148)

Fastest player to reach 100 goals: Dave Halliday in 101 games for Sunderland.^[127]

Players to score over 30 league goals in four consecutive seasons: Dave Halliday, 1925–26 to 1928–29.^[127] Halliday scored at least 35 goals in each of those four seasons.^[127]

Most league appearances: Peter Shilton 849 (1966–1997)^[128]

Most league appearances by an outfield player: John Hollins 714 (1963–1983)^[129] (62 goals - Chelsea 47, Q.P.R 6, Arsenal 9)

Most league appearances at one club: Ryan Giggs 672 for Manchester United, 2 March 1991 to 6 May 2014)^[130]

Most titles won by an individual player: 13 Ryan Giggs^[130]

Team goals:

Most goals scored in total: Liverpool 7,315 in 4,341 matches.^[131] (Arsenal 7,250 in 4,341 - Everton 7,250 in 4,724)

Most goals scored in a season:

• 42 matches - 128 Aston Villa 1930–31 Top scorers, Tom 'Pongo' Waring 49, Eric Houghton 30.^[132] (8 other scorers) Arsenal scored 127 in same season.^[133]
• 38 matches - 106 Manchester City 2017–18 Top scorer, Sergio Aguero 21.^[134] (12 other scorers)

See also

• List of footballers in England by number of league goals
• List of footballers with 100 or more Premier League goals
• Premier League Golden Boot
• Football records and statistics in England

Notes

1. 5 goals in 8 appearances for Crystal Palace, 24 goals in 30 appearances for Arsenal
2. 1 goal in 3 appearances for Nottingham Forest, 21 goals in 38 appearances for Tottenham Hotspur

References

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