The top tier in English football today is the

Premier League The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...

, replacing the

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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 Tottenham () is a town in North London, England, within the London Borough of Haringey. It is located in the ceremonial county of Greater London. Tottenham is centred north-northeast of Charing Cross, bordering Edmonton to the north, Waltham ...

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 Thierry Daniel Henry (born 17 August 1977) is a French professional football coach, pundit, and former player who is an assistant coach for the Belgium national team. Considered one of the best strikers of all time and one of the best players ...

has won the Golden Boot more times than anyone else, winning this accolade four times, all with

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Wayne Rooney Wayne Mark Rooney (born 24 October 1985) is an English professional football manager and former player, who is the manager of Major League Soccer club D.C. United in the United States. He spent much of his playing career as a forward while als ...

, 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 in the 2021–22 season

Son Heung-min Son Heung-min ( ko, 손흥민; ; born 8 July 1992) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and captains the South Korea national team. Considered one of the best forwards in ...

from South Korea, finished level with Egypt's

Mohamed Salah Mohamed Salah Hamed Mahrous Ghaly ( ar, محمد صلاح حامد محروس غالي, ; born 15 June 1992), also known as Mo Salah, is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Liverpool and captains the Egypt na ...

. Since the turn of the

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only three Englishmen have won the award. In the 1999-2000 season Kevin Phillips won with 30 goals for

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. Tottenham’s

Harry Kane Harry Edward Kane (born 28 July 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for club Tottenham Hotspur and captains the England national team. A prolific goalscorer with strong link play, Kane is regarded as one of ...

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. The third is

Jamie Vardy Jamie Richard Vardy (''né'' Gill; born 11 January 1987) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for club Leicester City. Regarded as one of the best strikers in the world, Vardy is known for his prolific goalscoring aided ...

, the

Leicester City Leicester ( ) is a city, unitary authority and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest settlement in the East Midlands. The city lies on the River Soar and close to the eastern end of the National ...

striker scored 23 goals in the 2019-20 season. The last home nation top scorer was

John Aldridge John William Aldridge (born 18 September 1958) is a former football player and manager. He was a prolific, record-breaking striker best known for his time with English club Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in M ...

, the

Republic of Ireland Ireland ( ga, Éire ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, on the eastern side of the island. A ...

international scored 26 goals for

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in the 1987-88 season.

Top Scorers

By season

On six occasions

Jimmy Greaves James Peter Greaves (20 February 1940 – 19 September 2021) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward. Greaves is regarded as one of England’s best ever players. He is England's fifth-highest international goalscorer ...

was the league top scorer, twice with

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and later four with

, however

Steve Bloomer Stephen Bloomer (20 January 1874 – 16 April 1938) was an England international footballer and manager who played for Derby County – becoming their record goalscorer – and Middlesbrough. The anthem " Steve Bloomer's Watchin'" is played at ...

with 5 holds the record for one team.

is the record

winner with 4.

Gary Lineker Gary Winston Lineker (; born 30 November 1960) is an English former professional footballer and current sports broadcaster. He is regarded as having been one of the greatest English strikers. His media career began with the BBC, where he has p ...

has won the honour three times, all with different clubs, the only player to do so. In the 1951-52 season,

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

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 Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Newcastle upon Tyne, that plays in the Premier League – the top flight of English football. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End ...

. 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. Englishmen

Michael Owen Michael James Owen (born 14 December 1979) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker for Liverpool, Real Madrid, Newcastle United, Manchester United and Stoke City, as well as for the England national team. Since r ...

Dion Dublin Dion Dublin (born 22 April 1969) is an English former professional footballer, television presenter and pundit. He is a club director of Cambridge United. As a player he was a centre-forward, notably playing in the Premier League for Manchest ...

and

Chris Sutton Christopher Roy Sutton (born 10 March 1973) is an English former professional football player and manager. He later became a pundit and commentator for BT Sport, regularly working on their coverage of Scottish football. He is now also a pundit ...

won in the 97-98 season. Owen again won in the 98-99 season, but this time he was joined by Dutchman

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Jerrel Floyd "Jimmy" Hasselbaink ( ; born 27 March 1972) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of League One club Burton Albion. Born in Suriname, he and his family would later move to th ...

and

Dwight Yorke Dwight Eversley Yorke CM (born 3 November 1971) is a Trinidadian and Tobagonian former professional footballer and current manager of Australian A-League club Macarthur FC. Throughout his club career, he played for Aston Villa, Manchester Unit ...

, Trinidad & Tobago, the duo becoming the first foreign league top scorers since Robledo.

Didier Drogba Didier Yves Drogba Tébily (; born 11 March 1978) is an Ivorian retired professional footballer who played as a striker. He is the all-time top scorer and former captain of the Ivory Coast national team. He is best known for his career at ...

(Ivory Coast) became the first African to win it in 2006-07 season and later

Carlos Tevez Carlos Alberto Tevez (; born 5 February 1984) is an Argentine professional football manager and former player. A quick, tenacious, powerful, hard-working and dynamic forward in his prime, Tevez was capable of playing as a striker, as a winger ...

, Luis Suarez and Sergio Aguero would add to the South American winners. In 2018–19, two players from the same club both finished as top scorers for the first time,

Sadio Mané Sadio Mané (born 10 April 1992) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Senegal national team. Considered one of the best players in the world and amongst the greatest African ...

, Senegal, and

, Egypt, of

. 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. 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 Edward Paul "Teddy" Sheringham, MBE (born 2 April 1966) is an English football manager and former player. He played as a forward, mostly as a second striker, in a 24-year professional career. Sheringham began his career at Millwall, where he ...

, then playing for

Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, commonly referred to as Tottenham () or Spurs, is a professional association football, football club based in Tottenham, London, England. It competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English footba ...

. In the 1993-94 season

Andy Cole Andrew Alexander Cole (born 15 October 1971) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. His professional career lasted from 1988 to 2008, and is mostly remembered for his time with Manchester United, who paid a Briti ...

scored 34 goals for Newcastle United, the highest number of goals in the Premier League era to win the award. The following season

Alan Shearer Alan Shearer CBE DL (born 13 August 1970) is an English football pundit and retired football player and manager who played as a striker. Widely regarded as one of the best strikers of his generation and one of the greatest players in Premie ...

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,

holds the record with 32 in 38 matches. However all these totals are dwarfed by the all time record holder, Everton legend

Dixie Dean William Ralph "Dixie" Dean (22 January 1907 – 1 March 1980) was an English footballer who played as a centre forward. He is regarded as one of the greatest centre-forwards of all time and was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in ...

, who still holds the record for the most goals in a season with 60, set in the 1927–28 season. StiveBloomer

By number of seasons as top scorer

*Bold shows players currently playing in the

. *''Italics'' show players still playing professional football.

By club

Coventry City Coventry City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Coventry, West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. The team currently compete in the EFL Championship, Championship, the second tier of the English footbal ...

and

Stoke City Stoke City Football Club is a professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, which competes in the . Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, it changed its name to Stoke in 1878 and then to Stoke City in 1925 after Stoke ...

are the only clubs with top league scorers whose teams have never finished in the top three.

By nationality

Top 50 All-time Top Scorers

The

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from 1888 through to the end of the 1991-1992 season and now the

, 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 whose career was interrupted by

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but went onto make 501 appearances. In the mid-sixties, Bobby Smith retired after scoring 23 in 74 for Chelsea and 176 in 271 for Tottenham, and finally ten years later,

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legend

Sir Bobby Charlton Sir Robert Charlton (born 11 October 1937) is an English former footballer who played either as a midfielder or a forward. Considered one of the greatest players of all time, he was a member of the England team that won the 1966 FIFA World C ...

, left Manchester United after making 606 appearances.

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forward

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

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where he scored 59 in 125 games for the Boro. 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

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

broke the record scoring 357 goals, playing for

and

West Ham United West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club that plays its home matches in Stratford, East London. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. The club plays at the London Stadium, hav ...

. For Chelsea he scored 124 goals in 157 appearances, only

Frank Lampard Frank James Lampard (born 20 June 1978) is an English professional football manager and former player who is the manager of club Everton. He is widely regarded as one of Chelsea’s greatest ever players, and one of the greatest midfielder ...

147,

Roy Bentley Roy Thomas Frank Bentley (17 May 1924 – 20 April 2018) was an English football player and manager. A former forward, Bentley played 367 games for Chelsea and captained the club to their first League Championship in the 1954–55 season. He ...

130, and

Bobby Tambling Robert Victor Tambling (born 18 September 1941) is an English former professional footballer, who played as a forward, most notably for Chelsea, Crystal Palace and England. He was Chelsea's all-time top scorer for 47 years, with 202 goals in al ...

129 have scored more top flight goals for Chelsea. Greaves moved on to

where, to this day, remains Tottenham’s top league goalscorer after scoring 220 goals in 321 appearances. His top flight career ended at West Ham United, where he scored 13 in 38 matches. In the

era,

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,

, the second highest Premier League goalscorer with 208 goals for Everton and

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, is 22nd.

legend

Ian Rush Ian James Rush (born 20 October 1961) is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a forward. At club level Rush played for Liverpool from 1980–1987 and 1988–1996. He is the club's all-time leading goalscorer, having scored a to ...

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 Antony Richard Cottee (born 11 July 1965) is an English former professional footballer and manager who now works as a television football commentator. As a player, he was a striker from 1982 until 2001, notably playing in the top flight of En ...

, 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 Lee Roy Chapman (born 5 December 1959) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker from 1978 until 1996, in which he scored over 200 first team goals. He is best known for spells with Stoke City, Leeds United, She ...

scored 177 goals, the same as

and two more than

, but his last 23 goals sees him in 314th place in the Premier League.

Peter Beardsley Peter Andrew Beardsley MBE (born 18 January 1961) is an English football coach and former footballer who played as a forward or midfielder between 1979 and 1999. In 1987, he set a record transfer fee in the English game and represented his coun ...

and

Matt Le Tissier Matthew Paul Le Tissier (; born 14 October 1968) is a former professional footballer. Born in Guernsey, he won eight caps for the England national team. Le Tissier spent his entire professional club career with Southampton before turning to non ...

(ranked 71 and 72) respectively, both scored 161 goals, 11 more than

who is tenth on the PL list. Beardsley is in 87th position with 58 goals in the Premier League while a lack of centurion’s, assists Le Tissier’s ranking. Losing 61 goals improves his overall position, ranked 33rd in the

with 100 goals. The current top active player is Tottenham Hotspur striker

, whose total goal tally is now 196, ranking him 3rd in the Premier League. Kane this season has overtaken such players as

Dennis Viollet Dennis Sydney Viollet (20 September 1933 – 6 March 1999) was an English footballer who played for Manchester United and Stoke City as well as the England national team. He was famous as one of the Busby Babes and survived the Munich air disa ...

Ray Charnley Raymond Ogden Charnley (29 May 1935 – 15 November 2009) was an English professional footballer. He was a centre forward and was one of the most prolific scorers for Blackpool, with whom he spent ten years, including all but one season in th ...

who both had 190 goals, and Peter Harris, who scored 192 goals for

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. Kane, currently ranked 33rd, trails

Stan Mortensen Stanley Harding Mortensen (26 May 1921 – 22 May 1991) was an English professional footballer, most famous for his part in the 1953 FA Cup Final (subsequently known as the "Matthews Final"), in which he became the only player ever to score a h ...

who scored 197 goals for

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and George Elliott who scored 198 goals for

. 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. As shown below in the player records,

holds the record of most top flight clubs scored for with 8.

played for 8 clubs also, but only scored for 6.

Marcus Bent Marcus Nathan Bent (born 19 May 1978) is a retired English professional footballer. A former England under-21 international, the journeyman striker played 573 games and scored 113 goals for fourteen different clubs. His numerous transfer fees ...

is another player to play for 8 different top flight clubs, again only scoring for 6.

Steve Claridge Stephen Edward Claridge (born 10 April 1966) is an English football pundit, coach and former professional player. He was a pundit for BBC Sport football shows including ''Football Focus'' and ''The Football League Show'', until 2014 when he beca ...

has played for sixteen different league clubs, but only with

has he played in the top division, scoring 12 in 49 appearances. A name that does not appear on the top scorer list is

Arthur Rowley George Arthur Rowley Jr. (21 April 1926 – 19 December 2002), nicknamed "The Gunner" because of his explosive left-foot shot, was an English football player and cricketer. He holds the record for the most goals in the history of English lea ...

, the record holder for the most goals in league football, scoring 434 goals in 619 league games. Arthur's brother

Jack Rowley John Frederick Rowley (7 October 1918 – 28 June 1998) was an English footballer who played as a forward from the 1930s to the 1950s, mainly remembered for a 17-year spell with Manchester United. He was nicknamed "The Gunner" because of his p ...

scored 173 goals for

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

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he scored 8 in 34 appearances and then later hit 43 in 61 appearances over two seasons for

Clubs top scorer in top tier

The start of the

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saw 12 teams become the founding members of the first ever league season in 1888-89. These were

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Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pike's ...

Burnley Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2001 population of 73,021. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River Bru ...

, Everton,

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West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion Football Club () is an English professional football club based in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. The club was formed in 1878 and has pla ...

and

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. Since then a total of sixty five different clubs have played at the top level, with only three

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players breaking club records set in the football league.

beat the 150 scored by

Cliff Bastin Clifford Sydney Bastin (14 March 1912 – 4 December 1991) was an English footballer who played as a winger for Exeter City and Arsenal. He also played for the England national team. Bastin is Arsenal's third-highest goalscorer of all time. C ...

for

who scored 130 goals for

was surpassed by

, while Sergio Aguero overtook the 147

Eric Brook Eric Fred Brook (27 November 1907 – 29 March 1965) was an English Association football, footballer who played in the outside left position. Brook was also an England national football team, England international. He was a muscular player with ' ...

scored for

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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. The Premier League’s top two scorers, who both scored over 200 goals, fail to appear.

finished nine goals adrift of Blackburn’s

Ted Harper Edward Cashfield Harper (22 August 1901 – 22 July 1959) was an English footballer, who played at centre-forward scoring a then record high of 43 league goals in a season in 1925–26 for Blackburn Rovers. He also holds the record for Preston ...

and finished two short of Geordie legend

Jackie Milburn John Edward Thompson "Jackie" Milburn (11 May 1924 – 9 October 1988) was a football player principally associated with Newcastle United and England, though he also spent four seasons at Linfield. He was also known as Wor Jackie (particularly ...

, while

was sixteen short of Bobby Charlton’s record.

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are the only club whose top scorer is still currently playing,

Wilfried Zaha Dazet Wilfried Armel Zaha (born 10 November 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Crystal Palace and the Ivory Coast national team. Zaha advanced into the Crystal Palace first team from their academy, in 2010. In ...

so far has 67 goals to his name.

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statistics currently unavailable.

Top five scorers by nationality

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. Apart from English players, the Republic of Ireland top scorers' features

Robbie Keane Robert David Keane (born 8 July 1980) is an Irish professional Association football, football coach and former Football player, player who played as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker. Keane served as Captain (association football ...

, who is the only home nations player to score all his goals in the Premier League, as

Niall Quinn Niall John Quinn (honorary MBE; born 6 October 1966) is an Irish former professional footballer, manager, businessman and sports television pundit. As a player he was a striker who played top flight football for Arsenal, Manchester City and ...

and

Mark Hughes Leslie Mark Hughes (born 1 November 1963) is a Welsh football coach and former player who is the manager of Bradford City. During his playing career he usually operated as a forward or midfielder. He had two spells at Manchester United, and a ...

both scored nearly half their goals in either Division 1 or the Premier League. Of the

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countries, Premier League players are well short of the overall records. Northern Ireland's top Premier League scorer is

Iain Dowie Iain Dowie (born 9 January 1965) is a football manager, former professional footballer and sports television pundit. He played as a striker from 1983 until 2001, notably in the Premier League for Southampton, Crystal Palace and West Ham Unit ...

who scored 33 of his 57 goals in the Premier League. After Keane the top

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scorer is

Shane Long Shane Patrick Long (born 22 January 1987) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a striker for EFL Championship club Reading and the Republic of Ireland national team. He also played hurling for the Tipperary county team in his early ...

, who managed 56 goals. The top

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goal scorer is

Ryan Giggs Ryan Joseph Giggs (né Wilson; 29 November 1973) is a Welsh association football, football coach and former player. Regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation, Giggs played his List of one-club men in association football, entir ...

who scored 114 goals, 109 in the Premier League while

Duncan Ferguson Duncan Cowan Ferguson (born 27 December 1971) is a Scottish former professional footballer. Ferguson was the caretaker manager of Everton in 2019 and 2022. He began his career at Dundee United in 1990, and moved to Rangers in 1993 for what was ...

with 68 goals is the top Scottish goal scorer in the Premier League. 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 Craig Peter Johnston (born 25 June 1960) is a South African-born Australian former professional footballer. He played as a midfielder in the English Football League between 1977 and 1988, winning the European Cup, five league titles and an FA Cu ...

has been overtaking by Premier League

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players while

Lindy Delapenha Lloyd Lindbergh "Lindy" Delapenha (5 May 1927 – 26 January 2017) was a Jamaican footballer and sports journalist. He was the first Jamaican to play professional football in England. Between 1948 and 1960, he played league football for Portsmou ...

also, has lost his

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record. However, South African duo

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and

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records remain intact from decades ago. American

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has dropped to second in the USA & Canada scorers. The European and African top scorers are all from the Premier League era.

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who currently has 103 goals, is the closest European to Romelu Lukaku, 121.

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who currently has 78 goals, is the closest African to Yakubu, 95.

Gabriel Jesus Gabriel Fernando de Jesus (born 3 April 1997) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Arsenal and the Brazil national team. Jesus began his senior club career at Palmeiras, where he was voted Best Newcomer at ...

who currently has 63 goals, is the closest South American to Luis Suarez, 69. As of 27th December 2022 * Bold shows players currently playing in the

. Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Wales European South America Africa Oceania U.S.A & Canada Caribbean South Africa Central America

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 these players would make up 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. Son Heung Min will soon make it 256, who currently has 96 goals, all for

. 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. 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 was not invented in 1992, but every record shown on

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is only since then, meaning 104 years of records ignored, including the other 222 players who have all scored 100 or more goals, all them records not as easily available. Not every player is as lucky as

, losing 61 goals moves him up to 33rd in the Premier League. The career of Manchester United stalwart

Bryan Robson Bryan Robson OBE (born 11 January 1957) is an English football manager and former player. He began his career with West Bromwich Albion in 1972, where he amassed over 200 appearances and was club captain before moving to Manchester United in ...

is very nearly entirely erased, the same with Alan Smith, the

and

striker.

John Wark John Wark (born 4 August 1957) is a Scottish former footballer who spent most of his playing time with Ipswich Town. He won a record four Player of the Year awards before becoming one of the four inaugural members of the club's Hall of Fame. W ...

, the

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and

midfielder scored 135 goals, which would make him the 14th highest goal scorer in the

. The Scottish midfielder is ahead of

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and

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while Robson would be sitting alongside

and

, 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. Paul Goddard (footballer), Paul Goddard scored 82 goals but is shot down to only 3 while England midfielder Steve Hodge has 3 goals also, not his full 79. Gary Bannister also lost 70 goals, 78 reduced to 8 goals. Former

left back Stuart Pearce is shown with 20 goals and not the 63 he scored, mostly at Nottingham Forest F.C., Nottingham Forest. David Platt (footballer), David Platt does not have his 45 goals he scored for

included, only the 13 he scored for

. Chris Waddle loses his entire career records for both

and

, his 10 goals for Sheffield Wednesday F.C., Sheffield Wednesday and his solitary

goal are all that's included. 17 players who all scored 100 or more goals, scoring in both Division 1 & Premier League Total Goals of players included in the Premier League 100 club

Player Records

All records listed below pertain to league matches played in Division 1 and/or the Premier League only. Most goals: 357 -

in 516 matches for Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United (1957-1971) Most goals in a season: * 42 matches – 60

, Everton 1927–28 * 38 matches – 32

, Liverpool Most goals in a match: 7 Ted Drake for Arsenal v Aston Villa (away) 14 December 1935 Most hat-tricks: 30

Everton 1923–1937 Most hat-tricks in one season: 8

1931-32 Youngest goalscorer: Jason Dozzell 16 years and 57 days for Ipswich Town ''v'' Coventry City, February 1984) Youngest hat-trick goalscorer:

17yrs 240 days for Southampton v Arsenal April 8, 1988. (Trevor Francis 16 years and 317 days was in Division 2) Oldest goalscorer: Billy Meredith, 47 years, 8 months, 17 days. Manchester City v Burnley (a) April 15, 1922. Also FA Cup oldest goalscorer, aged 49. Most consecutive league matches scored in: 15

for

1950-51 Most clubs scored for: 8

(Stoke City, Sheffield Wed. Leeds Utd, Arsenal, Sunderland, Nott'm Forest, West Ham Utd, Ipswich Town) Consecutive Hat-tricks: 3 * Frank Osborne (footballer), Frank Osborne, Tottenham Hotspur 1925 v Liverpool, Leicester City, West Ham United * Tom Jennings (footballer), Tom Jennings, Leeds United 1926 v Arsenal, Liverpool (4), Blackburn Rovers *

, 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 (footballer, born 1884), Bill Hooper Nott'm Forest, in their record breaking 12-0 home win over Leicester City on April 21, 1909. Most Penalties scored in 1 season: 13 Francis Lee (footballer), Francis Lee, Manchester City 1971/72 Hat-trick of Penalties: * Billy Walker (footballer, born 1897), Billy Walker for Aston Villa v Bradford City in 1921. * Charlie Mitten for Manchester United v Aston Villa in 1950. * Ken Barnes (English footballer), Ken Barnes for Manchester City v Everton in 1957. Most own goals in one season: 5 Bobby Stuart (Middlesbrough 1934–35) Fastest goal by a substitute: 6 seconds, Nicklas Bendtner for Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur, 22 December 2007) Most consecutive Top Scorer awards: 3 *

(1963, 1964, 1965) *

(1995, 1996, 1997) *

(2004, 2005, 2006) Most Top Scorer awards with different clubs: 3

(Leicester City 1985, Everton 1986, Tottenham Hotspur 1990) Fastest player to reach 100 goals: Dave Halliday in 101 games for

. Players to score over 30 league goals in four consecutive seasons: Dave Halliday, 1925–26 to 1928–29. Halliday scored at least 35 goals in each of those four seasons Most league appearances: Peter Shilton 849 (1966 to 1997) Most league appearances by an outfield player: John Hollins 714 (1963-1983) (62 goals - Chelsea 47, Q.P.R 6, Arsenal 9) Most league appearances at one club:

672 for Manchester United, 2 March 1991 to 6 May 2014) Most titles won by an individual player: 13

Goals Most goals scored in total: 7,173 Everton in 4,647 matches. (Liverpool 7,146 in 4,262) Most goals scored in a season: * 42 matches - 128

1930–31 Top scorers, Tom Waring, Tom Pongo Waring 49, Eric Houghton 30. (8 other scorers) Arsenal scored 127 in same season. * 38 matches - 106

2017–18 Top Scorer, Sergio Aguero 21. (12 other scorers)

Notes

References

{{Premier League Golden Boot Lists of Premier League players, goal Football League First Division Lists of association football league top scorers (all-time), England 1 First Lists of association football league top scorers (by season), England 1 First Association football player non-biographical articles Football records and statistics in England

Top Scorers

By season

By number of seasons as top scorer

By club

By nationality

Top 50 All-time Top Scorers

Clubs top scorer in top tier

Top five scorers by nationality

Forgotten Centurions

Player Records

See also

Notes

References