#	Card	Player ⇅	Position ⇅		Club ⇅	Div	Nat	Joined	Left	Span	Goals ▼	Apps ⇅	Goals/Game ⇅
1		Lionel Messi	Forward		Barcelona			2004	2021	17 yrs	474	520	0.91
2		Dixie Dean	Forward		Everton	PL		1925	1937	12 yrs	349	399	0.87
3		George Camsell	Forward		Middlesbrough	CH		1925	1939	14 yrs	325	419	0.78
4		John Atyeo	Forward		Bristol City	CH		1951	1966	15 yrs	314	596	0.53
5		Cristiano Ronaldo	Forward		Real Madrid			2009	2018	9 yrs	311	275	1.13
6		Vic Watson	Forward		West Ham United	CH		1920	1935	15 yrs	298	462	0.65
7		Steve Bloomer	Forward		Derby County	CH		1892	1914	22 yrs	291	473	0.62
8		Arthur Chandler	Forward		Leicester City	L1		1923	1935	12 yrs	259	393	0.66
9		Nat Lofthouse	Forward		Bolton Wanderers	CH		1946	1961	15 yrs	255	452	0.56
10		Joe Smith	Forward		Bolton Wanderers	CH		1908	1926	18 yrs	254	449	0.57
11		Arthur Rowley	Forward		Leicester City	L1		1950	1958	8 yrs	251	303	0.83
12		Ally McCoist	Forward		Rangers			1983	1998	15 yrs	251	418	0.60
13		Steve Bull	Forward		Wolverhampton Wanderers	CH		1986	1999	13 yrs	249	475	0.52
14		Joe Bradford	Forward		Birmingham City	CH		1920	1935	15 yrs	249	414	0.60
15		Charlie Vaughan	Forward		Sutton United			1941	1946	5 yrs	248	147	1.69
16		Jimmy Hampson	Forward		Blackpool	L1		1927	1938	11 yrs	248	361	0.69
17		Roger Hunt	Forward		Liverpool	PL		1959	1970	11 yrs	245	404	0.61
18		Gordon Turner	Forward		Luton Town	L1		1950	1964	14 yrs	243	406	0.60
19		Geoff Bradford	Forward		Bristol Rovers	L2		1949	1964	15 yrs	242	461	0.52
20		Robert Lewandowski	Forward		Bayern Munich			2014	2022	8 yrs	238	253	0.94
21		Paul van Himst	Forward		RSC Anderlecht			1959	1975	16 yrs	233	457	0.51
22		Gordon Hodgson	Forward		Liverpool	PL		1926	1936	10 yrs	232	359	0.65
23		Ian Rush	Forward		Liverpool	PL		1980	1996	16 yrs	229	471	0.49
24		Bobby Gurney	Forward		Sunderland	PL		1925	1950	25 yrs	228	388	0.59
25		Jimmy Greaves	Forward		Tottenham Hotspur	PL		1961	1970	9 yrs	220	321	0.69
26		Tony Brown	Midfielder		West Bromwich Albion	CH		1963	1980	17 yrs	218	574	0.38
27		Billy Liddell	Forward		Liverpool	PL		1946	1961	15 yrs	216	495	0.44
28		Harry Hampton	Forward		Aston Villa	PL		1904	1920	16 yrs	215	341	0.63
29		Billy Walker	Forward		Aston Villa	PL		1919	1933	14 yrs	214	478	0.45
30		Harry Kane	Forward		Tottenham Hotspur	PL		2009	2023	14 yrs	213	317	0.67
31		Charlie Buchan	Forward		Sunderland	PL		1911	1925	14 yrs	209	379	0.55
32		Alex Del Piero	Forward		Juventus			1993	2012	19 yrs	208	513	0.41
33		Ronnie Allen	Forward		West Bromwich Albion	CH		1949	1961	12 yrs	208	415	0.50
34	no card	Jimmy Wardhaugh	Forward		Hearts			1946	1959	13 yrs	206	303	0.68
35		Johan Cruyff	Forward		Ajax			1964	1983	19 yrs	204	276	0.74
36		Ray Crawford	Forward		Ipswich Town	PL		1958	1969	11 yrs	204	320	0.64
37	no card	Sammy Collins	Forward		Torquay United			1948	1958	10 yrs	204	355	0.57
38		George Elliott	Forward		Middlesbrough	CH		1913	1925	12 yrs	203	344	0.59
39		Ginger Richardson	Forward		West Bromwich Albion	CH		1929	1945	16 yrs	202	320	0.63
40		Harry Johnson	Forward		Sheffield United	CH		1916	1930	14 yrs	201	313	0.64
41	no card	Jim Paterson	Forward		Queen Of The South			1949	1963	14 yrs	200	361	0.55
42	no card	Andy Wilson	Forward		Sheffield Wednesday	L1		1900	1920	20 yrs	199	501	0.40
43		Grenville Morris	Forward		Nottingham Forest	PL		1898	1913	15 yrs	199	423	0.47
44		Bobby Charlton	Forward		Manchester United	PL		1956	1973	17 yrs	199	606	0.33
45		Stan Mortensen	Forward		Blackpool	L1		1946	1956	10 yrs	197	317	0.62
46		Brian Clough	Forward		Middlesbrough	CH		1955	1961	6 yrs	197	213	0.92
47		Peter Harris	Forward		Portsmouth	CH		1946	1960	14 yrs	193	479	0.40
48		Chris Chilton	Forward		Hull City	PL		1960	1972	12 yrs	193	415	0.47
49		Ray Charnley	Forward		Blackpool	L1		1957	1968	11 yrs	193	363	0.53
50		Tommy Walker	–		Hearts			1932	1949	17 yrs	191	185	1.03
51		Mo Salah	Forward		Liverpool	PL		2017	Present	9 yrs	191	315	0.61
52		Tom Finney	Forward		Preston North End	CH		1946	1960	14 yrs	187	433	0.43
53	no card	Tony Richards	Forward		Walsall	L2		1954	1963	9 yrs	185	334	0.55
54		Lawrie Reilly	Forward		Hibernian			1946	1958	12 yrs	185	253	0.73
55		Mick Channon	Forward		Southampton	CH		1965	1982	17 yrs	185	511	0.36
56		Sergio Aguero	Forward		Manchester City	PL		2011	2021	10 yrs	184	275	0.67
57		Jamie Vardy	Forward		Leicester City	L1		2012	2025	13 yrs	183	440	0.42
58		Wayne Rooney	Forward		Manchester United	PL		2004	2017	13 yrs	183	393	0.47
59		Willie Bauld	Forward		Hearts			1948	1962	14 yrs	183	292	0.63
60		Jack Rowley	Forward		Manchester United	PL		1937	1955	18 yrs	182	380	0.48
61		Geoff Hurst	Forward		West Ham United	CH		1959	1972	13 yrs	180	411	0.44
62		Pat Glover	Forward		Grimsby Town	L2		1929	1939	10 yrs	180	227	0.79
63		Hristo Bonev	Midfielder		Lokomotiv Plovdiv			1964	1984	20 yrs	180	407	0.44
64		Serhiy Rebrov	Forward		Dynamo Kiev			1992	2008	16 yrs	179	346	0.52
65		George Beel	lL		Burnley	CH		1923	1932	9 yrs	179	316	0.57
66		Giampiero Boniperti	Forward		Juventus			1946	1961	15 yrs	178	443	0.40
67		Alfie Biggs	Forward		Bristol Rovers	L2		1953	1968	15 yrs	178	424	0.42
68		Jackie Milburn	Forward		Newcastle United	PL		1946	1957	11 yrs	177	353	0.50
69		Bobby Smith	Forward		Tottenham Hotspur	PL		1955	1964	9 yrs	176	271	0.65
70		Sammy Black	Forward		Plymouth Argyle	L1		1924	1938	14 yrs	176	470	0.37
71		Kylian Mbappe	Forward		Paris Saint-Germain			2017	2024	7 yrs	175	205	0.85
72		Thierry Henry	Forward		Arsenal	PL		1999	2012	13 yrs	175	258	0.68
73		Tommy Bamford	Forward		Wrexham	CH		1929	1934	5 yrs	175	204	0.86
74	no card	Henrik Larsson	Forward		Celtic			1997	2004	7 yrs	174	221	0.79
75		Alan Buckley	Forward		Walsall	L2		1973	1985	12 yrs	174	419	0.42
76		Ken Wagstaff	Forward		Hull City	PL		1964	1976	12 yrs	173	378	0.46
77	no card	Peter Price	Forward		Ayr United			1955	1962	7 yrs	173	199	0.87
78		Billy McLeod	Forward		Leeds City			1906	1919	13 yrs	172	289	0.60
79		Jack Weddle	Forward		Portsmouth	CH		1927	1938	11 yrs	171	368	0.46
80		Denis Law	Forward		Manchester United	PL		1962	1973	11 yrs	171	309	0.55
81	no card	Jack Howarth	Forward		Aldershot Town			1965	1977	12 yrs	171	422	0.41
82	no card	Gordon Dalziel	Forward		Raith Rovers			1986	1995	9 yrs	170	308	0.55
83		Colin Taylor	Forward		Walsall	L2		1958	1973	15 yrs	169	457	0.37
84		Peter Lorimer	Forward		Leeds United	PL		1962	1986	24 yrs	168	526	0.32
85		Simon Garner	Forward		Blackburn Rovers	CH		1978	1992	14 yrs	168	484	0.35
86		Jack Devey	Forward		Aston Villa	PL		1891	1902	11 yrs	168	268	0.63
87		Branko Strupar	Forward		Racing Genk			1994	1999	5 yrs	167	278	0.60
88		Bobby Lennox	Forward		Celtic			1962	1980	18 yrs	167	335	0.50
89		Jack Bowers	Forward		Derby County	CH		1928	1936	8 yrs	167	203	0.82
90		Joe Bache	Forward		Aston Villa	PL		1900	1914	14 yrs	167	431	0.39
91		Ivor Allchurch	Forward		Swansea City	CH		1949	1968	19 yrs	166	448	0.37
92		Bobby Tambling	Forward		Chelsea	PL		1958	1970	12 yrs	164	302	0.54
93	no card	Ernie Moss	Forward		Chesterfield	L2		1968	1987	19 yrs	162	467	0.35
94		Billy Hartill	Forward		Wolverhampton Wanderers	CH		1928	1935	7 yrs	162	221	0.73
95		Freddie Sargent	Forward		Watford	CH		1884	1895	11 yrs	161	151	1.07
96		Ted Phillips	Forward		Ipswich Town	PL		1953	1964	11 yrs	161	269	0.60
97		Matt Le Tissier	Forward		Southampton	CH		1986	2002	16 yrs	161	443	0.36
98	no card	Brian Bedford	Forward		Queens Park Rangers	CH		1959	1965	6 yrs	161	258	0.62
99		Terry Paine	Forward		Southampton	CH		1956	1974	18 yrs	160	713	0.22
100		Eric Houghton	Forward		Aston Villa	PL		1929	1947	18 yrs	160	361	0.44
101		Harry Bedford	Forward		Derby County	CH		1925	1930	5 yrs	160	203	0.79
102		Pongo Waring	Forward		Aston Villa	PL		1928	1935	7 yrs	159	216	0.74
103		Dennis Viollet	Forward		Manchester United	PL		1952	1962	10 yrs	159	259	0.61
104		Jimmy Ruffell	Forward		West Ham United	CH		1921	1937	16 yrs	159	505	0.31
105		John Hickton	Forward		Middlesbrough	CH		1966	1978	12 yrs	159	415	0.38
106		Gordon Davies	Forward		Fulham	PL		1977	1991	14 yrs	159	394	0.40
107		Teofilo Cubillas	Midfielder		Alianza Lima			1966	1988	22 yrs	159	239	0.67
108		Richie Barker	Forward		Burton Albion	L1		1960	1967	7 yrs	159	270	0.59
109		Alan Woodward	Forward		Sheffield United	CH		1963	1979	16 yrs	158	538	0.29
110		Joe Spence	Forward		Manchester United	PL		1919	1933	14 yrs	158	481	0.33
111		Tommy Johnson	Forward		Manchester City	PL		1919	1930	11 yrs	158	328	0.48
112		Johnny Hancocks	Forward		Wolverhampton Wanderers	CH		1946	1956	10 yrs	158	343	0.46
113		Eric Brook	Forward		Manchester City	PL		1928	1939	11 yrs	158	450	0.35
114	no card	Ronnie Blackman	Forward		Reading	L1		1946	1954	8 yrs	158	218	0.72
115		Tommy Roberts	Forward		Preston North End	CH		1919	1927	8 yrs	157	254	0.62
116	no card	Peter McKay	Forward		Dundee United			1947	1954	7 yrs	157	185	0.85
117		Derek Kevan	Forward		West Bromwich Albion	CH		1955	1963	8 yrs	157	262	0.60
118		Robert Hamilton	Forward		Rangers			1897	1908	11 yrs	157	175	0.90
119	no card	Alex Bruce	Forward		Preston North End	CH		1971	1983	12 yrs	157	363	0.43
120		Bill Rawlings	Forward		Southampton	CH		1918	1928	10 yrs	156	294	0.53
121		Dave Halliday	Forward		Sunderland	PL		1925	1929	4 yrs	156	166	0.94
122	no card	Charlie Dickson	Forward		Dunfermline Athletic			1954	1964	10 yrs	156	254	0.61
123		Jimmy Murray	Forward		Wolverhampton Wanderers	CH		1955	1964	9 yrs	155	273	0.57
124		Kevin Hector	Forward		Derby County	CH		1966	1982	16 yrs	155	486	0.32
125		Dragan Dzajic	Forward		Red Star Belgrade			1963	1978	15 yrs	155	389	0.40
126	no card	Steve Chalmers	Forward		Celtic			1958	1971	13 yrs	155	261	0.59
127	no card	George O'Brien	Forward		Southampton	CH		1959	1966	7 yrs	154	244	0.63
128		Bedford Jezzard	Forward		Fulham	PL		1948	1956	8 yrs	154	292	0.53
129	no card	Jim Towers	Forward		Brentford	PL		1954	1961	7 yrs	153	262	0.58
130	no card	Trevor Senior	Forward		Reading	L1		1983	1992	9 yrs	153	301	0.51
131		Stuart Leary	Forward		Charlton Athletic	CH		1951	1962	11 yrs	153	376	0.41
132		Wilf Kirkham	Forward		Port Vale	L2		1923	1933	10 yrs	153	260	0.59
133		John Dick	Forward		West Ham United	CH		1953	1963	10 yrs	153	326	0.47
134		John Charles	Forward		Leeds United	PL		1948	1963	15 yrs	153	308	0.50
135		Arthur Rowley	Forward		Shrewsbury Town	L2		1958	1965	7 yrs	152	236	0.64
136		Gilbert Alsop	Forward		Walsall	L2		1931	1947	16 yrs	151	195	0.77
137		Eddie Turnbull	Forward		Hibernian			1946	1959	13 yrs	150	349	0.43
138		Maurice Owen	Forward		Swindon Town	L2		1946	1963	17 yrs	150	555	0.27
139		Cliff Bastin	Forward		Arsenal	PL		1929	1947	18 yrs	150	350	0.43

Figures show accumulated League goals and appearances at the club shown. Goals/game is calculated across all League appearances at that club. Players who had multiple spells at the same club appear once with combined totals. Click a player’s name for their full career record; click a card image to browse that set.