List of footballers in England by number of league goals
The following is a list of footballers who have scored at least 200 domestic league goals in English league football. This includes the appearances and goals of former players in the Premier League and The Football League.
Players who came up just short of the 200 mark include Clive Allen, Chris Chilton, Peter Doherty, Gary Lineker, Jack Smith, Freddie Steele and Andrew Wilson.
Due to the close connections between English and Scottish football, several players have played for clubs in England and in the Scottish Football League and its successors and amassed over 200 goals across the two systems, including David McLean (over 160 goals in both), Joe Baker (over 140 in both), Neil Martin (over 110 in both) and Kenny Dalglish (over 110 in both).
Horace Barnes, Tony Brown and Bobby Charlton are the only midfielders to have scored over 200 goals in English football.
List of players
[edit]Players still active in the English leagues are listed in Bold
Players still active but not in the English leagues are listed in Italics
† English Football Hall of Fame Inductee.
‡ Scottish Football Hall of Fame Inductee.
- As of 22 October 2024
- ^ Also scored 10 League of Ireland goals in 7 matches for Sligo Rovers.
- ^ a b c As of 2021, among 39 players to have scored over 300 goals in one top-level national league.[4]
- ^ Also scored 9 Serie A goals in 12 matches for Milan.
- ^ Also scored 33 La Liga goals in 63 matches for Real Sociedad.
- ^ Also scored 91 Scottish Football League goals in 111 matches for Airdrieonians.
- ^ Also scored 13 North American Soccer League goals in 89 matches for Los Angeles Aztecs (12) and Seattle Sounders (1).
- ^ Also scored 13 Swedish Division 2 goals in 21 matches for Djurgårdens IF.
- ^ Also scored 39 North American Soccer League goals in 63 matches for Vancouver Whitecaps.
- ^ Also scored 4 K League 1 goals in 21 matches for Busan IPark.
- ^ Also scored 9 North American Soccer League goals in 19 matches for Detroit Express.
- ^ Also scored 2 Scottish Football League goals in 9 matches for Aberdeen.
- ^ Also scored 7 Serie A goals in 29 matches for Juventus.
- ^ Also scored 92 Scottish Football League goals in 139 matches for St Mirren (2) and Dundee (90).
- ^ Also scored 17 Scottish Football League goals in 19 matches for Kilmarnock.
- ^ Also scored 3 Scottish Premier League goals in 8 matches for Celtic.
- ^ Also scored 21 North American Soccer League goals in 47 matches for Philadelphia Fury (10) and Tampa Bay Rowdies (11), and 4 Allsvenskan goals in 12 matches for Mjällby AIF.
- ^ Also scored 3 National Soccer League goals in 4 matches for Newcastle KB United, and played in South Africa – statistics uncertain.
- ^ Also scored 17 North American Soccer League goals in 63 matches for New England Tea Men (8) and Jacksonville Tea Men (9).
- ^ Also scored 44 Bundesliga goals in 39 matches for FC Bayern Munich.
- ^ Also scored 14 Liga Perdana goals in 24 matches for Selangor FA.
- ^ Also scored 4 Alpha Ethniki goals in 11 matches for Panionios.
- ^ Also scored 4 Welsh Football League goals in 6 matches for Cwmbrân Town.
- ^ Also scored 17 Irish Football League goals in 76 matches for Distillery, and 7 North American Soccer League goals in 17 matches for Los Angeles Wolves (3) and Kansas City Spurs (4).
- ^ Also scored 33 Nationalliga A goals in 66 matches for Servette.
- ^ Also scored 4 NPSL goals in 12 matches and 3 North American Soccer League goals in 22 matches for Baltimore Bays, and 5 Irish Football League goals in 11 matches for Linfield.
- ^ Also scored 4 National Soccer League goals in 4 matches for Brisbane Lions, and 13 Eerste Divisie goals in 16 matches for NAC Breda.
- ^ Also scored 10 Serie A goals in 27 matches for Torino.
- ^ Also scored 3 USL Second Division goals in 9 matches for Bermuda Hogges and 1 Bermudian Premier Division goal in 7 matches for North Village Rams.
- ^ Also scored 23 Major League Soccer goals in 48 matches for D.C. United.
- ^ Also scored 28 North American Soccer League goals in 73 matches for Vancouver Whitecaps.
- ^ Also scored 1 League of Ireland goal in 4 matches for Waterford, and 3 National Soccer League goals in 5 matches for Perth Azzurri (2) and Blacktown City (1).
See also
[edit]- List of English football first tier top scorers
- List of footballers in England by number of league appearances
- List of footballers in Scotland by number of league appearances
- List of footballers in Scotland by number of league goals
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