NB: only goals in first level of championship (First Division then Premiership)
are considered.
Goals Games GPG Player Club Years Games Goals
357 516 0,69 GREAVES Jimmy Chelsea 57-60 157 124
Tottenham Hotspur 61-70 322 220
West Ham United 71-72 38 13
317 536 0,59 BLOOMER Stephen Derby County 1892-14 411 256
Middlesbrough 06-10 125 61
310 362 0,86 DEAN William "Dixie" Tranmere Rovers 24-25 7 2
Everton 25-38 355 308
287 456 0,63 HODGSON Gordon Liverpool 25-28 359 232
Aston Villa 35-36 15 4
Leeds United 36-40 82 51
257 482 0,53 BUCHAN Charlie Sunderland 12-25 380 208
Arsenal 25-28 102 49
255 452 0,56 LOFTHOUSE Nat Bolton Wanderers 46-60 452 255
248 410 0,60 BRADFORD Joe Birmingham City 21-35 410 248
246 355 0,72 GALLACHER Hugh Newcastle United 25-30 160 133
Chelsea 30-34 132 72
Derby County 34-36 51 38
Grimsby Town 37-38 12 3
243 410 0,59 SMITH Joe Bolton Wanderers 11-27 410 243
NB: last update: July 2000
Name Goals Career Clubs
Arthur Rowley 434 *1 1946-64 WBA, Fulham, Leicester, Shrewsbury
WR ‘Dixie’ Dean 379 1923-38 Tranmere, Everton, Notts County
Jimmy Greaves 357 *5 1957-70 Chelsea, Spurs, West Ham
Steve Bloomer 352 1892-1913 Derby, Middlesbrough, Derby
George Camsell 345 1924-39 Durham City, Middlesbrough
John Aldridge 330 *4 1979-98 Newport, Oxford, Liverpool, Tranmere
John Atyeo 315 1950-65 Portsmouth, Bristol City
Joe Smith 315 1908-28 Bolton, Stockport
Vic Watson 312 1920-36 West ham, Southampton
Harry Bedford 308 1919-34 Nottingham Forest, Blackpool, Derby,
Newcastle, Sunderland, Bradford PA,
Chesterfield
Harry Johnson 307 1919-35 Sheff Utd, Mansfield Town
Hughie Gallacher 296 *2 1925-39 Newcastle, Chelsea, Derby County,
Notts. County, Grimsby, Gateshead
Gordon Hodgson 294 1925-39 Liverpool, Villa, Leeds
Cliff Holton 292 1950-67 Arsenal, Watford, Northampton, Crystal
Palace, Watford, Charlton, Orient
Jimmy Hampson 290 1925-37 Nelson, Blackpool
Ray Crawford 289 1957-71 Portsmouth, Ipswich, Wolves, WBA,
Ipswich, Charlton, Colchester
Dave ‘Abe’ Morris 289 1920-34 Fulham, Brentford, Millwall,
Swansea, Swindon, Orient
Ernie Hine 288 1921-37 Barnsley, Leicester, Huddersfield,
Man Utd, Barnsley
Tom Keetley 284 1919-34 Derby, Bradford PA, Doncaster,
Notts County, Lincoln
Arthur Chandler 281 1920-36 QPR, Leicester, Notts County
Ronnie Allen 276 1946-64 Port Vale, WBA, Palace
George Brown 276 1921-37 Huddersfield, Villa, Burnley,
Leeds, Darlington
Ron Davies 275 1959-76 Chester, Luton, Norwich, Southampton,
Portsmouth, Man Utd, Millwall
Alan Shearer 273 1987-2005 *a Southampton, Blackburn, Newcastle
Roger Hunt 269 1959-71 Liverpool, Bolton
Ken Wagstaff 269 1960-75 Mansfield Town, Hull City
Kevin Hector 267 *6 1962-81 Bradford PA, Derby County
Teddy Sheringham 264 *8 1983-2005 *a Millwall, Aldershot, Nottm Forest, Spurs,
Man Utd, Spurs, Portsmouth, West Ham
Ted Harper 263 1923-34 Blackburn, Wednesday, Spurs,
Preston, Blackburn
Bryan ‘Pop’ Robson 263 1964-84 Newcastle, West Ham, Sunderland,
West Ham, Sunderland, Carlisle,
Chelsea, Carlisle, Sunderland
David Jack 260 1920-33 Plymouth, Bolton, Arsenal
Charlie Buchan 258 1910-27 Sunderland, Arsenal
Jimmy Cookson 256 1925-37 Chesterfield, WBA, Plymouth, Swindon
Ted MacDougall 256 1967-80 York, Bournemouth, Man Utd, West Ham,
Norwich, Southampton, Bournemouth,
Blackpool
Tommy Briggs 255 1947-58 Grimsby, Coventry, Birmingham,
Blackburn, Grimsby
Nat Lofthouse 255 1946-60 Bolton Wanderers
Keith Edwards 254 *9 1975-91 Sheff Utd, Hull, Sheff Utd, Leeds,
Hull, Stockport, Huddersfield, Plymouth
Tommy Tynan 254 1975-92 Swansea, Wednesday, Lincoln, Newport,
Plymouth, Rotherham, Plymouth, Rotherham,
Plymouth, Torquay, Doncaster
Charlie Wayman 254 1946-57 Newcastle, Southampton, Preston,
Middlesbrough, Darlington
Steve Bull 252 1985-99 WBA, Wolves
Ivor Allchurch 251 1947-67 Swansea, Newcastle, Cardiff, Swansea
Brian Clough 251 1955-64 Midddlesbrough, Sunderland
Joe Bradford 250 1920-36 Birmingham City, Bristol City
Harry Hampton 248 1904-23 Villa, Birmingham, Newport County
Ian Rush 246 *7 1978-99 Chester, Liverpool, Leeds, Newcastle,
Sheff Utd, Wrexham
Tom Bamford 245 1928-39 Wrexham, Man Utd, Swansea
Geoff Bradford 245 1949-63 Bristol Rovers
Ernie Moss 244 1968-88 Chesterfield, Peterborough, Mansfield,
Chesterfield, Port Vale, Lincoln,
Doncaster, Chesterfield, Stockport,
Scarborough, Rochdale
Tom ‘Pongo’ Waring 244 1927-39 Tranmere, Villa, Barnsley, Wolves,
Tranmere, Accrington
George Beel 243 1919-33 Lincoln, Merthyr, Chesterfield,
Burnley, Lincoln, Rochdale
Gordon Turner 243 1950-63 Luton Town
David Halliday 241 *3 1925-34 Sunderland, Arsenal, Man City, Orient
Tommy Johnston 239 *10 1951-61 Darlington, Oldham, Norwich, Newport,
Orient, Blackburn, Orient, Gillingham
Richard ‘Dixie’ McNeil 239 1966-83 Exeter, Northampton, Lincoln,
Hereford, Wrexham, Hereford
*a indicates active players (up to date until end of May 2005)
Notes:
*1 Some sources show Arthur Rowley's total as being 433 goals
*2 Hughie Gallacher also scored 90 goals for Airdrie, which brings his
total to 386 goals
*3 David Halliday also scored 90 goals for Dundee, which gives him a
total of 331 goals, and an unknown number of goals for St Mirren 1919-21.
*4 John Aldridge also scored 33 goals for Real Sociedad
*5 Jimmy Greaves also scored 9 goals for AC Milan
*6 Kevin Hector also scored 40 goals for Vancouver Whitecaps
*7 Ian Rush also scored 7 goals for Juventus
*8 Teddy Sheringham also scored 13 goals for Djurgårdens
*9 Keith Edwards also scored 2 goals for Aberdeen
*10 Tommy Johnston also scored 17 Scottish League goals for Kilmarnock.
With thanks to Andy Porter and David Ross (webmaster@scottishleague.net)
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