England - All-Time Topscorers


Top Level (First Division then Premiership)
All League Divisions and Premiership

Top Level Only

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

All Football League Divisions (and Premiership)

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. 


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