List of West Ham United F.C. records and statistics
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This article lists records and statistics associated with West Ham United.
Team records[]
Scoring records[]
- Biggest victory: 10–0 v Bury, Football League Cup (25 October 1983)[1]
- Biggest league win: 8–0 v Rotherham United (8 March 1958), and v Sunderland (19 October 1968)
- Biggest defeat: 0–7 v Barnsley (1 September 1919), v Everton (22 October 1927), and v Sheffield Wednesday (28 November 1959)
League sequences[]
- Wins: 9 (19 October to 4 December 1985)
- Draws: 5 (7 September to 5 October 1968, and 15 October to 1 November 2003)
- Defeats: 9 (28 March to 29 August 1932)
(source:[2])
Goalscorers[]
Leading first class goalscorers[]
- As of 22 January 2020
- Current players in bold.
Rank | Nat. | Player | West Ham Career | First Class Goals |
Sth. League Goals |
War-time Goals |
Total Goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Vic Watson | 1920–1935 | 326 | 326 | |||
2 | Geoff Hurst | 1959–1972 | 252 | 252 | |||
3 | John Dick | 1953–1962 | 166 | 166 | |||
Jimmy Ruffell | 1921–1937 | 166 | 166 | ||||
5 | Tony Cottee | 1983–1988 1994–1996 |
146 | 146 | |||
6 | Johnny Byrne | 1961–1967 | 107 | 107 | |||
7 | Pop Robson | 1970–1974 1976–1979 |
104 | 104 | |||
8 | Trevor Brooking | 1967–1984 | 102 | 102 | |||
9 | Malcolm Musgrove | 1953–1963 | 100 | 100 | |||
Martin Peters | 1962–1970 | 100 | 100 |
Other top goalscorers[]
Rank | Nat. | Player | West Ham Career | First Class Goals |
Sth. League Goals |
War-time Goals |
Total Goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | George Foreman | 1939–1946 | 1 | 187 | 188 | ||
2 | Danny Shea | 1908–1913 1920–1921 |
1 | 121 | 64 | 186 | |
3 | Billy Grassam | 1900–1903 1906–1909 |
68 | 68 | |||
4 | Dick Leafe | 1913–1922 | 7 | 37 | 44 | ||
5 | Harry Stapley | 1905–1908 | 41 | 41 | |||
6 | Herbert Ashton | 1908–1918 | 25 | 11 | 36 | ||
7 | George Hilsdon | 1904–1905 1912–1915 |
35 | 35 | |||
8 | George Webb | 1908–1912 | 32 | 32 | |||
9 | Fred Blackburn | 1905–1913 | 28 | 28 | |||
Richard Dunn | 1939–1948 | 2 | 26 | 28 |
Top goalscorers by season[]
For a list of top scorers by season see List of West Ham United F.C. seasons.
References[]
- ^ "Perfect Ten to Humble Bury". www.whufc.com. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ "West Ham United : Records". Statto. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
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