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[]
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 21 October 2021
Rank | Player | Goals | Apps | Ratio | Years | Clubs | Notes |
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1 | Arthur Rowley | 434 | 619 | 0.70 | 1946–1965 | West Bromwich Albion (4), Fulham (27), Leicester City (251), Shrewsbury Town (152) | [1] |
2 | Dixie Dean † | 379 | 438 | 0.87 | 1923–1939 | Tranmere Rovers (27), Everton (349), Notts County (3) | [a][2][b] |
3 | Jimmy Greaves † | 357 | 516 | 0.69 | 1957–1971 | Chelsea (124), Tottenham Hotspur (220), West Ham United (13) | [c][3][b] |
4 | Steve Bloomer † | 352 | 598 | 0.59 | 1892–1914 | Derby County (291), Middlesbrough (61) | [5][b] |
5 | George Camsell | 345 | 440 | 0.78 | 1924–1939 | Durham City (20), Middlesbrough (325) | [6] |
6 | John Aldridge | 329 | 609 | 0.54 | 1979–1998 | Newport County (69), Oxford United (72), Liverpool (50), Tranmere Rovers (138) | [d][7] |
7 | Harry Bedford | 326 | 485 | 0.67 | 1919–1934 | Nottingham Forest (8), Blackpool (112), Derby County (160), Newcastle United (17), Sunderland (2), Bradford Park Avenue (15), Chesterfield (12) | [8] |
8 | Joe Smith | 315 | 519 | 0.61 | 1908–1929 | Bolton Wanderers (254), Stockport County (61) | [9] |
9 | John Atyeo | 314 | 597 | 0.53 | 1950–1966 | Portsmouth (0), Bristol City (314) | [10] |
10 | Vic Watson | 312 | 498 | 0.63 | 1920–1936 | West Ham United (298), Southampton (14) | [11] |
11 | Harry Johnson | 305 | 476 | 0.64 | 1919–1935 | Sheffield United (201), Mansfield Town (104) | [12] |
12 | Hughie Gallacher †‡ | 296 | 434 | 0.68 | 1925–1939 | Newcastle United (133), Chelsea (72), Derby County (38), Notts County (32), Grimsby Town (3), Gateshead (18) | [e][13] |
13 | Gordon Hodgson | 294 | 469 | 0.63 | 1926–1938 | Liverpool (232), Aston Villa (11), Leeds United (51) | [14] |
14 | Cliff Holton | 293 | 570 | 0.51 | 1950–1968 | Arsenal (83), Watford (96), Northampton Town (50), Crystal Palace (40), Charlton Athletic (7), Leyton Orient (17) | [15] |
15 | Jimmy Hampson | 290 | 425 | 0.68 | 1925–1938 | Nelson (42), Blackpool (248) | [16] |
16 | Harry Morris | 289 | 421 | 0.69 | 1919–1934 | Fulham (2), Brentford (29), Millwall (30), Swansea Town (5), Swindon Town (215), Clapton Orient (8) | [17] |
Ray Crawford | 476 | 0.61 | 1957–1971 | Portsmouth (9), Ipswich Town (143), Wolverhampton Wanderers (39), West Bromwich Albion (6), Ipswich Town (61), Charlton Athletic (7), Colchester United (24) | [18] | ||
18 | Ernie Hine | 288 | 609 | 0.47 | 1921–1938 | Barnsley (124), Leicester City (148), Huddersfield Town (4), Manchester United (12) | [19] |
19 | Tom Keetley | 284 | 371 | 0.78 | 1919–1933 | Bradford Park Avenue (5), Doncaster Rovers (180), Notts County (94), Lincoln City (5) | |
20 | Alan Shearer † | 283 | 559 | 0.51 | 1988–2006 | Southampton (23), Blackburn Rovers (112), Newcastle United (148) | [20] |
21 | Arthur Chandler | 281 | 481 | 0.58 | 1920–1936 | Queens Park Rangers (16), Leicester City (259), Notts County (6) | [21] |
22 | George Brown | 276 | 445 | 0.62 | 1921–1938 | Huddersfield Town (142), Aston Villa (79), Burnley (24), Leeds United (19), Darlington (12) | [22] |
Ronnie Allen | 638 | 0.43 | 1946–1965 | Port Vale (34), West Bromwich Albion (208), Crystal Palace (34) | [23] | ||
Teddy Sheringham † | 734 | 0.38 | 1984–2008 | Millwall (93), Aldershot (0), Nottingham Forest (14), Tottenham Hotspur (98), Manchester United (31), Portsmouth (9), West Ham United (28), Colchester United (3) | [f][24] | ||
25 | Ron Davies | 275 | 549 | 0.50 | 1959–1976 | Chester (44), Luton Town (21), Norwich City (58), Southampton (134), Portsmouth (59), Manchester United (0), Millwall (0) | [g][25] |
26 | Roger Hunt | 269 | 480 | 0.56 | 1959–1972 | Liverpool (245), Bolton Wanderers (24) | [26] |
27 | Kevin Hector | 268 | 662 | 0.40 | 1962–1982 | Bradford Park Avenue (113), Derby County (155) | [h][27] |
28 | David Jack | 267 | 521 | 0.51 | 1919–1934 | Plymouth Argyle (10), Bolton Wanderers (144), Arsenal (113) | [28] |
29 | Ken Wagstaff | 266 | 559 | 0.48 | 1960–1976 | Mansfield Town (93), Hull City (173) | [29] |
30 | Pop Robson | 265 | 674 | 0.39 | 1964–1986 | Newcastle United (82), West Ham United (94), Sunderland (60), Carlisle United (26), Chelsea (3) | [30] |
31 | Jamie Cureton | 264 | 760 | 0.35 | 1992–2016 | Norwich City (22), Bournemouth (0), Bristol Rovers (72), Reading (51), Queens Park Rangers (6), Swindon Town (7), Colchester United (27), Barnsley (2), Shrewsbury Town (0), Exeter City (39), Leyton Orient (1), Cheltenham Town (11), Dagenham & Redbridge (26) | [i][31] |
32 | Ted Harper | 263 | 327 | 0.80 | 1923–1934 | Blackburn Rovers (121), Sheffield Wednesday (13), Tottenham Hotspur (62), Preston North End (67) | [32] |
33 | Charlie Buchan † | 258 | 481 | 0.54 | 1911–1928 | Sunderland (209), Arsenal (49) | [33] |
34 | Jimmy Cookson | 256 | 292 | 0.88 | 1925–1938 | Chesterfield (85), West Bromwich Albion (103), Plymouth Argyle (37), Swindon Town (31) | [34] |
Tommy Briggs | 390 | 0.66 | 1947–1959 | Grimsby Town (87), Coventry City (7), Birmingham City (22), Blackburn Rovers (140) | [35] | ||
Ted MacDougall | 535 | 0.48 | 1967–1981 | York City (34), AFC Bournemouth (119), Manchester United (5), West Ham United (5), Norwich City (51), Southampton (42), Blackpool (0) | [j][36] | ||
37 | Nat Lofthouse † | 255 | 452 | 0.56 | 1946–1961 | Bolton Wanderers | [37] |
38 | Charlie Wayman | 254 | 382 | 0.66 | 1946–1958 | Newcastle United (32), Southampton (73), Preston North End (104), Middlesbrough (31), Darlington (14) | [38] |
Keith Edwards | 544 | 0.47 | 1975–1991 | Sheffield United (143), Hull City (86), Leeds United (6), Stockport County (10), Huddersfield Town (8), Plymouth Argyle (1) | [k][39] | ||
40 | Tommy Tynan | 253 | 629 | 0.40 | 1975–1992 | Swansea City (2), Sheffield Wednesday (31), Lincoln City (1), Newport County (66), Plymouth Argyle (126), Rotherham United (13), Torquay United (13), Doncaster Rovers (1) | [40] |
41 | Brian Clough | 251 | 274 | 0.92 | 1955–1965 | Middlesbrough (197), Sunderland (54) | [41] |
Steve Bull | 479 | 0.52 | 1985–1999 | West Bromwich Albion (2), Wolverhampton Wanderers (249) | [42] | ||
Ivor Allchurch † | 694 | 0.36 | 1949–1968 | Swansea Town (166), Newcastle United (46), Cardiff City (39) | [43] | ||
44 | Joe Bradford | 250 | 419 | 0.60 | 1920–1936 | Birmingham City (249), Bristol City (1) | [44] |
Kevin Phillips | 583 | 0.43 | 1994–2014 | Watford (24), Sunderland (116), Southampton (23), Aston Villa (4), West Bromwich Albion (38), Birmingham (19), Blackpool (18), Crystal Palace (6), Leicester City (2) | [45] | ||
46 | Harry Hampton | 248 | 412 | 0.60 | 1904–1923 | Aston Villa (215), Birmingham (31), Newport County (2) | [46] |
47 | Tommy Bamford | 246 | 341 | 0.72 | 1929–1939 | Wrexham (175), Manchester United (53), Swansea Town (18) | [47] |
Ian Rush | 572 | 0.43 | 1979–1999 | Chester City (14), Liverpool (229), Leeds United (3), Newcastle United (0), Sheffield United (0), Wrexham (0) | [l][48] | ||
49 | Tom Waring | 245 | 363 | 0.67 | 1926–1939 | Tranmere Rovers (66), Aston Villa (159), Barnsley (7), Wolverhampton Wanderers (3), Accrington Stanley (10) | [49] |
Ernie Moss | 747 | 0.33 | 1968–1988 | Chesterfield (162), Peterborough United (9), Mansfield Town (21), Port Vale (23), Lincoln City (2), Doncaster Rovers (15), Stockport County (7), Scarborough (4), Rochdale (2) | [50] | ||
51 | Dave Halliday | 244 | 312 | 0.78 | 1925–1935 | Sunderland (156), Arsenal (8), Manchester City (47), Clapton Orient (33) | [m][51] |
George Beel | 458 | 0.53 | 1919–1933 | Lincoln City (12), Merthyr Town (22), Chesterfield (23), Burnley (179), Rochdale (8) | |||
53 | Gordon Turner | 243 | 406 | 0.60 | 1950–1964 | Luton Town | [52] |
54 | Geoff Bradford | 242 | 461 | 0.52 | 1949–1964 | Bristol Rovers | [53] |
55 | Dixie McNeil | 239 | 522 | 0.46 | 1966–1983 | Exeter City (11), Northampton Town (33), Lincoln City (53), Hereford United (88), Wrexham (54) | [54] |
56 | Tommy Johnston | 238 | 406 | 0.59 | 1951–1962 | Darlington (9), Oldham Athletic (3), Norwich City (28), Newport County (46), Leyton Orient (121), Blackburn Rovers (21), Gillingham (10) | [n][55] |
57 | Billy Sharp | 237 | 566 | 0.42 | 2004– | Sheffield United (105), Rushden & Diamonds (9), Scunthorpe United (53), Doncaster Rovers (44), Southampton (9), Nottingham Forest (10), Reading (2), Leeds United (5) | [56] |
58 | Derek Kevan | 235 | 440 | 0.53 | 1952–1967 | Bradford Park Avenue (8), West Bromwich Albion (157), Chelsea (1), Manchester City (48), Crystal Palace (5), Peterborough United (2), Luton Town (4), Stockport County (10) | [57] |
Ian Wright † | 493 | 0.48 | 1985–2000 | Crystal Palace (89), Arsenal (128), West Ham United (9), Nottingham Forest (5), Burnley (4) | [o][58] | ||
60 | Frank Worthington | 234 | 757 | 0.31 | 1966–1988 | Huddersfield Town (41), Leicester City (72), Bolton Wanderers (35), Birmingham City (29), Leeds United (14), Sunderland (2), Southampton (4), Brighton & Hove Albion (7), Tranmere Rovers (21), Preston North End (3), Stockport County (6) | [p][59] |
61 | Mick Channon | 232 | 718 | 0.32 | 1965–1986 | Southampton (185), Manchester City (24), Newcastle United (1), Bristol Rovers (0), Norwich City (16), Portsmouth (6) | [q][60] |
62 | Tommy Lawton † | 231 | 390 | 0.59 | 1935–1956 | Burnley (16), Everton (65), Chelsea (30), Notts County (90), Brentford (17), Arsenal (13) | [61] |
Kerry Dixon | 593 | 0.39 | 1980–1998 | Reading (51), Chelsea (147), Southampton (2), Luton Town (19), Millwall (9), Watford (0), Doncaster Rovers (3) | [62] | ||
64 | Andy Cole | 230 | 511 | 0.45 | 1989–2008 | Arsenal (0), Fulham (3), Bristol City (20), Newcastle United (56), Manchester United (93), Blackburn Rovers (27), Fulham (12), Manchester City (9), Portsmouth (3), Birmingham City (1), Sunderland (0), Burnley (6), Nottingham Forest (0) | [63] |
65 | Tony Brown | 229 | 619 | 0.37 | 1963–1983 | West Bromwich Albion (218), Torquay United (11) | [r][64] |
66 | Clarrie Bourton | 228 | 360 | 0.63 | 1928–1939 | Bristol City (15), Blackburn Rovers (37), Coventry City (173), Plymouth Argyle (3) | |
David Herd | 427 | 0.53 | 1950–1970 | Stockport County (6), Arsenal (97), Manchester United (114), Stoke City (11) | [65] | ||
Francis Lee † | 500 | 0.46 | 1960–1976 | Bolton Wanderers (92), Manchester City (112), Derby County (24) | [66] | ||
Jackie Sewell | 509 | 0.45 | 1946–1961 | Notts County (97), Sheffield Wednesday (87), Aston Villa (36), Hull City (8) | [67] | ||
70 | Tony Cottee | 227 | 581 | 0.39 | 1982–2001 | West Ham United (117), Everton (72), Leicester City (27), Birmingham City (1), Norwich City (1), Barnet (9), Millwall (0) | [s][68] |
71 | Horace Barnes | 226 | 429 | 0.53 | 1908–1926 | Derby County (74), Manchester City (120), Preston North End (16), Oldham Athletic (16) | [69] |
72 | Stan Mortensen † | 225 | 395 | 0.57 | 1946–1958 | Blackpool (197), Hull City (18), Southport (10) | [70] |
73 | Tommy Thompson | 224 | 443 | 0.51 | 1947–1964 | Newcastle United (6), Aston Villa (67), Preston North End (117), Stoke City (18), Barrow (16) | [71] |
Marco Gabbiadini | 662 | 0.34 | 1985–2004 | York City (15), Sunderland (74), Crystal Palace (5), Derby County (50), Birmingham City (0), Oxford United (1), Stoke City (0), Darlington (49), Northampton Town (25), Hartlepool United (5) | [t][72] | ||
75 | Allan Clarke | 223 | 514 | 0.43 | 1963–1980 | Walsall (41), Fulham (45), Leicester City (12), Leeds United (110), Barnsley (15) | [73] |
Steve White | 646 | 0.35 | 1977–1998 | Bristol Rovers (44), Luton Town (25), Charlton Athletic (12), Lincoln City (0), Swindon Town (83), Hereford United (44), Cardiff City (15) | [u][74] | ||
77 | Grenville Morris | 222 | 452 | 0.49 | 1896–1913 | Swindon Town (23), Nottingham Forest (199) | [75] |
Tommy Johnson | 510 | 0.44 | 1919–1936 | Manchester City (158), Everton (56), Liverpool (8) | [76] | ||
Derek Dougan | 546 | 0.41 | 1957–1975 | Portsmouth (9), Blackburn Rovers (26), Aston Villa (19), Peterborough United (38), Leicester City (35), Wolverhampton Wanderers (95) | [v][77] | ||
80 | Wally Ardron | 221 | 305 | 0.72 | 1938–1956 | Rotherham United (98), Nottingham Forest (123) | [78] |
Ginger Richardson | 349 | 0.63 | 1928–1940 | Hartlepools United (19), West Bromwich Albion (202) | [79] | ||
82 | Martin Chivers | 220 | 469 | 0.47 | 1962–1980 | Southampton (97), Tottenham Hotspur (118), Norwich City (4), Brighton & Hove Albion (1) | [w][80] |
83 | Jack Bowers | 219 | 282 | 0.78 | 1928–1939 | Derby County (167), Leicester City (52) | [81] |
84 | Bobby Smith | 218 | 376 | 0.58 | 1950–1965 | Chelsea (23), Tottenham Hotspur (176), Brighton & Hove Albion (19) | [82] |
Dennis Viollet | 441 | 0.49 | 1952–1967 | Manchester United (159), Stoke City (59) | [x][83] | ||
Len White | 442 | 0.49 | 1950–1966 | Rotherham United (15), Newcastle United (142), Huddersfield Town (37), Stockport County (24) | [84] | ||
Bob Latchford | 530 | 0.41 | 1968–1986 | Birmingham City (68), Everton (106), Swansea City (35), Coventry City (2), Lincoln City (2), Newport County (5) | [y][85] | ||
Rickie Lambert | 607 | 0.36 | 1998–2017 | Blackpool (0), Macclesfield Town (8), Stockport County (18), Rochdale (28), Bristol Rovers (51), Southampton (106), Liverpool (2), West Bromwich Albion (1), Cardiff City (4) | [86] | ||
89 | Denis Law †‡ | 217 | 458 | 0.47 | 1956–1974 | Huddersfield Town (16), Manchester City (30), Manchester United (171) | [z][87] |
Ray Charnley | 465 | 0.47 | 1957–1970 | Blackpool (193), Preston North End (4), Wrexham (5), Bradford Park Avenue (15) | [88] | ||
Shaun Goater | 552 | 0.39 | 1989–2006 | Rotherham United (70), Notts County (0), Bristol City (40), Manchester City (84), Reading (12), Coventry City (0), Southend United (11) | [aa][89] | ||
Brian Clark | 611 | 0.36 | 1960–1979 | Bristol City (83), Huddersfield Town (11), Cardiff City (76), Bournemouth (12), Millwall (17), Newport County (18) | [90] | ||
93 | Tony Richards | 215 | 397 | 0.54 | 1954–1966 | Walsall (184), Port Vale (30) | [91] |
Billy Liddell †‡ | 492 | 0.44 | 1946–1961 | Liverpool | [92] | ||
Bob Hatton | 617 | 0.35 | 1966–1983 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (7), Bolton Wanderers (2), Northampton Town (7), Carlisle United (37), Birmingham City (58), Blackpool (32), Luton Town (29), Sheffield United (34), Cardiff City (9) | [93] | ||
96 | Raich Carter † | 214 | 447 | 0.48 | 1932–1952 | Sunderland (122), Derby County (34), Hull City (48) | [94] |
Billy Walker | 478 | 0.45 | 1919–1933 | Aston Villa | [95] | ||
Wayne Rooney | 521 | 0.41 | 2002–2020 | Everton (25), Manchester United (183), Derby County (6) | [ab][96] | ||
99 | Alfie Biggs | 213 | 513 | 0.42 | 1953–1969 | Bristol Rovers (178), Preston North End (22), Walsall (9), Swansea Town (4) | [97] |
100 | Geoff Hurst † | 212 | 529 | 0.40 | 1959–1976 | West Ham United (180), Stoke City (30), West Bromwich Albion (2) | [98] |
Tony Adcock | 591 | 0.36 | 1980–1999 | Colchester United (126), Manchester City (5), Northampton Town (40), Bradford City (6), Peterborough United (35), Luton Town (0) | [99] | ||
102 | Jimmy Murray | 211 | 401 | 0.53 | 1955–1969 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (155), Manchester City (43), Walsall (13) | [100] |
Tony Hateley | 434 | 0.49 | 1958–1974 | Notts County (109), Aston Villa (68), Chelsea (6), Liverpool (17), Coventry City (4), Birmingham City (6), Oldham Athletic (1) | [101] | ||
104 | Dennis Westcott | 210 | 321 | 0.65 | 1935–1953 | New Brighton (10), Wolverhampton Wanderers (105), Blackburn Rovers (37), Manchester City (37), Chesterfield (21) | [102] |
105 | Peter Beardsley † | 209 | 658 | 0.32 | 1979–1999 | Carlisle United (22), Newcastle United (61), Liverpool (93), Everton (25), Bolton Wanderers (2), Manchester City (0), Fulham (4), Hartlepool United (2) | [ac][103] |
106 | Jack Rowley | 208 | 458 | 0.45 | 1937–1957 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic (12), Manchester United (182), Plymouth Argyle (14) | [104] |
107 | Tommy Browell | 207 | 387 | 0.53 | 1910–1930 | Hull City (32), Everton (26), Manchester City (122), Blackpool (27) | [105] |
Luther Blissett | 554 | 0.37 | 1975–1994 | Watford (148), Bournemouth (56), West Bromwich Albion (1), Bury (1), Mansfield Town (1) | [106] | ||
Bobby Charlton † | 644 | 0.32 | 1956–1975 | Manchester United (199), Preston North End (8) | [ad][107] | ||
110 | Sammy Collins | 206 | 369 | 0.56 | 1946–1958 | Bristol City (2), Torquay United (204) | [108] |
111 | Bobby Gurney | 205 | 348 | 0.59 | 1924–1950 | Sunderland | [109] |
112 | George Elliott | 203 | 344 | 0.59 | 1913–1925 | Middlesbrough | [110] |
113 | Iwan Roberts | 202 | 647 | 0.31 | 1988–2005 | Watford (9), Huddersfield Town (50), Leicester City (41), Wolverhampton Wanderers (12), Norwich City (84), Gillingham (3), Cambridge United (3) | [111] |
114 | Peter Dobing | 201 | 568 | 0.35 | 1955–1973 | Blackburn Rovers (88), Manchester City (31), Stoke City (82) | [112] |
115 | Roy Chapman | 200 | 415 | 0.48 | 1953–1970 | Aston Villa (8), Lincoln City (76), Mansfield Town (78), Port Vale (35), Chester (3) | [113] |
Steve Phillips | 562 | 0.36 | 1971–1988 | Birmingham City (1), Torquay United (11), Northampton Town (38), Brentford (65), Southend United (66), Peterborough United (16), Exeter City (1), Chesterfield (2) | [114] | ||
Bob Taylor | 577 | 0.35 | 1986–2004 | Leeds United (9), Bristol City (50), West Bromwich Albion (113), Bolton Wanderers (21), Cheltenham Town (7) | [115] |
- ^ 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 Swedish Division 2 goals in 21 matches for Djurgårdens IF.
- ^ Also scored 13 North American Soccer League goals in 89 matches for Los Angeles Aztecs (12) and Seattle Sounders (1).
- ^ 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 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[]
- 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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