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Rank Name Goals Caps Average Scotland career 1 Denis Law (): 30 55 0.545 1958–1974 Kenny Dalglish (): 30 102 0.294 1971–1986 3 Hughie Gallacher [2]: 24 20
This is a progressive list of football players who have held or co-held the record for goals scored for the Scotland national football team. The list begins with Henry Renny-Tailyour and William Gibb, who both scored in the 4–2 defeat by England in March 1873.
More than 30 players have scored at least 200 domestic league goals in Scottish league football. This includes the appearances and goals of former players, in domestic league competitions only, specifically the Scottish Premier League (1998–2013), Scottish Football League (1890–2013) and Scottish Professional Football League (2013–present).
Kenny Dalglish is a Scottish retired football player, who represented the Scotland national football team from 1971 to 1986. During that time he scored 30 international goals in 102 appearances. [1] [2] This made him the all-time top goalscorer for Scotland, a status he has jointly held with Denis Law since scoring his 30th goal in 1984. [3]
Denis Law was a Scottish footballer, who represented the Scotland national football team from 1958 to 1974. During that time he scored 30 international goals in 55 appearances . [ 1 ] This made him the all-time top goalscorer for Scotland, a status he has held since scoring his 25th goal in 1966.
Largest top flight away win: 1–11, Airdrieonians v Hibernian, 24 October 1959 [6] Streaks. Longest top flight unbeaten run: 62 games, Celtic (20 November 1915 – 21 April 1917) [7] [8] Longest top flight unbeaten run (games in all national competitions): 69 games (56 in the league), Celtic (15 May 2016 – 13 December 2017) [9] [10]
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The top Welsh goal scorer is Ryan Giggs who scored 114 goals, 109 in the Premier League while Duncan Ferguson with 68 goals is the top Scottish goal scorer in the Premier League. All well short of the record totals by Derek Dougan, Ian Rush and Hughie Gallacher.