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The top tier in English football today is the Premier League, replacing the Football League First Division for the 1992–93 inaugural season. Since the 1888–89 season, the first year of top flight football, three players have scored over 300 goals with a further 25 players scoring over 200 goals. In total 256 players have all scored 100 ...
Players in bold are still active at international level. Players in italics also hold the record for most caps for their nation. Rank is a count of the 211 FIFA nations. Fourteen nations (Azerbaijan, Bermuda, Brunei, Bulgaria, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Faroe Islands, Puerto Rico, Romania, Scotland, South Sudan, United States and U.S. Virgin Islands) have a pair of players tied ...
Kane passed Wayne Rooney's record of 53 goals, which had stood for 8 years, with his 54th goal on 23 March 2023, in a 2–1 away win over Italy in a European Championship qualifier. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] England's highest scorer in World Cup finals matches is Gary Lineker , with ten goals, [ 8 ] and the highest scorers in European Championship finals ...
Harry Kane became England's all-time record goalscorer as Gareth Southgate's side put their World Cup frustration behind them and kicked off Euro 2024 qualification with a win at reigning European ...
Howard's goal was measured as a distance of around 85 yards (78 m), [8] and Begović's goal was measured as a distance of 91.9 metres (100.5 yd). In 2014, Guinness World Records acknowledged Begović's goal as the "longest goal scored in football", [ 9 ] and it stayed as the record until it was beaten by Newport County goalkeeper Tom King in an ...
Players who came up just short of the 200 mark include Chris Chilton, Peter Doherty, Gary Lineker, Jack Smith, Freddie Steele and Andrew Wilson. Horace Barnes , Tony Brown and Bobby Charlton are the only midfielders to have scored over 200 goals in English football.
Since then, Kane has scored 69 goals in 103 international appearances, making him the country's all-time top scorer. Kane surpassed England's then second-highest goalscorer Bobby Charlton on 7 June 2022 with his penalty kick against Germany, having equalled Charlton's tally three months prior against Switzerland; also from the penalty spot.
George Camsell, 18 goals in 9 games, average 2.0 goals per game. Most goals by a player from outside the top division of a country [note 74] Vivian Woodward, 29, 14 February 1903 – 3 March 1911 Most goals by a player from outside the top two divisions [note 75] Tommy Lawton, Joe Payne and Peter Taylor, all 2 [note 76]