England's Goalscorers - 10 Or More Goals

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10 or more Goals
5-9 Goals
3-4 Goals
2 Goals
1 Goal

England's Top Goalscorers

Last update includes
No. 903 against the Netherlands on 29 February 2012

in chronological order
a silver box in the 'Age' column denotes a goal on his debut.
a blue box in the 'Name' columns denotes an active player.

the addition of hat-tricks suggested by Mark Kears

England's Highest Scorer - 49
Player	Club(s) When Scored	Pos	starts subs	App	first and last	Age	Gap	Rate min

Bobby Charlton	Manchester United	OL/ F/M	105 1	106	19 April 1958 vs. Scotland 20 May 1970 vs. Colombia	20 yrs 189 dys 32 yrs 222 dys	12 yrs 32 dys	193 min
	3 penalties	1 goal as substitute
	4 hat-tricks (May 1959, Oct & May 61, Jun 63)

2nd Top Scorer - 48
Player	Club(s) When Scored	Pos	starts subs	App	first and last	Age	Gap	Rate min

Gary Lineker	Leicester City, Everton, Barcelona, Tottenham Hotspur	CF	74 6	80	26 March 1985 vs. Republic of Ireland 29 April 1992 vs. CIS	24 yrs 116 dys 31 yrs 148 dys	7 yrs 31 dys	136 min
	4 penalties	1 goal as substitute
	5 hat-tricks (Oct 1985, Jun1986, Feb & Oct 1987, Jun 1991)

Joint 3rd Top Scorer - 44
Player	Club(s) When Scored	Pos	starts subs	App	first and last	Age	Gap	Rate min

Jimmy Greaves	Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur	IF	57 0	57	17 May 1959 vs. Peru 24 May 1967 vs. Spain	19 yrs 86 dys 27 yrs 92 dys	8 yrs 7 dys	117 min
	6 hat-tricks (Oct 1960, Apr 1961, May 1962, Nov 1963, Oct 1964 & Jun 1966)

Joint 3rd Top Scorer - 44
Player	Club(s) When Scored	Pos	starts subs	App	first and last	Age	Gap	Rate min

Own Goals	not applicable	n/a			5 April 1879 vs. Scotland 15 November 2011 vs. Sweden	n/a	132 yrs 224 dys	n/a

5th Top Scorer - 40
Player	Club(s) When Scored	Pos	starts subs	App	first and last	Age	Gap	Rate min

Michael Owen	Liverpool, Real Madrid, Newcastle United	CF	77 12	89	27 May 1998 vs. Morocco 12 September 2007 vs. Russia	18 yrs 165 dys 27 yrs 273 dys	9 yrs 109 dys	155 min
	1 penalty	4 goals as substitute
	2 hat-tricks (September 2001 & May 2005)

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Plyr. No.	Player	Club(s) When Scored	Pos	starts subs	App	first and last	Age	Gap	Rate min

661	Tom Finney	Preston North End	OR/L CF	76 0	76	28 September 1946 vs. Ireland 4 October 1958 vs. Northern Ireland	24 yrs 176 dys 36 yrs 182 dys	12 yrs 6 dys	229 min
		1 hat-trick (May 1950)	3 penalties
702	Nat Lofthouse	Bolton Wanderers	CF	32 1	33	22 Nov'ber 1950 vs. Yugoslavia 22 October 1958 vs. USSR	25 yrs 87 dys 33 yrs 57 dys	7 yrs 335 dys	95 min
			2 goals as substitute
1040	Alan Shearer	Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United	CF	61 2	63	19 February 1992 vs. France 20 June 2000 vs. Romania	21 yrs 190 dys 29 yrs 312 dys	8 yrs 121 dys	182 min
		1 hat-trick (September 1999)	6 penalties
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220	Steve Bloomer	Derby County, Middlesbrough	IR	23 0	23	9 March 1895 vs. Ireland 6 April 1907 vs. Scotland	21 yrs 48 dys 33 yrs 76 dys	12 yrs 28 dys	74 min
		2 hat-tricks (March 1896 & March 1901)
283	Vivian Woodward	Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea	CF	23 0	23	14 February 1903 vs. Ireland 13 March 1911 vs. Wales	23 yrs 225 dys 31 yrs 252 dys	8 yrs 27 dys	74/71 min
		4 hat-tricks (March & June 1908, May & June 1909)
	Most, if not all, modern reports, claim that Woodward scored four against Hungary, 29 May 1909. One of his goals was a Hungary own goal.
1125	Wayne Rooney	Everton, Manchester United	F	69 4	73	6 Sept'ber 2003 vs. Macedonia 2 September 2011 vs. Bulgaria	17 yrs 317 dys 25 yrs 313 dys	7 yrs 361 dys	193 min
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1019	David Platt	Aston Villa, Bari, Juventus, Sampdoria, Arsenal	M	55 7	62	26 June 1990 sub vs. Belgium 18 May 1996 vs. Hungary	24 yrs 16 dys 29 yrs 344 dys	5 yrs 328 dys	182 min
		3 penalties	2 goals as substitute
		1 hat-trick (November 1993)
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941	Bryan Robson	Manchester United	M	90 0	90	9 September 1981 vs. Norway 13 Dec'ber 1989 vs. Yugoslavia	24 yrs 242 dys 32 yrs 337 dys	8 yrs 96 dys	294 min
		1 hat-trick (November 1984)	1 penalty
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843	Geoff Hurst	West Ham United	F	47 2	49	2 April 1966 vs. Scotland 1 December 1971 vs. Greece	24 yrs 116 dys 29 yrs 359 dys	5 yrs 244 dys	179 min
		2 hat-tricks (30 July 1966 & Mar 1969)	4 penalties
23
667	Stan Mortensen	Blackpool	I/CF	25 0	25	27 May 1947 (4) vs. Portugal 25 November 1953 vs. Hungary	25 yrs 364 dys 32 yrs 183 dys	6 yrs 184 dys	98 min
		3 hat-tricks (May & November 1947, October 1948)
1097	Frank Lampard	Chelsea	M	77 13	90	20 August 2003 sub vs. Croatia 12 November 2011 1-0 vs. Spain	25 yrs 61 dys 33 yrs 145 dys	8 yrs 84 dys	285 min
		7 penalties (top penalty scorer)	1 goal as substitute
22
647	Tommy Lawton	Everton, Chelsea, Notts County	CF	23 0	23	22 October 1938 pen vs. Wales 16 May 1948 vs. Italy	19 yrs 16 dys 28 yrs 224 dys	9 yrs 208 dys	94 min
		2 hat-tricks (November 1946 & May 1947)
1139	Peter Crouch	Liverpool, Portsmouth, Tottenham Hotspur	F	19 23	42	1 March 2006 sub vs. Uruguay 17 November 2010 sub vs. France	25 yrs 31 dys 29 yrs 292 dys	4 yrs 262 dys	99 min
		1 hat-trick (June 2006)	5 goals as substitute
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885	Mick Channon	Southampton	F	44 2	46	14 February 1973 vs. Scotland 4 June 1977 pen vs. Scotland	24 yrs 78 dys 28 yrs 189 dys	4 yrs 111 dys	183 min
			3 penalties
887	Kevin Keegan	Liverpool, SV Hamburg, Southampton	F	62 1	63	11 May 1974 vs. Wales 6 June 1981 pen vs. Hungary	23 yrs 85 dys 30 yrs 113 dys	7 yrs 27 dys	262 min
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844	Martin Peters	West Ham United, Tottenham Hotspur	M	64 3	67	26 June 1966 vs. Finland 19 May 1973 vs. Scotland	22 yrs 230 dys 29 yrs 190 dys	6 yrs 328 dys	290 min

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Plyr. No.	Player	Club(s) When Scored	Pos	starts subs	App	first and last	Age	Gap	Rate min

1099	Steven Gerrard	Liverpool	M	87 3	90	1 September 2001 vs. Germany 11 August 2010 (2) vs. Hungary	21 yrs 94 dys 30 yrs 73 dys	8 yrs 344 dys	361 min
			1 goal as substitute
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515	Billy Dean	Everton	CF	16 0	16	12 February 1927 (2) vs. Wales 9 December 1931 vs. Spain	20 yrs 21 dys 24 yrs 321 dys	4 yrs 300 dys	80 min
			2 hat-tricks (May 1927)
	There is an outside possibility that Dean scored only once against France, 26 May 1927. Thus, leaving his goalscoring feat at 17.
543	George Camsell	Middlesbrough	CF	9 0	9	9 May 1929 vs. France 9 May 1936 vs. Belgium	26 yrs 163 dys 33 yrs 164 dys	7 yrs	45 min
			2 hat-tricks (May & Nov 1929)
739	Johnny Haynes	Fulham	IL/R	56 0	56	2 October 1954 vs. Nrthn Ireland 15 April 1961 (2) vs. Scotland	19 yrs 358 dys 26 yrs 181 dys	6 yrs 196 dys	277 min
			1 hat-trick (Oct 1958)
803	Roger Hunt	Liverpool	F	34 0	34	4 April 1962 vs. Austria 24 May 1967 vs. Spain	23 yrs 258 dys 28 yrs 308 dys	5 yrs 50 dys	172 min
			1 hat-trick (May 1964)
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1078	David Beckham	Manchester United, Real Madrid	C/ RM	101 14	115	26 June 1998 vs. Colombia 25 June 2006 vs. Ecuador	23 yrs 55 dys 31 yrs 54 dys	7 yrs 364 dys	492 min
			5 penalties
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719	Tommy Taylor	Manchester United	IL/ CF	18 1	19	24 May 1953 vs. Chile 27 Nov'mber 1957 (2) vs. France	21 yrs 115 dys 25 yrs 302 dys	4 yrs 187 dys	104 min
		2 hat-tricks (Dec 1956 & May 1957)	2 goals as substitute
935	Tony Woodcock	FC Köln, Arsenal	F	30 12	42	17 October 1979 vs. Nrth Ireland 14 November 1984 vs. Turkey	23 yrs 315 dys 28 yrs 344 dys	5 yrs 28 dys	162 min
			1 goal as substitute
15
1131	Jermain Defoe	Tottenham Hotspur, Portsmouth, Tottenham Hot.	F	17 29	46	8 September 2004 vs. Poland 3 September 2010 (3) vs. Bulgaria	21 yrs 337 dys 27 yrs 332 dys	5 yrs 360 dys	122 min
		1 hat-trick (September 2010)	6 goals as substitute
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131	Tinsley Lindley	Nottingham Forest & Cambridge Univ. & Corinthians, Nottingham Forest & Cor'thians	CF	13 0	13	13 March 1886 vs. Ireland 7 March 1891 vs. Ireland	20 yrs 137 dys 25 yrs 131 dys	4 yrs 359 dys	84 min
			1 hat-trick (Feb 1887)
325	George Hilsdon	Chelsea	CF	8 0	8	15 February 1908 vs. Ireland 13 Feb 1909 (2 (1 pen) vs. Ireland	22 yrs 189 dys 23 yrs 187 dys	364 dys	51 min
		1 hat-trick (June 1908)	2 penalties
1082	Paul Scholes	Manchester United	M	64 2	66	4 June 1997 vs. Italy 21 June 2004 vs. Croatia	22 yrs 199 dys 29 yrs 216 dys	7 yrs 17 dys	352 min
			1 hat-trick (Mar 1999)
13
794	Bobby Smith	Tottenham Hotspur	CF	15 0	15	8 October 1960 vs. Nrthn Ireland 20 November 1963 vs. N Ireland	27 yrs 229 dys 30 yrs 272 dys	3 yrs 43 dys	104 min
869	Martin Chivers	Tottenham Hotspur	F	22 2	24	21 April 1971 vs. Greece 26 September 1973 vs. Austria	25 yrs 358 dys 28 yrs 152 dys	2 yrs 158 dys	154 min
928	Paul Mariner	Ipswich Town	CF	30 5	35	12 Oct 1977 vs. Luxembourg 16 Nov 1983 vs. Luxembourg	24 yrs 143 dys 30 yrs 178 dys	6 yrs 35 dys	210 min
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130	Fred Dewhurst	Preston North End & Corinthians	IR/L	9 0	9	13 March 1886 vs. Ireland 23 February 1889 vs. Wales	22 yrs 87 dys 25 yrs 347 dys	2 yrs 347 dys	74 min
			1 hat-trick (Feb 1888)
567	Cliff Bastin	Arsenal	O/IL	21 0	21	13 May 1933 vs. Italy 26 May 1938 (pen) vs. France	21 yrs 60 dys 26 yrs 73 dys	5 yrs 13 dys	158 min
			2 penalties
926	Trevor Francis	Birmingham City, Nottingham Forest, Manchester City, Sampdoria	F	42 10	52	30 March 1977 vs. Luxembourg 19 June 1983 vs. Australia	22 yrs 345 dys 29 yrs 61 dys	6 yrs 81 dys	323 min
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69	Charlie Bambridge	Swifts	O/IL	18 0	18	5 April 1879 (2) vs. Scotland 21 March 1885 vs. Scotland	20 yrs 249 dys 26 yrs 234 dys	5 yrs 350 dys	138 min
145	John Goodall	Preston North End, Derby County	I/CF	14 0	14	17 March 1888 vs. Scotland 16 March 1896 vs. Wales	24 yrs 272 dys 31 yrs 271 dys	7 yrs 364 dys	115 min
	There is an outside possibility that Goodall scored against Scotland, 13 April 1889. Taking his tally to twelve.
204	G.O. Smith	Oxford University & Old Carthusians & Corinthians, Old Carthusians & Corinthians	CF	20 0	20	25 February 1893 vs. Ireland 8 April 1899 vs. Scotland	20 yrs 92 dys 26 yrs 134 dys	6 yrs 42 dys	164 min
			1 hat-trick (Feb 1899)
603	Stan Matthews	Stoke City, Blackpool	OR	54 0	54	29 September 1934 vs. Wales 6 October 1956 vs. Nrthn Ireland	19 yrs 240 dys 41 yrs 248 dys	22 yrs 7 dys	445 min
			1 hat-trick (Dec 1937)
662	Wilf Mannion	Middlesbrough	IL/R	26 0	26	28 September 1946 (3) vs. Ireland 15 November 1950 vs. Wales	28 yrs 135 dys 32 yrs 183 dys	4 yrs 48 dys	206 min
			1 hat-trick (Sep 1946)
763	Bryan Douglas	Blackburn Rovers	OR	36 0	36	19 April 1958 vs. Scotland 5 June 1963 vs. Switzerland	23 yrs 327 dys 29 yrs 9 dys	5 yrs 47 dys	295 min
1048	Teddy Sheringham	Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur	F	30 21	51	8 June 1995 vs. Sweden 6 October 2001 sub vs. Greece	29 yrs 67 dys 35 yrs 187 dys	6 yrs 120 dys	259 min
			2 goals as substitute
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546	Eric Brook	Manchester City	OL	18 0	18	14 October 1933 vs. Ireland 23 October 1937 vs. Ireland	25 yrs 322 dys 29 yrs 331 dys	4 yrs 9 dys	162 min
675	Jackie Milburn	Newcastle United	CF/ OR	13 0	13	9 October 1948 vs. Ireland 9 May 1951 vs. Argentina	24 yrs 151 dys 26 yrs 363 dys	2 yrs 212 dys	109 min
			1 hat-trick (Oct 1949)
722	Dennis Wilshaw	Wolverhampton Wanderers	IL	12 0	12	10 October 1953 (2) vs. Wales 20 May 1956 vs. Finland	27 yrs 213 dys 30 yrs 70 dys	2 yrs 223 dys	108 min
			1 hat-trick (Apr 1955)
747	Ron Flowers	Wolverhampton Wanderers	R/LH	48 1	49	28 May 1959 (2) vs. USA 3 October 1962 vs. France	24 yrs 304 dys 28 yrs 67 dys	3 yrs 128 dys	434 min
			6 penalties
856	Franny Lee	Manchester City	F	27 0	27	12 March 1969 vs. France 29 April 1972 vs. West Germany	24 yrs 317 dys 27 yrs	3 yrs 48 dys	235 min
866	Allan Clarke	Leeds United	OL	16 3	19	11 June 1970 (pen) vs. Czechoslovakia 17 October 1973 (pen) vs. Poland	23 yrs 315 dys 27 yrs 78 dys	3 yrs 128 dys	139 min
			3 penalties
966	John Barnes	Watford, Liverpool	OL	65 14	79	10 June 1984 vs. Brazil 28 April 1993 vs. Netherlands	20 yrs 215 dys 29 yrs 172 dys	8 yrs 322 dys	572 min
1006	Paul Gascoigne	Tottenham Hotspur, Lazio, Glasgow Rangers	M	46 11	57	26 April 1989 sub vs. Albania 10 September 1997 vs. Moldova	21 yrs 335 dys 30 yrs 106 dys	8 yrs 137 dys	418 min
			1 goal as substitute
1107	Joe Cole	Chelsea	M	31 25	56	3 Jun 2003 sub vs. Serb & Mont 6 Sep 2008 (2) sub vs. Andorra	21 yrs 206 dys 26 yrs 303 dys	5 yrs 95 dys	309 min
			4 goals as substitute

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