Appearances
Most Appearances
Peter Shilton, 125. His first appearance came in
the 3-1 friendly victory against GDR at Wembley on 25
November 1970, and his last in the 2-1 loss to Italy in the
third-place match at the World Cup finals on 7 July 1990. Shilton would have had many more
appearances had he not had to share England
goalkeeping duties for a large part of his career, first with Gordon
Banks and later Ray Clemence.
Evolution of the
Appearances Record [to come] Most
consecutive appearances
Billy Wright, 70. The streak began in
the 2-2 friendly draw with France at Arsenal Stadium on 3 October 1951
and ended in the 8-1 win against the United States at Wrigley Field in Los
Angeles on 28 May 1959, which was Wright's 105th and last appearance
for England. Wright was England's captain in all 70 matches of
the streak.
Most
appearances as captain
Billy Wright and Bobby Moore, 90.
Most
appearances at Major Tournaments
Ashley Cole,
Harry Kane & Raheem Sterling 22,
Steven Gerrard & Wayne Rooney 21.
Peter Shilton &
David Beckham 20, Michael Owen, Jordan Henderson, Jordan Pickford &
John Stones 19.
Longest
international career
Stanley Matthews made his debut in the
4-0 win against
Wales at Ninian Park in Cardiff on 29 September 1934 and his 54th and final appearance
in the 4-1 victory over Denmark in the Idrætsparken in Copenhagen on
15 May 1957 in a career stretching over 23 years but interrupted by World
War II's seven-year break in official international play.
Matthews, the first England player to be knighted, also played for
England in 29 unofficial wartime and victory internationals from 1939
to 1946.
Goals
Most Career Goals
53 - Harry Kane scored his 53rd
goal on 10 December 2022 against France, a World Cup Finals
quarter-final match in Qatar.
52 - Wayne Rooney actually scored his fiftieth
goal on 17 November 2015 against France. The first came on 6 September 2003 against FYR
Macedonia, cementing his place in history as England's youngest ever
goalscorer.
He overtook Bobby Charlton's record of 49 which had been held
for 45 years. Rooney is often credited with a second goal
against Switzerland in the Euro 2004 tournament. His strike hit the
post, therefore missing its target, before rebounding into the goal of Stiel's head.
Scored in most matches
Wayne Rooney's 52
goals came in 43 different matches. Bobby Charlton's 49 goals
came in 37 matches, and Harry Kane's 53 came also from 37 different
matches. Michael Owen's 41 goals were scored in 34 matches. Gary Lineker's 48 came in thirty matches,
and Jimmy
Greaves' 48 goals was scored across 27 matches.
Scored in most
seasons
Both Wayne Rooney and
Bobby Charlton have scored across thirteen seasons. Michael Owen
scored across ten seasons, whereas Jimmy Greaves, Kevin Keegan and
Bryan Robson have scored across nine seasons.
Most Seasons as Top
Scorer
No one has held the
top spot more than the six held by Steve Bloomer (1894-95
until 1906-07) and Gary Lineker (1985-86 until
1990-91).
Alan Shearer held it in five consecutive
seasons (1996-96 until 1999-2000). Michael Owen
(2000-01 until 2007-08) also spent five seasons as leading
scorer, as does Wayne Rooney (2003-04 until 2014-15) and
Harry Kane (2016-17 and 2017-18, 2019-20 to 2021-22).
Evolution of
the Career Goalscoring Record
The evolution of the goalscoring record has
settled in two periods of its life, firstly, between 1907 and 1956
when Steve Bloomer held the record, joined by
Vivian Woodward in 1911. Then when Nat Lofthouse
came on as a substitute against Finland in May 1956, his two goals
equalled that record, then he beat it five minutes later. But over the
next few years, both he and Tom Finney took turns in
holding the record, until they finished their goalscoring career on
thirty goals each on separate dates in October 1958.
Secondly, in
October 1963, when Bobby Charlton scored his 31st
goal, and took the tally to 49 in 1970, the record remained unbroken,
but not unchallenged, until 2015 when Wayne Rooney
celebrated his fiftieth goal. Rooney then held on to the record for
seven more years when Harry Kane scored his 52nd and 53rd goals
during the 2022 World Cup Finals in Qatar.
Most Goals in a Match
Four England players have scored five goals in a
single match, each accomplishing the feat only once. They are
Howard Vaughton, Steve Bloomer, Willy Hall and Malcolm Macdonald most
recently in 1975.
Evolution
of the Match Goalscoring Record [to come]
Most
four-goals-or-more matches
Five England players have
scored four or more goals in a match on two occasions. They are
Steve Bloomer (one five-goal match included), Vivian Woodward, Tommy
Lawton, Jimmy Greaves and Gary Lineker.
Most
three-goals-or-more matches
Jimmy Greaves, six (two of four
goals and four of three goals).
Most
two-goals-or-more matches [to come]
Most
consecutive matches scoring goals
Update: Tinsley
Lindley, Cambridge University & Nottingham Forest, scored in what now
appears to be only four consecutive England
matches between 5 February 1887 and 4 February 1888. It was thought that
he scored against Wales in 1886, but that has since been credited
to Andrew Amos. It is also reported that he scored against
Scotland in March 1888. But all contemporary match reports state
that George Haworth was the scorer. If however, it is proven that
he did score these two goals, he could have scored in nine
consecutive matches.
Tommy Lawton, Everton, did score
in six consecutive appearances, his first, from his
penalty-kick on his debut on 22 October 1938, until his scored against Italy on 13 May 1939.
Jimmy Windridge, Chelsea, also scored in six consecutive
matches between 16 March and 13 June 1908.
Then five matches each for
Fred Dewhurst (1887-89) and Bill Dean, his first five matches
in 1927.
The post-war record stands at six.... Harry Kane
scored ten goals in the first six matches of the 2019-20
season, from 7 September until 17 November 2019.
It beat the previous record of five. Held by Tommy
Lawton, from his four goals against Portugal, 25 May 1947,
until his penalty-kick against Sweden, 19 November 1947.
Nat Lofthouse scored from 25 May to 26 November 1952. Jimmy
Greaves and Bobby Smith scored from 8 October 1960 until 15
April 1961. Wayne Rooney,
from 9 October 2014 until
27 March 2015.
A different record stands by
those players that scored in consecutive matches in which
they appeared.
That particular record belongs to Steve Bloomer, who
scored in his first ten appearances from 1895 to 1899. Second
is George Camsell's nine (all his appearances), between 1929
and 1936. John Goodall scored six goals between 1891-95 as
well as the aforementioned Windridge and Lawton's six between
1938 and 1939.
Post-war,
Harry Kane, holds the record having scored nine goals in
six consecutive appearances in which he appeared between 5 October 2017 and
3 July 2018, and 7 September until 17 November 2019.
As well as those
named above, Tom Finney between 1946 and 1947, Paul Mariner in
1981 to 1982, (see notes below). Wayne Rooney twice, from 12
October 2012 until 26 March 2013 and 9 October 2014 until 27
March 2015.
Notes on the
Mariner debate: some sources credit Paul Mariner with a
post-war
record on the claim he scored in six straight matches
between the 2-0 victory over Netherlands at Wembley Stadium on 25 May 1982 and the 2-0 win against Czechoslovakia in Bilbao, Spain at the
World Cup finals on 20 June 1982. But the day before Mariner
scored in England's 4-1 win against Finland in Helsinki on 3 June 1982, another England team with an entirely different lineup drew 1-1 with Iceland in Reykjavík.
The team that played Iceland was actually the England "B"
team, but the Football Association yielded to the insistence of
Icelandic football officials and recognized the Iceland match as a
full international. Thus it cannot be said
that Mariner scored in six straight England matches. Besides, he
did not score against Czechoslovakia, that was a Barmoš own
goal. Mariner
also scored in England's 1-0 win against Hungary at Wembley on 18 November
1981, his last appearance immediately preceding the
Netherlands match of 25 May 1982 since he missed the home internationals
against Northern Ireland and Wales in February and April, 1982.
What Mariner did do, then, was possibly score in the five, maybe six, straight matches in
which he appeared, no mean feat although it is not the
record.
Most
consecutive matches scoring competitive goals
That particular record belongs to Steve Bloomer, who
scored in his first ten appearances from 1895 to 1899, all
played in the Home Championship.
The post-war record is
held by Wayne Rooney has scored in seven competitive
appearances between October 2014 and September 2015. Beating
the previous record by Nat Lofthouse, who scored in six competitive
appearances between October 1952 and the World Cup Finals in
1954.
Fastest
goal from start of match
Tommy
Lawton of Chelsea scored the fastest England goal in history, 17 seconds
after kickoff in the 10-0 friendly match victory against Portugal in
Lisbon on 25 May 1947.
Players
Scoring the Fastest England Goals from Kickoff:
Fastest
two goals: [to come]
Fastest
three goals:
[to come]
Substitutes
Most appearances as a substitute:
Jermain Defoe 37, Marcus
Rashford 29;
Most appearances as a substitute without
ever starting:
Carlton Cole, seven.
Longest
appearance as a substitute: [to come]
Shortest
appearance as a substitute:
The final
whistle blew immediately after Phil Neal came on during stoppage time in
the 3-1 victory against France in the opening group match at the World
Cup 1982 final tournament in Spain. Against Slovakia in
Bratislava in the European Championship preliminary match on 12 October
2002, Alan Smith came on during stoppage time with the ball out of play
behind England's goal, and the final whistle blew immediately after
David Seaman took the ensuing goal kick. Both players thus earned
caps without ever touching the ball (although they may not be the only
England players to achieve this).
Most
career goals scored as a substitute:
Jermain Defoe had scored seven goals in his 35 appearances
as a substitute.
Most
goals in a match by a substitute:
Three...On
5 September 2015, against San Marino, Theo Walcott's
first goal was scored 52 seconds after coming on to the pitch. His
first goal put England 4-0 up, and his second was the last goal of the
day, sandwiching
Harry Kane's
second goal for England. England won 6-0.
Two...Although this has been
achieved for as long as substitutes have been used. Nat
Lofthouse, after he replaced Tom Finney, scored twice against
Finland in May 1956. Tommy Taylor achieved the same achievement as a
double-scoring substitute six months later in November.
It
was not until September 2008 that the same achievement was repeated
when Joe Cole scored twice against Andorra. Since then,
however, the achievement has been recorded on a further eight occasions. Jermain Defoe did it twice in 2009, against Andorra in
June and against Netherlands in August. Peter Crouch against Egypt
in March 2010. Adam Johnson against Switzerland in
September 2010, Theo Walcott scored twice against San
Marino on 5 September 2015. Jamie Vardy and Daniel Sturridge against
Wales on 16 June 2016. Most recently, Marcus Rashford and Mason
Mount each scored as substitutes against Kosovo on 17 November 2019
and then Rashford again, along with Jack Grealish, were scoring
substitutes against Iran on 21 November 2022.
Fastest
goal by a substitute
Teddy Sheringham scored
immediately after
he substituted for Robbie Fowler in the 68th minute of the 2-2 World
Cup 2002 preliminary match draw with Greece at Old Trafford, Stretford, Manchester
on 6 October 2002. He came on during the stoppage that followed a
foul and scored on a header from David Beckham's ensuing free kick to
bring England level at 1-1. Albert Sewell, the trivia expert who
authors
BBC
Sport website's "Ask Albert" column, wrote:
"It was
certainly the fastest [goal] by a sub in British international football.
We have checked and re-checked the tape, and can confirm that just 15
seconds elapsed from the time Teddy stepped on to the field and when his
header crossed the goal line."
Discipline
Most
expulsions
David Beckham & Wayne Rooney have been sent off on two occasions.
Fifteen
other players share the distinction of one sending-off.
Most
cautions: [to
come]
Most games without
a caution:
[to
come]
World Cup
Final Tournaments
Most tournaments:
Three - by fifteen players...
Billy Wright and Tom Finney played in the 1950, 1954
and 1958 tournaments. Bobby Charlton and Bobby Moore appeared in
the 1962, 1966 and 1970 tournaments. Peter Shilton, Terry Butcher
and Bryan Robson played in the 1982, 1986 and 1990 tournaments.
David Beckham and Sol Campbell appeared in the 1998, 2002 and 2006
tournaments. Ashley Cole and Joe Cole both appeared in the 2002,
2006 and 2010 tournaments. Frank Lampard and Wayne Rooney both played in
the 2006, 2010 and 2014 tournaments. Jordan Henderson and Raheem
Sterling both played in the 2014, 2018 and 2022 tournaments
Bobby Charlton, Rio Ferdinand and Steven Gerrard are the only players named to four England World Cup
squads, but they did not play on their first occasions, the 1958, 1998
and 2002 tournaments respectively. Ferdinand was named to the 2010 Finals
squad, but withdrew following an injury.
Most appearances:
Peter
Shilton holds the record with seventeen appearances.
Most
appearances in a single tournament:
In
Italy in
1990, four players appeared in all seven matches: Peter Shilton, Des Walker, Gary Lineker and Chris Waddle. However, only
Shilton and Walker played every minute of every match, 720 minutes in
all, a number inflated by England's three extra-time matches.
Lineker missed the last seven minutes of the first match, and Waddle,
coming on as a substitute, missed 72 minutes of the last, third-place
match.
In Russia in 2018, both Harry Kane and Jordan Pickford
appeared in all seven matches, but only Pickford played every
minute of every match.
Most
consecutive appearances:
Peter Shilton made his seventeen
consecutive appearances as goalkeeper in all England's matches at
the 1982, 1986 and 1990 final tournaments.
Most
tournaments as captain:
Billy
Wright served as captain at three World Cup final tournaments, 1950 in
Brazil, 1954 in Switzerland and 1958 in Sweden.
Most
appearances as captain:
Harry Kane served as a captain in 11 World Cup final
tournament matches in 2018 and 2022.
Billy
Wright, Bobby Moore and David Beckham each served as captain in 10 World Cup final
tournament matches, Wright at the 1950, 1954 and 1958 tournaments, Moore
at the 1966 and 1970 tournaments and Beckham at the 2002 and 2006
tournaments.
Youngest
player to appear:
Michael
Owen was by far the youngest player ever to appear for England in the
World Cup finals. He was 18 years, 183 days when he made a
substitute appearance for England against Tunisia in the opening group
match of the 1998 tournament in France. In the third group match,
against Colombia, at the time, he became the youngest player to make a starting
appearance for England at 18 years, 194 days.
Oldest
player to appear:
Peter
Shilton was 40 years, 295 days when he played in the third-place match
against host Italy at the 1990 tournament to earn his 125th and last cap
for England.
Most
goals:
Gary
Lineker is England's top World Cup finals scorer with 10
goals in 12 matches, six in five matches at the 1986 tournament in
Mexico and four in seven matches at the 1990 tournament in Italy.
Most
goals in a match:
Geoff Hurst
is the only player to score three in a World Cup Final match, England's 4-2 extra-time victory against
West Germany on 30 July 1966. Two of his goals came in extra time,
and one of those is highly controversial because of the dispute over whether it actually crossed the line.
Gary Lineker was the first
England player to score three goals in regulation time in a World Cup
match, the 3-0 group stage victory against Poland on 11 June 1986. Lineker
actually accomplished the feat in less than regulation time since he was
taken off for a substitute at 84 minutes.
Harry
Kane, the second, was taken off after 63 minutes after he had
scored three goals in a 6-1 victorious World Cup match against
Panama on 24 June 2018.
Most
goals in a single tournament:
Gary Lineker set the England record with six goals in five
matches at the 1986 tournament in Mexico, when he was the
tournament's top scorer.
Harry Kane, also scored six goals in
his six matches in the 2018 tournament in Russia, when he was also
awarded the Golden Boot.
Most
consecutive games with goals:
Gary
Lineker scored in four consecutive World Cup finals matches, England's
last three at the 1986 tournament in Mexico against Poland, Paraguay
and Argentina and their first at the 1990 tournament in Italy against
the Republic of Ireland.
Most tournaments
scored in:
David Beckham is the only player to score in three
tournaments, in the 1998, 2002 and 2006 tournaments.
Fastest
goal:
Bryan Robson scored after 27 seconds against
France on 16 June 1982 in the opening match of the preliminary
group phase of the World Cup final tournament in Spain.
Youngest
player to score:
Michael
Owen was by far the youngest England player to score at the World Cup
finals when he came on as a substitute and temporarily brought England
level with Romania in the second group match at the 1998 tournament in
France. He was 18 years, 190 days.
Youngest
player to score two goals in a single match:
Bukayo Saka
became the youngest player to score two goals for England in World Cup finals play
when he did so against Iran in the opening
match at the 2022 tournament in Qatar. He was 21 years and
77
days.
Oldest
player to score:
Tom Finney
became the oldest player to score for England in World Cup finals play
when he put home a penalty kick against the USSR in the opening
match at the 1958 tournament in Sweden. He was 36 years, 64
days. Finney was also the oldest to score from open play, scoring
in the quarter-final against Uruguay at the 1954 tournament in
Switzerland when he was 32 years, 82 days, until...
Jordan Henderson,
against Senegal on 4 December 2022, he was 32 years and 170 days,
when he scored to become the oldest to do so from open play.
Most
expulsions:
Three separate players -
Ray Wilkins was shown the red card for incurring two cautions in one match
against Morocco at World Cup 1986 in Mexico, David Beckham for violent
conduct against Argentina at World Cup 1998 in France and Wayne Rooney for
an alleged stamp against Portugal at World Cup 2006 in Germany.
Most
cautions:
Three cautions -
Ray Wilkins incurred his first against Spain at World Cup 1982 and two more against Morocco at World
Cup 1986, which earned him a red card and suspension from the following two
matches. Terry Fenwick was also given three cautions in three separate
matches at World Cup 1986, the first against Portugal, the second, against Poland, which
brought him a one-match suspension, and the third against Argentina in
England's last match of the tournament.
Most
cautions in a single tournament:
Terry
Fenwick's three cautions at the 1986 tournament, drawn in the matches against
Portugal, Poland and Argentina, remain the record.
European Championship
Final Tournaments
Most tournaments:
Steven Gerrard had played in three tournaments, 2000, 2004 and
2012. Wayne Rooney joined him when he appeared in his third
tournament in 2016, following his appearances in 2004 and 2012. In
2021, Jordan Henderson appeared in his third tournament, following
his appearances in 20212 and 2016.
Most appearances:
Harry Kane has played in eleven matches across two tournaments.
Wayne Rooney and Raheem Sterling played in ten matches each across his three tournaments,
whereas
Steve Gerrard had made only nine appearances across his three
tournament appearances. Kyle Walker has also made nine, acorss two
tournaments.
Most
appearances in a single tournament:
Jordan Pickford played every minute of the 2020
Tournament. Those who played in all seven matches, but were
substituted at some point were Declan Rice, John Stones, Harry
Kane, Raheem Sterling and Kalvin Phillips
Most
consecutive appearances:
Harry Kane, 11, after he played in all four of the 2016
Tournament matches, then all seven of the 2020 Tournament.
Most
tournaments as captain:
England have
appeared in the European Championship final tournament ten times
and each time have had a different captain. The eight players
who have served as captain are Bobby Moore, 1968 in Italy, Kevin Keegan,
1980 in Italy, Bryan Robson, 1988 in West Germany, Gary Lineker, 1992 in
Sweden, Tony Adams, 1996 in England, Alan Shearer, 2000 in The Lowlands, David Beckham, 2004 in Portugal, Steven Gerrard,
2012 in Ukraine/Poland , Wayne Rooney/Gary Cahill, 2016 in France
and Harry Kane, 2020 across Europe.
Most
appearances as captain:
Harry Kane appeared as captain in
seven European Championship final tournament
matches, all in 2020 at Wembley/Rome.
Breaking the previous record
held by Tony
Adams, when he appeared as captain in five European Championship final tournament
matches, all in 1996 in England.
Youngest
player to appear:
Jude Bellingham, when he
came on as an 82nd minute substitute against Croatia in the
opening match of the 2020 European Championship Finals, was 17
years and 349 days.
Marcus Rashford, when he
came on as a substitute against Wales, on 16 June 2016, was 18
years and 229 days old. When
Wayne Rooney of Everton started England's game against France in the
European Championships 2004 in Portugal, he was 18 years old and 233
days, making him the youngest England player to start in this tournament.
Oldest
player to appear: [to come]
Most
goals: [to come]
Most
goals in a match: [to come]
Most
goals in a single tournament:
Alan
Shearer scored 5 goals in the European Championships 1996 in England, 1
against Switzerland, 1 against Scotland, 2 against Netherlands and 1
against Germany.
Most
consecutive games with goals: [to come]
Most tournaments
scored in: [to come]
Fastest
goal: [to come]
Youngest
player to score:
Everton's
Wayne Rooney scored the first of his three goals in The European
Championships 2004 against Switzerland on 17 June 2004. He was 18
years, seven months and 24 days old. For 4 days, he was the
youngest player ever to score in the Tournament. Switzerland's
Johan Vonlathen was 18 years, five months and 19 days on 21 June 2004.
Oldest
player to score: [to come]
Most
expulsions: [to come]
Most
cautions: [to come]
Most
cautions in a single tournament:
[to come]
Nations League
Final Tournaments
Most tournaments:
One - by 23 players in 2019...
Most appearances:
Eleven players holds the record with two appearances.
Most
appearances in a single tournament:
Eleven players holds the record with two appearances.
Most
consecutive appearances:
Eleven players holds the record with two appearances.
Most
tournaments as captain:
Raheem Serling
and Harry Kane served as captain in their only tournament.
Most
appearances as captain:
Raheem Serling
and Harry Kane served as captain in their only tournament.
Youngest
player to appear:
Jadon Sancho was 19 years and
73 days old when he
started in 2019 against the Netherlands in Guimarães.
Oldest
player to appear:
Fabian Delph was 29 years and 200 days old when he
played against Switzerland, in
the third place play-off match at the conclusion of the inuagral 2019
tournament.
Most
goals:
Marcus Rashford scored the only goal in 2019.
Most
goals in a match:
Marcus Rashford scored the only goal in 2019.
Most
goals in a single tournament:
Marcus Rashford
scored the only goal in 2019.
Most
consecutive games with goals:
Marcus Rashford scored the only goal in 2019.
Most tournaments
scored in:
Marcus Rashford scored the only goal in 2019.
Fastest
goal:
Marcus Rashford scored the only goal in 2019
after 32 minutes.
Youngest
player to score:
Marcus Rashford scored the only goal in 2019.
Oldest
player to score:
Marcus Rashford scored the only goal in 2019.
Most
expulsions:
There have been no expulsions in Nations League Finals' history
Most
cautions:
Three players have received one caution. Harry
Kane, Danny Rose and Jesse Lingard, all in 2019.
Most
cautions in a single tournament:
Three players have received one caution. Harry
Kane, Danny Rose and Jesse Lingard, all in 2019.
British Championship Tournaments
Most tournaments:
[to come]
Most appearances: [to come]
Most
appearances in a single tournament: [to come]
Most
consecutive appearances: [to come]
Most
appearances as captain: [to come]
Most tournaments as captain: [to
come]
Youngest
player to appear: [to come]
Oldest
player to appear: [to come]
Most
goals: [to come]
Most
goals in a match: [to come]
Most
goals in a single tournament: [to come]
Most
consecutive games with goals: [to come]
Most tournaments
scored in: [to come]
Fastest
goal: [to come]
Youngest
player to score: [to come]
Oldest
player to score: [to come]
Most
expulsions: [to come]
Most
cautions: [to come]
Most
cautions in a single tournament: [to come]
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