List of Liverpool F.C. records and statistics
This is a list of various statistics and records related to Liverpool Football Club.
Appearances
League appearances
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Premier League appearances
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All competitions appearances
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All competitions appearances (for non-British players)
- Correct as of match played 26 September 2007
Player | Years | Apps | ||
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1 | Bruce Grobbelaar | (1981-1994) | 628 | |
2 | Ronnie Whelan | (1980-1994) | 493 | |
3 | Sami Hyypiä | (1999-present) | 407 | |
4 | Gordon Hodgson | (1925-1936) | 377 | |
5 | Arthur Riley | (1925-1939) | 338 | |
6 | John Arne Riise | (2001-present) | 311 | |
7 | Jan Mølby | (1984-1996) | 292 | |
8 | Dietmar Hamann | (1999-2006) | 283 | |
9 | Craig Johnston | (1981-1988) | 271 | |
10 | Berry Nieuwenhuys | (1933-1947) | 260 | |
11 | Stephane Henchoz | (1999-2005) | 205 | |
12 | Ray Houghton | (1987-1992) | 202 | |
13 | Patrik Berger | (1996-2003) | 196 | |
14 | Steve Finnan | (2003-present) | 192 | |
15 | Jerzy Dudek | (2001-2007) | 186 | |
16 | Vladimir Smicer | (1999-2005) | 184 | |
17 | Stig Inge Bjørnebye | (1992-2000) | 184 | |
18 | Phil Babb | (1994-2000) | 170 | |
19 | Steve Staunton | (1986-1991, 1998-2000) | 148 | |
20 | Djimi Traore | (1999-2006) | 141 |
All competitions appearances (for Liverpool-born players)
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All competitions appearances (for non-white players)
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F.A. Cup appearances
Player | Years | Apps | |
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1 | Ian Callaghan | (1960-1978) | 79 |
2 | Bruce Grobbelaar | (1981-1994) | 62 |
3 | Emlyn Hughes | (1967-1979) | 62 |
4 | Ian Rush | (1980-1987; 1988-1996) | 61 |
5 | Alan Hansen | (1977-1990) | 58 |
6 | Ray Clemence | (1967-1981) | 54 |
7 | Tommy Smith | (1962-1978) | 52 |
8 | John Barnes | (1987-1997) | 51 |
9 | Steve Nicol | (1981-1995) | 50 |
10 | Ron Yeats | (1961-1971) | 50 |
11 | Ian St John | (1961-1971) | 49 |
12 | Chris Lawler | (1960-1975) | 47 |
13 | Phil Neal | (1974-1985) | 45 |
14 | Roger Hunt | (1958-1969) | 44 |
15 | Tommy Lawrence | (1957-1971) | 42 |
16 | Billy Liddell | (1939-1961) | 42 |
17 | Ronnie Whelan | (1981-1994) | 41 |
18 | Donald MacKinlay | (1910-1929) | 40 |
19 | Peter Thompson | (1963-1974) | 38 |
20 | Kenny Dalglish | (1977-1990) | 37 |
Goalscorers
Overall scorers
Player | Years | Goals | Goals per season | |
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1 | Ian Rush | (1980-1987, 1988-1996) | 346 | 21.63 |
2 | Roger Hunt | (1959-1970) | 285 | 25.90 |
3 | Gordon Hodgson | (1925-1936) | 240 | 21.81 |
4 | Billy Liddell | (1945-1961) | 229 | 14.31 |
5 | Robbie Fowler | (1993-2001, 2006-2007) | 183 | 20.11 |
6 | Kenny Dalglish | (1977-1990) | 172 | 12.92 |
7 | Michael Owen | (1997-2004) | 158 | 22.57 |
8 | Harry Chambers | (1919-1928) | 151 | 16.78 |
9 | Jack Parkinson | (1899-1907) | 128 | 16 |
10 | Sam Raybould | (1900-1907) | 127 | 9.77 |
11 | Dick Forshaw | (1919-1927) | 124 | 15.5 |
12 | Ian St John | (1961-1971) | 118 | 11.8 |
13 | Jack Balmer | (1935-1952) | 111 | 6.53 |
14 | John Barnes | (1987-1997) | 108 | 10.8 |
15 | Kevin Keegan | (1971-1977) | 100 | 16.67 |
16 | John Toshack | (1970-1978) | 95 | 11.88 |
17 | Albert Stubbins | (1946-1953) | 83 | 11.86 |
18= | Jack Cox | (1897-1909) | 80 | 6.67 |
18= | Arthur Goddard | (1901-1914) | 80 | 6.15 |
20 | Berry Nieuwenhuys | (1933-1947) | 79 | 5.64 |
League scorers
Player | Years | Goals | Goals per Season | |
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1 | Roger Hunt | (1959-1970) | 245 | 22.27 |
2 | Gordon Hodgson | (1925-1936) | 232 | 21.09 |
3 | Ian Rush | (1980-1987, 1988-1996) | 228 | 15.2 |
4 | Billy Liddell | (1945-1961) | 216 | 13.5 |
5 | Harry Chambers | (1919-1928) | 135 | 15 |
6 | Robbie Fowler | (1993-2001, 2006-2007) | 128 | 15 |
7 | Jack Parkinson | (1899-1914) | 123 | 8.2 |
8 | Sam Raybould | (1900-1907) | 119 | 14.88 |
9 | Kenny Dalglish | (1977-1990) | 118 | 9.08 |
9 | Michael Owen | (1996-2004) | 118 | 14.75 |
11 | Dick Forshaw | (1919-1927) | 117 | 14.63 |
12 | Jack Balmer | (1935-1952) | 99 | 5.82 |
13 | Ian St John | (1961-1971) | 95 | 9.5 |
14 | John Barnes | (1987-1997) | 84 | 8.4 |
15 | Jimmy Melia | (1955-1964) | 76 | 8.44 |
16 | Albert Stubbins | (1946-1953) | 75 | 10.71 |
16 | Arthur Goddard | (1901-1914) | 75 | 5.77 |
18 | John Toshack | (1970-1978) | 74 | 9.25 |
19 | Berry Nieuwenhuys | (1933-1947) | 74 | 5.29 |
20 | Jack Cox | (1897-1909) | 72 | 6 |
FA Cup scorers
Player | Years | Goals | |
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1 | Ian Rush | (1980-1987, 1988-1996) | 39 |
2 | Roger Hunt | (1959-1970) | 18 |
3 | John Barnes | (1987-1997) | 16 |
4 | Harry Chambers | (1919-1928) | 16 |
5 | Kevin Keegan | (1971-1977) | 14 |
6 | Kenny Dalglish | (1977-1990) | 13 |
7 | Billy Liddell | (1945-1961) | 13 |
8 | Robbie Fowler | (1993-2001, 2006-2007) | 12 |
9 | Ian St John | (1961-1971) | 12 |
10 | Jack Balmer | (1935-1952) | 12 |
11 | Peter Beardsley | (1987-1991) | 11 |
12 | Bill Lacey | (1912-1924) | 11 |
13 | Willie Fagan | (1937-1952) | 10 |
14 | Sam Raybould | (1900-1907) | 9 |
15 | John Aldridge | (1987-1989) | 8 |
League Cup scorers
Player | Years | Goals | |
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1 | Ian Rush | (1980-1987, 1988-1996) | 48 |
2 | Robbie Fowler | (1993-2001, 2006-2007) | 29 |
3 | Kenny Dalglish | (1977-1990) | 27 |
4 | Ronnie Whelan | (1979-1994) | 14 |
5 | Steve McMahon | (1985-1991) | 13 |
6 | Danny Murphy | (1997-2004) | 11 |
7 | David Fairclough | (1975-1983) | 10 |
8 | Steve McManaman | (1989-1999) | 10 |
9 | David Johnson | (1976-1982) | 9 |
10 | Jan Mølby | (1984-1996) | 9 |
11 | Michael Owen | (1996-2004) | 9 |
12 | Graeme Souness | (1978-1984) | 9 |
13 | Ian Callaghan | (1960-1978) | 7 |
14 | Steve Heighway | (1970-1981) | 7 |
15 | Steven Gerrard | (1998-present) | 6 |
European scorers
Player | Years | Goals | |
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1 | Michael Owen | (1996-2004) | 22 |
2 | Ian Rush | (1980-1987, 1988-1996) | 20 |
3 | Steven Gerrard | (1998-present) | 19 |
4 | Roger Hunt | (1959-1970) | 17 |
5 | Terry McDermott | (1974-1982) | 15 |
6 | Robbie Fowler | (1993-2001, 2006-2007) | 14 |
7 | Jimmy Case | (1973-1981) | 13 |
8 | Emile Heskey | (2000-2004) | 13 |
9 | Kevin Keegan | (1971-1977) | 12 |
10 | Ray Kennedy | (1974-1982) | 12 |
11 | Kenny Dalglish | (1977-1990) | 11 |
12 | Luis García | (2004-2007) | 11 |
13 | Steve Heighway | (1970-1981) | 11 |
14 | Chris Lawler | (1960-1975) | 11 |
15 | Phil Neal | (1974-1985) | 11 |
League scorers by seasons
Captains
Squad numbers
Transfer fees
Highest transfer fees paid
Highest transfer fees received
Miscellaneous
- Liverpool's first ever competitive game was in the Lancashire League against Higher Walton. They won 8–0. Their side did not have one English player, consisting as it did largely of Scottish imports.
- Only fourteen first team players were used in the 1965–66 season, when Liverpool won the League
Scorelines
- Biggest defeat: 0–8 v Huddersfield in 1935 and 1–9 Birmingham City on 11 December 1954 in Football League Division Two [1]
- Biggest win: 11–0 v Strømsgodset I.F. on 17 September 1974. Nine of the ten outfield players scored in this game - a Liverpool record.
- Biggest league win: 9–0 v Crystal Palace F.C. on 12 September 1989
Goalscoring
- Roger Hunt has the most league goals for one season — in the 1961–62 season he scored forty-one goals
- Ian Rush holds the record in Liverpool FC for most goals in all competitions for one season - he scored forty-seven goals in the 1983–84 season
- Only five people have scored 5 goals in one match. These are:
- John Miller, 1892–93
- Andy McGuigan, 1901–02
- John Evans, 1954–55
- Ian Rush, 1983–84
- Robbie Fowler, 1993–94
- The record for most hat tricks is held by Gordon Hodgson who between 11 September 1926 and 2 February 1935 notched up a remarkable seventeen hat tricks
- Three consecutive hat tricks: Jack Balmer 1946–47 (his only hat tricks)
- Quickest Premiership hat trick: Robbie Fowler vs Arsenal F.C. 1994–95, 4 minutes, 32 seconds
- Liverpool's longest distance goal was scored by Xabi Alonso vs Newcastle United F.C., sixty yards from goal on September 20 2006 in a Barclays Premiership match
Premiership performance
- Liverpool have won eighteen Football League championships in the top flight of English Football, more than any other club.[2] They are one of three clubs (the others being Arsenal and Manchester United) that have finished first more often than in any other one table spot in the top division. This table shows their performance in the Premier League since its introduction in 1992–93.
- Correct as of midnight 23 September 2007
Season | Pos | Pld | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Points |
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2007–2008* | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 12 |
2006–2007 | 3 | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 57 | 27 | 30 | 68 |
2005–2006 | 3 | 38 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 57 | 25 | 32 | 82 |
2004–2005 | 5 | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 52 | 41 | 11 | 58 |
2003–2004 | 4 | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 55 | 37 | 18 | 60 |
2002–2003 | 5 | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 61 | 41 | 20 | 64 |
2001–2002 | 2 | 38 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 67 | 30 | 37 | 80 |
2000–2001 | 3 | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 71 | 39 | 32 | 69 |
1999–2000 | 4 | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 51 | 30 | 21 | 67 |
1998–1999 | 7 | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 68 | 49 | 19 | 54 |
1997–1998 | 3 | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 68 | 42 | 26 | 65 |
1996–1997 | 4 | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 62 | 37 | 25 | 68 |
1995–1996 | 3 | 38 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 70 | 34 | 36 | 71 |
1994–1995 | 4 | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 65 | 37 | 28 | 74 |
1993–1994 | 8 | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 59 | 49 | 4 | 60 |
1992–1993 | 6 | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 62 | 55 | 7 | 59 |
Pos = position in table, Pld = total games played, GF = total goals scored (goals for), GA = total goals conceded (goals against), GD = goal difference (GF−GA), * = current season in progress
Season-by-season performance
Main article Liverpool F.C. seasons
References
- ^ LFC RECORDS www.liverpoolfc.tv
- ^ The Football League#Titles by club