Progression of England association football goalscoring record

This is a progressive list of association footballers who have held or co-held the record for international goals for the England national football team, beginning with William Kenyon-Slaney who scored the first ever international goal. He scored twice in the second international game played, the first game having finished 0–0.

Criteria

For the early decades, records of players appearances and goals were often considered unreliable. RSSSF and IFFHS have spent much effort trying to produce definitive lists of full international matches, and corresponding data on players' international caps and goals. Using this data, the following records can be retrospectively produced. Note that, at the time, these records may not have been recognised.

One point of note is that many early matches by the England Amateur side were played against the full national side of opponents. These matches are counted as full internationals by the IFFHS and the opposing FAs, though not by the (English) FA. This affects Vivian Woodward, who scored 29 goals 23 in full internationals and a further 44 in amateur internationals recognized by the opposing FAs. This article uses the Football Association's definition, and therefore excludes goals scored in Woodward's international amateur appearances.

England record
PlayerGoalsDateOpponentScoreNotes
William Kenyon-Slaney21873-03-08 Scotland4–2
Charles Bambridge21879-04-05 Scotland5–4Jointly with Kenyon-Slaney
Charles Bambridge41880-03-13 Scotland4–5Bambridge scored twice in this game
Charles Bambridge51881-03-12 Scotland1–6
Charles Bambridge61882-02-18 Ireland13–0
Howard Vaughton61882-03-11 Scotland1–5Jointly with Bambridge
Charles Bambridge71883-02-03 Wales5–0
Charles Bambridge91884-02-23 Ireland8–1Bambridge scored twice in this game
Charles Bambridge101885-02-28 Ireland4–0
Charles Bambridge111885-03-21 Scotland1–1
Tinsley Lindley111888-04-07 Ireland5–1Jointly with Bambridge
Fred Dewhurst111889-02-23 Wales4–1Jointly with Bambridge and Lindley
Tinsley Lindley121890-03-15 Wales3–1
Tinsley Lindley141891-03-07 Ireland6–1Lindley scored twice in this game
Steve Bloomer151898-04-02 Scotland3–1Bloomer scored twice in this game to overtake Lindley
Steve Bloomer171899-02-18 Ireland13–2Bloomer scored twice in this game
Steve Bloomer191899-03-20 Wales4–0
Steve Bloomer201900-04-07 Scotland1–4
Steve Bloomer241901-03-18 Wales6–0Bloomer scored four times in this game
Steve Bloomer251901-03-30 Scotland2–2
Steve Bloomer261904-04-09 Scotland1–0
Steve Bloomer271905-02-25 Ireland1–1From 27 March 1905 to 3 April 1909, Bloomer was the most capped England player as well as top scorer. This is the first of two instances of a player holding both records simultaneously.
Steve Bloomer281907-04-06 Scotland1–1
Vivian Woodward291911-03-13 Wales3–0Woodward scored twice in this game to overtake Bloomer. He held the record either individually or jointly for 47 years – the longest until superseded by Bobby Charlton in 2014.
Nat Lofthouse291956-05-20 Finland5–1Jointly with Woodward
Tom Finney291958-06-08 Soviet Union2–2Jointly with Woodward and Lofthouse
Tom Finney301958-10-04 Northern Ireland3–3Finney held the record alone for a single match – the shortest time ever
Nat Lofthouse301958-10-22 Soviet Union5–0Jointly with Finney
Bobby Charlton301963-06-05  Switzerland8–1Jointly with Lofthouse and Finney. Charlton held the record either individually or jointly for over 48 years – the longest time ever
Bobby Charlton311963-10-12 Wales4–0
Bobby Charlton321964-05-17 Portugal4–3
Bobby Charlton321964-05-24 Republic of Ireland3–1
Bobby Charlton331964-05-27 United States10–0
Jimmy Greaves351964-10-03 Northern Ireland4–3Greaves scored three times in this game to overtake Charlton
Jimmy Greaves361964-12-09 Netherlands1–1
Jimmy Greaves371965-04-10 Scotland2–2
Jimmy Greaves381965-05-05 Hungary1–0
Jimmy Greaves391966-05-04 Yugoslavia2–0
Jimmy Greaves431966-06-29 Norway6–1Greaves scored four times in this game
Jimmy Greaves441967-05-24 Spain2–0
Bobby Charlton441968-04-03 Spain1–0Jointly with Greaves
Bobby Charlton451968-05-22 Sweden3–1Charlton finally regained the record alone; he held it alone for over 500 games, more than half the total number played by England
Bobby Charlton461968-06-08 Soviet Union2–0
Bobby Charlton471969-05-07 Wales2–1
Bobby Charlton481970-04-21 Northern Ireland3–1
Bobby Charlton491970-05-20 Colombia4–0From 11 June 1970 to 14 June 1973, Charlton was the most capped England player as well as top scorer. This is the second instance of a player holding both records simultaneously.
Wayne Rooney492015-09-05 San Marino6–0Jointly with Charlton
Wayne Rooney502015-09-08  Switzerland2–0
Wayne Rooney512015-11-17 France2–0
Wayne Rooney522016-05-27 Australia2–1
Wayne Rooney532016-06-27 Iceland1–2

See also

References
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