RANK

PLAYERS

APPEARANCES

GOALS SCORED

CLUB(s)

YEARS

1

Harry Cursham

44

49

Notts County

1877–1888

2

Ian Rush

75

44

Chester City, Liverpool, Newcastle United

1979–1998

3

Denis Law

63

43

Huddersfield Town, Manchester United, Manchester City

1956–1974

4

Jimmy Greaves

55

42

Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United, Barnet

1958–1979

5

Jimmy Ross

43

40

Preston North End, Liverpool, Burnley, Manchester City

1888–1902

6

Steve Bloomer

55

39

Derby County, Middlesbrough

1893–1914

7

Archie Hunter

42

36

Aston Villa

1879–1889

8

Allan Clarke

66

35

Walsall, Fulham, Leicester City, Leeds United, Barnsley

1964–1980

9

George Brown

32

33

Huddersfield Town, Aston Villa, Burnley

1921–1935

10

David Jack

57

32

Plymouth Argyle, Bolton Wanderers, Arsenal

1919–1934

11

Stan Mortensen

38

31

Blackpool, Hull City

1956–1957

12

Tommy Browell

38

30

Everton, Manchester City, Blackpool

1911–1930

13

John Atyeo

38

30

Bristol City

1950–1966

14

Billy Walker

53

30

Aston Villa

1919–1933

15

Teddy Sheringham

56

30

Millwall, Nottingham Forest, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United, Portsmouth, West Ham United, Colchester United

1986–2008

16

Raich Carter

60

30

Sunderland, Derby County, Hull City

1931–1952

17

Ronnie Allen

61

30

Port Vale, West Bromwich Albion, Crystal Palace

1946–1963

18

Jimmy Brown

32

29

Blackburn Rovers

1881–1889

19

Malcolm Macdonald

36

29

Luton Town, Newcastle United, Arsenal

1969–1979

20

Bobby Smith

40

29

Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur

1955–1964

21

Arthur Rowley

52

29

Leicester City, Shrewsbury Town

1949–1963

22

Dixie Dean

35

28

Tranmere Rovers, Everton

1924–1938

23

Nat Lofthouse

49

28

Bolton Wanderers

1946–1960

24

Frank Lampard

73

28

West Ham United, Chelsea, Manchester City

1996–2014

25

Bobby Tambling

37

27

Chelsea, Crystal Palace

1960–1972

26

Harry Hampton

37

27

Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Newport County

1904–1922

27

Jack Rowley

44

27

Manchester United, Plymouth Argyle

1937–1957

28

David Jack

52

27

Bolton Wanderers, Arsenal

1920–1934

29

Tony Brown

54

27

West Bromwich Albion

1963–1981

30

Alan Shearer

58

27

Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United

1990–2006

31

Roy Bentley

75

27

Bristol City, Newcastle United, Chelsea, Fulham, Queens Park Rangers

1949–1962

32

John Barnes

87

27

Watford, Liverpool, Newcastle United

1981–1998

33

Ronnie Rooke

32

26

Guildford City, Woking, Crystal Palace, Fulham, Arsenal, Bedford Town, Heywards Heath Town

1931–1961

34

W.G. Richardson

34

26

West Bromwich Albion

1929–1949

35

Cliff Bastin

46

26

Arsenal

1929–1947

36

Mark Hughes

72

26

Manchester United, Chelsea, Southampton, Blackburn Rovers

1984–2002