List of Everton F.C. records and statistics

Everton Football Club is a professional association football club located in Liverpool. The club was formed in 1878, and was originally named as St Domingo FC. The club's first game was a 1–0 victory over Everton Church Club. In November 1879 the club was renamed to Everton FC.

In 1888, Everton were one of the twelve founding members of the English Football League. The club have played in the top-flight of English Football for a record 117 years, having missed only four top-flight seasons (1930–31, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54).

Major competitions won by Everton F.C., records set by the club, associated managers and players will be included in the following list.

The player records section includes: appearances, goals scored, and clean sheets kept. Player and manager awards, transfer fees, club records (Wins, Draws, and Losses) are all included in the list, as well as several others.

Honours

Domestic

European

Doubles

Awards

Player records

As of 2 November 2023

(All current players are in bold. Appearance totals includes substitution appearances.)

Appearances

All competitions appearances

# Name Apps Years
1 Wales Neville Southall 751 1981–1998
2 England Brian Labone 534 1957–1971
3 England Dave Watson 528 1986–2001
4 England Ted Sagar 497 1929–1953
5 Wales Kevin Ratcliffe 493 1980–1992
6 England Mick Lyons 473 1969–1982
7 Scotland Jack Taylor 456 1896–1909
8 Republic of Ireland Peter Farrell 453 1946–1957
9 Scotland Graeme Sharp 447 1980–1991
10 England Dixie Dean 433 1925–1938
England Leon Osman 433 2000–2016


All League appearances

# Name Apps Years
1 Wales Neville Southall 578 1981–1998
2 England Ted Sagar 463 1929–1953
3 England Brian Labone 451 1958–1971
4 England Dave Watson 423 1986–2001
5 Republic of Ireland Peter Farrell 422 1946–1957
6 Scotland Jack Taylor 400 1896–1910
7 England Dixie Dean 399 1925–1937
8 Republic of Ireland Tommy Eglington 394 1946–1957
9 England Mick Lyons 390 1971–1982
10 England Tommy E. Jones 383 1950–1961

FA Cup appearances

# Name Apps Years
1 Wales Neville Southall 70 1981–1998
2 Wales Kevin Ratcliffe 57 1980–1992
3 Scotland Jack Taylor 56 1896–1909
4 Scotland Graeme Sharp 54 1980–1991
5 England Harry Makepeace 52 1902–1914
6 England Dave Watson 48 1986–2001
7 England Brian Labone 46 1957–1971
8 England Jack Sharp 42 1900–1909
9 England Gordon West 40 1962–1975
10 Scotland Alex Young 39 1901–1910


League Cup appearances

# Name Apps Years
1 Wales Neville Southall 65 1981–1998
2 Scotland Graeme Sharp 48 1980–1991
3 Wales Kevin Ratcliffe 46 1980–1992
4 England Dave Watson 39 1986–2001
5 England Mick Lyons 37 1969–1982
6 England Adrian Heath 35 1982–1988
7 Republic of Ireland Kevin Sheedy 32 1982–1992
8 England Gary Stevens 30 1982–1988
England Andy King 30 1976–1980
1982–1984
10 England Bob Latchford 28 1973–1980


European appearances

# Name Apps Years
1 United States Tim Howard 28 2006–2016
2 England Leon Osman 25 2000–2016
England Leighton Baines 25 2007–2020
4 England Tony Hibbert 24 2000–2016
5 England Phil Jagielka 23 2007–2019
6 England Brian Labone 19 1957–1971
Australia Tim Cahill 19 2004–2012
England Colin Harvey 19 1962–1974
Nigeria Joseph Yobo 19 2002–2012
10 England Johnny Morrissey 18 1962–1972
England Phil Neville 18 2005–2013
Nigeria Yakubu 18 2007–2011

Goalscorers

  • Most goals in a season – 60, Dixie Dean, (During the 1927–28 Season)
  • Most goals in a single match – 6, Jack Southworth (v. West Bromwich Albion, 30 December 1893)
  • Most goals in the League – 349, Dixie Dean
  • Most goals in the FA Cup – 28, Dixie Dean
  • Most goals in the League Cup – 19, Bob Latchford
  • Most goals in European competition – 8, Romelu Lukaku
  • Youngest goalscorer – James Vaughan, 16 yrs and 271 days (vs Crystal Palace, 10 April 2005) (Also a Premier League Record)
  • Oldest goalscorer – Wally Fielding, 38 yrs and 305 days (vs West Bromwich Albion F.C., 27 September 1958)

Top scorers (all competitions)

# Name Years Goals Apps Avg.
1 England Dixie Dean 1925–1937 383 433 0.88
2 Scotland Graeme Sharp 1980–1991 160 447 0.36
3 England Bob Latchford 1974–1981 138 289 0.48
4 Scotland Alex Young 1901–1911 126 314 0.40
5 England Joe Royle 1966–1974 119 276 0.43
6 Wales Roy Vernon 1960–1965 111 200 0.56
7 England Dave Hickson 1948–1955
1957–1959		 109 243 0.45
8 England Edgar Chadwick 1888–1899 104 300 0.35
9 England Tony Cottee 1988–1994 99 241 0.41
10 England Alf Milward 1888–1897 98 224 0.44


League top scorers

# Name Years Goals Apps Avg.
1 England Dixie Dean 1925–1937 349 399 0.87
2 Scotland Alex Young 1901–1911 112 275 0.41
3 Scotland Graeme Sharp 1980–1991 111 322 0.34
4 England Bob Latchford 1974–1981 106 236 0.45
5 England Joe Royle 1966–1974 102 232 0.44
6 Wales Roy Vernon 1960–1965 101 176 0.57
7 England Dave Hickson 1948–1955, 1957–1959 94 225 0.42
8 England Edgar Chadwick 1888–1899 92 270 0.34
9 England Alf Milward 1888–1897 85 201 0.42
10 England Jimmy Settle 1899–1908 83 237 0.35

FA Cup top scorers

# Name Years Goals Apps Avg.
1 England Dixie Dean 1925–1937 28 32 0.88
2 Scotland Graeme Sharp 1980–1991 21 54 0.39
3 England Dave Hickson 1948–1955
1957–1959		 15 18 0.83
Republic of Ireland Kevin Sheedy 1982–1992 15 38 0.39
5 Scotland Alex Young 1901-1911 14 39 0.36
Scotland Jack Taylor 1896–1910 14 56 0.25
7 England Jimmy Settle 1899–1908 13 32 0.41
England Alf Milward 1888–1897 13 23 0.57
9 England Jack Sharp 1899–1910 12 42 0.29
England Edgar Chadwick 1888–1899 12 30 0.40


League Cup top scorers

Name Goals Apps Avg.
1 England Bob Latchford 19 28 0.68
2 Scotland Graeme Sharp 15 48 0.31
3 England Tony Cottee 11 23 0.48
England Adrian Heath 11 35 0.31
3 England Dominic Calvert-Lewin 11 12 0.99
England Andy King 10 30 0.33
7 Republic of Ireland Kevin Sheedy 9 32 0.28
8 England Martin Dobson 8 22 0.36
9 England Frank Wignall 7 3 2.33
England Paul Wilkinson 7 4 1.75
England Paul Rideout 7 13 0.53
England Dave Watson 7 39 0.17


European top scorers

# Name Goals Apps Avg.
1 Belgium Romelu Lukaku 8 9 0.89
2 England Fred Pickering 6 9 0.67
3 Scotland Andy Gray 5 3 1.66
4 England Andy King 4 6 0.67
England Joe Royle 4 6 0.67
England Andy Johnson 4 7 0.57
Scotland Graeme Sharp 4 8 0.50
England Alan Ball 4 10 0.40
Nigeria Victor Anichebe 4 11 0.36
Spain Mikel Arteta 4 14 0.29
Nigeria Yakubu 4 18 0.22
Australia Tim Cahill 4 19 0.21
England Phil Jagielka 4 23 0.17

Clean sheets

# Name Apps Clean sheets
1 Wales Neville Southall 751 269
2 England Gordon West 402 155
3 United States Tim Howard 414 133
4 England Ted Sagar 497 119
5 Ireland Billy Scott 289 94
6 England Jordan Pickford 272 72
7 England Tom Fern 231 67
8 Republic of Ireland Jimmy O'Neill 213 49
9 Scotland George Wood 126 48
10 England Albert Dunlop 231 47

Transfer records

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Highest transfer fees paid

Name From Fee Year
1 Iceland Gylfi Sigurðsson Wales Swansea City £45,000,000 2017
2 Brazil Richarlison England Watford £35,000,000 2018
3 Belgium Amadou Onana France Lille £30,000,000 2022
4 Belgium Romelu Lukaku England Chelsea £28,000,000 2014
5 Nigeria Alex Iwobi England Arsenal £28,000,000 2019
6 Colombia Yerry Mina Spain Barcelona £27,200,000 2018
8 Italy Moise Kean Italy Juventus £25,100,000 2019
9 England Jordan Pickford England Sunderland £25,000,000 2017
10 England Michael Keane England Burnley £25,000,000 2017
10 Ivory Coast Jean-Philippe Gbamin Germany Mainz £25,000,000 2019

Highest transfer fees received

Name From Fee Date
1 Belgium Romelu Lukaku England Manchester United £90,000,000 2017
2 Brazil Richarlison England Tottenham Hotspur £60,000,000 2022
3 England John Stones England Manchester City £50,000,000 2016
4 England Anthony Gordon England Newcastle United £50,000,000 2023
5 England Wayne Rooney England Manchester United £30,000,000 2004
6 Senegal Idrissa Gueye France Paris Saint-Germain £28,700,000 2019
7 Belgium Marouane Fellaini England Manchester United £27,500,000 2013
8 France Lucas Digne England Aston Villa £25,000,000 2022
9 Italy Moise Kean Italy Juventus £25,000,000 2023
10 England Joleon Lescott England Manchester City £22,000,000 2009

Awards

Managerial Awards

Barclays Bank Manager of the Year [3][4]
1984–85: England Howard Kendall
1986-87: England Howard Kendall

LMA Manager of the Year
2002–03: Scotland David Moyes
2004–05: Scotland David Moyes
2008–09: Scotland David Moyes

Bell's Scotch Whisky/Barclays Bank Manager of the Month Award [4]
October 1969: England Harry Catterick
March 1970: England Harry Catterick
October 1973: Northern Ireland Billy Bingham
November 1977: England Gordon Lee [a]
October 1978: England Gordon Lee
September 1981: England Gordon Lee
February 1984: England Howard Kendall
October 1984: England Howard Kendall
April 1985: England Howard Kendall
February 1986: England Howard Kendall
December 1986: England Howard Kendall

  1. ^ Gordon Lee had the gallon bottle of whisky he received split into miniatures to be given out to the clubs fans. [5]

Premier League Manager of the Month Award
January 1998: England Howard Kendall
September 1999: Scotland Walter Smith
November 2003: Scotland David Moyes
September 2004: Scotland David Moyes
January 2006: Scotland David Moyes
February 2008: Scotland David Moyes
February 2009: Scotland David Moyes
January 2010: Scotland David Moyes
March 2010: Scotland David Moyes
October 2010: Scotland David Moyes
September 2012: Scotland David Moyes
March 2013: Scotland David Moyes
September 2020: Italy Carlo Ancelotti

Player Awards

European Footballer of the Year (Ballon d'Or)
1986: England Gary Lineker (2nd)

African Footballer of the Year
1994: Nigeria Daniel Amokachi (3rd)
1995: Nigeria Daniel Amokachi (3rd)

Oceania Footballer of the Year
2004: Australia Tim Cahill (Winner)

Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year
1985: Wales Neville Southall
1986: England Gary Lineker

PFA Players' Player of the Year
1985: England Peter Reid
1986: England Gary Lineker

PFA Merit Award
1977: Scotland Jack Taylor
1982: England Joe Mercer
1986: England Alan Ball (As 1966 England World Cup Squad)
1986: England Ray Wilson (As 1966 England World Cup Squad)
1994: Northern Ireland Billy Bingham
1997: England Peter Beardsley

Premier League Player of the Month Award
February 1995: Scotland Duncan Ferguson
April 1996: Russia Andrei Kanchelskis
April 1999: England Kevin Campbell
September 2006: England Andy Johnson
February 2009: England Phil Jagielka
April 2012: Croatia Nikica Jelavić
November 2012: Belgium Marouane Fellaini
March 2017: Belgium Romelu Lukaku
September 2020: England Dominic Calvert-Lewin

BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year Award
1995: Wales Neville Southall

BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year Award
2003: England Wayne Rooney

U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year
2008: United States Tim Howard
2014: United States Tim Howard

Icelandic Footballer of the Year
2017: Iceland Gylfi Sigurðsson
2018: Iceland Gylfi Sigurðsson
2019: Iceland Gylfi Sigurðsson

Club records

Wins

Defeats

Goals

Points

  • Most points in a League season (2 for a win) – 66 in 42 matches, First Division, 1969–70
  • Most points in a League season (3 for a win) – 90 in 42 matches, First Division, 1984–85
  • Fewest points in a League season (2 for a win) – 20 in 22 matches, First Division, 1888–89
  • Fewest points in a League season (3 for a win) – 36 in 38 matches, Premier League, 2022–23

Matches

Firsts

  1. ^ Everton originally drew Rangers F.C. in 1886 but only played it as a friendly as they had ineligible players. Although they beat Bolton in a replay, they didn't go through as they fielded 7 ineligible players. The game itself was a replay as the first game was declared void after Bolton had fielded an ineligible player.

Record wins

  • Record League Victory: 9–1 v Manchester City, 3 September 1906; v Plymouth Argyle, 27 December 1930 (Dixie Dean & Jimmy Stein both scored 4 goals, a first for Everton)
  • Record FA Cup Victory: 11–2 v Derby County, FA Cup, 5th Round, 18 January 1890 (Hat-tricks from Fred Geary, Alec Brady and Alf Milward)[6]
  • Record League Cup Victory: 8–0 v Wimbledon, League Cup, 2nd Round, 29 August 1978
  • Record Aggregate League Cup Victory: 11–0 v Wrexham, League Cup, 2nd Round, 1990
  • Record European Victory: 6–1 v SK Brann, UEFA CUP, Round of 32, 21 February 2008
  • Record Aggregate European Victory: 10–0 v Finn Harps, UEFA CUP, 1st Round, 1978
  • Record Friendly Victory: 0–22 v ATV Irdning, 14 July 2018

Record away wins

  • Record League Victory: 7–0 v Charlton Athletic, 7 February 1931
  • Record FA Cup Victory: 6–0 v Crystal Palace, 4 January 1931
  • Record Top Flight Victory: 6–1 v Derby County, 5 November 1892
  • Record League Cup Victory: 5–0 v Wrexham, League Cup, 2nd Round 1st Leg, 25 September 1990
  • Record European Victory: 5–0 v Finn Harps, UEFA Cup, 1st Round 1st Leg, 12 September 1978

Record defeats

Attendances

  • Highest League Attendance 78,299 v Liverpool, 18 September 1948
  • Highest FA Cup Attendance 77,902 v Manchester United, FA Cup, 5th Round, 14 February 1953
  • Highest League Cup Attendance 54,032 v Bolton Wanderers, League Cup, Semi Final, 1st Leg, 18 January 1977
  • Highest European Attendance 62,408 v Inter Milan, European Cup, 1st Round, 1st Leg, 18 September 1963
  • Lowest League Attendance 7,802 v Sheffield Wednesday, 1 May 1934[a]
  • Lowest FA Cup Attendance 15,293 v Wimbledon, FA Cup, 3rd Round Replay, 12 January 1993[b]
  • Lowest League Cup Attendance 7,415 v Wrexham, League Cup, 2nd Round, 2nd Leg, 9 October 1990[c]
  1. ^ During the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons, Everton played 21 home league matches behind closed doors and a further 3 matches with a reduced attendance due to the COVID pandemic. Prior to the start of official reporting of attendance figures in 1925-26, attendance estimates by the local press suggests there are possibly 14 other league matches with a lower attendance.
  2. ^ Prior to the start of official reporting of attendance figures in 1925-26, attendance estimates by the local press suggests there are possibly 2 other FA Cup matches with a lower attendance.
  3. ^ Only 2,000 supporters were allowed to attend the 2020-21 Quarter-final against Manchester United due to the COVID pandemic.

National records

  • Goodison Park was the world's first purpose made and designed dedicated football ground.
  • Goodison Park is the only English club ground to have hosted a World Cup semi-final. The ground of the club's Chilean namesakes, CD Everton, also hosted a World Cup semi-final, four years earlier.
  • Goodison Park was the venue for England v Republic of Ireland 21 September 1949. England lost 2–0, suffering their first home defeat to a non-UK country. Everton's Peter Farrell scored.
  • Everton were the first English club to appear in European competitions five seasons running (1962–63 to 1966–67).
  • Everton have played in more top flight seasons than any other club.[8]
  • They have scored and conceded more top flight goals than any other club.[8]
  • Everton have both drawn and lost more top flight matches than any other side.[8]
  • They hold the distinction of being reigning League champions for the longest time (20 years, alongside Manchester United), although in unusual circumstances. They won the League championship in 1915 and thus remained reigning League champions until the 1919–20 season due to the cancellation of league football during World War I. They were also League champions in 1939, and again remained reigning League champions until the resumption of league football in 1946–47 after World War II.
  • First club to be presented with the League Championship trophy and medals.
  • First club to have the youngest Premiership goalscorer in two consecutive seasons with two different players
  • First club to play 4000 top-flight games
  • First club to amass 5000 League points
  • First club to win the League Championship on two different home grounds. (Anfield and Goodison Park)
  • First club to stage an FA Cup final
  • First English club to install dugouts
  • First English club to be invited to train at the Italian training HQ at Coverciano.
  • First club to appear in 4 consecutive Charity Shields at Wembley 1984–7.
  • Jack Southworth's six goals v West Bromwich Albion, 30 December 1893, was the first such instance in Football League history.

Continental records

  • First Club to be top of the iTunes chart, September 2020. Everton F.C. Spirit of the Blues.
  • Goodison Park, built in 1892, was the world's first complete purpose-built football ground.
  • Everton were the first club to install undersoil heating in their stadium.
  • First club to win a penalty shoot-out in the European Cup – 1970 v Borussia Mönchengladbach
  • First club to issue a regular match programme for home fixtures.
  • First club to have a four-sided stadium with two tier stands
  • First club to have a stadium with a three-tier stand

Penalty shoot-outs

Season Date Competition Round Opponent Venue Result Score
1970/71 4 November 1970 European Cup Third Round Borussia Monchengladbach Home Won 4–3
1986/87 3 March 1987 Full Members Cup Quarter Finals Charlton Athletic Home Lost 1–3
1987/88 8 December 1987 Dubai Champions Cup Final Rangers Neutral Lost 7–8
1998/99 11 November 1998 League Cup Fourth Round Sunderland AFC Home Lost 4–5
2000/01 27 September 2000 League Cup Second Round Bristol Rovers Away Lost 2–4
2001/02 12 September 2001 League Cup Second Round Crystal Palace Home Lost 4–5
2002/03 6 November 2002 League Cup Third Round Newcastle United Home Won 3–2
2003/04 3 December 2003 League Cup Fourth Round Middlesbrough Away Lost 4–5
2007/08 12 March 2008 UEFA Cup Round of 16 Fiorentina Home Lost 2–4
2008/09 19 April 2009 FA Cup Semi Finals Manchester United Neutral Won 4–2
2010/11 21 September 2010 League Cup Third Round Brentford Away Lost 3–4
2010/11 19 February 2011 FA Cup Fourth Round Chelsea Away Won 4–3
2014/15 13 January 2015 FA Cup Third Round West Ham United Away Lost 8–9
2015/16 27 October 2015 League Cup Fourth Round Norwich City Home Won 4–3
2018/19 2 October 2018 EFL Cup Third Round Southampton Home Lost 3–4
2019/20 18 December 2019 EFL Cup Quarter Finals Leicester City Home Lost 2–4
2021/22 21 September 2021 EFL Cup Third Round Queens Park Rangers Away Lost 7–8

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Honours". Everton FC.com. Archived from the original on 30 January 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Everton Transfers". efcstatto.com. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Barclays Bank Manager of the Year Trophy". National Football Museum. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  4. ^ a b Rothmans Football Year Book (various years).
  5. ^ "Cheers, Gordon!". EFC Heritage Society Twitter feed. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Everton 11 – Derby County 2; 18 January 1890 (Match summary)". evertonfc.com. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
  7. ^ Brodkin, Jon (12 May 2005). "Rampant Gunners in seventh heaven". The Guardian. London.
  8. ^ a b c "England – First Level All-Time Tables". RSSSF. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  • "Everton Firsts". evertonfc.com. Archived from the original on 20 August 2006. Retrieved 22 August 2006.
  • "Everton Results". evertonresults.com. Retrieved 22 August 2006.

External links

  • Everton player statistics at Everton official site
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