England national football team records

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Appearances

Most appearances: Peter Shilton, 125, 25 November 1970 – 7 July 1990^[1]
Other centurions: David Beckham, 115, 1 September 1996 – 14 October 2009; Steven Gerrard, 114, 31 May 2000 – 24 June 2014^{[note 1]}; Wayne Rooney, 109, 12 February 2003 – 17 November 2015^{[note 2]}; Bobby Moore, 108, 20 May 1962 – 14 November 1973; Ashley Cole, 107, 28 March 2001 – 5 March 2014; Bobby Charlton, 106, 19 April 1958 – 14 June 1970; Frank Lampard, 106, 10 October 1999 – 24 June 2014; Billy Wright, 105, 28 September 1946 – 28 May 1959
First player to reach 100 appearances: Billy Wright, 11 April 1959, 1-0 vs. Scotland
Fastest to reach 100 appearances: Bobby Moore, 10 years 271 days, 20 May 1962 – 14 February 1973
Most consecutive appearances^{[note 3]}: Billy Wright, 70, 3 October 1951 – 28 May 1959
Most appearances as a substitute: Jermain Defoe, 34, 31 March 2004 – 15 November 2013^{[note 4]}
Most consecutive appearances as a substitute: Owen Hargreaves, 14, 1 June 2004 – 10 June 2006
Most appearances as a substitute without ever starting a game^{[note 5]}: Carlton Cole, 7, 11 January 2009 – 3 March 2010
Most appearances without ever playing a complete game^{[note 6]}: Danny Murphy, 9, 10 November 2001 – 16 November 2003^{[note 7]}
Most appearances in competitive matches (World Cup, European Championship and qualifiers)^{[note 8]}: Steven Gerrard, 69, 17 June 2000 – 24 June 2014
Longest England career: Stanley Matthews, 22 years 228 days, 29 September 1934 – 15 May 1957
Shortest England career^{[note 9]}: Martin Kelly, 2 minutes, 26 May 2012, 1-0 vs. Norway^{[note 10]}
Most consecutive appearances comprising entire England career: Roger Byrne, 33, 3 April 1954 – 27 November 1957^{[note 11]}
Youngest player: Theo Walcott, 17 years 75 days, 30 May 2006, 3-1 vs. Hungary^{[note 12]}
Oldest player: Stanley Matthews, 42 years 103 days, 15 May 1957, 4-1 vs. Denmark
Oldest debutant^{[note 13]}: Alexander Morten, 41 years 113 days, 8 March 1873, 4-2 vs. Scotland
Oldest outfield debutant: Leslie Compton, 38 years 64 days, 15 November 1950, 4-2 vs. Wales
Most appearances at the World Cup finals^{[note 14]}: Peter Shilton, 17, 16 June 1982 – 7 July 1990
Most appearances without ever playing at the World Cup finals: Dave Watson, 65, 3 April 1974 – 2 June 1982^{[note 15]}
Appearances at three World Cup final tournaments^{[note 16]}: Tom Finney, 1950, 1954 and 1958; Billy Wright, 1950, 1954 and 1958; Bobby Charlton, 1962, 1966 and 1970^{[note 17]}; Bobby Moore, 1962, 1966 and 1970; Peter Shilton, 1982, 1986 and 1990; Bryan Robson, 1982, 1986 and 1990; Terry Butcher, 1982, 1986 and 1990; David Beckham, 1998, 2002 and 2006; Michael Owen, 1998, 2002 and 2006; Sol Campbell, 1998, 2002 and 2006; Ashley Cole, 2002, 2006 and 2010; Steven Gerrard, 2006, 2010 and 2014; Frank Lampard, 2006, 2010 and 2014; Wayne Rooney, 2006, 2010 and 2014
Most non-playing selections for the World Cup finals^{[note 18]}: Alan Hodgkinson, 2, 1958 and 1962^{[note 19]}; George Eastham, 2, 1962 and 1966; Viv Anderson, 2, 1982 and 1986; Chris Woods, 2, 1986 and 1990; Nigel Martyn, 2, 1998 and 2002; Martin Keown, 2, 1998 and 2002; David James, 2, 2002 and 2006
Oldest player to feature at the World Cup finals: Peter Shilton, 40 years, 292 days, 7 July 1990, 1-2 vs. Italy
Oldest outfield player to feature at the World Cup finals^{[note 20]}: Stanley Matthews, 39 years, 145 days, 26 June 1954, 2-4 vs. Uruguay
Youngest player to feature at the World Cup finals^{[note 21]}: Michael Owen, 18 years, 183 days, 15 June 1998, 2-0 vs. Tunisia
Oldest player to feature in a World Cup qualifying match: Stanley Matthews, 42 years, 103 days, 5 May 1957, 4-1 vs. Denmark^{[note 22]}
Youngest player to feature in a World Cup qualifying match: Wayne Rooney, 18 years, 351 days, 9 October 2004, 2-0 vs. Wales
First player to debut at the World Cup finals: Laurie Hughes, 25 June 1950, 2-0 vs. Chile^{[note 23]}
Last player to debut at the World Cup finals^{[note 24]}: Allan Clarke, 7 June 1970, 1-0 vs. Czechoslovakia
Most appearances at the European Championship finals: Gary Neville, 11, 8 June 1996 – 24 June 2004^{[note 25]}
Most consecutive appearances at the European Championship finals: Stuart Pearce, 8, 11 June 1992 – 26 June 1996^{[note 26]}; Alan Shearer, 8, 8 June 1996 – 20 June 2000^{[note 27]}; Ashley Cole, 8, 13 June 2004 – 24 June 2012^{[note 28]}; Steven Gerrard, 8, 13 June 2004 – 24 June 2012^{[note 29]}
Most appearances without ever playing at the European Championship finals^{[note 30]}: Rio Ferdinand, 81, 15 November 1997 – 4 June 2011^{[note 31]}
Appearances at three European Championship final tournaments^{[note 32]}: Tony Adams, 1988, 1996 and 2000^{[note 33]}; Alan Shearer, 1992, 1996 and 2000; Gary Neville, 1996, 2000 and 2004; Sol Campbell, 1996, 2000 and 2004; Steven Gerrard, 2000, 2004 and 2012
Most non-playing selections for the European Championship finals^{[note 34]}: Tony Dorigo, 2, 1988 and 1992; Ian Walker, 2, 1996 and 2004
Oldest player to feature at the European Championship finals: Peter Shilton, 38 years, 271 days, 15 June 1988, 1-3 vs. Netherlands
Oldest outfield player to feature at the European Championship finals: Stuart Pearce, 34 years, 63 days, 26 June 1996, 1-1 vs. Germany
Youngest player to feature at the European Championship finals: Wayne Rooney, 18 years, 232 days, 13 June 2004, 1-2 vs. France
Oldest player to feature in a European Championship qualifying match: David Seaman, 39 years, 27 days, 16 October 2002, 2-2 vs. Macedonia
Oldest outfield player to feature in a European Championship qualifying match: Stuart Pearce, 37 years, 137 days, 8 September 1999, 0-0 vs. Poland
Youngest player to feature in a European Championship qualifying match: Wayne Rooney, 17 years, 156 days, 29 March 2003, 2-0 vs. Liechtenstein
First player to debut at the European Championship finals^{[note 35]}: Tommy Wright, 8 June 1968, 0-1 vs. Yugoslavia
Most appearances on aggregate at the World Cup and European Championship finals^{[note 36]}: Ashley Cole, 22, 2 June 2002 – 24 June 2012
Most appearances without ever playing at the World Cup finals or the European Championship finals: Emlyn Hughes, 62, 5 November 1969 – 24 May 1980^{[note 37]}
Fewest appearances while still playing at the World Cup finals and European Championship finals: Tommy Wright, 11, 8 June 1968 – 7 June 1970^{[note 38]}
Most appearances without ever being in a World Cup or European Championship finals squad: Mick Channon, 46, 11 October 1972 – 7 September 1977^{[note 39]}
Most appearances without featuring in a competitive match^{[note 40]}: George Eastham, 19, 8 May 1963 – 3 July 1966^{[note 41]}
Most Home International (British Championship) appearances^{[note 42]}: Billy Wright, 38, 28 September 1946 – 11 April 1959
Most appearances without ever playing on a losing team^{[note 43]}: David Rocastle, 14, 14 September 1988 – 17 May 1992
Most appearances without ever playing on a winning team^{[note 44]}: Tommy Banks, 6, 18 May 1958 – 4 October 1958
Most appearances against a single opponent: Billy Wright, 13 vs. Ireland/Northern Ireland, 28 September 1946 – 4 October 1958 and vs. Scotland, 12 April 1947 – 11 April 1959
Most appearances against a single non-British opponent: Alan Ball, 8 vs. West Germany, 12 May 1965 – 12 March 1975
Most appearances at the old Wembley: Peter Shilton, 52, 25 November 1970 – 22 May 1990
Most appearances at the new Wembley: Wayne Rooney, 33, 13 October 2007 – 17 November 2015^{[note 2]}^{[note 45]}
Most appearances at a single non-English ground: Billy Wright, 7, Windsor Park, Belfast, 28 September 1946 – 4 October 1958
Most appearances at a single non-British ground^{[note 46]}: Glenn Hoddle, 5, Azteca Stadium, Mexico City, 6 June 1985 – 22 June 1986; Kenny Sansom, 5, Azteca Stadium, Mexico City, 6 June 1985 – 22 June 1986
Most consecutive years of appearances^{[note 47]}: David Seaman, 15, 1988 to 2002 inclusive; Rio Ferdinand, 15, 1997 to 2011 inclusive
Most appearances in a single calendar year^{[note 48]}: Jack Charlton, 16, 1966
Longest wait between appearances: Ian Callaghan, 11 years 49 days, 20 July 1966, 2-0 vs. France – 7 September 1977, 0-0 vs. Switzerland^{[note 49]}
Most tournaments appeared in consecutively^{[note 50]}: Sol Campbell, 6, 1996 European Championships – 2006 World Cup
Appearances in three separate decades: Sam Hardy, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s; Jesse Pennington, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s; Stanley Matthews, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s; Bobby Charlton, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s; Emlyn Hughes, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s; Peter Shilton, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s; Tony Adams, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s; David Seaman, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s; Wes Brown, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s; Jamie Carragher, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s; Rio Ferdinand, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s; Emile Heskey, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s; David James, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s; Frank Lampard, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s
First player to make tournament appearances in three separate decades: Tony Adams, 1988 European Championships; 1996 European Championships and 1998 World Cup; 2000 European Championships^{[note 51]}
Most appearances on aggregate by a set of brothers: Gary and Philip Neville, 144, 1995 – 2007^{[note 52]}
Most appearances in the same team by a set of brothers: Gary and Philip Neville, 31, 23 May 1996 – 7 February 2007
Most consecutive appearances by an unchanged team^{[note 53]}: 6, 23 July 1966 – 16 November 1966
Appearances under most different managers^{[note 54]}: Gareth Barry, 8, 31 May 2000 – 26 May 2012^{[note 55]}
First appearance by a player who had never played for an English club^{[note 56]}: Joe Baker, of Hibernian, 18 November 1959, 2-1 vs. Northern Ireland
First player to debut as a substitute: Norman Hunter, 8 December 1965, 2-0 vs. Spain
Last appearance by a player from outside the top division of a country: Wilfried Zaha, 14 November 2012, 2-4 vs. Sweden^{[note 57]}
Most appearances by a player from outside the top division of a country^{[note 58]}: Johnny Haynes, 32, 2 October 1954 – 28 May 1959
Most appearances by a player from outside the top two divisions^{[note 59]}: Reg Matthews, 5, 14 April 1956 – 6 October 1956^{[note 60]}
Most appearances by a player from outside the English League system: David Beckham, 55, 20 August 2003 – 14 October 2009^{[note 61]}
Club providing the most England internationals in total: Tottenham Hotspur, 74 (as of 13 November 2015)^{[note 62]}
Most appearances per English club^{[note 63]}

Club	Player	Caps (total)	First cap – last cap
Arsenal	Kenny Sansom	77 (86)	10 September 1980 – 18 June 1988^{[note 64]}
Aston Villa	Gareth Southgate	42 (57)	12 December 1995 – 25 May 2001
Barnsley	George Utley	1	15 February 1913
Birmingham City	Harry Hibbs	25	20 November 1929 – 5 February 1936
Blackburn Rovers	Bob Crompton	41	3 March 1902 – 4 April 1914
Blackpool	Jimmy Armfield	43	13 May 1959 – 26 June 1966
Bolton Wanderers	Nat Lofthouse	33	22 November 1950 – 26 November 1958
Bradford City	Evelyn Lintott	4 (7)	13 February 1909 – 31 May 1909
Brentford	Billy Scott	1	17 October 1936
Brentford	Leslie Smith	1	24 May 1939
Brighton and Hove Albion	Steve Foster	3	23 February 1982 – 25 June 1982
Bristol City	William Wedlock	26	16 February 1907 – 16 March 1914
Bristol Rovers	Geoff Bradford	1	2 October 1955
Burnley	Bob Kelly	11 (14)	10 April 1920 – 4 April 1925
Bury	Jimmy Settle	3 (6)	18 February 1899 – 8 April 1899
Bury	Norman Bullock	3	19 March 1923 – 20 October 1926
Charlton Athletic	Luke Young	7	28 May 2005 – 12 November 2005
Chelsea	Frank Lampard	104(106)	15 August 2001 – 24 June 2014
Coventry City	Reg Matthews	5	14 April 1956 – 6 October 1956
Crewe Alexandra	John Pearson	1	5 March 1892
Crystal Palace	Kenny Sansom	9 (86)	23 May 1979 – 15 June 1980^{[note 64]}
Crystal Palace	Geoff Thomas	9	1 May 1991 – 19 February 1992
Derby County	Peter Shilton	34 (125)	9 September 1987 – 7 July 1990^{[note 64]}
Everton	Alan Ball	39 (72)	22 October 1966 – 1 December 1971
Fulham	Johnny Haynes	56	2 October 1954 – 10 June 1962
Grimsby Town	Jackie Bestall	1	6 February 1935
	George Tweedy	1	2 December 1936
	Harry Betmead	1	20 May 1937
Huddersfield Town	Ray Wilson	30 (63)	9 April 1960 – 6 June 1964
Ipswich Town	Terry Butcher	45 (77)	31 May 1980 – 22 June 1986^{[note 65]}
Leeds United	Jack Charlton	35	10 April 1965 – 11 June 1970
Leicester City	Gordon Banks	37 (73)	6 April 1963 – 15 April 1967^{[note 64]}
Leyton Orient	Owen Williams	2	21 October 1922 – 5 March 1923
Leyton Orient	John Townrow	2	4 April 1925 – 1 March 1926^{[note 66]}
Liverpool	Steven Gerrard	114	31 May 2000 – 24 June 2014
Luton Town	Robert Hawkes	5	16 February 1907 – 13 June 1908
Luton Town	Paul Walsh	5	12 June 1983 – 2 May 1984
Manchester City	Joe Hart	57	1 June 2008 – 17 November 2015^{[note 67]}
Manchester United	Bobby Charlton	106	19 April 1958 – 14 June 1970
Middlesbrough	Wilf Mannion	26	28 September 1946 – 3 October 1951
Millwall	Leonard Graham	2	28 February 1925 – 4 April 1925
Millwall	Reg Smith	2	9 November 1938 – 16 November 1938
Newcastle United	Alan Shearer	35 (63)	1 September 1996 – 20 June 2000
Norwich City	Dave Watson	6 (12)	10 June 1984 – 23 April 1986^{[note 68]}
Nottingham Forest	Stuart Pearce	76 (78)	19 May 1987 – 4 June 1997
Notts County	Henry Cursham	8	15 March 1880 – 23 February 1884
Oldham Athletic	John Hacking	3	22 October 1928 – 13 April 1929
Portsmouth	Jimmy Dickinson	48	18 May 1949 – 5 December 1956
Preston North End	Tom Finney	76	28 September 1946 – 22 October 1958
Queens Park Rangers	Terry Fenwick	19 (20)	2 May 1984 – 22 June 1986
Reading	Herbert Smith	4	27 March 1905 – 19 March 1906
Sheffield United	Ernest Needham	16	7 April 1894 – 3 March 1902
Sheffield Wednesday	Ron Springett	33	18 November 1959 – 29 June 1966
Southampton	Peter Shilton	49 (125)	22 September 1982 – 19 May 1987^{[note 64]}
Stockport County	Harry Hardy	1	8 December 1924
Stoke City	Gordon Banks	36 (73)	21 October 1967 – 27 May 1972^{[note 64]}
Sunderland	Dave Watson	14 (65)	3 April 1974 – 24 May 1975^{[note 69]}
Swindon Town	Harold Fleming	11	3 April 1909 – 4 April 1914
Tottenham Hotspur	Jermain Defoe	49 (55)	31 March 2004 – 15 November 2013^{[note 70]}
Walsall	Alf Jones	2 (3)	11 March 1882 – 13 March 1882
Watford	John Barnes	31 (79)	28 May 1983 – 19 May 1987
West Bromwich Albion	Jesse Pennington	25	18 March 1907 – 10 April 1920
West Ham United	Bobby Moore	108	20 May 1962 – 14 November 1973
Wigan Athletic	Emile Heskey	7 (62)	8 September 2007 – 15 October 2008
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Billy Wright	105	28 September 1946 – 28 May 1959

Most appearances with non-English clubs^{[note 71]}

Club	Player	Caps (total)	First cap – last cap
Barcelona	Gary Lineker	24 (80)	15 October 1986 – 7 June 1989
Bari	David Platt	10 (62)	11 September 1991 – 17 June 1992^{[note 72]}
Bayern München	Owen Hargreaves	39 (42)	15 August 2001 – 28 Mar 2007^{[note 73]}
Bursaspor	Scott Carson^{[note 74]}	1 (4)	15 November 2011
Cardiff City^{[note 75]}	Jay Bothroyd^{[note 76]}	1	17 November 2010
Celtic	Fraser Forster	2 (3)	15 November 2013 – 7 June 2014^{[note 77]}
Köln	Tony Woodcock	18 (42)	22 November 1979 – 5 July 1982
Hamburger SV	Kevin Keegan	25 (63)	8 June 1977 – 18 June 1980^{[note 78]}
Hibernian	Joe Baker	5 (8)	18 November 1959 – 22 May 1960^{[note 79]}
Internazionale	Paul Ince	17 (53)	27 March 1996 – 10 June 1997
Juventus	David Platt	10 (62)	9 September 1992 – 19 June 1993^{[note 72]}
Lazio	Paul Gascoigne	12 (57)	14 October 1992 – 11 June 1995
L.A. Galaxy	David Beckham	14 (115)	22 August 2007 – 14 October 2009^{[note 72]}^{[note 80]}
Marseille	Chris Waddle	18 (62)	6 September 1989 – 16 October 1991
Milan	Ray Wilkins	22 (84)	12 September 1984 – 12 November 1986
AS Monaco	Glenn Hoddle	9 (53)	9 September 1987 – 18 June 1988
Rangers	Terry Butcher	32 (77)	10 September 1986 – 4 July 1990^{[note 65]}
Real Madrid	David Beckham	36 (115)	20 August 2003 – 6 June 2007^{[note 72]}
Sampdoria	Trevor Francis	20 (52)	22 September 1982 – 23 April 1986
Swansea City^{[note 81]}	Jonjo Shelvey	5 (6)	5 September 2015 – 17 November 2015
Werder Bremen	Dave Watson	2 (65)	12 September 1979 – 17 October 1979^{[note 82]}

England starting XI based on appearances

#	Position	Name	Caps	Years
1	Goalkeeper	Peter Shilton	125	1970 – 1990
2	Right back	Gary Neville	85	1995 – 2007
5	Central defence	Billy Wright	105	1946 – 1959
6	Central defence	Bobby Moore	108	1962 – 1973
3	Left back	Ashley Cole	107	2001 – 2014
7	Midfield	David Beckham	115	1996 – 2009
4	Midfield	Steven Gerrard	114	2000 – 2014
8	Midfield	Frank Lampard	106	1999 – 2014
9	Forward	Bobby Charlton	106	1958 – 1970
10	Forward	Wayne Rooney^{[note 83]}	109	2003 –
11	Forward	Michael Owen	89	1998 – 2008

Goals

First goal: William Kenyon-Slaney, 8 March 1873, 4-2 vs. Scotland
Most goals^{[note 84]}: Wayne Rooney, 51, 6 September 2003 – 17 November 2015^{[note 2]}
Most goals in competitive matches (World Cup, European Championship and qualifiers): Wayne Rooney, 36, 6 September 2003 – 8 September 2015^{[note 2]}^{[note 85]}
Most goals in a match^{[note 86]}: Howard Vaughton, Steve Bloomer, Willie Hall and Malcolm Macdonald, all 5^{[note 87]}
Four goals or more in a single match on the greatest number of occasions^{[note 88]}: Steve Bloomer, Vivian Woodward, Tommy Lawton, Jimmy Greaves and Gary Lineker, twice each
Three goals or more in a single match on the greatest number of occasions^{[note 89]}: Jimmy Greaves, six times
Scoring in most consecutive internationals^{[note 90]}: Tinsley Lindley, 6, 5 February 1887 – 7 April 1888; Jimmy Windridge, 6, 16 March 1908 – 13 June 1908; Tommy Lawton, 6, 22 October 1938 – 13 May 1939
Scoring in most consecutive appearances^{[note 91]}: Steve Bloomer, 10, 9 March 1895 – 20 March 1899^{[note 92]}
Most goals on debut^{[note 93]}: Howard Vaughton, 5, 18 February 1882, 13-0 vs. Ireland
Most goals in a single World Cup tournament: Gary Lineker, 6, 1986 World Cup
Most goals in total at World Cup tournaments: Gary Lineker, 10, 11 June 1986 – 4 July 1990
Most goals in a single World Cup qualifying campaign: Wayne Rooney, 9, 2010 World Cup qualifying, 2008–09
Most goals in a single World Cup finals match^{[note 94]}: Geoff Hurst, 3, 30 July 1966, 4-2 vs. West Germany; Gary Lineker, 3, 11 June 1986, 3-0 vs. Poland
Most goals in a single World Cup qualifying match: Jack Rowley, 4, 15 October 1949, 9-2 vs. Northern Ireland; David Platt, 4, 17 February 1993, 6-0 vs. San Marino; Ian Wright, 4, 17 November 1993, 7-1 vs. San Marino
First goal in a World Cup finals match: Stan Mortensen, 25 June 1950, 2-0 vs. Chile
First goal in a World Cup qualifying campaign: Stan Mortensen, 15 October 1949, 4-1 vs. Wales
Oldest goalscorer at the World Cup finals: Tom Finney, 36 years, 64 days, 8 June 1958, 2-2 vs. USSR
Youngest goalscorer at the World Cup finals: Michael Owen, 18 years, 190 days, 22 June 1998, 1-2 vs. Romania
Oldest goalscorer in a World Cup qualifying match: Teddy Sheringham, 35 years, 187 days, 6 October 2001, 2-2 vs. Greece
Youngest goalscorer in a World Cup qualifying match: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, 19 years, 58 days, 12 October 2012, 5-0 vs. San Marino
Most goals in a single European Championship tournament: Alan Shearer, 5, 1996 European Championship
Most goals in total at European Championship tournaments: Alan Shearer, 7, 8 June 1996 – 20 June 2000
Most goals in a single European Championship qualifying campaign: Kevin Keegan, 7, 1980 European Championship qualifying, 1978–80
Most goals in a single European Championship finals match: Alan Shearer, 2, 18 June 1996, 4-1 vs. Netherlands; Teddy Sheringham, 2, 18 June 1996, 4-1 vs. Netherlands; Wayne Rooney, 2, 17 June 2004, 3-0 vs. Switzerland; Wayne Rooney, 2, 21 June 2004, 4-2 vs. Croatia
Most goals in a single European Championship qualifying match: Malcolm Macdonald, 5, 16 April 1975, 5-0 vs. Cyprus
First goal in a European Championship finals match: Bobby Charlton, 8 June 1968, 2-0 vs. USSR
First goal in a European Championship qualifying campaign: Ron Flowers, 3 October 1962, 1-1 vs. France
Oldest goalscorer at the European Championship finals: Trevor Brooking, 31 years, 260 days, 18 June 1980, 2-1 vs. Spain
Youngest goalscorer at the European Championship finals: Wayne Rooney, 18 years, 236 days, 17 June 2004, 3-0 vs. Switzerland
Oldest goalscorer in a European Championship qualifying match: Dave Watson, 33 years, 48 days, 22 November 1979, 2-0 vs. Bulgaria
Youngest goalscorer in a European Championship qualifying match: Wayne Rooney, 17 years, 317 days, 6 September 2003, 2-1 vs. Macedonia
Most Home International (British Championship) goals: Steve Bloomer, 28, 9 March 1895 – 6 April 1907^{[note 95]}
Most goals in a single calendar year^{[note 96]}: George Hilsdon, 12, 1908; Dixie Dean, 12, 1927
Most goals in an English season^{[note 97]}: Jimmy Greaves, 13, 1960-61
Most goals against a single opponent^{[note 98]}: Steve Bloomer, 12 vs. Wales, 16 March 1896 – 18 March 1901
Most goals against a single non-British opponent^{[note 99]}: Vivian Woodward, 8 vs. Austria, 6 June 1908 – 1 June 1909
Most goals scored from penalties^{[note 100]}: Frank Lampard, 9, 8 October 2005 – 11 September 2012
Most penalty goals scored in a match: Tom Finney, 2, 14 May 1950, 5-2 vs. Portugal^{[note 101]}; Geoff Hurst, 2, 13 March 1969, 5-0 vs. France^{[note 102]}; Gary Lineker, 2, 1 July 1990, 3-2 vs. Cameroon^{[note 103]}
Most goals in penalty shoot-outs^{[note 104]}^{[note 105]}: Michael Owen, David Platt and Alan Shearer, 3
Most goals scored by a defender: Jack Charlton, 6, 10 April 1965 – 10 December 1969; John Terry, 6, 3 June 2003 – 1 April 2009
Oldest goalscorer: Stanley Matthews, 41 years, 248 days, 6 October 1956, 1-1 vs. Northern Ireland
Youngest goalscorer: Wayne Rooney, 17 years, 317 days, 6 September 2003, 2-1 vs. Macedonia
First goal by a substitute: Jimmy Mullen, 18 May 1950, 4-1 vs. Belgium
Fastest goal from kickoff: Tommy Lawton, 17 seconds, 25 May 1947, 10-0 vs. Portugal
Fastest goal at Wembley: Bryan Robson, 38 seconds, 13 December 1989, 2-1 vs. Yugoslavia
Fastest goal at the World Cup finals: Bryan Robson, 27 seconds, 16 June 1982, 3-1 vs. France
Fastest goal at the European Championship finals: Michael Owen, 2 minutes 24 seconds, 24 June 2004, 2-2 vs. Portugal^{[note 106]}
Fastest goal by a substitute: Teddy Sheringham, 15 seconds, 6 October 2001, 2-2 vs. Greece, 2002 World Cup qualifier
First player to score hat-trick: Digger Brown or Howard Vaughton, 18 February 1882, 13-0 vs. Ireland^{[note 107]}
Oldest player to score hat-trick: Gary Lineker, 30 years, 194 days, 12 June 1991, 4-2 vs. Malaysia
Youngest player to score hat-trick: Theo Walcott, 19 years, 178 days, 10 September 2008, 4-1 vs. Croatia
Most appearances for an outfield player without ever scoring: Ashley Cole, 107, 28 March 2001 – 5 March 2014
Most different goalscorers in one match: 7, 15 December 1982, 9-0 vs. Luxembourg^{[note 108]}; 7, 22 March 2013, 8-0 vs. San Marino^{[note 109]}
Goals in three separate decades^{[note 110]}: Stanley Matthews, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s; Bobby Charlton, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s
Most consecutive goalscoring tournaments: Michael Owen, 4, v Romania and Argentina, 1998 World Cup; v Romania, 2000 European Championships; v Denmark and Brazil, 2002 World Cup; v Portugal, 2004 European Championships
Longest wait between goals: Tony Adams, 11 years 196 days, 16 November 1988, 1-1 vs. Saudi Arabia – 31 May 2000, 2-0 vs. Ukraine
Last England goalscorer at the old Wembley^{[note 111]}: Tony Adams, 31 May 2000, 2-0 vs. Ukraine
First England goalscorer at the new Wembley: John Terry, 1 June 2007, 1-1 vs. Brazil
Highest goals to games average^{[note 112]}: George Camsell, 18 goals in 9 games, average 2.0 goals per game.
Most goals by a player from outside the top division of a country^{[note 113]}: Vivian Woodward, 29, 14 February 1903 – 3 March 1911
Most goals by a player from outside the top two divisions^{[note 114]}: Tommy Lawton, Joe Payne and Peter Taylor, all 2^{[note 115]}
Most goals by a player from outside the English League system: David Platt, 19, 17 May 1992 – 8 June 1995^{[note 116]}
Most goals per English club^{[note 117]}

Club	Player	Goals (total)	First goal – last goal
Arsenal	Cliff Bastin	12	13 May 1933 – 26 May 1938
Aston Villa	Billy Walker	9	23 October 1920 – 12 Feb 1927
Birmingham City	Joe Bradford	7	20 October 1923 – 22 November 1930
Blackburn Rovers	Bryan Douglas	11	19 April 1958 – 5 June 1963
Blackpool	Stan Mortensen	23	25 May 1947 – 25 November 1953
Bolton Wanderers	Nat Lofthouse	30	22 November 1950 – 22 October 1958
Bristol City	John Atyeo	5	30 November 1955 – 19 May 1957
Bristol Rovers	Geoff Bradford	1	2 October 1955
Burnley	Bob Kelly	6 (8)	10 April 1920 – 22 October 1924
Bury	Jimmy Settle	4 (6)	18 February 1899 – 8 April 1899
Charlton Athletic	Harold Miller	1	24 May 1923
	Harold Hobbis	1	9 May 1936
	Don Welsh	1	24 May 1939
Chelsea	Frank Lampard	29	20 August 2003 – 29 May 2013
Crystal Palace	Peter Taylor	2	24 March 1976 – 8 May 1976
Derby County	Steve Bloomer	27 (28)	9 March 1895 – 25 February 1905
Everton	Dixie Dean	18	12 February 1927 – 9 December 1931
Fulham	Johnny Haynes	18	2 October 1954 – 15 April 1961
Huddersfield Town	George Brown	5	20 October 1926 – 26 May 1927
Ipswich Town	Paul Mariner	13	12 October 1977 – 16 November 1983
Leeds United	Allan Clarke	10	11 June 1970 – 17 October 1973
Leicester City	Ernie Hine	4	17 November 1928 – 18 November 1931
Liverpool	Michael Owen	26 (40)	27 May 1998 – 24 June 2004^{[note 118]}
Luton Town	Joe Payne	2	20 May 1937
Manchester City	Eric Brook	10	14 October 1933 – 23 October 1937
Manchester City	Francis Lee	10	12 March 1969 – 29 April 1972
Manchester United	Bobby Charlton	49	19 April 1958 – 20 May 1970
Middlesbrough	George Camsell	18	9 May 1929 – 9 May 1936
Millwall	Reg Smith	2	9 November 1938
Newcastle United	Alan Shearer	20 (30)	1 September 1996 – 20 June 2000
Nottingham Forest	Stuart Pearce	5	25 April 1990 – 15 November 1995
Notts County	Henry Cursham	5	18 February 1882 – 23 February 1884
Portsmouth	Jack Smith	4	17 October 1931 – 9 December 1931
Preston North End	Tom Finney	30	28 September 1946 – 4 October 1958
Queens Park Rangers	Gerry Francis	3	24 May 1975 – 11 May 1976
Queens Park Rangers	Les Ferdinand	3 (5)	17 February 1993 – 17 November 1993
Sheffield United	Ernest Needham	3	29 March 1897 – 18 March 1901
Sheffield United	Colin Grainger	3	9 May 1956 – 26 May 1956
Sheffield Wednesday	Fred Spiksley	5	13 March 1893 – 3 March 1894
Southampton	Mick Channon	21	14 February 1973 – 4 June 1977
Stoke City	Stanley Matthews	8 (11)	29 September 1934 – 16 November 1938
Stoke City	Freddie Steele	8	17 April 1937 – 20 May 1937
Sunderland	George Holley	8	15 March 1909 – 23 March 1912
Swindon Town	Harold Fleming	9	29 May 1909 – 4 April 1914
Tottenham Hotspur	Jimmy Greaves	28 (44)	20 May 1962 – 24 May 1967
Watford	Luther Blissett	3	15 December 1982
Watford	John Barnes	3 (11)	10 June 1984 – 14 November 1984
West Bromwich Albion	Billy Bassett	8	23 February 1889 – 4 April 1896^{[note 119]}
West Bromwich Albion	Derek Kevan	8	6 April 1957 – 28 May 1959
West Ham United	Geoff Hurst	24	2 April 1966 – 1 December 1971
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Dennis Wilshaw	10	10 October 1953 – 20 May 1956
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Ron Flowers	10	28 May 1959 – 3 October 1962

Most goals with non-English clubs^{[note 120]}

Club	Player	Goals (total)	First goal – last goal
Barcelona	Gary Lineker	17 (48)	15 October 1986 – 7 June 1989
Bari	David Platt	4 (27)	17 May 1992 – 17 June 1992^{[note 121]}
Köln	Tony Woodcock	5 (16)	26 March 1980 – 25 May 1982
Hamburger SV	Kevin Keegan	12 (21)	16 November 1977 – 13 May 1980^{[note 122]}
Hibernian	Joe Baker	1 (3)	18 November 1959
Internazionale	Gerry Hitchens	2 (5)	9 May 1962 – 10 June 1962
Juventus	David Platt	9 (27)	14 October 1992 – 19 June 1993^{[note 121]}
Lazio	Paul Gascoigne	4 (10)	18 November 1992 – 8 September 1993
Marseille	Trevor Steven	1 (4)	29 April 1992
Milan	Mark Hateley	8 (9)	17 October 1984 – 24 May 1986
Rangers	Paul Gascoigne	4 (10)	23 May 1996 – 10 September 1997
Real Madrid	David Beckham	6 (17)	20 August 2003 – 25 June 2006
Real Madrid	Michael Owen	6 (40)	18 August 2004 – 31 May 2005^{[note 118]}
Sampdoria	David Platt	6 (27)	9 March 1994 – 8 June 1995^{[note 121]}

Captains

First captain: Cuthbert Ottaway, 30 November 1872, 0-0 vs. Scotland
Most appearances as captain: Billy Wright and Bobby Moore, both 90
Youngest captain: Bobby Moore, 22 years 47 days, 29 May 1963, 4-2 vs. Czechoslovakia
Oldest captain^{[note 123]}: Alexander Morten, 41 years 113 days, 8 March 1873, 4-2 vs. Scotland

Discipline

Most yellow cards: David Beckham, 17^{[note 124]}
Most red cards: David Beckham, 2; Wayne Rooney, 2
List of all England players sent off

Player	Date	Against	Location	Result	Type of Game
Alan Mullery^{[note 125]}	5 June 1968	Yugoslavia	Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence	0 - 1	1968 European Championship
Alan Ball	6 June 1973	Poland	Silesian Stadium, Chorzów	0 - 2	1974 World Cup Qualifier
Trevor Cherry^{[note 126]}	12 June 1977	Argentina	Buenos Aires	1 - 1	Friendly
Ray Wilkins	6 June 1986	Morocco	Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey	0 - 0	1986 FIFA World Cup
David Beckham	30 June 1998	Argentina	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne	2 - 2	1998 World Cup
Paul Ince^{[note 127]}	5 September 1998	Sweden	Råsunda Stadium, Solna Municipality	1 - 2	2000 European Championship Qualifier
Paul Scholes	5 June 1999	Sweden	Wembley Stadium, London	0 - 0	2000 European Championship Qualifier
David Batty^{[note 128]}	8 September 1999	Poland	Wembley Stadium, London	0 - 0	2000 European Championship Qualifier
Alan Smith	16 October 2002	Macedonia	St Mary's Stadium, Southampton	2 - 2	2004 European Championship Qualifier
David Beckham^{[note 129]}	8 October 2005	Austria	Old Trafford, Manchester	1 - 0	2006 World Cup Qualifier
Wayne Rooney	1 July 2006	Portugal	Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen	0 - 0	2006 World Cup
Robert Green^{[note 130]}	10 October 2009	Ukraine	Dnipro-Arena, Dnipropetrovsk	0 - 1	2010 World Cup Qualifier
Wayne Rooney	7 October 2011	Montenegro	Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica	2 - 2	2012 European Championship Qualifier
Steven Gerrard^{[note 131]}	11 September 2012	Ukraine	Wembley Stadium, London	1 - 1	2014 World Cup Qualifier
Raheem Sterling	4 June 2014	Ecuador	Sun Life Stadium, Miami	2 - 2	Friendly

Team records

Biggest victory^{[note 132]}: 13-0 vs. Ireland, 18 February 1882
Heaviest defeat: 1-7 vs. Hungary, 23 May 1954
Biggest home victory: 13-2 vs. Ireland, 18 February 1899
Biggest home defeat: 1-6 vs. Scotland, 12 March 1881
Biggest victory at the World Cup finals: 3-0 vs. Poland, 11 June 1986; 3-0 vs. Paraguay, 18 June 1986; 3-0 vs. Denmark, 15 June 2002
Heaviest defeat at the World Cup finals: 1-4 vs. Germany, 27 June 2010
Biggest victory at the European Championship finals: 4-1 vs. Netherlands, 18 June 1996; 3-0 vs. Switzerland, 17 June 2004
Heaviest defeat at the European Championship finals: 1-3 vs. Netherlands, 15 June 1988; 1-3 vs. USSR, 18 June 1988
Biggest victory in a competitive international (World Cup, European Championship and qualifiers): 9-0 vs. Luxembourg, 19 October 1960^{[note 133]}; 9-0 vs. Luxembourg, 15 December 1982^{[note 134]}
Heaviest defeat in a competitive international (World Cup, European Championship and qualifiers): 2-5 vs. France, 27 February 1963^{[note 134]}; 1-4 vs. Germany, 27 June 2010^{[note 135]}
First defeat to a non-British team: 3-4 vs. Spain, 15 May 1929
First defeat to a non-British team on home soil: 0-2 vs. Republic of Ireland, 21 September 1949
Most consecutive victories^{[note 136]}: 10, 6 June 1908 vs. Austria – 1 June 1909 vs. Austria
Most consecutive victories in competitive internationals (World Cup, European Championship and qualifiers): 10, 7 September 2014 vs. Switzerland – 12 October 2015 vs. Lithuania^{[note 137]}
Most consecutive matches without defeat^{[note 138]}: 20, 15 March 1890 vs. Wales – 16 March 1896 vs. Wales
Most consecutive defeats: 3, Achieved on six occasions, most recently 12 June 1988 vs. Republic of Ireland – 18 June 1988 vs. USSR^{[note 139]}
Most consecutive matches without victory: 7, 11 May 1958 vs. Yugoslavia – 4 October 1958 vs. Northern Ireland^{[note 140]}
Most consecutive draws: 4, Achieved on three occasions, most recently 7 June 1989 vs. Denmark – 15 November 1989 vs. Italy
Most consecutive matches without a draw^{[note 141]}: 21, 16 May 1936 vs. Austria – 15 April 1939 vs. Scotland
Most consecutive matches scoring^{[note 142]}: 52, 17 March 1884 vs. Wales – 30 March 1901 vs. Scotland
Most consecutive matches without scoring: 4, 29 April 1981 vs. Romania – 23 May 1981 vs. Scotland
Most consecutive matches conceding a goal: 13, 6 May 1959 vs. Italy – 8 October 1960 vs. Northern Ireland
Most consecutive matches without conceding a goal^{[note 143]}: 6, Achieved on four occasions, most recently 25 June 2006 vs. Ecuador – 7 October 2006 vs. Macedonia

Miscellaneous

First substitute: Jimmy Mullen (for Jackie Milburn), 18 May 1950, 4-1 vs. Belgium
Players appearing both before and after World War II: Raich Carter, Tommy Lawton, Stanley Matthews
Non-English club providing the most England internationals in total^{[note 144]}: Rangers, 7 (as of 12 August 2009)
Club providing the most players in a single match: Starting XI - Arsenal, 7, 14 November 1934 vs. Italy^{[note 145]}; Including substitutes - Manchester United, 7, 28 March 2001 vs. Albania^{[note 146]}; Major tournament - Liverpool, 6, 19 June 2014 vs. Uruguay^{[note 147]}
Club providing the most players in a major tournament squad: Liverpool, 6, 1980 European Championships, 2012 European Championships, 2014 World Cup (3 separate occasions)^{[note 148]}
Most appearances on aggregate from one club's players^{[note 149]}: Manchester United, 1206 (as of 17 November 2015)
Most goals on aggregate from one club's players^{[note 150]}: Manchester United, 222 (as of 17 November 2015)
Last amateur to appear: Bernard Joy, 9 May 1936, 2-3 vs. Belgium
Most consecutive clean sheets: Gordon Banks, 7, 26 June 1966 – 23 July 1966^{[note 151]}
Most penalty saves^{[note 152]}: Ron Springett, 2, from Jimmy McIlroy of Northern Ireland, 18 November 1959 and from Oscar Montalvo of Peru, 20 May 1962
Most penalty saves in shoot outs: David Seaman, 2, from Miguel Angel Nadal of Spain, 22 June 1996 and from Hernán Crespo of Argentina, 30 June 1998
Most penalty misses^{[note 153]}: Ernest Needham, Roger Byrne, Francis Lee, David Beckham and Frank Lampard, all 2
Father and son both capped: George Eastham, Sr., (1 cap, 1935) and George Eastham (19 caps, 1963 – 66); Brian Clough (2 caps, 1959) and Nigel Clough (14 caps, 1989 – 93); Frank Lampard, Sr. (2 caps, 1972 – 80) and Frank Lampard (106 caps, 1999 – 2014); Ian Wright (33 caps, 1991 – 98) and Shaun Wright-Phillips^{[note 154]} (36 caps, 2004 – ); Mark Chamberlain (8 caps, 1982 – 84) and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain^{[note 155]} (24 caps, 2012 – )
Grandfather and grandson both capped: Bill Jones, (2 caps, 1950) and Rob Jones (8 caps, 1992 – 95)
Most clubs represented by one player in an England career: Peter Shilton, 5, Leicester City, Stoke City, Nottingham Forest, Southampton and Derby County, 25 November 1970 – 7 July 1990; Dave Watson, 5, Sunderland, Manchester City, Werder Bremen, Southampton and Stoke City, 3 April 1974 – 2 June 1982; David Platt, 5, Aston Villa, Bari, Juventus, Sampdoria and Arsenal, 15 November 1989 – 26 June 1996; David James, 5, Liverpool, Aston Villa, West Ham United, Manchester City and Portsmouth, 29 March 1997 – 27 June 2010; Emile Heskey, 5, Leicester City, Liverpool, Birmingham City, Wigan Athletic and Aston Villa, 28 April 1999 – 27 June 2010; Scott Parker, 5, Charlton Athletic, Chelsea, Newcastle United, West Ham United and Tottenham Hotspur, 16 November 2003 – 22 March 2013^{[note 156]}
England players who later became manager/head coach: Alf Ramsey, 32 appearances as a player, 1948 – 1953, 113 matches as manager, 1963 – 1974; Joe Mercer, 5 appearances as a player, 1938 – 1939, 7 matches as manager, 1974^{[note 157]}; Don Revie, 6 appearances as a player, 1954 – 1956, 29 matches as manager, 1974 – 1977; Bobby Robson, 20 appearances as a player, 1957 – 1962, 95 matches as manager, 1982 – 1990; Terry Venables, 2 appearances as a player, 1964, 23 matches as head coach, 1994 – 1996; Glenn Hoddle, 53 appearances as a player, 1979 – 1988, 28 matches as manager, 1996 – 1999; Kevin Keegan, 63 appearances as a player, 1972 – 1982, 18 matches as manager, 1999 – 2000; Peter Taylor, 4 appearances as a player, 1976, 1 match as manager, 2000^{[note 158]}; Stuart Pearce, 78 appearances as a player, 1987 – 1999, 1 match as manager, 2012^{[note 159]}

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