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 seasons 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

• First Division:
  • Titles (9): 1890–91, 1914–15, 1927–28, 1931–32, 1938–39, 1962–63, 1969–70, 1984–85, 1986–87^[1]
• Second Division:
  • Titles (1): 1930–31^[1]
• FA Cup:
  • Titles (5): 1905–06, 1932–33, 1965–66, 1983–84, 1994–95^[1]
• Football League Cup:
  • Runner-up (2): 1976–77, 1983–84^[1]
• FA Charity Shield:
  • Titles (9): 1928, 1932, 1963, 1970, 1984, 1985, 1986 (shared), 1987, 1995^[1]
• Full Members Cup:
  • Runner-up (2): 1989, 1991^[1]
• Football League Super Cup:
  • Runner-up (1): 1985–86^[1]

European

• European Cup Winners' Cup:
  • Winners: (1): 1984–85^[1]

Main article: Everton F.C. in European football

Doubles

• 1984–85: League and European Cup Winners' Cup

Player records

Appearances

• Youngest Player (All Competitions): Thierry Small, 16 years and 176 days (vs Sheffield Wednesday, 24 January 2021)
• Youngest Player in Europe: Jake Bidwell, 16 years and 271 days (vs BATE Borisov, 17 December 2009)
• Oldest Player: Ted Sagar, 42 years and 281 days (vs Plymouth Argyle, 15 November 1952)
• Most Appearances (All Competitions): Neville Southall, 751
• Most League Appearances: Neville Southall, 578
• Most FA Cup Appearances: Neville Southall, 70
• Most League Cup Appearances: Neville Southall, 65
• Most European Appearances: Tim Howard, 28
• Most Substitute Appearances: Victor Anichebe, 95

All competitions appearances Updated 1 March 2020 (All current players are in bold. Includes substitution appearances.) # Name Apps Years 1   Neville Southall 751 1981–1998 2   Brian Labone 534 1957–1971 3   Dave Watson 528 1986–2001 4   Ted Sagar 500 1929–1953 5   Kevin Ratcliffe 494 1980–1992 6   Mick Lyons 472 1969–1982 7   Jack Taylor 456 1896–1909 8   Peter Farrell 453 1946–1957 9   Graeme Sharp 447 1980–1991 10   Leon Osman 433 2000–2016 10   Dixie Dean 433 1925–1938

All League appearances Updated 1 March 2020 # Name Apps Years 1   Neville Southall 578 1981–1998 2   Ted Sagar 463 1929–1953 3   Brian Labone 451 1958–1971 4   Dave Watson 425 1986–2001 5   Peter Farrell 421 1946–1957 6   Jack Taylor 400 1896–1910 7   Dixie Dean 399 1925–1937 8   Tommy Eglington 394 1946–1957 9   Mick Lyons 389 1971–1982 10   Tommy E. Jones 383 1950–1961

FA Cup appearances As of 22 August 2006 # Name Apps Years 1   Neville Southall 70 1981–1998 2   Kevin Ratcliffe 61 1980–1992 3   Jack Taylor 56 1896–1909 4   Graeme Sharp 54 1980–1991 5   Harry Makepeace 52 1902–1914 6   Dave Watson 48 1986–2001 7   Brian Labone 46 1957–1971 8   Jack Sharp 42 1900–1909 9   Gordon West 40 1962–1975 10   Alex Young 39 1901–1910

League Cup appearances As of 22 August 2006 # Name Apps Years 1   Neville Southall 65 1981–1998 2   Graeme Sharp 48 1980–1991 3   Kevin Ratcliffe 47 1980–1992 4   Dave Watson 39 1986–2001 5   Mick Lyons 37 1969–1982 6   Adrian Heath 35 1982–1988 7   Kevin Sheedy 32 1982–1992 8   Gary Stevens 30 1982–1988   Andy King 30 1976–1980 1982–1984 10   Bob Latchford 28 1973–1980

European appearances Updated 28 September 2017^[2] # Name Apps Years 1   Tim Howard 28 2006–2016 2   Leon Osman 25 2000–2016   Leighton Baines 25 2007–2020 4   Tony Hibbert 24 2000–2016 5   Phil Jagielka 23 2007–2019 6   Brian Labone 19 1957–1971   Tim Cahill 19 2004–2012   Colin Harvey 19 1962–1974   Joseph Yobo 19 2002–2012 10   Johnny Morrissey 18 1962–1972   Phil Neville 18 2005–2013   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 – 33, 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) As of 22 August 2006 (competitive matches only): # Name Years Goals Apps Avg. 1   Dixie Dean 1925–1937 386 433 0.88 2   Graeme Sharp 1980–1991 159 426 0.37 3   Bob Latchford 1974–1981 138 286 0.48 4   Alex Young 1901–1911 125 314 0.40 5   Joe Royle 1966–1974 119 273 0.44 6   Roy Vernon 1960–1965 111 203 0.55   Dave Hickson 1948–1955 1957–1959 111 243 0.46 8   Edgar Chadwick 1888–1899 110 300 0.37 9   Tony Cottee 1988–1994 99 206 0.48 10   Jimmy Settle 1899–1908 97 269 0.36   Kevin Sheedy 1982–1992 97 357 0.27

League top scorers Updated 10 January 2018 # Name Years Goals Apps Avg. 1   Dixie Dean 1925–1937 354 399 0.88 2   Graeme Sharp 1980–1991 111 306 0.36 3   Alex Young 1901–1911 110 275 0.40 4   Bob Latchford 1974–1981 106 235 0.45 5   Joe Royle 1966–1974 102 229 0.45 6   Roy Vernon 1960–1965 101 176 0.57 7   Edgar Chadwick 1888–1899 97 270 0.36 8   Dave Hickson 1948–1955, 1957–1959 95 225 0.42 9   Alf Milward 1888–1897 85 201 0.43 10   Jimmy Settle 1899–1908 84 237 0.35

FA Cup top scorers Updated 10 January 2018 # Name Years Goals Apps Avg. 1   Dixie Dean 1925–1937 32 32 0.87 2   Graeme Sharp 1980–1991 20 54 0.37 3   Dave Hickson 1948–1955 1957–1959 16 18 0.88 4   Kevin Sheedy 1982–1992 15 38 0.39   Alex Young 1901–1911 15 39 0.38 6   Jack Taylor 1896–1910 14 56 0.25 7   Jimmy Settle 1899–1908 13 32 0.40   Edgar Chadwick 1888–1899 13 30 0.40 9   Jack Sharp 1899–1910 12 42 0.28 10   Tommy Browell 1911–1913 11 10 1.1

League Cup top scorers Updated 05 August 2021 Name Goals Apps Avg. 1   Bob Latchford 19 28 0.67 2   Graeme Sharp 15 46 0.32 3   Tony Cottee 11 18 0.88   Adrian Heath 11 35 0.31   Andy King 11 30 0.36 6   Dominic Calvert-Lewin 10 10 1.00 7   Kevin Sheedy 9 32 0.38 8   Martin Dobson 8 22 0.36 9   Frank Wignall 7 3 2.33   Paul Wilkinson 7 4 1.75   Paul Rideout 7 13 0.53   Dave Watson 7 39 0.17

European top scorers Updated 29 December 2017 # Name Goals Apps Avg. 1   Romelu Lukaku 8 9 0.89 2   Fred Pickering 6 9 0.67 3   Andy Gray 5 3 1.66 4   Andy King 4 5 0.80   Joe Royle 4 6 0.67   Andy Johnson 4 7 0.57   Graeme Sharp 4 8 0.50   Alan Ball 4 10 0.40   Victor Anichebe 4 11 0.36   Mikel Arteta 4 14 0.29   Yakubu 4 17 0.24   Tim Cahill 4 19 0.21   Phil Jagielka 4 23 0.17

Clean sheets

As of December 2022 ^[3]

#	Name	Apps	Clean sheets
1	Neville Southall	751	269
2	Gordon West	402	155
3	Tim Howard	414	133
4	Ted Sagar	497	120
5	Billy Scott	289	94
6	Tom Fern	231	67
7	Jordan Pickford	219	57
8	Jimmy O'Neill	213	49
9	George Wood	126	48
10	Albert Dunlop	231	47

Transfer records

Highest transfer fees paid

	Name	From	Fee	Year
1	Gylfi Sigurðsson	Swansea City	£40M	2017
2	Richarlison	Watford	£35M	2018
3	Amadou Onana	Lille	£30M	2022
4	Jordan Pickford	Sunderland	£25M	2017
5	Yerry Mina	Barcelona	£27M	2018
6	Romelu Lukaku	Chelsea	£28M	2014
7	Alex Iwobi	Arsenal	£28M	2019
8	Michael Keane	Burnley	£25M	2017
9	Davy Klaassen	Ajax	£23.5M	2017
10	Yannick Bolasie	Crystal Palace	£22.5M	2016

Highest transfer fees received

	Name	From	Fee	Date
1	Romelu Lukaku	Manchester United	£90M	2017
2	Richarlison	Tottenham Hotspur	£60M	2022
3	John Stones	Manchester City	£47.5M	2016
4	Anthony Gordon	Newcastle United	£45M	2023
5	Marouane Fellaini	Manchester United	£27.5M	2013
6	Wayne Rooney	Manchester United	£27M	2004
7	Joleon Lescott	Manchester City	£24M	2009
8	Ross Barkley	Chelsea	£15M	2018
9	Nikola Vlašić	CSKA Moscow	£14M	2019
10	Jack Rodwell	Manchester City	£12M	2012

Awards

Managerial Awards

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

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

Player Awards

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Club records

Wins

• Most League wins in a season – 29 in 42 matches, First Division, 1969–70
• Fewest League wins in a season – 9 in 22 matches, First Division, 1912–13 and 9 in 42 matches, 1979–80
  9 in 38 matches FA Premier League, 1997–98 and 2003–04

Defeats

• Most League defeats in a season – 22 in 42 matches, FA Premier League, 1993–94
• Fewest League defeats in a season – 1 in 22 matches, First Division, 1890–91

Goals

• Most League goals scored in a season – 121 in 42 matches, Second Division, 1930–31
• Fewest League goals scored in a season – 34 in 38 matches, Premier League, 2005–06
• Most League goals conceded in a season – 92 in 42 matches, First Division, 1929–30
• Fewest League goals conceded in a season – 27 in 40 matches, First Division, 1987–88

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) – 39 in 38 matches, Premier League, 2003–04 and 2021-22

Matches

Firsts

• First FA Cup match – v. Bolton, First Qualifying Round, 12 November 1887 (drew 0–0)^[4]
• First League match – v. Accrington, First Division, 8 September 1888 (won 2–1)
• First match at Goodison – v. Bolton, First Division, (won 4–2)
• First European match – v. Dunfermline F.C., Fairs Cup, 25 September 1962 (won 1–0)
• First League Cup match – v. Accrington Stanley, (won 3–1)

Record wins

• Record League Victory: 9–1 v Manchester City, 3 September 1906; v Plymouth Argyle, 27 December 1930 (W Dean & J Stein both scored 4, 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)^[5]
• 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

• Record League Defeat: 0–7 v Sunderland, Football League Div 1, 26 December 1934; v Wolves, Football League Div 1, 22 February 1939; v Arsenal, Premier League, 11 May 2005^[6]
• Record FA Cup Defeat: 0–6 v Crystal Palace, FA Cup, 1st Round, 7 January 1922

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, League Cup, Semi Final, 1st Leg, 18 January 1977
• Highest European Attendance 62,408 v Internazionale Milano, European Cup, 1st Round, 1st Leg, 18 September 1963
• Lowest League Attendance 7,802 v Sheffield Wednesday, 1 May 1934
• Lowest FA Cup Attendance 15,293 v Wimbledon, FA Cup, 3rd Round Replay, 12 January 1993
• Lowest League Cup Attendance 7,415 v Wrexham, League Cup, 2nd Round, 2nd Leg, 9 October 1990

National records

• Goodison Park was the world's first purpose made and designed dedicated football ground.
• Goodison Park is the only club ground to have hosted a world cup semi-final.
• Goodison Park was the venue for England v Republic of Ireland 21 September 1949. England lost 2–0 & this was 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.^[7]
• They have scored and conceded more goals in the top division than any other club.^[7]
• Everton have both drawn and lost more top flight matches than any other side.^[7]
• They hold the unusual distinction of being reigning League champions for the longest time. They won the championship in 1915 and thus remained reigning champions until the 1919–20 season due to the World War I league cancellation. They were also champions in 1939, and again remained reigning champions until the league resumed 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 grounds.
• 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 win the FA Cup Final after being 2–0 down.
• 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.
• Most disciplinary points received in the Premier League (2 points for a red card, one for a yellow): 1252^[8]

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	Away	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

• Football records in England

References

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8. Best youth player

 Steve Wainwright 1977/78. (Eastham Wirral) 

External links

• Everton player statistics at Everton official site