List of Everton F.C. records and statistics

This is a list of records for Everton F.C..

Player Records

Appearances

• Youngest Player (All Competitions): Jose Baxter, 16 yrs and 191 days (vs Blackburn Rovers, 16 August 2008)
• Youngest Player in Europe: Jake Bidwell, 16 yrs and 271 days (vs BATE Borisov, 17 December 2009)
• Oldest Player: Ted Sagar, 42 yrs and 281 days (vs Plymouth Argyle, 15 November 1952)
• Most Appearances (All Competitions): Neville Southall, 750
• 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 As of 19 February 2016 (All current players are in bold. Includes substitution appearances.) # Name Apps Years 1 Neville Southall 750 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 Dixie Dean 433 1925–1938 11 Leon Osman 431 2000– 12 Tommy Eglington 428 1946–1957 13 Tim Howard 412 2006– 14 Tommy E Jones 411 1948–1961 15 Wally Fielding 410 1945–1959 16 Gordon West 402 1962–1975 17 John Hurst 402 1964–1976 18 Colin Harvey 388 1962–1974 19 Tommy Wright 374 1964–1972 20 Kevin Sheedy 369 1982–1992

All League appearances As of 19 February 2016 # Name Apps Years 1 Neville Southall 578 1981–1998 2 Ted Sagar 463 1929–1953 3 Brian Labone 451 1958–1971 4 Dave Watson 423 1986–2001 5 Peter Farrell 422 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 11 Wally Fielding 380 1945–1959 12 Kevin Ratcliffe 359 1980–1992 13 Tim Howard 352 2006– 14 Leon Osman 349 2002– 15 John Hurst 347 1964–1976 16 Gordon West 335 1962–1973 17 Graeme Sharp 322 1980–1991 18 Colin Harvey 320 1963–1974 19 Brian Harris 310 1954–1967 20 Tommy Wright 308 1964–1972

FA Cup appearances As of 22 August 2006 # Name Apps Years 1 Neville Southall 70 1981–1998 2 Kevin Ratcliffe 57 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 "Sandy" 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 As of 19 March 2015[1] # Name Apps Years 1 Tim Howard 28 2006– 2 Leon Osman 25 2000– 3 Tony Hibbert 24 2000– 4 Phil Jagielka 21 2007– 5 Brian Labone 19 1957–1971 = Tim Cahill 19 2004–2012 = Colin Harvey 19 1962–1974 = Joseph Yobo 19 2002–2012 = Leighton Baines 19 2007– 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 (vs West Bromwich Albion F.C., 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)

All Competitions Top scorers As of 22 August 2006 (competitive matches only): # Name Years Goals Apps Ave. 1 Dixie Dean 1925-1937 383 433 0.88 2 Graeme Sharp 1980-1991 159 426 0.37 3 Bob Latchford 1974-1981 138 286 0.48 4 Alex "Sandy" 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

All League Top scorers As of 22 August 2006 # Name Years Goals Apps Ave. 1 Dixie Dean 1925-1937 349 399 0.88 2 Graeme Sharp 1980-1991 111 306 0.36 3 Alex "Sandy" Young 1901-1911 110 275 0.40 4 Bob Latchford 1974-1981 106 235 0.45 5 Joe Royle 1966-1974 102 229 0.44 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 scorers As of 22 August 2006 # Name Years Goals Apps Ave. 1 Dixie Dean 1925-1937 28 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 "Sandy" 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 scorers As of 22 August 2006 Name Goals Apps Ave. 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 Kevin Sheedy 9 32 0.38 7 Martin Dobson 8 22 0.36 8 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 scorers As of 15 May 2015 # Name Goals Apps Ave. 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 21 0.19

Clean Sheets

As of 15 May 2015^[2]

#	Name	Apps	Clean Sheets
1	Neville Southall	751	269
2	Gordon West	402	155
3	Tim Howard	387	126
4	Ted Sagar	597	120
5	Billy Scott	289	94
6	Tommy Fern	231	67
7	Tommy O'Neill	213	49
8	George Wood	126	48
9	Albert Dunlop	231	47
10	Dave Lawson	152	45

Transfer records

Highest transfer fees paid

	Name	From	Fee	Date
1	Romelu Lukaku	Chelsea	£28M	2014
2	Marouane Fellaini	Standard Liege	£15M	2008
3	Oumar Niasse	Lokomotiv Moscow	£13.5M	2016
4	James McCarthy	Wigan Athletic	£13M	2013
5	Aiyegbeni Yakubu	Middlesbrough	£11.25M	2007
6	Ramiro Funes Mori	River Plate	£9.5M	2015
7	Diniyar Bilyaletdinov	Lokomotiv Moscow	£8.9M	2009
8	Andy Johnson	Crystal Palace	£8.6M	2006

Highest transfer fees received

	Name	From	Fee	Date
1	Marouane Fellaini	Manchester United	£27.5M	2013
2	Wayne Rooney	Manchester United	£27M	2004
3	Joleon Lescott	Manchester City	£22M	2009
4	Jack Rodwell	Manchester City	£12M	2012
5	Andy Johnson	Fulham	£10.5M	2008

Awards

Managerial Awards

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

FA Premier League Manager of the Month Award
1997–98 Jan Howard Kendall
1999-00 Sep Walter Smith
2002–03 Nov David Moyes
2004–05 Sep David Moyes
2005–06 Jan David Moyes
2007–08 Feb David Moyes
2008–09 Feb David Moyes
2009–10 Jan David Moyes
2009–10 Mar David Moyes
2010–11 Oct David Moyes
2012–13 Sep David Moyes
2012–13 Mar David Moyes

Player Awards

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

African Footballer of the Year
1996 Daniel Amokachi (3rd)

Oceania Player 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

FA Premier League Player of the Month Award
1994–95 Feb Duncan Ferguson
1995–96 Apr Andrei Kanchelskis
1998-98 Apr Kevin Campbell
2006–07 Sep Andy Johnson
2008–09 Feb Phil Jagielka
2011–12 Apr Nikica Jelavić
2012–13 Nov Marouane Fellaini

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 Male Athlete of the Year
2014 Tim Howard

Evertonfc.com player awards

Season	Everton Player of the Season	Players' Player of the Season	Young Player of the Season	Reserve / U21 Player of the Season	Academy Player of the Season	Goal of the Season
2005/06	Mikel Arteta	Mikel Arteta	James McFadden	Victor Anichebe	Scott Phelan	James Beattie vs. Fulham
2006/07	Mikel Arteta	Joleon Lescott	James Vaughan	John Irving	Shaun Densmore	James McFadden vs. Charlton Athletic
2007/08	Joleon Lescott	Joleon Lescott	Victor Anichebe	John Irving	Jack Rodwell	Leon Osman vs. Larissa
2008/09	Phil Jagielka	Phil Jagielka	Marouane Fellaini	Kieran Agard	James McCarten	Dan Gosling vs. Liverpool
2009/10	Steven Pienaar	Leighton Baines	Jack Rodwell	Shane Duffy	Adam Davies	Diniyar Bilyaletdinov vs. Manchester United
2010/11	Leighton Baines	Leighton Baines	Seamus Coleman	Jose Baxter	Jake Bidwell	Leighton Baines vs. Chelsea
2011/12	John Heitinga	Sylvain Distin	Apostolos Vellios	Adam Forshaw	Hallam Hope	Phil Neville vs. West Bromwich Albion
2012/13	Leighton Baines	Leighton Baines	Ross Barkley	-	Chris Long	Kevin Mirallas vs Stoke City
2013/14	Seamus Coleman	Seamus Coleman	Ross Barkley	Tyias Browning	Ryan Ledson	Ross Barkley vs. Manchester City
2014/15	Phil Jagielka	Phil Jagielka	John Stones	Brendan Galloway	Harry Charsley	Phil Jagielka vs. Liverpool

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

Matches

Firsts

• First FA Cup match – v. Bolton, First Qualifying Round, 12 November 1887 (drew 0–0)^[3]
• 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)^[4]
• 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 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^[5]
• Record FA Cup Defeat: 0–6 v Crystal Palace, FA Cup, 1st Round, 7

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.^[6]
• They have scored and conceded more goals in the top division than any other club.^[6]
• Everton have both drawn and lost more top flight matches than any other side.^[6]
• 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 1946-7 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 ^[7]

Continental records

• 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

See also

• Football records in England

References

1. "Most Appearances for Everton - European Matches". Everton Results. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
2. "Most Clean Sheets for Everton - All Competitions". Everton Results. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
3. 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.
4. "Everton 11 – Derby County 2; 18 January 1890 (Match summary)". www.evertonfc.com. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
5. Brodkin, Jon (12 May 2005). "Rampant Gunners in seventh heaven". The Guardian (London).
6. England – First Level All-Time Tables
7. Official Site of the Premier League | Statistics

• "Everton Firsts". evertonfc.com. Retrieved 22 August 2006.
• "Everton Results". evertonresults.com. Retrieved 22 August 2006.

External links

• Everton player statistics at Everton official site