Liverpool FC supporters have had the privelege of watching a few of the best goalscorers ply their commerce at Anfield over time, however who’re the highest 10 within the membership’s historical past?
All through the membership’s illustrious historical past, we’ve not been quick on prolific goalscorers who’ve etched their names within the document books and supplied recollections for a lifetime.
We’re at the moment witnessing one Pink rocket their method up Liverpool’s charts and with that in thoughts, let’s check out the ten gamers with essentially the most objectives within the membership’s historical past.
10. Harry Chambers – 151
Henry ‘Harry’ Chambers was Liverpool’s prime scorer in all 4 seasons between 1919/20 and 1922/23.
With a deadly left foot, he performed an important function within the Reds’ back-to-back First Division titles in 1922 and 1923, with 41 objectives in 71 video games.
In his 9 years taking part in for Liverpool, Chambers racked up 151 objectives in 339 appearances, a ratio of two.25 video games per objective.
9. Michael Owen – 158
It’s fairly exceptional that Michael Owen even options on this record, contemplating he left the Reds for Actual Madrid on the age of 24. It speaks volumes of how prolific he was.
Many Liverpool followers marvel what he would have gone on to realize together with his boyhood membership had the Galacticos not come calling in 2004.
Chester-born Owen scored his 158 objectives throughout eight seasons at Anfield however would see the rest of his profession thwarted by persistent accidents.
8. Kenny Dalglish – 172
King Kenny is broadly thought to be one of the best participant to ever pull on the purple shirt.
He netted his first objective seven minutes into his debut in opposition to Middlesbrough and didn’t look again, occurring to attain 171 extra in his subsequent 514 appearances.
Dalglish endeared himself to the Kop with an iconic objective celebration, his arms aloft and a beaming smile throughout his face – and who can overlook his title-clinchers in opposition to Chelsea and Tottenham.
He gained eight league titles with Liverpool as a participant, hanging up his boots after the final of these in 1990.
7. Robbie Fowler – 183
Toxteth-born Fowler is, no doubt, one of the crucial iconic marksmen the membership has seen.
He was famously an Everton supporter at a younger age however was noticed by Liverpool scout Jim Aspinall as a schoolboy.
Certainly one of his first video games for the membership noticed him rating all 5 objectives in a 5-0 League Cup victory in opposition to Fulham. He would go on to attain 183 objectives in 369 appearances throughout two spells with the Reds.
6. Steven Gerrard – 186
‘One of the best there’s, one of the best there was, and one of the best there ever might be’.
Gerrard will go down as one of many sport’s most full midfielders. On the peak of his profession, he carried the group on his shoulders and have become a dependable supply of objectives for the Reds throughout his time as captain.
He struck up memorable partnerships with the likes of Fernando Torres and Luis Suarez, ending his membership profession with 186 objectives and 145 assists in 710 appearances.
5. Mohamed Salah – 214 *
No person is in any doubt that Mohamed Salah will go down as certainly one of Liverpool’s greatest-ever goalscorers, one thing that’s made extra spectacular by the very fact he’s not an orthodox central striker.
He has rocketed up this record with 214 objectives in 352 appearances, for a games-per-goal ratio of 1.64 – and but he’s nonetheless under-appreciated in world soccer! It beggars perception.
Salah might be remembered for his astonishing consistency in entrance of objective and has firmly put himself within the debate for among the best gamers to don the purple shirt.
He’s solely certainly one of 5 Liverpool gamers to breach 200 objectives. Unimaginable.
* As of September 13, 2024
4. Billy Liddell – 228
Born in Townhill, Scotland, Liddell signed for Liverpool for £200 in 1938 – which is equal to £11,200 in current day. A cut price!
In his early years on the membership, he studied as an accountant alongside his soccer commitments, together with his mother and father eager to make sure he had one thing to fall again on if soccer didn’t work out.
They needn’t have nervous about that, with Liddell occurring to grow to be one of the crucial prolific strikers in Reds historical past with 228 objectives in 534 appearances.
3. Gordon Hodgson – 241
In third place is Hodgson, the participant with one of the best games-to-goal ratio in Liverpool historical past, amassing 241 objectives in 377 appearances – or one each 1.56 appearances.
The Johannesburg-born striker first arrived in England as a 19-year-old, rapidly catching the attention of Liverpool scouts who mentioned Hodgson performed “like a seasoned skilled.”
He spent 11 years on the membership between 1925 and 1936 and is likely one of the Soccer League’s greatest-ever goalscorers.
2. Roger Hunt – 285
Sir Roger was the Reds’ prime goalscorer in eight consecutive seasons between 1962 and 1969. He broke Hodgson’s goalscoring document by netting in opposition to Man United for his 242nd objective in 1967.
Two-hundred and forty-four of Hunt’s 285 objectives for the Reds had been scored within the league, that means he’s nonetheless Liverpool’s document league goalscorer.
He gained two First Division titles, one Second Division and an FA Cup throughout his 10-year spell with the membership. Hunt sat on the prime of this record for 22 years till a sure Welshman eclipsed his tally.
1. Ian Rush – 346
Rush is Liverpool’s all-time prime goalscorer by a substantial distance. It’s a tally that certainly no one can ever eclipse – dare we are saying even Salah!
Anfield has been residence to some unbelievable marksmen, however none extra so than Rushie, who hit the online with unrivalled regularity in his 660 appearances over two spells with the Reds.
The Welshman sits 61 objectives forward of Hunt on the prime of this record and 132 forward of the very best modern-era scorer, Salah.
Rush will tear you aside, once more.
