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Since England's Billy Walker first scored for the England senior team at the British Empire Stadium in April 1924 against Scotland, there have been 133 different England goalscorers that have hit the back of the Wembley Stadium net.
Each column, with the exception of the overall appearance, reflects the players' time at the Empire Stadium.

The silver box denotes the player not only scored his first goal at Wembley Stadium, but also made his England debut.

Top Scorer - 23

No. Player
 
Club
pos @Wembley Stadium  overall
& %
first goal
last goals (Wembley app no.)
   
apps gls cmp gls mtch
scrd
pens/
ht (▲)
age(s) gap
 yrs
767 Bobby Charlton
Manchester United
F/M 44 23 12 19 1
1
(0)
49
47%
(2) 7 May 1958 2-1 vs. Portugal (1)
21 April 1970 3-1 vs. Nrth. Ireland (44)
20 208
32
192
11 349

Second Top Scorer - 22

979 Gary Lineker
Leicester City¹, Everton³, Barcelona¹⁰, Tottenham Hotspur⁸
CF 29 22 11 15 2
2 (1)
48
46%
26 March 1985 2-1 vs. Republic of Ireland (1)
19 February 1992 2-0 vs. France (28)
24 116
31 150

7
34



Goalscorers - 10 - 18 (7)
1040 Alan Shearer
Southampton¹, Blackburn Rovers⁹, Newcastle United⁸
CF 35 18 14 11 2
1
(0)
30
60%
19 February 1992 2-0 vs. France (1)
(3 (1)) 4 Sept 1999 6-0 vs. Luxembourg (31)
21 190
29 312
7 197
 
780 Jimmy Greaves
Chelsea⁷, Tottenham Hotspur¹⁰
IF 22 17 11 11 0
2 (0)
44
39%
11 May 1960 3-3 vs. Yugoslavia (2)
24 May 1967 2-0 vs. Spain (22)
20 81
27 94
7 13
 
843 Geoff Hurst
West Ham United
F 24 16 12 10 3
2
(0)
24
67%
23 July 1966 1-0 vs. Argentina (3)
21 April 1971 3-0 vs. Greece (20)
24 227
29 134
4 272
1019 David Platt
Aston Villa³, Bari¹, Juventus⁶, Sampdoria⁵, Arsenal¹
M 32 16 6 11 3
1
(0)
27
59%
(2 (1)) 21 May 1991 3-1 vs. USSR (8)
18 May 1996 3-0 vs. Hungary (32)
24 345
29
343
4 363
    
885 Mick Channon
Southampton
F 20 10 7 9 3
0
(0)
21
48%
15 May 1973 3-0 vs. Wales (2)
4 June 1977 1-2 vs. Scotland (19)
24 168
28 188
4 20
844 Martin Peters
West Ham United⁵, Tottenham Hotspur⁵
M 31 10 7 8 0 20
50%
30 July 1966 4-2 vs. West Germany (6)
19 May 1973 1-0 vs. Scotland (28)
22 234
29 192 
6 293
 
887 Kevin Keegan
Liverpool¹, Hamburger⁸, Southampton¹
M/F 27 10 8 9 0 21
48%
30 March 1977 5-0 vs. Luxembourg (12)
23 February 1982 4-0 vs. Northern Ireland (27)
26 44
31 10
4 330
 

Goalscorers - 5 - 9 (25)
No. Player
 
Club
pos @Wembley Stadium  overall
& %
first goal
last goals (Wembley app no.)
   
apps gls cmp gls mtch
scrd
pens/
ht (▲)
age(s) gap
 yrs
719 Tommy Taylor
 Manchester United
CF 5 9 3 4 0
1 (2)
19
47%
(2) 9 May 1956 4-2 vs. Brazil (1)
(2) 27 November 1957 4-0 vs. France (5)
24 101
25
302
1 201
702 Nat Lofthouse
 Bolton Wanderers
CF 8 8 4 5 0 33
24%
28 November 1951 2-2 vs. Austria (1)
22 October 1958 5-1 vs. USSR (7)
26 93
33 56
6 328
739 Johnny Haynes
 Fulham
IF 22 8 4 5 0
1 (0)
18
44%
14 November 1956 3-1 vs. Wales (4)
(2) 15 April 1961 9-3 vs. Scotland (17)
22 28
26 180
4 152
941 Bryan Robson
 Manchester United
M 38 8 5 7 0 26
31%
23 February 1982 4-0 vs. Northern Ireland (19)
(2) 13 December 1989 2-1 Yugoslavia (33)
24 43
32 336
8 293
763 Bryan Douglas
 Blackburn Rovers
OR 14 7 2 6 0 11
64%
11 May 1960 3-3 vs. Yugoslavia (6)
8 May 1963 1-1 vs. Brazil (14)
25 350
28 346
2 362
869 Martin Chivers
 Tottenham Hotspur
F 11 7 6 5 0 13
54%
21 April 1971 3-0 vs. Greece (1)
26 September 1973 7-0 vs. Austria (10)
25 359
28 152
2 158
1006 Paul Gascoigne
 Tottenham Hotspur², Lazio³, Rangers²
M 32 7 6 6 0
0 (1)
10
70%
26 April 1989 3-0 vs. Albania (2)
10 September 1997 4-0 vs. Moldova (30)
21 334
30 106
8 137
 
722 Dennis Wilshaw
 Wolverhampton Wanderers
IL 2 6 6 2 0
1 (0)
10
60%
(4) 2 April 1955 7-2 vs. Scotland (1)
(2) 2 November 1955 3-0 vs. North. Ireland (2)
29 22
29 236
214
794 Bobby Smith
 Tottenham Hotspur
CF 7 6 4 4 0 13
46%
(2) 26 October 1960 4-2 Spain (1)
20 November 1963 8-3 vs. Northern Ireland (7)
27 247
30 271
3 24
803 Roger Hunt
 Liverpool
F 17 6 3 5 0 18
33%
4 April 1962 3-1 vs. Austria (1)
22 May 1968 3-1 vs. Sweden (16)
23 258
29 307

6
48
856 Franny Lee
 Manchester City
RF 13 6 4 6 0 10
60%
12 March 1969 5-0 vs. France (2)
29 April 1972 1-3 vs. West Germany (13)
24 317
28 0
3 48
879 Malcolm Macdonald
 Newcastle United
F 3 6 5 2 0
1 (0)
6
100%
12 March 1975 2-0 vs. West Germany (2)
(5) 16 April 1975 5-0 vs. Cyprus (3)
25 64
25 99

35
935 Tony Woodcock
Köln², Arsenal⁴
F 20 6 4 6 0
0 (1)
16
38%
10 September 1980 4-0 vs. Norway (6)
17 October 1984 5-0 vs. Finland (14)
24 279
30 316
6 37
940 Glenn Hoddle
 Tottenham Hotspur
M 17 6 4 6 0
0 (1)
8
75%
22 November 1979 2-0 vs. Bulgaria (1)
23 April 1986 2-1 vs. Scotland
(12)
22 26
28 178

6
152
own goals n/a 223 6 3 6 n/a 473
1.3%
21 October 1964 2-2 vs. Belgium (51)
27 March 1991 1-1 vs. Rep. Ireland (172)
n/a 26 157
995 Peter Beardsley
 Liverpool⁵, Newcastle United¹
F 24 6 4 5 0
0 (1)
9
67%
14 October 1987 8-0 vs. Turkey (4)
17 May 1994 5-0 vs. Greece (19)
26 268
33 119
6 212
1048 Teddy Sheringham
 Tottenham Hotspur⁵, Manchester United¹
F 22 6 3 5 1
0 (0)
11
55%
15 November 1995 3-1 vs. Switzerland (8)
22 April 1998 3-0 vs. Portugal (19)
29 227
32 20
2 158
 
682 Roy Bentley
 Chelsea
F 4 5 4 3 0
1 (0)
9
56%
12 November 1952 5-2 vs. Wales (2)
1 December 1954 3-1 vs. West Germany (4)
28 179
30
198
2 19
661 Tom Finney
 Preston North End
O/CF 16 5 4 5 0 30
17%
14 April 1951 2-3 vs. Scotland (2)
14 November 1956 3-1 vs. Wales (10)
29 9
34 223
5 214
783 John Connelly
 Burnley⁴, Manchester United¹
OF 10 5 2 5 0 7
71%
28 October 1959 2-3 vs. Sweden (2)
20 October 1965
2-3 vs. Austria
(18)
21 102
27 96
5 355
866 Allan Clarke
 Leeds United
IF 10 5 2 4 2
0 (0)
10
50%
25 November 1970 3-1 vs. German DR (1)
17 October 1973 1-1 vs. Poland (9)
24 117
27 78
2 326
852 Colin Bell
 Manchester City
M 23 5 3 4 0
1 (0)
9
56%
26 September 1973 7-0 vs. Austria (14)
24 May 1975 5-1 vs. Scotland (23)
27 212
29 88
1 240
908 David Johnson
 Ipswich Town³, Liverpool²
F 5 5 3 3 0 5
100%
(2) 21 May 1975 2-2 vs. Wales (1)
(2) 13 May 1980 3-1 vs. Argentina (4)
23 210
28 203

4
358
1052 Darren Anderton
 Tottenham Hotspur
M 17 5 0 4 0 7
71%
17 May 1994 5-0 vs. Greece (2)
18 November 1998 2-0 vs. Czech Rep. (16)
22 75
26 260

4
185
966 John Barnes
Liverpool
OL 29 5 4 4 0 10
50%
14 October 1987 8-0 vs. Turkey (7)
28 April 1993 2-2 vs. Netherlands (24)
23 341
29 172

4
196
1082 Paul Scholes
 Manchester United
M 13 5 4 3 0
1 (0)
14
36%
10 September 1997 4-0 vs. Moldova (1)
(3) 27 March 1999 3-1 vs. Poland (6)
22 298
24 198

1
17

four (6)
Bobby Robson
Terry Paine
Jack Charlton
Paul Mariner
Phil Neal
Stuart Pearce
three (13)
Stan Mortensen Luther Blissett
Alf Ramsey Trevor Francis
John Atyeo Chris Waddle
Ron Flowers Neil Webb
Alan Peacock Les Ferdinand
Gerry Francis Robbie Fowler
Steve Coppell  
two (30)
Vic Watson Gerry Hitchens Terry McDermott
Ellis Rimmer Johnny Byrne Mark Hateley
Jackie Milburn Frank Wignall Terry Butcher
Billy Elliott Joe Baker Steve Bull
Ivor Broadis Stuart Pearson Alan Smith
Jimmy Mullen Joe Royle Steve Stone
Bill Perry Tony Currie Ian Wright
Colin Grainger Bob Latchford Steve McManaman
Johnny Brooks Peter Barnes Michael Owen
Duncan Edwards Dave Watson Tony Adams

one (49)
Bob Kelly George Camsell Don Revie Nobby Stiles Kevin Beattie Kenny Sansom
Billy Walker Raich Carter Derek Kevan Alan Ball Dennis Tueart Trevor Steven
David Jack Harold Hassall Alan A'Court Mick O'Grady Ray Kennedy Gary Mabbutt
Tom Waring Jack Froggatt Warren Bradley Chris Lawler Trevor Brooking Viv Anderson
Bobby Barclay Redfern Froggatt Ray Parry Mike Summerbee Ray Wilkins Carlton Palmer
Sammy Crooks Jackie Sewell Ray Pointer Norman Hunter Mark Chamberlain Rob Lee
Cliff Bastin Ronnie Allen Ray Crawford Keith Weller Peter Withe Greame Le Saux
Eric Brook Len Shackleton Fred Pickering Frank Worthington Gordon Cowans Paul Merson
Jack Bowers  

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