List of Liverpool F.C. records and statistics

Liverpool Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside, who currently play in the Premier League. They have played at their current home ground, Anfield, since their foundation in 1892. Liverpool joined the Football League in 1894, and were founding members of the Premier League in 1992.

Steven Gerrard, Liverpool's record goalscorer in Europe

This list encompasses the major honours won by Liverpool, records set by the club, their managers and their players. The player records section includes details of the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made most appearances in first-team competitions. It also records notable achievements by Liverpool players on the international stage, and the highest transfer fees paid and received by the club. Attendance records at Anfield are also included in the list.

The club have won 19 top-flight titles, and also hold the record for the most European Cup victories by an English team, winning the competition six times. The club's record appearance maker is Ian Callaghan, who made 857 appearances between 1958 and 1978. Ian Rush is the club's record goalscorer, scoring 346 goals in total.

All statistics are correct as of 25 June 2020.

Honours

Liverpool have won honours both domestically and in European cup competitions.[1] They have won the English top league 19 times and the League Cup a record eight times. In their first season, 189293, they won the Lancashire League title and the Liverpool District Cup,[2] and their most recent success came in 2020, when they won their 19th league title, and their first in the Premier League era.[3]

Liverpool F.C. honours
Honour No. Years
Football League First Division/Premier League 19 1900–01, 1905–06, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1946–47, 1963–64, 1965–66, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1989–90, 2019–20
Football League Second Division 4 1893–94, 1895–96, 1904–05, 1961–62
Lancashire League 1 1892–93
FA Cup 7 1965, 1974, 1986, 1989, 1992, 2001, 2006
League Cup 8 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1995, 2001, 2003, 2012
FA Community/Charity Shield[lower-alpha 1] 15 1964*, 1965*, 1966, 1974, 1976, 1977*, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986*, 1988, 1989, 1990*, 2001, 2006 (* shared)
Sheriff of London Charity Shield 1 1906
Football League Super Cup 1 1985–86
European Cup/UEFA Champions League 6 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 2005, 2019
UEFA Cup 3 1973, 1976, 2001
European/UEFA Super Cup 4 1977, 2001, 2005, 2019
FIFA Club World Cup 1 2019

Player records

Appearances

Most appearances

Competitive, professional matches only, appearances as substitute in brackets.[8][9]

Players with most appearances for Liverpool F.C.
No. Name Years League[lower-alpha 2] FA Cup League Cup Other[lower-alpha 3] Total
1 Ian Callaghan 1960–1978 640 (4) 79 (2) 42 (7) 96 (1) 857 (14)
2 Jamie Carragher 1996–2013 508 (24) 40 (1) 35 (7) 152 (3) 737 (35)
3 Steven Gerrard 1998–2015 504 (39) 42 (5) 30 (5) 134 (14) 710 (63)
4 Ray Clemence 1967–1981 470 (0) 54 (0) 55 (0) 86 (0) 665 (0)
Emlyn Hughes 1967–1979 474 (0) 62 (0) 46 (0) 83 (0) 665 (0)
6 Ian Rush 1980–1987
1988–1996
469 (22) 61 (5) 78 (0) 45 (3) 660 (30)
7 Phil Neal 1974–1985 455 (2) 45 (0) 66 (0) 81 (0) 650 (2)
8 Tommy Smith 1962–1978 467 (0) 52 (0) 30 (0) 89 (1) 638 (1)
9 Bruce Grobbelaar 1980–1994 440 (0) 62 (0) 70 (0) 46 (0) 628 (0)
10 Alan Hansen 1977–1991 434 (0) 58 (1) 68 (0) 53 (1) 620 (2)

Goalscorers

Robbie Fowler, who scored the fastest hat-trick in Liverpool history

Top goalscorers

Competitive, professional matches only. Matches played (including as a substitute) appear in brackets.[21][22]

Top goalscorers for Liverpool F.C.
No. Name Years League[lower-alpha 2] FA Cup League Cup Other[lower-alpha 3] Total
1 Ian Rush 19801987
1988–1996
229 (469) 39 (61) 48 (78) 23 (45) 346 (660)
2 Roger Hunt 1958–1969 244 (404) 18 (44) 5 (10) 18 (34) 285 (492)
3 Gordon Hodgson 1925–1936 233 (358) 8 (19) 0 (0) 0 (0) 241 (377)
4 Billy Liddell 1938–1961 215 (492) 13 (42) 0 (0) 0 (0) 228 (534)
5 Steven Gerrard 1998–2015 120 (503) 15 (40) 9 (28) 42(132) 186 (710)
6 Robbie Fowler 1993–2001
2006–2007
128 (266) 12 (24) 29 (35) 14 (44) 183 (369)
7 Kenny Dalglish 1977–1990 118 (355) 13 (37) 27 (59) 12 (58) 172 (515)
8 Michael Owen 1996–2004 118 (216) 8 (15) 9 (14) 23 (52) 158 (297)
9 Harry Chambers 1915–1928 135 (315) 16 (28) 0 (0) 0 (1) 151 (339)
10 Sam Raybould 1900–1907 120 (211) 9 (14) 0 (0) 1 (1) 130 (226)

International

World Cup

Transfers

For consistency, fees in the record transfer tables below are all sourced from BBC Sport's contemporary reports of each transfer.

Record transfer fees paid

Record transfer fees paid by Liverpool F.C.
Player From Fee Date Ref
1 Virgil van Dijk Southampton £75 million 1 January 2018 [26]
2 Alisson Roma £66.8 million 19 July 2018 [27]
3 Naby Keïta RB Leipzig £45 million 1 July 2018 [28]
4 Diogo Jota Wolverhampton Wanderers £41 million 19 September 2020 [29]
5 Fabinho Monaco £39 million 1 July 2018 [30]

Record transfer fees received

Record transfer fees received by Liverpool F.C.
Player To Fee Date Ref.
1 Philippe Coutinho Barcelona £142 million 6 January 2018 [31]
2 Luis Suárez Barcelona £80 million 11 July 2014 [32]
3 Fernando Torres Chelsea £50 million 31 January 2011 [33]
4 Raheem Sterling Manchester City £49 million 20 July 2015 [34]
5 Xabi Alonso Real Madrid £30 million 20 August 2010 [35]

Managerial records

Tom Watson, Liverpool's longest-serving manager
  • First managers: William Edward Barclay and John McKenna, from 15 February 1892 to 16 August 1896.[36]
  • Longest-serving manager by time: Tom Watson, from 17 August 1896 to 6 May 1915 (18 years, 262 days).[4]
  • Longest-serving manager by matches: Bill Shankly managed the club for 783 matches over a period of 14 years and seven months, from December 1959 to July 1974.[4]

Club records

Firsts

Wins

38 games: 32 wins (during the 2019–20 season).[39]
42 games: 30 wins (during the 1978–79 season).[37]

Defeats

Record consecutive results

  • Record consecutive wins: 11 (from 18 February 1989 to 11 April 1989 and 15 March 2006 to 7 May 2006.).[42]
  • Record consecutive league wins: 18 (from 27 October 2019 to 24 February 2020).[43]
  • Record consecutive league wins from start of season: 8 (during the 1990–91 and 2019–20 seasons).[44]
  • Record consecutive defeats: 9 (from 29 April 1899 to 14 October 1899).[45]
  • Record consecutive league matches without a defeat: 44 (from 12 January 2019 to 24 February 2020).[43]
  • Record consecutive home league wins: 24 (from 9 February 2019 to 5 July 2020).[46]
  • Record consecutive draws: 6 (from 19 February 1975 to 19 March 1975).[47]
  • Record consecutive home matches without defeat: 85 (from 7 February 1978 to 31 January 1981).[48]
  • Record consecutive home league matches without defeat: 68 (from 7 May 2017 to 17 January 2021).[49]
  • Record consecutive matches without conceding a goal: 11 (from 29 October 2005 to 18 December 2005).[50]

Goals

  • Most league goals scored in a season: 106 in 30 games (during the 1895–96 season, Second Division).[10]
  • Most Top flight goals scored in a season: 101 in 38 games (during the 2013–14 season, Premier League).[10]
  • Fewest league goals scored in a season: 42 in 34 and 42 games (during the 190102 and 197071 seasons, First Division).[10]
  • Most league goals conceded in a season: 97 in 42 games (during the 1953–54 season, First Division).[10]
  • Fewest league goals conceded in a season: 16 in 42 games (during the 1978–79 season, First Division).[10]
  • Most consecutive league matches with a Liverpool goal: 36 (from 10 March 2019 to 24 February 2020).[43]
  • Most consecutive league matches with a Liverpool goal since the start of a season: 27 (during the 2019–20 season).[43]

Points

  • Most points in a season:
Two points for a win: 68 (in 42 games in 1978–79, First Division).[51]
Three points for a win: 99 points in 38 games in 2019–20, Premier League).[39]
  • Fewest points in a season:
Two points for a win: 22 (in 30 games in 1894–95, First Division).[51]
Three points for a win: 52 (in 38 games in 2011–12, Premier League).[52]

Attendances

Liverpool recorded a 95,446 attendance against Melbourne Victory in a pre-season friendly in July 2013 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia; the largest ever crowd for a football match in Victoria at the time, as well as the highest in Liverpool's history.[55] In July 2018, Liverpool bested this attendance with a 101,254 strong crowd at Michigan Stadium in a game against Manchester United during the 2018 International Champions Cup.[56]

European statistics

Footnotes

  1. Between 1949 and 1993 the Community Shield was usually shared if the game was drawn.
  2. Includes the Football League and the Premier League.
  3. The "Other" column includes goals and appearances (including those as a substitute) in UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Cup Winners Cup, UEFA Super Cup, FA Community Shield, Intercontinental Cup and FIFA Club World Cup matches.
  4. Attendance against Wolves also represents the record highest FA Cup attendance.
  5. Attendance against Loughborough also represents the record lowest league attendance.

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