List of Northampton Town F.C. records and statistics

• English 2nd Tier

Runners-up: 1964–65

• English 3rd Tier

Champions: 1962–63

Runners-up: 1927–28, 1949–50

• English 4th Tier

Champions: 1986–87, 2015–16

Runners-up: 1975-76, 2005–06

Promoted: 1960–61, 1999–2000

Promoted as Play-off Winners: 1996–97, 2019–20

• Southern Football League

Champions: 1908–09

Runners-up: 1910–11

• Charity Shield

Runners-up: 1909

• FA Cup:

Best: Round 5 1969–70

• Football League Cup:

Best: Quarter-final 1964–65, 1966–67

• Football League Trophy:

Best: Area Semi-final 1996–97, 2003–04

• All-time most appearances (Does not include wartime appearances)

Current players in bold.[2]

#	Nat.	Name	Period	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Other[3]	Total
1		Tommy Fowler	1946–1961	521	31	0	0	552
2		Ian Sampson	1994–2004	390	19	17	23	449
3		Peter Gleasure	1982–1991	344	25	25	18	412
4		Edwin Freeman	1905–1920	341	22	0	1	364
5=		William Watson	1920–1928	326	26	0	0	352
5=		Joe Kiernan	1963–1972	308	19	25	0	352
7		Phil Chard	1985–1987, 1989–1993	278	19	18	16	331
8		Lloyd Davies	1907–1920	311	18	0	1	330
9		Leonard Hammond	1924–1932	301	24	0	0	325
10		Roly Mills	1954–1963	305	13	6	0	324
11		Jack English	1947–1959	301	20	0	0	321
12		Ron Patterson	1952–1961	300	17	0	0	317
13		Tommy Wells	1926–1934	277	34	0	5	316
14		Barry Tucker	1971–1977, 1982–1983	277	12	13	0	302
15		Billy Pease	1919–1925	278	21	0	0	299
16		Barry Lines	1960–1969	266	10	18	0	294
17		Graham Felton	1966–1975	254	19	13	0	286
18		Jock Manning	1908–1920	264	18	0	1	283
19		Stuart Robertson	1972–1978	254	11	16	0	281
20		Frank Brett	1923–1929	254	19	0	0	273

• Most appearances – 552 by Tommy Fowler (1946–1961)
• Most league appearances – 521 by Tommy Fowler (1946–1961)
• Most appearances in the first tier (Premier League and predecessors) – 42 by Joe Kiernan
• Most appearances in the second tier (Championship and predecessors) – 111 by Terry Branston
• Most appearances in the third tier (League One and predecessors) – 138 by Peter Gleasure
• Most appearances in the fourth tier (League Two and predecessors) – 521 by Tommy Fowler
• Most FA Cup appearances – 34 by Tommy Wells (26 November 1927 – 12 January 1934)
• Most League Cup appearances – 25 by Joe Kiernan (4 November 1963 – 18 August 1972) and Peter Gleasure (29 August 1983 – 10 October 1990)
• Most appearances in a single season – 58 by John Frain (45 in FL, 3 PO, 5 FAC, 2 FLC, 3 AWS — 1997–98)

• Longest Spell at club – 15 years by Tommy Fowler (1946–1961))
• Youngest first-team player – 16 years 273 days by Ivan Toney (v Bradford City, 13 November 2012)[1]
• Oldest first-team player – 43 years 42 days by Lloyd Davies (v Exeter City, 3 April 1920)

• Top 20 all-time top goalscorers (Does not include wartime appearances.)

Current players in bold.

#	Nat.	Name	Period	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Other[3]	Total	Apps	Goal Ratio
1		Jack English	1947–1959	135	8	0	0	143	321	0.44
2		Eddie Bowen	1927–1931	114	6	0	0	120	173	0.69
3		William Lockett	1914–1926	100	10	0	0	110	282	0.39
4		Albert Dawes	1929–1933	82	16	0	0	103	184	0.55
5		Frank Large	1962–1963 1966–1967 1969–1972	88	5	3	0	96	250	0.38
6		Tommy Wells	1926–1934	73	20	0	0	93	316	0.29
7		Albert Lewis	1908–1913	85	5	0	0	90	179	0.50
8		Tommy Fowler	1946–1961	84	4	0	0	88	552	0.15
9		Ralph Hoten	1924–1929	75	9	0	0	84	213	0.39
10		Don Martin	1962–1968, 1976–1978	70	1	11	0	82	252	0.32
11		Fred Lessons	1907–1915	75	4	0	0	79	249	0.31
12		Adebayo Akinfenwa	2007–2010, 2011–2013	71	0	2	1	74	188	0.39
13		Harry King	1911–1914	68	2	0	0	70	105	0.66
14		Alan Woan	1956–1959	68	1	0	0	69	123	0.56
15		Ian Benjamin	1984–1987	58	3	2	5	68	180	0.37
16		Marc Richards	2003–2005, 2014–2018	54	5	1	3	63	212	0.29
17		John Fairbrother	1968–1971	56	4	2	0	62	164	0.37
18		Paul Stratford	1972–1978	59	1	1	0	61	188	0.32
19		Fred Ramscar	1951–1955	55	4	0	0	59	146	0.40
20=		Archie Garrett	1946–1947, 1948–1951	50	6	0	0	56	99	0.56
20=		Billy Best	1963–1968, 1973–1978	49	1	6	0	56	271	0.20
20=		Scott McGleish	2004–2007, 2008–2009	43	8	2	3	56	144	0.38

• Most goals – 143 by Jack English
• Most league goals – 135 by Jack English
• Most goals in the first tier (Premier League and predecessors) – 9 by Bobby Brown
• Most goals in the second tier (Championship and predecessors) – 33 by Don Martin
• Most goals in the third tier (League One and predecessors) – 50 by Cliff Holton
• Most goals in the fourth tier (League Two and predecessors) – 135 by Jack English
• Most FA Cup goals – 20 by Tommy Wells
• Most League Cup goals – 11 by Don Martin

• Most goals scored in a single season – 39 by Cliff Holton (1961–62)
• Most goals scored in a season in the first tier (Premier League and predecessors) – 9 by Bobby Brown (1965–66
• Most goals scored in a season in the second tier (Championship and predecessors) –
• Most goals scored in a season in the third tier (League One and predecessors) – 36 by Cliff Holton (1961–62)
• Most goals scored in a season in the fourth tier (League Two and predecessors) – 32 by Alan Woan (1958–59)
• Most goals scored in one game – 5 by Ralph Hoten (v Crystal Palace, 27 October 1928) and Albert Dawes (v Lloyds Bank, 26 November 1932)
• Most goals scored on debut – 3 by Billy Clarke (v Crewe Alexandra, 24 January 2009)

• Most consecutive games scored in –
• Most consecutive league games scored in – by (–)

• Most hat-tricks (or better) – 7 by Albert Dawes and Albert Lewis
• Most penalties scored – by
• Youngest goalscorer – 17 years 9 days by James Benton (v Carlisle United, 18 April 1992)
• Oldest goalscorer – 39 years 195 days by Tommy Crilly (v Reading, 30 January 1935)
• Youngest to score hat-trick – 19 Years 3 days by Paul Stratford (v Workington, 1 October 1974)
• Oldest to score hat-trick – 34 Years 347 days by Tommy Fowler (v Gillingham, 27 December 1958)
• Quickest goal –
• Quickest hat-trick – 4 minutes by Neil Grayson (v Hartlepool United, 25 January 1997)

• Transfer Fee Paid:

£165,000 to Oldham Athletic for Josh Low in 2003

• Transfer Fee Received:

£470,000 from Blackburn Rovers for Mark Bunn on 1 September 2008