Progression of Scotland association football goalscoring record

This is a progressive list of football players who have held or co-held the record for goals scored for the Scotland national football team. The list begins with Henry Renny-Tailyour and William Gibb, who both scored in the 4–2 defeat by England in March 1873. The first official international game, contested by the same teams in November 1872, had finished goalless. The record is shared by Denis Law and Kenny Dalglish, with 30 goals each.

Criteria

For the early decades, records of players appearances and goals were often considered unreliable. RSSSF and IFFHS have spent much effort trying to produce definitive lists of full international matches, and corresponding data on players' international caps and goals. Using this data, the following records can be retrospectively produced. Note that, at the time, these records may not have been recognised.

Record
PlayerGoalsDateOpponentScoreNotes
Henry Renny-Tailyour18 Mar 1873 England2–4
William Gibb18 Mar 1873 England2–4
Angus MacKinnon17 Mar 1874 England2–1
Frederick Anderson17 Mar 1874 England2–1
Henry McNeil16 Mar 1875 England2–2
Peter Andrews16 Mar 1875 England2–2
Henry McNeil24 Mar 1876 England3–0
Henry McNeil325 Mar 1876 Wales4–0
John Ferguson33 Mar 1877 England3–1Ferguson scored two goals in this match to equal McNeil.
Henry McNeil52 Mar 1878 England7–2McNeil scored two goals in this match.
John Ferguson523 Mar 1878 Wales9–0Ferguson scored two goals in this match to equal McNeil.
Billy MacKinnon55 Apr 1879 England4–5MacKinnon scored two goals in this match to equal Ferguson and McNeil.
John Smith612 Mar 1881 England6–1Smith scored a hat-trick in this match to overtake Ferguson, MacKinnon and McNeil.
George Ker714 Mar 1881 Wales5–1Ker scored two goals in this match to overtake Smith.
George Ker911 Mar 1882 England5–1Ker scored two goals in this match.
George Ker1025 Mar 1882 Wales5–0
John Smith1015 Mar 1884 England1–0Jointly with Ker.
Robert Smyth McColl1025 Mar 1899 Ireland9–1McColl scored a hat-trick in this match to equal Ker and Smith.
Robert Smyth McColl137 Apr 1900 England4–1McColl scored a hat-trick in this match.
Robert Hamilton1326 Mar 1904 Ireland1–1Jointly with McColl.
Robert Hamilton156 Mar 1911 Wales2–2Hamilton scored two goals in this match.
Hughie Gallacher1823 Feb 1929 Ireland7–3Gallacher scored five goals in this match to overtake Hamilton.[1][2][3][note 1]
Hughie Gallacher2026 Oct 1929 Wales4–2Gallacher scored two goals in this match.
Hughie Gallacher2222 Feb 1930 Ireland3–1Gallacher scored two goals in this match.
Hughie Gallacher2418 May 1930 France2–0Gallacher scored two goals in this match.
Denis Law2423 May 1965 Poland1–1Jointly with Gallacher.
Denis Law252 Apr 1966 England3–4
Denis Law2622 Oct 1966 Wales1–1
Denis Law2715 Apr 1967 England3–2
Denis Law286 Nov 1968 Austria2–1
Denis Law2926 Apr 1972 Peru2–0
Denis Law3020 May 1972 Northern Ireland2–0
Kenny Dalglish3014 Nov 1984 Spain3–1Jointly with Law.[4]

See also

Notes
  1. Some sources incorrectly credit Gallacher with scoring four goals in the match including inconsistencies on the Scottish FA web pages.

References
  1. "Twelve Top Facts". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  2. "Scotland - International Matches 1921-1930". www.rsssf.com. RSSSF. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  3. Hughie Gallacher goals for Scotland www.qosfc.com
  4. "Dalglish: Goal against Spain was my all-time favourite". Daily Record. 1 July 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
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