England national team's top scorer by year

England national football team's top scorer by year (1872-2018)

1872 : no goals scored. 0-0 in Scotland.

1873 : William Kenyon-Slaney (Wanderers FC, London), 2 goals.

1874 : Robert Kingsford (Wanderers FC), 1 goal.

1875 : Charles Wollaston & Vharles Alcock (Wanderers FC), 1 goal.

1876 : no goals scored. 3-0 loss in Scotland.

1877 : Alfred Lyttleton (Cambridge U AFC), 1 goal.

1878 : Arthur Cursham (Notts County) & John Wylie (Wanderers FC), 1 goal.

1879 : Charlie Bambridge (Swifts FC, Slough), 2 goals.

1880 : Francis Sparks (Clapham Rvs, London), 3 goals.

1881 : Charlie Bambridge (Swifts FC), 1 goal.

1882 : Howard Vaughton (Aston Villa), 6 goals. Arthur Brown (Villa), 4.

1883 : Clement Mitchell (Upton Park), 4 goals. William Cobbold (Cambridge), 3.

1884 : Henry Cursham (Notts County), 3 goals.

1885 : Charlie Bambridge (Swifts FC), 2 goals.

1886 : Benjamin Spilsbury (Cambridge), 4 goals.

1887 : Tinsley Lindley (Cambridge), 6 goals.

1888 : Frederick Dewhurst (Preston North End), 5 goals.

1889 : John Yates (Burnley), 3 goals. Billy Bassett (West Bromwich), 2.

1890 : Frederick Geary (Everton), 3 goals.

1891 : Tinsley Lindlay (Nottingham Forest), John Goodall (Derby County) & Edgar Chadwick (Everton), 2 goals.

1892 : John Goodall (Derby County) & Harry Daft (Notts County), 2 goals.

1893 : Fred Spiksley (The Wednesday FC) , 4 goals. Walter Gilliat (Old Carthusians), 3.

1894 : John Veitch (Old Westminsters), 4 goals.

1895 : Steve Bloomer (Derby), 3 goals. John Goodall (Derby) & Frank Becton (Preston), 2.

1896 : Steve Bloomer (Derby), 6 goals.

1897 : Steve Bloomer (Derby), 4 goals. Fred Wheldon (Villa), 3.

1898 : Fred Wheldon (Aston Villa), 3 goals. Bloomer (Derby) & Gilbert Smith (Old Carthusians), 2.

1899 : Gilbert Smith (Corinthians FC), 5 goals. Bloomer (Derby) & J. Settle (Bury), 3.

1900 : 3 players with 1 goal scored. Steve Bloomer (Derby), Geoffray Wilson (Corinthians) & Charles Sagar (Bury).

1901 : Steve Bloomer (Derby), 5 goals.

1902 : Jimmy Settle (Everton), 2 goals.

1903 : Vivian Woodward (Tottenham), 4 goals.

1904 : Joseph Bache (Aston Villa) & George Davis (Derby County), 2 goals.

1905 : 3 players with 1 goal scored. Bache, Bloomer and Tim Williamson (Middlesbrough). 

1906 : Dicky Bond (Preston North End), 2 goals.

1907 : 4 players with 1 goal scored. Bloomer (Middlesbrough), Jimmy Stewart (Sheffield Utd), Bob Crompton (Blackburn) & Harold Hardman (Everton).

1908 : George Hilsdon (Chelsea), 12 goals. Vivian Woodward (Tottenham), 10.

1909 : Vivian Woodward (Tottenham), 10 goals.

1910 : Andrew Ducat (Woolwich Arsenal FC) & Harold Fleming (Swindon Town), 1 goal.

1911 : Vivian Woodward (Chelsea), 2 goals.

1912 : Harold Fleming (Swindon Town) & George Holley (Sundelrand), 3 goals.

1913 : Harry Hampton (Aston Villa), 2 goals.

1914 : Harold Fleming (Swindon Town), Joe Smith (Bolton) & Billy Wedlock (Bristol), 1 goal.

1919 : John Cock (Huddersfield Town), 1 goal.

1920 : Bob Kelly (Burnley), 3 goals.

1921 : Henry Chambers (Liverpool), Charles Buchan (Sunderland) & William Kirton (Aston Villa), 1 goal.

1922 : Henry Chambers (Liverpool), 2 goals.

1923 : Kenneth Hegan (Corinthians FC, London), 4 goals.

1924 : Billy Walker (Aston Villa), 4 goals.

1925 : Frank Roberts (Manchester City), 2 goals.

1926 : Frank Osborne (Tottenham Hotspur), 3 goals.

1927 : Dixie Dean (Everton), 10 goals.

1928 : Dixie Dean (Everton), 5 goals.

1929 : George Camsell (Middlesbrough), 11 goals.

1930 : Joseph Bradford (Birmingham FC) & Jimmy Hampson (Blackpool), 3 goals.

1931 : John Smith (Portsmouth) & Sammy Crooks (Derby County), 4 goals.

1932 : Sammy Crooks (Derby County), Bobby Barclay (Sheffield Utd) & Jimmy Hampson (Blackpool), 2 goals.

1933 : Cliff Bastin (Arsenal) & Eric Brook (Manchester City), 3 goals.

1934 : Eric Brook & Fred Tilson (Manchester City), 4 goals.

1935 : Cliff Bastin (Arsenal), 3 goals.

1936 : George Camsell (Middlesbrough) & Ted Drake (Arsenal), 3 goals.

1937 : Freddie Steele (Stoke City), 8 goals. Stanley Matthews (Stoke), 4.

1938 : Willie Hall (Tottenham), 6 goals. Tommy Lawton (Everton), 4.

1939 : Tommy Lawton (Everton), 2 goals.

1946 : Tommy Lawton (Everton) & Wilf Mannion (Middlesbrough), 6 goals.

1947 : Tommy Lawton (Everton) & Stan Mortensen (Blackpool), 9 goals.

1948 : Stan Mortensen (Blackpool), 5 goals. Tom Finney (Preston North End), 4.

1949 : John Rowley (Manchester Utd), 5 goals. Jackie Milburn (Newcastle), 4.

1950 : Tom Finney (Preston) & Eddie Baily (Tottenham), 4 goals.

1951 : Nat Lofthouse (Bolton) & Jackie Milburn (Newcastle), 3 goals.

1952 : Nat Lofthouse (Bolton), 7 goals.

1953 : Nat Lofthouse (Bolton), 5 goals.

1954 : Ivor Broadis (Newcastle) & Roy Bentley (Chelsea), 4 goals.

1955 : Dennis Wilshaw (Wolverhampton), 6 goals. Lofthouse, 4.

1956 : Tommy Taylor (Manchester Utd), 7 goals. Haynes (Fulham), 4.

1957 : Tommy Taylor (Manchester Utd), 7 goals.

1958 : Bobby Charlton (Manchester Utd), 6 goals. Derek Kevan (Wes Brom), 5. Haynes, 4.

1959 : Bobby Charlton (Manchester Utd), 6 goals.

1960 : Jimmy Greaves (Chelsea), 9 goals. Charlton, 6. Bobby Smith (Tottenham), 6.

1961 : Bobby Charlton (Manchester Utd), 6 goals. Greaves (Chelsea), 5. Bryan Douglas (Blackburn), 4.

1962 : Jimmy Greaves (Tottenham) & Ron Flowers (Wolverhampton), 6 goals. 

1963 : Jimmy Greaves (Tottenham), 8 goals. Charlton, 6. B. Smith, 5 etc.

1964 : Jimmy Greaves (Tottenham) & Johnny Byrne (West Ham), 6 goals. Roger Hunt (Liverpool) & Fred Pickering (Everton), 5.

1965 : Jimmy Greaves (Tottenham), Bobby Charlton, John Connelly (Manchester Utd) & Joe Baker (Arsenal), 2 goals.

1966 : Roger Hunt (Liverpool), 8 goals. Geoff Hurst (West Ham), 7. Charlton, 6. Greaves, 5.

1967 : Alan Ball (Everton), 3 goals.

1968 : Bobby Charlton (Manchester Utd) & Martin Peters (West Ham), 3 goals.

1969 : Geoff Hurst (West Ham), 7 goals.

1970 : Martin Peters (Tottenham), 5 goals.

1971 : Martin Chivers (Tottenham), 7 goals.

1972 : Colin Bell (Manchester City), 2 goals.

1973 : Martin Chivers (Tottenham) & Allan Clarke (Leeds), 6 goals. Channon (Southampton), 4.

1974 : Mick Channon (Southampton), 4 goals.

1975 : Malcolm Macdonald (Newcastle), 6 goals.

1976 : Mick Channon (Southampton), 6 goals.

1977 : Mick Channon (Southampton), 4 goals.

1978 : Kevin Keegan (Hamburger SV), Bob Latchford (Everton) & Phil Neal (Liverpool), 3 goals.

1979 : Kevin Keegan (Hamburger SV), 5 goals. Dave Watson (Man City then Werder then Southampton), 4 goals.

1980 : Paul Mariner (Ipswich) & Tony Woodcock (FC Köln), 4 goals.

1981 : Trevor Brooking (West Ham), 2 goals.

1982 : Paul Mariner (Ipswich), Tony Woodcock (Köln then Arsenal), Bryan Robson (Manchester Utd) & Trevor Francis (Man City then Sampdoria), 5 goals.

1983 : Bryan Robson (Manchester Utd), 3 goals.

1984 : Bryan Robson (Manchester Utd) & Tony Woodcock (Arsenal), 5 goals.

1985 : Gary Lineker (Leicester then Everton), 6 goals. Dixie Dean (Everton) : 4.

1986 : Gary Lineker (Everton then Barcelona), 8 goals.

1987 : Gary Lineker (Barcelona), 9 goals.

1988 : Tony Adams (Arsenal), 4 goals. Lineker : 3.

1989 : Bryan Robson (Manchester Utd), 4 goals. Lineker (Barcelona) : 3.

1990 : Gary Lineker (Tottenham), 6 goals.

1991 : Gary Lineker (Tottenham), 9 goals.

1992 : David Platt (Bari then Juventus), 5 goals.

1993 : David Platt (Juventus then Sampdoria), 8 goals.

1994 : David Platt (Sampdoria), 4 goals. Shearer (Blackburn) : 3.

1995 : David Platt (Sampdoria), Teddy Sheringham, Darren Anderton (Tottenham) & Steve Stone (Nottingham Forest), 2 goals.

1996 : Alan Shearer (Blackburn then Newcastle), 8 goals.

1997 : Ian Wright (Arsenal), 4 goals. Sheringham, Shearer, Scholes (Man Utd) : 3.

1998 : Alan Shearer (Newcastle), 6 goals. Michael Owen (Liverpool), 4.

1999 : Alan Shearer (Newcastle), 6 goals. Paul Scholes (Man Utd), 5.

2000 : Michael Owen (Liverpool), 3 goals. Shearer, 2.

2001 : Michael Owen (Liverpool), 6 goals. David Beckham (Man Utd), 5.

2002 : Michael Owen (Liverpool), 5 goals.

2003 : Michael Owen (Liverpool), 5 goals. David Beckham (Man Utd then Real Madrid), 4.

2004 : Wayne Rooney (Everton) & Frank Lampard (Chelsea), 6  goals. Rooney then did not score as a Man Utd player.

2005 : Michael Owen (Real Madrid then Newcastle), 7 goals.

2006 : Peter Crouch (Liverpool), 11 goals.

2007 : Michael Owen (Newcastle), 4 goals. Crouch, 3.

2008 : Wayne Rooney (Manchester Utd), 5 goals.

2009 : Wayne Rooney (Manchester Utd) & Frank Lampard (Chelsea), 6 goals. Defoe (Tott.), 5. Crouch (Portsmouth then Tottenham), 4.

2010 : Peter Crouch & Jermaine Defoe (Tottenham), 4 goals. Gerrard (L'pool), 3, no WC goals.

2011 : Frank Lampard (Chelsea) & Ashley Young (Aston Villa then Man Utd), 3 goals.

2012 : Danny Welbeck (Manchester Utd), 5 goals. Rooney, 4.

2013 : Wayne Rooney (Manchester Utd), 5 goals.

2014 : Wayne Rooney (Manchester Utd), 8 goals. Welbeck (Arsenal), 5. Welbeck did not score as a Man Utd player, only once he changed club.

2015 : Wayne Rooney (Manchester Utd), 5 goals. Harry Kane (Tottenham), 3.

2016 : Jamie Vardy (Leicseter), 5 goals. Lallana & Sturridge (Liverpool), 3.

2017 : Harry Kane (Tottenham), 7 goals.

2018 : Harry Kane (Tottenham), 8 goals.
2019 : Harry Kane (Tottenham), 12 goals. Raheem Sterling (Man City) , 8.