List of Liverpool F.C. records and statistics
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.
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. They have won the English top league 19 times and the League Cup a record eight times. In their first season, 1892-93, they won the Lancashire League title and the Liverpool District Cup, and their most recent success came in 2020, when they won their 19th league title, and their first in the Premier League era.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 | 15 | 1964*, 1965*, 1966, 1974, 1976, 1977*, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986*, 1988, 1989, 1990*, 2001, 2006 |
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 |
UEFA Super Cup | 4 | 1977, 2001, 2005, 2019 |
FIFA Club World Cup | 1 | 2019 |
Player records
Appearances
- Most appearances in all competitions: Ian Callaghan, 857.
- Most league appearances: Ian Callaghan, 640.
- Most FA Cup appearances: Ian Callaghan, 79.
- Most League Cup appearances: Ian Rush, 78.
- Most continental appearances: Jamie Carragher, 150.
- Youngest first-team player: Jerome Sinclair, 16 years and 6 days.
- Youngest player to start a first-team match: Harvey Elliott, 16 years and 174 days.
- Oldest first-team player: Ned Doig, 41 years and 165 days.
- Oldest debutant: Ned Doig, 37 years and 307 days.
- Most consecutive appearances: Phil Neal, 417.
- Most seasons playing every minute of every league and cup game: Phil Neal, 9.
- Longest-serving player: Elisha Scott, 21 years and 52 days.
- Most red cards while playing for Liverpool: Steven Gerrard, 7.
Most appearances
No. | Name | Years | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total |
1 | |||||||
2 | 1996–2013 | ||||||
3 | 1998–2015 | ||||||
4 | 1967–1981 | ||||||
4 | 1967–1979 | ||||||
6 | 1980–1987 1988–1996 | ||||||
7 | 1974–1985 | ||||||
8 | 1962–1978 | ||||||
9 | 1980–1994 | ||||||
10 | 1977–1991 |
Goalscorers
- Most goals in all competitions: Ian Rush, 346.
- Most league goals: Roger Hunt, 244.
- Most FA Cup goals: Ian Rush, 39.
- Most League Cup goals: Ian Rush, 48.
- Most Continental goals: Steven Gerrard, 41.
- First player to score for Liverpool: Malcolm McVean.
- Most goals in a season: Ian Rush, 47.
- Most goals in a debut season: Mohamed Salah, 44.
- Most league goals in a season: Roger Hunt, 41.
- Most goals in a season by a Liverpool player in the Premier League era: Mohamed Salah, 44.
- Most top-flight league goals in a season: Gordon Hodgson, 36
- Most continental goals in a season: Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino, 11.
- Most hat-tricks in a season: Roger Hunt, 5.
- Most games scored in a single campaign: Mohamed Salah, 34.
- Most goals in a season by a Liverpool player in the Premier League: Mohamed Salah, 32.
- Most hat-tricks: Gordon Hodgson, 17.
- Fastest hat-trick: Robbie Fowler, 4 minutes, 33 seconds,.
- Highest-scoring substitute: David Fairclough, 18.
- Most penalties scored: Steven Gerrard, 47.
- Most games without scoring for an outfield player: Ephraim Longworth, 371.
- Youngest goalscorer: Ben Woodburn, 17 years, 45 days.
- Oldest goalscorer: Billy Liddell, 38 years, 55 days.
Top goalscorers
No. | Name | Years | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total |
1 | 1988–1996 | ||||||
2 | 1958–1969 | ||||||
3 | 1925–1936 | ||||||
4 | 1938–1961 | ||||||
5 | 1998–2015 | 120 | |||||
6 | 1993–2001 2006–2007 | ||||||
7 | 1977–1990 | ||||||
8 | 1996–2004 | ||||||
9 | 1915–1928 | ||||||
10 | 1900–1907 |
International
- First capped player: Frank Becton, for England on 29 March 1897.
- Most international caps while a Liverpool player: Steven Gerrard, 114 for England.
- Most international goals while a Liverpool player:
- *Michael Owen, 26 for England.
- *Ian Rush, 26 for Wales.
World Cup
- First Liverpool player to appear at a World Cup: Laurie Hughes for England, at 1950 FIFA World Cup.
- Most World Cup appearances while a Liverpool player: Steven Gerrard, 12 for England in 2006, 2010 and 2014.
- Most World Cup goals while a Liverpool player: Michael Owen, 4 for England in 1998 and 2002.
- First World Cup winners: Roger Hunt, Ian Callaghan and Gerry Byrne, in 1966 with England.
- First non-British player to appear in a World Cup final: Dietmar Hamann, Germany, in 2002.
- First non-British World Cup winners: Fernando Torres and Pepe Reina, Spain in 2010.
Transfers
Record transfer fees paid
Record transfer fees received
Managerial records
- First managers: William Edward Barclay and John McKenna, from 15 February 1892 to 16 August 1896.
- Longest-serving manager by time: Tom Watson, from 17 August 1896 to 6 May 1915.
- 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.
Club records
Matches
Firsts
- First match: Liverpool 7–1 Rotherham Town, a friendly match, 1 September 1892.
- First Lancashire League match: Liverpool 8–0 Higher Walton, 3 September 1892.
- First Football League match: Liverpool 2–0 Middlesbrough Ironopolis, Second Division, 2 September 1893.
- First FA Cup match: Liverpool 4–0 Nantwich Town, first qualifying round, 15 October 1892.
- First League Cup match: Liverpool 1–1 Luton Town, second round, 19 October 1960.
- First European match: Liverpool 5–0 KR Reykjavik, European Cup, first round, 17 August 1964.
Wins
- Record win: 11–0 against Strømsgodset in the European Cup Winners' Cup, 17 September 1974.
- Record league win: 10–1 against Rotherham Town in Second Division, 18 February 1899.
- Record FA Cup win: 9–0 against Newtown in second qualifying round, 29 October 1889.
- Record League Cup win: 10–0 against Fulham in second round, first-leg, 23 September 1964.
- Most league wins in a season:
- Fewest league wins in a season: 2 wins from 30 games.
- Most home wins in a season : 22.
Defeats
- Record defeat: 1–9 against Birmingham City FC in Second Division, 11 December 1954.
- Record defeat at Anfield: 0–6 against Sunderland in First Division, 19 April 1930.
- Record-scoring defeat: 2–9 against Newcastle United in First Division, 1 January 1934.
- Record FA Cup defeat: 0–5 against Bolton Wanderers in fourth round, first-leg, 26 January 1946.
- Record League Cup defeat: 0–5 against Aston Villa in quarter-finals, 17 December 2019.
- Most league defeats in a season: 23 defeats from 42 games.
- Fewest defeats in a season: Unbeaten during the 28-game 1893–94 season.
Record consecutive results
- Record consecutive wins: 11.
- Record consecutive league wins: 18.
- Record consecutive league wins from start of season: 8.
- Record consecutive defeats: 9.
- Record consecutive league matches without a defeat: 44.
- Record consecutive home league wins: 24.
- Record consecutive draws: 6.
- Record consecutive home matches without defeat: 85.
- Record consecutive home league matches without defeat: 63.
- Record consecutive matches without conceding a goal: 11.
Goals
- Most league goals scored in a season: 106 in 30 games.
- Most Top flight goals scored in a season: 101 in 38 games.
- Fewest league goals scored in a season: 42 in 34 and 42 games.
- Most league goals conceded in a season: 97 in 42 games.
- Fewest league goals conceded in a season: 16 in 42 games.
- Most consecutive league matches with a Liverpool goal: 36.
- Most consecutive league matches with a Liverpool goal since the start of a season: 27.
Points
- Most points in a season:
- Fewest points in a season:
Attendances
- Record highest home attendance: 61,905.
- Highest league home attendance: 58,757.
- Highest League Cup home attendance: 52,694.
- Highest European home attendance: 55,104.
- Record lowest home attendance: 1,000.
- Lowest FA Cup home attendance: 4,000.
- Lowest League Cup home attendance: 9,902.
- Lowest European home attendance: 12,021.