History

Goalscorers

01 Jun 2017
Thierry Henry and Ian Wright

Goals, goals, goals!

Most goals overall: 228 Thierry Henry

Most Premier League goals: 175 Thierry Henry

Most League goals: 175 Thierry Henry

Most FA Cup goals: 26 Cliff Bastin

Most League Cup goals: 29 Ian Wright

Most overall European goals: 42 Thierry Henry

Most UEFA Champions League goals: 35 Thierry Henry

 

Players to score 100 goals for Arsenal
NameTotal GoalsTotal games100th goal game
Thierry Henry228377181
Ian Wright185 288 143 
Cliff Bastin178 396 174 
John Radford 149 481 306 
Jimmy Brain 139 232 144 
Ted Drake 139 184 108 
Doug Lishman 137 244 163 
Robin van Persie 132 278 238 
Joe Hulme 125 374 307 
David Jack 124 208 156 
Dennis Bergkamp 120 423 296 
Reg Lewis 118 176 152 
Alan Smith 115 347 251 
Jack Lambert 109 161 149 
Frank Stapleton 108 300 276 
Theo Walcott108397370
David Herd 107 180 165 
Olivier Giroud105253237
Joe Baker 100 156 152 

Most goals in a season: 44 Ted Drake

(1934/35 (42 Lge, 1FAC, 1C.Shield)

Most League goals in a season: 42 Ted Drake (1934/35)

Most Premier League goals in a season:

30 Robin van Persie 2011/12

30 Thierry Henry 2003/2004

Most goals in any match by an AFC player: 7 Ted Drake

(Aston Villa (a) 14 Dec 1935 won 7-1 Lge)

Youngest goalscorer overall:Cesc Fabregas

(16 years 212 days v Wolves (h) (Lge Cup) 2 Dec 2003 w5-1)

Youngest goalscorer in League:Cesc Fabregas

(17 years 113 days v Blackburn (h) (Lge) 25Aug 2004 w3-0)

Youngest goalscorer in Europe:Cesc Fabregas

(17 years 217 days v Rosenborg (h) (UCL Grp Stge) 7 Dec 2004 won 5-1)

Youngest goalscorer in FA Cup:Cliff Bastin

(17 years 303 days v Chelsea (h) FAC3 11 Jan 1930 won 2-0)

Youngest goalscorer in League Cup: Cesc Fabregas

(16 years 212 days v Wolves (h) (Lge Cup) 2 Dec 2003 won 5-1)

Youngest scorer of hat-trick:John Radford

(17 years 315 days v Wolves (h) Lge 2 Jan 1965 won 4-1)

Most consecutive matches scored in: 9 David Jack

(all league matches) Between 24th Oct 1931 – 19th Dec 1931. (scored 14 goals in those matches)

Most consecutive appearances scored in:12 Ian Wright

Between 15th Sept 1994 – 23rd Nov 1994 (scored 16 goals in those matches)

 

Top Club hat-trick scorers
NameYearsHat-tricks
Jimmy Brain(1921-31)12
Jack Lambert(1926-33)12
Ted Drake(1934-45)11
Ian Wright(1991-98)11
Thierry Henry(1999-2012)9
Doug Lishman(1948-56)8
David Herd(1954-61)7
David Jack(1928-34)7
John Radford(1962-76)7
Joe Baker(1962-66)5
Ronnie Rooke(1946-49)5
Theo Walcott(2006-18)5

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