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List of Everton F.C. records and statistics

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List of Everton F.C. records and statistics
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Everton Football Club is a professional association football club located in Liverpool. The club was formed in 1878, and was originally named as St Domingo FC. The club's first game was a 1–0 victory over Everton Church Club. In November 1879, the club was renamed to Everton FC.

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Neville Southall, Everton's record top appearance maker
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Dixie Dean, Everton's record top goalscorer

In 1888, Everton were one of the twelve founding members of the English Football League. The club have played in the top-flight of English Football for a record 117 years, having missed only four top-flight seasons (1930–31, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54).

Major competitions won by Everton F.C., records set by the club, associated managers and players are included in the following list.

The player records section includes: appearances, goals scored and clean sheets kept. Player and manager awards, transfer fees, club records (Wins, Draws, and Losses) are all also included in the list, as well as several others.

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Honours

Domestic

European

Doubles

Awards

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Player records

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As of 28 May 2025

(All current players are in bold. Appearance totals includes substitution appearances.)

Appearances

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Leon Osman, the only player who played entirely in the 21st century to be on the list of most appearances in all competitions for Everton
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Goalscorers

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Clean sheets

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Club records

Wins

Defeats

Goals

Points

  • Most points in a League season (2 for a win) – 66 in 42 matches, First Division, 1969–70
  • Most points in a League season (3 for a win) – 90 in 42 matches, First Division, 1984–85
  • Fewest points in a League season (2 for a win) – 20 in 22 matches, First Division, 1888–89
  • Fewest points in a League season (3 for a win) – 36 in 38 matches, Premier League, 2022–23

Matches

Firsts

  1. Everton originally drew Rangers F.C. in 1886 but only played it as a friendly as they had ineligible players. Although they beat Bolton in a replay, they didn't go through as they fielded 7 ineligible players. The game itself was a replay as the first game was declared void after Bolton had fielded an ineligible player.

Record wins

  • Record League Victory: 9–1 v Manchester City, 3 September 1906; v Plymouth Argyle, 27 December 1930 (Dixie Dean & Jimmy Stein both scored 4 goals, a first for Everton)
  • Record FA Cup Victory: 11–2 v Derby County, FA Cup, 5th Round, 18 January 1890 (Hat-tricks from Fred Geary, Alec Brady and Alf Milward)[1]
  • Record League Cup Victory: 8–0 v Wimbledon, League Cup, 2nd Round, 29 August 1978
  • Record Aggregate League Cup Victory: 11–0 v Wrexham, League Cup, 2nd Round, 1990
  • Record European Victory: 6–1 v SK Brann, UEFA CUP, Round of 32, 21 February 2008
  • Record Aggregate European Victory: 10–0 v Finn Harps, UEFA CUP, 1st Round, 1978
  • Record Friendly Victory: 0–22 v ATV Irdning, 14 July 2018

Record away wins

  • Record League Victory: 7–0 v Charlton Athletic, 7 February 1931
  • Record FA Cup Victory: 6–0 v Crystal Palace, 4 January 1931
  • Record Top Flight Victory: 6–1 v Derby County, 5 November 1892
  • Record League Cup Victory: 5–0 v Wrexham, League Cup, 2nd Round 1st Leg, 25 September 1990
  • Record European Victory: 5–0 v Finn Harps, UEFA Cup, 1st Round 1st Leg, 12 September 1978

Record defeats

Attendances

  • Highest League Attendance 78,299 v Liverpool, 18 September 1948
  • Highest FA Cup Attendance 77,902 v Manchester United, FA Cup, 5th Round, 14 February 1953
  • Highest League Cup Attendance 54,032 v Bolton Wanderers, League Cup, Semi Final, 1st Leg, 18 January 1977
  • Highest European Attendance 62,408 v Inter Milan, European Cup, 1st Round, 1st Leg, 18 September 1963
  • Lowest League Attendance 7,802 v Sheffield Wednesday, 1 May 1934[a]
  • Lowest FA Cup Attendance 15,293 v Wimbledon, FA Cup, 3rd Round Replay, 12 January 1993[b]
  • Lowest League Cup Attendance 7,415 v Wrexham, League Cup, 2nd Round, 2nd Leg, 9 October 1990[c]
  1. During the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons, Everton played 21 home league matches behind closed doors and a further 3 matches with a reduced attendance due to the COVID pandemic. Prior to the start of official reporting of attendance figures in 1925-26, attendance estimates by the local press suggests there are possibly 14 other league matches with a lower attendance.
  2. Prior to the start of official reporting of attendance figures in 1925-26, attendance estimates by the local press suggests there are possibly 2 other FA Cup matches with a lower attendance.
  3. Only 2,000 supporters were allowed to attend the 2020-21 Quarter-final against Manchester United due to the COVID pandemic.
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Transfer records

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Highest transfer fees paid

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Romelu Lukaku, signed in July 2014 from Chelsea for £28 million, then Everton's most expensive purchase
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Highest transfer fees received

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Wayne Rooney was sold to Manchester United for a then club record of £30 million in July 2004
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    National records

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    Source:[4]

    • Goodison Park was the world's first purpose made and designed dedicated football ground.
    • Goodison Park is the only English club ground to have hosted a World Cup semi-final. The ground of the club's Chilean namesakes, CD Everton, also hosted a World Cup semi-final, four years earlier.
    • Goodison Park was the venue for England v Republic of Ireland 21 September 1949. England lost 2–0, suffering their first home defeat to a non-UK country. Everton's Peter Farrell scored.
    • Everton were the first English club to appear in European competitions five seasons running (1962–63 to 1966–67).
    • Everton have played in more top flight seasons than any other club.[5]
    • They have scored and conceded more top flight goals than any other club.[5]
    • Everton have both drawn and lost more top flight matches than any other side.[5]
    • They hold the distinction of being reigning League champions for the longest time (20 years, alongside Manchester United), although in unusual circumstances. They won the League championship in 1915 and thus remained reigning League champions until the 1919–20 season due to the cancellation of league football during World War I. They were also League champions in 1939, and again remained reigning League champions until the resumption of league football in 1946–47 after World War II.
    • First club to be presented with the League Championship trophy and medals.
    • First club to have the youngest Premiership goalscorer in two consecutive seasons with two different players
    • First club to play 4000 top-flight games
    • First club to amass 5000 League points
    • First club to win the League Championship on two different home grounds. (Anfield and Goodison Park)
    • First club to stage an FA Cup final
    • First English club to install dugouts
    • First English club to be invited to train at the Italian training HQ at Coverciano.
    • First club to appear in 4 consecutive Charity Shields at Wembley 1984–7.
    • Jack Southworth's six goals v West Bromwich Albion, 30 December 1893, was the first such instance in Football League history.
    • First club to wear the numbers one to eleven, in any known fixture. The 1933 FA Cup final vs Manchester City.
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    Continental records

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    • First Club to be top of the ITunes chart, September 2020. Everton F.C. Spirit of the Blues.
    • Goodison Park, built in 1892, was the world's first complete purpose-built football ground.
    • Everton were the first club to install undersoil heating in their stadium.
    • First club to win a penalty shoot-out in the European Cup – 1970 v Borussia Mönchengladbach
    • First club to issue a regular match programme for home fixtures.
    • First club to have a four-sided stadium with two tier stands
    • First club to have a stadium with a three-tier stand
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    Penalty shoot-outs

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    International representatives

    Player awards

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    Player of the Season

    The Fans' Player of the season is determined through a vote on the EFC website in which 5 candidates are nominated by the club. Fans are then free to vote for their player of choice. The player with the greatest number of votes wins the award. This award has been presented from 2006 onward.

    • Notes: Players in bold are still playing for Everton.
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    Players' Player of the Season

    Young Player of the Season

    Everton Giants

    The following players are considered "Giants" for their great contributions to Everton. A panel appointed by the club established the inaugural list in 2000 and a new inductee is announced every season.[7]

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    Players' individual awards while at Everton

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    Gary Lineker finished second in the Ballon d'Or while at Everton in 1986

    European Footballer of the Year (Ballon d'Or)
    1986: England Gary Lineker (2nd)

    African Footballer of the Year
    1994: Nigeria Daniel Amokachi (3rd) [nb 2]
    1995: Nigeria Daniel Amokachi (3rd) [nb 3]

    Oceania Footballer of the Year
    2004: Australia Tim Cahill (Winner)

    Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year
    1985: Wales Neville Southall
    1986: England Gary Lineker

    PFA Players' Player of the Year
    1985: England Peter Reid
    1986: England Gary Lineker

    PFA Merit Award
    1977: Scotland Jack Taylor
    1982: England Joe Mercer
    1986: England Alan Ball (As 1966 England World Cup Squad)
    1986: England Ray Wilson (As 1966 England World Cup Squad)
    1994: Northern Ireland Billy Bingham
    1997: England Peter Beardsley

    Premier League Player of the Month Award
    February 1995: Scotland Duncan Ferguson
    April 1996: Russia Andrei Kanchelskis
    April 1999: England Kevin Campbell
    September 2006: England Andy Johnson
    February 2009: England Phil Jagielka
    April 2012: Croatia Nikica Jelavić
    November 2012: Belgium Marouane Fellaini
    March 2017: Belgium Romelu Lukaku
    September 2020: England Dominic Calvert-Lewin

    Premier League Goal of the Month Award
    November 2017: England Wayne Rooney
    September 2021: England Andros Townsend
    November/December 2022: Jamaica Demarai Gray

    Premier League Save of the Season Award
    2021–22: England Jordan Pickford

    Premier League Save of the Month Award
    September 2022: England Jordan Pickford
    January 2024: England Jordan Pickford

    BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year Award
    1995: Wales Neville Southall

    BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year Award
    2003: England Wayne Rooney

    U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year
    2008: United States Tim Howard
    2014: United States Tim Howard

    Icelandic Footballer of the Year
    2017: Iceland Gylfi Sigurðsson
    2018: Iceland Gylfi Sigurðsson
    2019: Iceland Gylfi Sigurðsson
    2020: Iceland Gylfi Sigurðsson

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    Managers' individual awards while at Everton

    Barclays Bank Manager of the Year [8][9]

    1984–85: England Howard Kendall

    1986–87: England Howard Kendall

    LMA Manager of the Year

    2002–03: Scotland David Moyes

    2004–05: Scotland David Moyes

    2008–09: Scotland David Moyes

    Bell's Scotch Whisky/Barclays Bank Manager of the Month Award [9]

    October 1969: England Harry Catterick

    March 1970: England Harry Catterick

    October 1973: Northern Ireland Billy Bingham

    November 1977: England Gordon Lee[nb 4]

    October 1978: England Gordon Lee

    September 1981: England Gordon Lee

    February 1984: England Howard Kendall

    October 1984: England Howard Kendall

    April 1985: England Howard Kendall

    February 1986: England Howard Kendall

    December 1986: England Howard Kendall

    Premier League Manager of the Month Award

    January 1998: England Howard Kendall

    September 1999: Scotland Walter Smith

    November 2003: Scotland David Moyes

    September 2004: Scotland David Moyes

    January 2006: Scotland David Moyes

    February 2008: Scotland David Moyes

    February 2009: Scotland David Moyes

    January 2010: Scotland David Moyes

    March 2010: Scotland David Moyes

    October 2010: Scotland David Moyes

    September 2012: Scotland David Moyes

    March 2013: Scotland David Moyes

    September 2020: Italy Carlo Ancelotti

    April 2024: England Sean Dyche

    February 2025: Scotland David Moyes

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    See also

    Notes

    1. Kendall's status reflects his accomplishments as a manager in addition to his place in the "Holy Trinity" midfield of the 1960s.
    2. Afrique Football award (Etoile d'Or)
    3. CAF Award
    4. Gordon Lee had the gallon bottle of whisky he received split into miniatures to be given out to the clubs fans. "Cheers, Gordon!". EFC Heritage Society Twitter feed. Retrieved 14 March 2023.

    References

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