List of Everton F.C. records and statistics

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.

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 will be 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 included in the list, as well as several others.

Domestic

 * First Division:
 * Titles (9): 1890–91, 1914–15, 1927–28, 1931–32, 1938–39, 1962–63, 1969–70, 1984–85, 1986–87
 * Second Division:
 * Titles (1): 1930–31
 * FA Cup:
 * Titles (5): 1905–06, 1932–33, 1965–66, 1983–84, 1994–95
 * Football League Cup:
 * Runner-up (2): 1976–77, 1983–84
 * FA Charity Shield:
 * Titles (9): 1928, 1932, 1963, 1970, 1984, 1985, 1986 (shared), 1987, 1995
 * Full Members Cup:
 * Runner-up (2): 1989, 1991
 * Football League Super Cup:
 * Runner-up (1): 1985–86

European

 * European Cup Winners' Cup:
 * Winners: (1): 1984–85

Doubles

 * 1984–85: League and European Cup Winners' Cup

Awards

 * 1985 World Soccer Men's World Team of the Year
 * 1985 France Football European Team of the Year

Player records
As of 2 November 2023

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

Appearances

 * Youngest Player (All Competitions): Thierry Small, 16 years and 176 days (vs Sheffield Wednesday, 24 January 2021)
 * Youngest Player in Europe: Jake Bidwell, 16 years and 271 days (vs BATE Borisov, 17 December 2009)
 * Oldest Player: Ted Sagar, 42 years and 281 days (vs Plymouth Argyle, 15 November 1952)
 * Most Appearances (All Competitions): Neville Southall, 751
 * Most League Appearances: Neville Southall, 578
 * Most FA Cup Appearances: Neville Southall, 70
 * Most League Cup Appearances: Neville Southall, 65
 * Most European Appearances: Tim Howard, 28
 * Most Substitute Appearances: Victor Anichebe, 95

Goalscorers

 * Most goals in a season – 60, Dixie Dean, (During the 1927–28 Season)
 * Most goals in a single match – 6, Jack Southworth (v. West Bromwich Albion, 30 December 1893)
 * Most goals in the League – 349, Dixie Dean
 * Most goals in the FA Cup – 28, Dixie Dean
 * Most goals in the League Cup – 19, Bob Latchford
 * Most goals in European competition – 8, Romelu Lukaku
 * Youngest goalscorer – James Vaughan, 16 yrs and 271 days (vs Crystal Palace, 10 April 2005) (Also a Premier League Record)
 * Oldest goalscorer – Wally Fielding, 38 yrs and 305 days (vs West Bromwich Albion F.C., 27 September 1958)

Managerial Awards
Barclays Bank Manager of the Year

1984–85: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Howard Kendall

1986-87: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Howard Kendall

LMA Manager of the Year

2002–03: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 David Moyes 2004–05: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 David Moyes 2008–09: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 David Moyes

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

October 1969: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Harry Catterick

March 1970: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Harry Catterick

October 1973: Billy Bingham

November 1977: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gordon Lee

October 1978: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gordon Lee

September 1981: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gordon Lee

February 1984: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Howard Kendall

October 1984: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Howard Kendall

April 1985: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Howard Kendall

February 1986: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Howard Kendall

December 1986: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Howard Kendall

Premier League Manager of the Month Award

January 1998: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Howard Kendall

September 1999: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Walter Smith

November 2003: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 David Moyes

September 2004: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 David Moyes

January 2006: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 David Moyes

February 2008: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 David Moyes

February 2009: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 David Moyes

January 2010: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 David Moyes

March 2010: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 David Moyes

October 2010: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 David Moyes

September 2012: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 David Moyes

March 2013: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 David Moyes

September 2020: 🇮🇹 Carlo Ancelotti

April 2024: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sean Dyche

Player Awards
European Footballer of the Year (Ballon d'Or)

1986: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gary Lineker (2nd)

African Footballer of the Year

1994: 🇳🇬 Daniel Amokachi (3rd)

1995: 🇳🇬 Daniel Amokachi (3rd)

Oceania Footballer of the Year

2004: 🇦🇺 Tim Cahill (Winner)

Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year

1985: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Neville Southall

1986: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gary Lineker

PFA Players' Player of the Year

1985: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Reid

1986: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gary Lineker

PFA Merit Award

1977: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Jack Taylor

1982: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joe Mercer

1986: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alan Ball (As 1966 England World Cup Squad)

1986: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ray Wilson (As 1966 England World Cup Squad)

1994: Billy Bingham

1997: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Beardsley

Premier League Player of the Month Award

February 1995: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Duncan Ferguson

April 1996: 🇷🇺 Andrei Kanchelskis

April 1999: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kevin Campbell

September 2006: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andy Johnson

February 2009: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Phil Jagielka

April 2012: 🇭🇷 Nikica Jelavić

November 2012: 🇧🇪 Marouane Fellaini

March 2017: 🇧🇪 Romelu Lukaku

September 2020: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dominic Calvert-Lewin

BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year Award

1995: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Neville Southall

BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year Award 2003: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wayne Rooney

U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year 2008: 🇺🇸 Tim Howard 2014: 🇺🇸 Tim Howard

Icelandic Footballer of the Year 2017: 🇮🇸 Gylfi Sigurðsson 2018: 🇮🇸 Gylfi Sigurðsson 2019: 🇮🇸 Gylfi Sigurðsson

Wins

 * Most League wins in a season – 29 in 42 matches, First Division, 1969–70
 * Fewest League wins in a season – 8 in 38 matches, Premier League, 2022–23

Defeats

 * Most League defeats in a season – 22 in 42 matches, FA Premier League, 1993–94
 * Fewest League defeats in a season – 1 in 22 matches, First Division, 1890–91

Goals

 * Most League goals scored in a season – 121 in 42 matches, Second Division, 1930–31
 * Fewest League goals scored in a season – 34 in 38 matches, Premier League, 2005–06 and 34 in 38 matches, Premier League, 2022–23
 * Most League goals conceded in a season – 92 in 42 matches, First Division, 1929–30
 * Fewest League goals conceded in a season – 27 in 40 matches, First Division, 1987–88

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

Firsts

 * First FA Cup match – v. Bolton Wanderers, First round, 12 November 1887 (drew 0–0)
 * First League match – v. Accrington, First Division, 8 September 1888 (won 2–1)
 * First match at Goodison Park – v. Bolton Wanderers, 2 September 1892 (won 4–2)
 * First League match at Goodison Park - v. Nottingham Forest, 3 September 1892 (drew 2-2)
 * First European match – v. Dunfermline Athletic, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, 25 September 1962 (won 1–0)
 * First League Cup match – v. Accrington Stanley, First round, 12 October 1960 (won 3–1)

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)
 * 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

 * Record League Defeat: 0–7 v Sunderland, Football League Div 1, 26 December 1934; v Wolverhampton Wanderers, Football League Div 1, 22 February 1939; v Arsenal, Premier League, 11 May 2005
 * Record FA Cup Defeat: 0–6 v Crystal Palace, FA Cup, 1st Round, 7 January 1922

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
 * Lowest FA Cup Attendance 15,293 v Wimbledon, FA Cup, 3rd Round Replay, 12 January 1993
 * Lowest League Cup Attendance 7,415 v Wrexham, League Cup, 2nd Round, 2nd Leg, 9 October 1990

National records
Source:
 * 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.
 * They have scored and conceded more top flight goals than any other club.
 * Everton have both drawn and lost more top flight matches than any other side.
 * 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.

Continental records
Source:
 * 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