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Clubs: Chelsea, AC Milan, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United Appearances: 584 Goals: 382 Honours: FA Cup (2) Cup Winners Cup (1) World Cup (1) The consummate goal-scorer. His feat of finishing top goal-scorer for 6 consecutive seasons remains a record.
Clubs: Tranmere, Everton, Notts County Appearances: 445 Goals: 389 Honours: Football League Division 1 (2), FA Cup (1), Football League Division 2 (1) Legendary Everton striker. His haul of 60 goals in the 1927/28 season is unlikely to ever be beaten.
Clubs: Middlesbrough, Sunderland Appearances: 274 Goals: 251 Honours: None (as a player) One of the best strikers around before his playing career was cut sort by injury. He has a better goals-to-games ratio than anyone on this list.
Clubs: Southampton, Blackburn, Newcastle Appearances: 559 Goals: 283 Honours: Premier League (1) Powerful and imposing striker, good in the air and with a strong shot. The Premier League's all-time top scorer.
Clubs: Queen of the South, Airdrieonians, Newcastle United, Chelsea, Derby County, Notts County, Grimsby, Gateshead Appearances: 554 Goals: 406 Honours: Football League Division 1 (1) Intelligent, skilful striker, who despite his small sature was incredibly brave. Considered by many to be Newcastle's greatest ever player.
Clubs: Southampton, Arsenal Appearances: 238 Goals: 171 Honours: Football League Division 1 (2) FA Cup (1) A quick centre-forward with a fierce shot, he holds the Arsenal record for most league goals in a season (42).
Clubs: Leicester, Everton, Barcelona, Spurs, Nagoya Grampus Eight Appearances: 466 Goals: 243 Honours: FA Cup (1), Cup Winners Cup (1), Copa del Rey (1) Football League Division 2 (1) A clinical finisher who was top-scorer at the 1986 World Cup. One of England's best strikers at international level. Never booked during his career.
Clubs: Liverpool, Aston Villa, Leeds United Appearances: 468 Goals: 295 Honours: None South African born striker who was incredibly prolific for Liverpool, and still holds the Reds record for most hat-tricks (17).
Clubs: Blackpool, Hull City, Southport, Bath City Appearances: 459 Goals: 277 Honours: FA Cup (1) A prolific scorer at club and international level. The only man to have scored a hat-trick in an FA Cup final.
Clubs: Newcastle United, Linfield Appearances: 407 Goals: 245 Honours: FA Cup (3) "Wor Jackie" enjoys near god-like status on Tyneside. Originally a winger, he was converted to a productive centre-forward, and was central to Newcastle's great 50's side.
Clubs: Den Bosch, Heerenveen, PSV, Man United, Real Madrid, Hamburg Appearances: 396 Goals: 238 Honours: Premier League (1) FA Cup (1), League Cup (1), La Liga (2), Dutch Eredivisie (2) The Dutchman has scored goals wherever he's played and is the second highest scorer in Champions League history.
Clubs: Burnley, Everton, Chelsea, Notts County, Brentford, Arsenal Appearances: 390 Goals: 231 Honours: Football League Division 1 (1) Dixie Dean's replacement at Everton, Lawton responded with an even better goals-to-games ratio than the great man.
Clubs: Derby County, Middlesbrough Appearances: 598 Goals: 352 Honours: Football League Division 2 (1) Slightly built, but with a powerful and accurate shot, only Greaves and Dixie Dean have scored more.
Clubs: Bolton Wanderers Appearances: 452 Goals: 255 Honours: FA Cup (1) Nicknamed 'The Lion of Vienna' after a particularly brilliant individual performance against Austria, Lofthouse scored 30 goals in 33 international appearances.
Clubs: Liverpool, Bolton Wanderers Appearances: 480 Goals: 269 Honours: Football League Division 1 (2), FA Cup (1), Football League Division 2 (1), World Cup (1) An outstanding striker, who is Liverpool's all-time top scorer, and also holds their record for most goals in a season (41).
Clubs: Monaco, Juventus, Arsenal, Barcelona Appearances: 455 Goals: 232 Honours: Premier League (2), FA Cup (3), La Liga (2), Copa del Rey (1), Ligue 1, UEFA Champions League (1), World Cup (1), European Championship (1) Signed by Arsenal as a winger, converted to a striker, and never looked back. Arsenal's all-time record goalscorer, one of the best strikers of the Premier League era.
Clubs: Sunderland, Arsenal Appearances: 472 Goals: 258 Honours: Football League Division 1 (1) A tall, elegant centre-forward, and the best striker of the era. Buchan excelled who at both Arsenal and Sunderland. He was also a shrewd tactician who along with Herbert Chapman, devised the 'WM' formation at Arsenal.
Clubs: Huddersfield, Manchester City, Torino, Manchester United Appearances: 485 Goals: 227 Honours: Football League Division 1 (2), FA Cup (1) A member of United's famed Best-Charlton-Law axis, the 'Lawman' was a natural finisher who scored 237 goals in 440 appearances for the Red Devils.
Clubs: Plymouth Argyle, Bolton Wanderers, Arsenal Appearances: 521 Goals: 267 Honours: Football League Division 1 (3), FA Cup (3) Became the world's first 10, 000 pound player when he moved from Bolton to Arsenal. He re-paid the Gunners with 113 league goals in 181 appearances.
Clubs: Chester, Liverpool, Juventus, Liverpool, Leeds, Newcastle, Sheffield United, Wrexham Appearances: 602 Goals: 265 Honours: Football League Division 1 (5), FA Cup (3), League Cup (5), European Cup (1) Liverpool's all-time record scorer, he also holds the record for most FA Cup goals and most League Cup goals. Submit your own "Best Strikers" List.No-one said you have to agree with us! Here's your chance to comment on our selections, or submit a list of your own. Other Visitors ContributionsClick below to see what other visitors have added...
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1. Jimmy Greaves
2. Dixie Dean
3. Brian Clough
4. Alan Shearer
5. Hughie Gallacher
6. Ted Drake
7. Gary Lineker
8. Gordon Hodgson
9. Stan Mortensen
10. Jackie Milburn
11. Ruud van Nistlerooy
12. Tommy Lawton
13. Steve Bloomer
14. Nat Lofthouse
15. Roger Hunt
16. Thierry Henry
17. Charlie Buchan
18. Denis Law
19. David Jack
20. Ian Rush
