Leicester City F.C. statistics
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[edit] Honours
- Runners-up 1928-29
- Champions 1924-25, 1936-37, 1953-54, 1956-57, 1970-71, 1979-80
- Runners-up 1907-08, 2002-03 (as Football League First Division)
- Winners 1971-72
[edit] Players
- Most appearances - all players with 400 or more appearances
Name | Period | Games | Goals | |
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1 | Graham Cross | 1961-1975 | 599 | 37 |
2 | Sep Smith | 1929-1949 | 586 | 85 |
3 | Adam Black | 1920-1935 | 557 | 4 |
4= | Hugh Adcock | 1923-1935 | 460 | 52 |
4= | Mark Wallington | 1972-1985 | 460 | 0 |
6 | Willie Frame | 1933-1950 | 459 | 0 |
7 | Steve Walsh | 1986-2000 | 449 | 62 |
8 | Arthur Chandler | 1932-1935 | 419 | 273 |
9 | John Sjoberg | 1958-1973 | 413 | 19 |
10 | Steve Whitworth | 1969-1979 | 400 | 1 |
- Youngest first-team player - Ashley Chambers, 15 years 203 days (v Blackpool, 15 September 2005)
- Oldest first-team player - Joe Calvert, 40 years 313 days (v Southampton, 13 December 1947)
- Oldest debutant - Les Ferdinand, 36 years 265 days (v Southampton, 16 August 2003)
- Longest first-team career - Sep Smith (19 years 249 days, 1929-1949)
- Most consecutive first-team appearances - Mark Wallington (331, 1975-1982)
- First Leicester players to receive an international cap - Dick Jones and Alf Watkins (both for Wales v Scotland, 19 March 1898)
- First Leicester player to receive an international cap for England Horace Bailey (v Wales, 16 March 1908)
- Most international caps received while at Leicester - John O'Neill (39 caps for Northern Ireland, 1980-86)
- Most international caps for England received while at Leicester - Gordon Banks (37 caps, 1963-1967)
- Highest transfer fee paid - £5 million (to Wolverhampton Wanderers for Ade Akinbiyi, 2000)
- Highest transfer fee received - £11 million (from Liverpool for Emile Heskey, 2000)
[edit] Goals
- Most goals scored- all players with more than 100 goals scored
Name | Goals | Games | Average | |
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1 | Arthur Chandler | 273 | 419 | 0.65 |
2 | Arthur Rowley | 265 | 321 | 0.83 |
3 | Ernie Hine | 156 | 259 | 0.6 |
4 | Derek Hines | 117 | 317 | 0.37 |
5 | Arthur Lochhead | 114 | 320 | 0.36 |
6 | George Dewis | 113 | 203 | 0.56 |
7 | Gary Lineker | 103 | 209 | 0.49 |
- Most goals scored in one game - 6 by John Duncan (v Port Vale, 25 December 1924) and Arthur Chandler (v Portsmouth, 20 October 1928)
- Most goals scored in a season - 44 by Arthur Rowley (1956/57)
- Youngest goalscorer - David Buchanan, 16 years 192 days (v Oldham Athletic, 1 January 1979)
- Oldest goalscorer - Arthur Chandler, 39 years 32 days (v Wolverhampton Wanderers, 29 December 1934)
- Quickest goal - 9 seconds by Matty Fryatt (v Preston North End, 15 April 2006)
[edit] Matches
- Biggest win - 13-0 (v Notts Olympic, 13 October 1894)
- Biggest league win - 10-0 (v Portsmouth, 20 October 1928)
- Biggest cup win - 8-1 (v Coventry City, League Cup Quarter-final, 1 December 1964)
- Biggest defeat - 0-12 (v Nottingham Forest, 21 April, 1909)
- Biggest cup defeat - 1-7 (v Sheffield Wednesday, League Cup 3rd Round, 27 October 1992)
- Highest scoring draw - 6-6 (v Arsenal, 1930)
- Most consecutive wins - 7 (on four occasions)
- Most consecutive defeats - 8 (from March-May 2001)
- Most consecutive draws - 6 (on three occasions)
[edit] Team
- Most league goals scored in a season - 109 (from 42 games, Second Division, 1956-57)
- Fewest league goals scored in a season - 26 (from 42 games, First Division (old), 1977-78)
- Most league wins in a season - 26 (from 46 games, First Division (new), 2002-03)
- Fewest league wins in a season - 5 (from 42 games, First Division (old), 1977-78) and from 38 games, Premier League, 2001-02)
- Most league defeats in a season - 25 (from 42 games, First Division (old), 1977-78) and from 42 games, Premier League 1994-95)
- Fewest league defeats in a season - 6 (on 3 occasions)
- Most league draws in a season - 21 (from 46 games, Championship , 2004-05)
- Fewest league draws in a season - 4 (on 5 occasions)
- Most league points in a season (2 pts for a win) - 61 (from 42 games, Second Division, 1956-57)
- Most league points in a season (3 pts for a win) - 92 (from 46 games, Championship, 2002-02)
- Fewest league points in a season (2 pts for a win) - 22 (from 34 games, Second Division, 1903-04 and from 42 games, First Division (old), 1977-78)
- Fewest league points in a season (3 pts for a win) - 28 (from 38 games, Premier League, 2001-02
[edit] Attendance
- Biggest attendence - 47,298 v Tottenham Hotspur (FA Cup 5th round, 18 February 1928)
- Biggest league attendence - 42,486 (v Arsenal, 1954)
- Biggest attendence at the Walkers Stadium - 32,148 (v Newcastle United, 26 December 2003)
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