List of Burnley F.C. records and statistics

Youngest first-team player in the league: Tommy Lawton – 16 years, 163 days (against Doncaster Rovers, Football League Second Division, 28 March 1936)
Youngest first-team player in Europe: Alex Elder – 19 years, 205 days (against Reims, European Cup, 16 November 1960)
Youngest first-team player in the FA Cup: Tommy Lawton – 16 years, 163 days (against Doncaster Rovers, Football League Second Division, 28 March 1936)
Youngest first-team player in the League Cup: Tommy Lawton – 19 years, 1205 days (against Doncaster Rovers, Football League Second Division, 28 March 1936)
Oldest first-team player in the league: Jerry Dawson – 40 years, 282 days (against Liverpool, Football League First Division, 25 December 1928)
Oldest first-team player in Europe: Jimmy Adamson – 31 years, 345 days (against Hamburg, Football League First Division, 25 December 1928)
Most consecutive league appearances: 203 – Jimmy Strong, 31 August 1946 – 23 March 1951

Most appearances

Competitive, professional matches only

	Name	Years	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Europe	Other	Total
1	Jerry Dawson	1907–1929	522	46	—	—	1	569
2	Alan Stevenson	1972–1983	438	33	36	—	36	543
3	John Angus	1955–1972	439	45	25	10	2	521
4	Jimmy McIlroy	1950–1963	439	50	3	4	1	497
=	Martin Dobson	1967–1974 1979–1984	410	31	34	—	22	497
6	Jimmy Adamson	1950–1964	426	52	3	4	1	486
7	Tommy Cummings	1947–1963	434	38	6	0	1	479
8	Brian Miller	1955–1966	379	50	13	12	1	455
9	Fred Barron	1898–1911	400	23	—	—	—	423
10	Leighton James	1970–1975 1978–1980 1986–1989	336	17	22	—	24	399

Goalscorers

Most goals in a season in all competitions: 36 – Bert Freeman, 1912–13
Most League goals in a season: 35 – George Beel, Division 1, 1927–28
Top League scorer with fewest goals in a season: 5 – Eric Probert, 1970–71
Most goals scored in a match: 6 – Louis Page v Birmingham, 10 April 1926
Goals in consecutive league matches: 7 – Willie Irvine, 30 October 1965 to 11 December 1965 & Charlie Austin (just now)
Most hat-tricks: 10 – George Beel (17 November 1923 – 3 February 1931)

Overall scorers

Competitive, professional matches only

	Name	Years	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Europe	Other	Total
1	George Beel	1923–1932	179	9	—	—	—	188
2	Ray Pointer	1957–1965	118	12	2	0	0	132
3	Jimmy McIlroy	1950–1963	116	13	1	1	0	131
4	Andy Lochhead	1960–1968	101	12	9	6	—	128
5	Louis Page	1925–1931	111	4	—	—	—	115
=	Bert Freeman	1911–1921	103	12	—	—	—	115
7	John Connelly	1956–1964	85	15	2	1	1	104
8	Jimmy Robson	1956–1965	79	14	4	3	0	100
9	Bob Kelly	1913–1925	88	9	—	—	0	97
=	Willie Irvine	1960–1968	78	9	8	2	—	97

Internationals

First international: Jack Yates for England against Ireland (2 March 1889)
Most international caps (total): 66 – Brian Flynn – Wales (34 while with the club)
Most international caps as a Burnley player: 51 – Jimmy McIlroy – Northern Ireland
Most international goals (total): 10
- Leighton James – Wales (3 while with the club)
- Jimmy McIlroy – Northern Ireland (10 while with the club)
Most international goals as a Burnley player: 10 – Jimmy McIlroy – Northern Ireland

Highest transfer fees paid

Burnley's record signing is Steven Fletcher, who signed for the club from Hibernian for £3 million in July 2009. This beat the previous record of £1.2 million, which the club paid Manchester United for Chris Eagles in 2008.

	Player	From	Fee	Date
1	Steven Fletcher	Hibernian	£3 million	July 2009
=	George Boyd	Hull City	£3 million	September 2014
3	André Bikey	Reading	£2.8 million	July 2009
4	Danny Fox	Celtic	£1.8 million	January 2010
5	Leon Cort	Stoke City	£1.5 million	January 2010
6	Chris Eagles	Manchester United	£1.2 million	July 2008
7	Ian Moore	Stockport County	£1 million	November 2000
=	Robbie Blake	Bradford City	£1 million	January 2002
=	Martin Paterson	Scunthorpe United	£1 million	June 2008
10	Steve Davis	Luton Town	£850k	December 1998