List of Tottenham Hotspur F.C. records and statistics

This article contains records and statistics for the English professional football club, Tottenham Hotspur.

Club records

Record wins

• Record win: 13–2 v Crewe Alexandra, FA Cup, 3 February 1960^[1]
• Record league victory: 9–0 v Bristol Rovers, Division 2, 22 October 1977^[2][3] Most goals: 10–4 v Everton, 11 October 1958.^[4]
• Record cup victory: 13–2 v Crewe Alexandra, FA Cup, 3 February 1960^[1]
• Record home win: 13–2 v Crewe Alexandra, FA Cup, 3 February 1960
• Record away win: 6–0 v Oldham Athletic, FA Cup, 14 January 1933, 6–0 v Margate FA Cup, 13 January 1973, 6–0 v Oldham Athletic, Football League Cup, 23 September 2004, 6–0 v Drogheda, UEFA Cup, 14 September 1983
• Record league away win: 6–1 v Stoke City, Division 1, 15 September 1951, 6–1 v West Ham United, Division 1, 25 August 1962, 5–0 v Millwall, Division 1, 29 April 1989
• Record UEFA Cup win: 9–0 v Keflavík (Iceland) 28 Sep 1971 (aggregate 15–1, including 1–6 win away on 14 Sep 1971)^[5]

Record defeats

• Record defeat: 0–8 v FC Köln, UEFA Intertoto Cup, 22 July 1995
• Record league defeat:

2–8 v Derby County, Division 1, 16 October 1976

0–7 v Liverpool, Division 1, 2 September 1978

• Record cup defeat: 1-6 v Newcastle United, FA Cup 3rd Round Replay, 23 December 1999
• Record home defeat: 0–6^[6]

v Sunderland, Division 1, 19 December 1914

v Arsenal, Division 1, 6 March 1935

• Record away defeat: 0–7 v Liverpool, Division 1, 2 September 1978

Additional records

• Record attendance: 75,038 v Sunderland, FA Cup, 5 March 1938
• Most league points (under 2 for a win system): 70, Division 2, 1919–20
• Most league points (under 3 for a win system): 77, Division 1, 1984–85
• Most league goals: 115, Division 1, 1960–61
• Most goals in total: 266 Jimmy Greaves, 1961–70^[7]
• Most league goals in total: 220 Jimmy Greaves, 1961–70
• Most goals in a season: 49 Clive Allen, 1986–87
• Most league appearances: 655 Steve Perryman, 1969–1986^[8]
• Most appearances: 854 Steve Perryman, 1969–1986^[9]
• Youngest first team player: John Bostock, 16 years, 295 days against Dinamo Zagreb, 6 November 2008
• Oldest first team player: Brad Friedel, 42 years, 104 days against FC Dinamo Tbilisi (H), 29 August 2013
• Transfer record (received): £85.3 million from Real Madrid for Gareth Bale, September 2013^[10]
• Transfer record (paid): £30 million to Roma, for Eric Lamela, August 2013.^[11]

London derbies best attendances

- Arsenal:

• Tottenham 3 - 1 Arsenal, 77.893, 14 April 1991, FA Cup, Wembley
• Tottenham 1 - 4 Arsenal, 69.821, 10 October 1953, English Championship, White Hart Lane
• Arsenal 1 - 1 Tottenham 72.164, 29 September 1951, English Championship, Highbury

- Chelsea:

• Tottenham 2 - 1 Chelsea, 100.000, 20 May 1967, FA Cup, Wembley
• Tottenham 4 - 0 Chelsea, 66.398, 26 February 1957, English Championship, White Hart Lane
• Chelsea 0 - 4 Tottenham, 76.000, 16 October 1920, English Championship, Stamford Bridge

- West Ham:

• Tottenham 1 - 2 West Ham, 50.468, 2 February 1939, FA Cup, Highbury
• Tottenham 3 - 3 West Ham, 69.118, 3 March 1956, FA Cup, White Hart Lane
• West Ham 3 - 3 Tottenham, 42.716, 21 January 1939, FA Cup, Boleyn Ground^[12][13]

National records

• The first club to win the 'Double' of the FA Cup and Top Flight Championship in the 20th Century (1960–61)
• Most consecutive League victories from start of a top flight season: 11 (1960)
• Most victories in a League season: 31 out of 42 games in 1960–61
• Most points in Division 2 season: (2 points for a win): 70 (1919–20)
• The only "non-league" club, since the creation of the Football League in 1888, to have won the FA Cup (1901)
• The first club to win the League Cup at the New Wembley (2007–08)
• Fastest ever Premier League goal scored: 9.7 seconds by Ledley King against Bradford City in 2000
• First team to concede 1,000 goals in the Premier League^[14][15]
• Most goals scored in a Premier League game: 9 (joint record)
• Most prolific goal scorers out of any English team in European football competition, scoring an average 2.1 goals per game

British records

• The first British club to win a major European competition - European Cup Winners Cup (1963)^[16]
• The first British club to win two different European Trophies - European Cup Winners Cup and UEFA Cup.
• British record of eight consecutive victories in major European competition
• Most matches played in the UEFA Cup/ Europa League by a British club
• Least amount of top flight games played by a Premier League club in one season (40 games - eliminated 2nd round of League Cup by Grimsby Town & 3rd round of FA Cup by Leicester City 2005-2006 season

European records

• The first ever English club to win the UEFA Cup (1972)
• The first team to score two or more goals in every UEFA Champions League group game (2010–11)^[17]

Premiership record

For results from all of Tottenham Hotspur's seasons, see List of Tottenham Hotspur F.C. seasons

Tottenham has been a member of the Premier League since its creation in 1992–93. Tottenham's best finish was fourth in the 2009–10 and 2011–12 seasons, which put the club into the UEFA Champions League qualifying stages for the 2010-11 season only.

Season	Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
2013–14	6	38	21	6	11	55	51	69
2012–13	5	38	21	9	8	66	46	72
2011–12	4	38	20	9	9	66	41	69
2010–11	5	38	16	14	8	55	46	62
2009–10	4	38	21	7	10	67	41	70
2008–09	8	38	14	9	15	45	45	51
2007–08	11	38	11	13	14	66	61	46
2006–07	5	38	17	9	12	57	54	60
2005–06	5	38	18	11	9	53	38	65
2004–05	9	38	14	10	14	47	41	52
2003–04	14	38	13	6	19	47	57	45
2002–03	10	38	14	8	16	51	62	50
2001–02	9	38	14	8	16	49	53	50
2000–01	12	38	13	10	15	47	54	49
1999–00	10	38	15	8	15	57	49	53
1998–99	11	38	11	14	13	47	50	47
1997–98	14	38	11	11	16	44	56	44
1996–97	10	38	13	7	18	44	51	46
1995–96	8	38	16	13	9	50	38	61
1994–95	7	42	16	14	12	66	58	62
1993–94	15	42	11	12	19	54	59	45
1992–93	8	42	16	11	15	60	66	59

Pos = Position; P = Played; W = Won; D = Drawn; L = Lost; F = Goals For; A = Goals Against; Pts = Points; * = Season Not Yet Finished;

Top scorers by season

• Correct, as of 19 April, 2015

Season	Player	Total Goals	Domestic League	Domestic Cup	Europe
2014–15	Harry Kane	30	20	3	7
2013–14	Emmanuel Adebayor	14	11	1	2
2012–13	Gareth Bale	26	21	2	3
2011–12	Emmanuel Adebayor	18	17	1	0
2010–11	Rafael van der Vaart	15	13	0	2
2009–10	Jermain Defoe	24	18	6	0
2008–09	Darren Bent	17	12	1	4
2007–08	Dimitar Berbatov	23	15	3	5
	Robbie Keane	23	15	4	4
2006–07	Dimitar Berbatov	23	12	4	7
2005–06	Robbie Keane	16	16	0	0
2004–05	Jermain Defoe	22	13	9	0
2003–04	Robbie Keane	16	14	2	0
2002–03	Teddy Sheringham	13	12	1	0
	Robbie Keane	13	13	0	0
2001–02	Gustavo Poyet	14	10	4	0
2000–01	Sergei Rebrov	12	9	3	0
1999–00	Steffen Iversen	17	14	2	1
1998–99	Steffen Iversen	13	9	4	0
1997–98	Jürgen Klinsmann	9	9	0	0
	David Ginola	9	6	3	0
1996–97	Teddy Sheringham	8	7	1	0
1995–96	Teddy Sheringham	24	16	8	0
1994–95	Jürgen Klinsmann	29	20	9	0
1993–94	Teddy Sheringham	16	14	2	0
1992–93	Teddy Sheringham	28	21	7	0
1991–92	Gary Lineker	35	28	5	2
1990–91	Gary Lineker	19	15	4	0
	Paul Gascoigne	19	7	12	0
1989–90	Gary Lineker	26	24	2	0
1988–89	Chris Waddle	14	14	0	0
1987–88	Clive Allen	13	11	2	0
1986–87	Clive Allen	49	33	16	0
1985–86	Mark Falco	21	19	2	0
1984–85	Mark Falco	29	22	3	4
1983–84	Steve Archibald	28	21	2	5
1982–83	Steve Archibald	15	11	2	2
	Garth Crooks	15	8	4	3
1981–82	Garth Crooks	18	13	3	2
1980–81	Steve Archibald	25	20	5	0
1979–80	Glenn Hoddle	22	19	3	0
1978–79	Peter Taylor	12	11	1	0
1977–78	John Duncan	20	16	4	0
1976–77	Chris Jones	9	9	0	0
1975–76	John Duncan	25	20	5	0
1974–75	John Duncan	12	12	0	0
1973–74	Martin Chivers	23	17	0	6
1972–73	Martin Chivers	33	17	8	8
1971–72	Martin Chivers	42	25	9	8
1970–71	Martin Chivers	29	22	7	0

Top 10 all-time scorers

No.	Player	Club Appearances	Total Goals	Domestic League	Domestic Cup	Europe	Goals Per Game
1.	Jimmy Greaves	379	266	220	37	9	0.70
2.	Bobby Smith	317	208	176	22	10	0.66
3.	Martin Chivers	367	174	118	34	22	0.47
4.	Cliff Jones	378	159	135	17	7	0.42
5.	Jermain Defoe	363	143	91	29	23	0.39
6.	George Hunt	198	138	125	13	0	0.70
7.	Len Duquemin	307	134	114	20	0	0.44
8.	Alan Gilzean	439	133	93	27	13	0.30
9.	Teddy Sheringham	277	124	97	27	0	0.45
10.	Robbie Keane	303	122	91	22	9	0.40

Players in bold are currently contracted to Tottenham Hotspur.
Statistics correct as of 9 February 2014

Top European competition scorers

For an in-depth review of Tottenham Hotspur in European Competition, see Tottenham Hotspur F.C. in European football

Player	Appearances	Goals	Goals per game
Jermain Defoe	35	23	0.66
Martin Chivers	32	22	0.69
Mark Falco	25	13	0.52
Alan Gilzean	28	13	0.46
Martin Peters	32	13	0.40
Dimitar Berbatov	16	12	0.75
Bobby Smith	14	10	0.71
Jimmy Greaves	14	9	0.64
Garth Crooks	16	9	0.56
Robbie Keane	19	9	0.47
Ralph Coates	26	9	0.35
Terry Dyson	9	8	0.88
Harry Kane	19	8	0.38
Gareth Bale	31	8	0.27
Peter Crouch	10	7	0.70
Cliff Jones	19	7	0.36
Steve Archibald	22	7	0.31
Roberto Soldado	11	6	0.53
Darren Bent	13	6	0.46
Roman Pavlyuchenko	14	6	0.42
John White	17	6	0.35
Tony Galvin	25	6	0.24
Chris McGrath	8	5	0.62
Emmanuel Adebayor	9	5	0.60
Dave Mackay	17	5	0.29
Graham Roberts	26	5	0.19

Players in bold are currently contracted to Tottenham Hotspur.
Statistics correct as of 6 November 2014.

Transfers

Highest transfer fees paid

	Name	From	Fee	Date
1	Erik Lamela	Roma	£30M	2013
2	Roberto Soldado	Valencia	£26M	2013
3	Paulinho	Corinthians	£17M	2013
4	Luka Modric	Dinamo Zagreb	£16.5M	2008
5	Darren Bent	Charlton Athletic	£16.5M	2007
6	Mousa Dembele	Fulham	£15M	2012
7	Jermain Defoe	Portsmouth	£15M	2009
8	David Bentley	Blackburn Rovers	£15M	2008
9	Roman Pavlyuchenko	Spartak Moscow	£14M	2008
10	Robbie Keane	Liverpool	£12M	2009

Highest transfer fees received

	Name	To	Fee	Date
1	Gareth Bale	Real Madrid	£85.3M	2013
2	Luka Modric	Real Madrid	£33M [18][19]	2012
3	Dimitar Berbatov	Manchester United	£30.75M	2008
4	Robbie Keane	Liverpool	£19M	2008
5	Michael Carrick	Manchester United	£18.6M	2006
6	Darren Bent	Sunderland	£16.5M	2009
7	Peter Crouch	Stoke City	£12M	2011
8	Rafael van der Vaart	Hamburg	£10M	2012
9	Jermain Defoe	Portsmouth	£9M	2008
10	Steven Caulker	Cardiff City	£8M	2013

Rankings

• 3rd highest English all time average attendance figure
• 3rd most successful side in all time FA Cup history with eight wins
• 3rd most successful side in all time League Cup history with four wins and three runners up
• 4th most successful English side in UEFA European competitions by trophies won (3)
• 12th richest club in world as ranked by Forbes
• 15th highest income in world as ranked by accountancy firm Deloitte
• 2nd highest number of players to represent England (72)
• 2nd highest number of goals scored by players representing England (190)
• 14th (joint) in number of English league titles won
• 5th in ranking of all time major honours won by football clubs in England (24)

References

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