Leeds United: 2023/24 Season Stats
Leeds United Top Goal Scorers
This page is dedicated to Leeds' all-time greatest goal scorers in competitive matches. Peter Lorimer is the record goalscorer in the club's history having scored 238 goals. Hotshot remains the only player to exceed 200 goals for the club across two spells.
Gentle Giant John Charles ranks second in the all-time list of goals scored for Leeds United with 157 for the club across two spells. Forward Allan Clarke makes up the top three with 151 goals for Leeds United.
John Charles holds the Leeds United club record for the most goals scored across all competitions in a single season when he converted 43 times in 41 appearances in 1953/54.
Tom Jennings became the first Leeds United player to score 20+ goals in a single season, managed the feat in three consecutive seasons in 1925/26, 1926/27 and 1927/28.
James Milner holds the Leeds United club record of being the youngest ever scorer aged 16 years and 356 days scoring against Sunderland on December 26th 2002 under Terry Venables.
Eddie Burbanks remains the oldest player to have scored for Leeds United aged 40 years, 148 days against Swansea in August 1953. Eddie Burbanks, Jack Charlton, Peter Lorimer and Gordon Strachan remain the only players in Leeds United history to have scored for the club aged 37 years or older.
Preston North End's Willie Cunningham (April 1962) and Sheffield United's Phil Jagielka (April 2021) remain the only players that scored own-goals that benefitted Leeds United aged 37 years or older in the club's history.
Peter Lorimer holds the club record of scoring the most goals in European competitions, netting 30 goals in 75 appearances for Leeds United.
TOP 20 ALL-TIME GOAL SCORERS
TOP 20 PREMIER LEAGUE SCORERS
Below is a comprehensive list of Leeds United's top scorers in both league campaigns and across all competitions each season.
John Charles holds the club record for the most league goals scored in a single season when he netted 42 in 1953/54 and also holds the record for the most goals scored across all competitions (43) in a single season in the same campaign. Arthur Hydes, John Charles and Mark Viduka all share the club record for finishing as Leeds' top scorer in four separate campaigns across all competitions.
John Charles and Jermaine Beckford remain the only Leeds players to have scored 30+ goals in multiple seasons for the club (both twice). Tom Jennings and John Charles (twice) remain the only Leeds players to have scored 30+ league goals in a single campaign for the club. Mark Viduka remains Leeds' highest Premier League scorer in a single season netting 20 goals in 2002/03.