List of Dundee United F.C. records and statistics explained
This page details Dundee United records.
Player records
Appearances
All-time appearances
As of 1 January 2007 (Competitive matches only, includes appearances as substitute):
| Name | Games | Goals |
|---|
| 1 | | 865 | 35 |
| 2 | | 826 | 26 |
| 3 | | 704 | 83 |
| 4 | | 677 | 3 |
| 5 | | 604 | 26 |
| 6 | | 571 | 170 |
| 7 | | 454 | 114 |
| 8 | | 440 | 108 |
| 9 | | 429 | 37 |
| 10 | | 424 | 12 |
| 11 | | 403 | 24 |
| 12 | | 394 | 69 |
| 12 | | 394 | 9 |
| 14 | | 391 | 22 |
| 15 | | 385 | 31 |
| 16 | | 356 | 150 |
| 17 | | 327 | 37 |
| 18 | | 326 | 36 |
| 19 | | 301 | 127 |
| 20 | | 288 | 20 |
| 21 | | 286 | 73 | |
Goalscorers
All-time goalscorers
As of 1 January 2007 (Competitive matches only, includes appearances as substitute):
| Name | Goals | Games | Average |
|---|
| 1 | | 201 | - | - |
| 2 | | 170 | 571 | 0.30 |
| 3 | | 150 | 356 | 0.45 |
| 4 | | 127 | 301 | 0.42 |
| 5 | | 114 | 454 | 0.25 |
| 6 | | 108 | 440 | 0.25 |
| 7 | | 85 | 81 | 1.05 |
| 8 | | 83 | 704 | 0.12 |
| 9 | | 80 | 92 | 0.87 |
| 10 | | 76 | 115 | 0.66 | |
Club records
Scores
Goals
- Most league goals: 108 during 1935–36 in Division Two (3.2 per match)
- Fewest league goals: 21 during 1911–12 in Division Two (0.95 per match)
- Fastest goals: Finn Dossing, after 14 seconds into the Division One match against Hamilton Academical at Tannadice on 16 October 1965 and Johnny Russell, also after 14 seconds in a Scottish Cup tie against Rangers at Tannadice on 2 February 2013.
- Most goals in one match: Albert Juliussen, with six of United's seven in a North Eastern League Cup match against St Bernard's on 15 November 1941
- Several players have scored five:
- Collie Martin in a Scottish Football League Division Two match in December 1914
- Tim Williamson in a Scottish Cup match in January 1931
- Willie Ouchterlonie in Division Two matches in November and December 1933
- Willie Black in the same competition in March 1939
- Paul Sturrock scored all five in a 5 - 0 Premier Division win against Morton in November 1984.
Wins
- Most consecutive wins: 11 during the last 6 matches of 1982–83 and the first five of the 1983–84
- Most league wins in a season: 24 from 36 games (1928–29 and 1982–83)
Attendances
Transfers
Record transfers as of 1 August 2008 (figures based on press reports). Where some records have been equalled, only the first instance is shown.
Bought
The current record signing is former Scotland international Steven Pressley, who was signed from Coventry City in July 1995 for £750,000.
| Year | Player | From | Fee | 2006 |
|---|
| 1959 | | | £3,000 | £48,390 |
| 1968 | | | £10,000 | £125,200 |
| 1974 | | | £27,500 | £229,075 |
| 1975 | | | £40,000 | £287,200 |
| 1977 | | | £60,000 | £297,600 |
| 1979 | | | £100,000 | £395,000 |
| 1979 | | | £165,000 | £651,750 |
| 1988 | | | £200,000 | £386,000 |
| 1989 | | | £350,000 | £644,000 |
| 1993 | | | £600,000 | £852,000 |
| 1995 | | | £750,000 | £1,027,500 | |
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20081208045249/http://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/index.asp?pg=302Sold
The current record sale is former Scotland international Duncan Ferguson, who was sold to Rangers in July 1993 for £4,000,000.
| Year | Player | To | Fee | 2013 |
|---|
| 1925 | | | £1,000 | £51,456 |
| 1927 | | | £1,250 | £66,437 |
| 1929 | | | £4,050 | £218,135 |
| 1957 | | | £8,000 | £163,430 |
| 1961 | | | £30,000 | £566,352 |
| 1970 | | | £50,000 | £655,420 |
| 1975 | | | £100,000 | £711,120 |
| 1979 | | | £400,000 | £1,716,840 |
| 1986 | | | £750,000 | £1,863,075 |
| 1990 | | | £950,000 | £1,829,035 |
| 1993 | | | £4,000,000 | £6,902,000 | |
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20081208045249/http://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/index.asp?pg=302References
- Web site: SPL - All Time Records. Scottish Premier League. 26 September 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20051102083842/http://www.scotprem.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Records/0,,10002,00.html. 2 November 2005. dead.
