List of Liverpool F.C. records and statistics explained

Liverpool Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside, who currently play in the Premier League. They have played at their current home ground, Anfield, since their foundation in 1892. Liverpool joined the Football League in 1894, and were founding members of the Premier League in 1992.

This list encompasses the major honours won by Liverpool, records set by the club, their managers and their players. The player records section includes details of the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made most appearances in first-team competitions. It also records notable achievements by Liverpool players on the international stage, and the highest transfer fees paid and received by the club. Attendance records at Anfield are also included in the list.

The club have won 19 top-flight titles, and also hold the record for the most European Cup victories by an English team, winning the competition six times. The club's record appearance maker is Ian Callaghan, who made 857 appearances between 1958 and 1978. Ian Rush is the club's record goalscorer, scoring 346 goals in total.

All statistics are correct as of 25 May 2024.

Honours

Liverpool have won honours both domestically and in European cup competitions.[1] They have won the English top league 19 times and the League Cup a record ten times. In their first season, 1892 - 93, they won the Lancashire League title and the Liverpool District Cup,[2] and their most recent success came in 2024, when they won their tenth League Cup title.

Honour!scope=col
No.scope=colYears
scope=rowFootball League First Division/Premier League191900–01, 1905–06, <---->1921–22, 1922–23, 1946–47, <---->1963–64, 1965–66, 1972–73, <---->1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, <---->1979–80, 1981–82, 1982–83, <---->1983–84, 1985–86, 1987–88, <
scope=rowFootball League Second Division41893–94, 1895–96, 1904–05, 1961–62
scope=rowFA Cup81965, 1974, 1986, 1989, 1992, 2001, 2006, 2022
scope=rowLeague Cup101981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1995, 2001, 2003, 2012, 2022, 2024
scope=rowFA Community/Charity Shield161964
scope=rowFootball League Super Cup11985–86
scope=rowEuropean Cup/UEFA Champions League61977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 2005, 2019
scope=rowUEFA Cup31973, 1976, 2001
scope=rowEuropean/UEFA Super Cup41977, 2001, 2005, 2019
scope=rowFIFA Club World Cup12019

Player records

Appearances

Most appearances

Competitive, professional matches only, appearances as substitute in brackets.[8]

Rank!scope=col width="150px"
Playerscope=col width="100px"Yearsscope=col width="100px"Leaguescope=col width="100px"FA Cupscope=col width="100px"League Cupscope=col width="100px"Otherscope=col width="100px"Total
1scope=row style="text-align:left;"
2scope=row style="text-align:left;"1996–2013
3scope=row style="text-align:left;"1998–2015
4scope=row style="text-align:left;"1967–1981
scope=row style="text-align:left;"1967–1979
6scope=row style="text-align:left;"1980–1987
1988–1996
7scope=row style="text-align:left;"1974–1985
8scope=row style="text-align:left;"1962–1978
9scope=row style="text-align:left;"1980–1994
10scope=row style="text-align:left;"1977–1991

Goalscorers

Top goalscorers

Competitive, professional matches only. Matches played (including as a substitute) appear in brackets.[25]

Rank!scope=col width="150px"
Playerscope=col width="100px"Yearsscope=col width="100px"Leaguescope=col width="100px"FA Cupscope=col width="100px"League Cupscope=col width="100px"Otherscope=col width="100px"Total
1scope=row
1988–1996
2scope=row1958–1969
3scope=row1925–1936
4scope=row1938–1961
5scope=row 2017–present
6scope=row1998–2015
7scope=row1993–2001
2006–2007
8scope=row1977–1990
9scope=row1996–2004
10scope=row1915–1928

International

FIFA World Cup

UEFA European Championship

Copa America

Africa Cup of Nations

OFC Nations Cup

Transfers

For consistency, fees in the record transfer tables below are all sourced from BBC Sport's contemporary reports of each transfer.

Record transfer fees paid

Record transfer fees paid by Liverpool F.C.
scope=colRankscope=colPlayerscope=colFromscope=colFeescope=colDatescope=colRef.
1scope=row Virgil van Dijk Southampton£75 million1 January 2018[28]
2scope=row Alisson Roma£66.8 million19 July 2018[29]
3scope=row Darwin Núñez Benfica£64 million14 June 2022[30]
4scope=row Dominik Szoboszlai RB Leipzig£60 million2 July 2023[31]
5scope=row Naby Keïta£45 million1 July 2018[32]

Record transfer fees received

Record transfer fees received by Liverpool F.C.
scope=colRankscope=colPlayerscope=colToscope=colFeescope=colDatescope=colRef.
1scope=row Philippe Coutinho Barcelona£105 million6 January 2018 [33]
2scope=row Luis Suárez£75 million11 July 2014[34]
3scope=row Fernando Torres Chelsea£50 million31 January 2011[35]
4scope=row Raheem Sterling Manchester City£49 million20 July 2015[36]
5scope=row Fabinho Al-Ittihad£40 million31 July 2023[37]
6scope=row Xabi Alonso Real Madrid£30 million5 August 2009[38]
7scope=row Sadio Mané Bayern Munich£27.5 million22 June 2022[39]
8scope=row Christian Benteke Crystal Palace£27 million20 August 2016[40]
9scope=row Mamadou Sakho£26 million1 September 2017[41]
10scope=row Rhian Brewster Sheffield United£23.5 million2 October 2020[42]

Managerial records

See main article: List of Liverpool F.C. managers.

Club records

Matches

Firsts

Wins

38 games: 32 wins (in the 2019–20 season)[48]

Defeats

Record consecutive results

Goals

Points

Two points for a win: 68 (in 42 games in 1978–79, First Division)

Three points for a win: 99 points in 38 games in 2019–20, Premier League)

Two points for a win: 22 (in 30 games in 1894–95, First Division)

Three points for a win: 52 (in 38 games in 2011–12, Premier League)[64]

Attendances

An attendance of 95,446 was recorded for Liverpool's pre-season friendly against Melbourne Victory in July 2013 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia; the largest ever crowd for a football match in Victoria at the time, as well as the highest in Liverpool's history[69] In July 2018, Liverpool bested this attendance with a 101,254 strong crowd at Michigan Stadium in a game against Manchester United in the 2018 International Champions Cup[70]

European statistics

See main article: Liverpool F.C. in international football.

References

General

Specific

Bibliography

Notes and References

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