List of West Ham United F.C. records and statistics explained

This article lists records and statistics associated with West Ham United.

Team records

Scoring records

• Biggest victory: 10–0 v Bury, Football League Cup (25 October 1983)^[1]
• Biggest league win: 8–0 v Rotherham United (8 March 1958), and v Sunderland (19 October 1968)
• Biggest defeat: 0–7 v Barnsley (1 September 1919), v Everton (22 October 1927), and v Sheffield Wednesday (28 November 1959)

League sequences

• Wins: 9 (19 October to 4 December 1985)
• Draws: 5 (7 September to 5 October 1968, and 15 October to 1 November 2003)
• Defeats: 9 (28 March to 29 August 1932)

(source:^[2])

Goalscorers

Leading first class goalscorers

Rank	Nat.	Player	West Ham Career	Total Goals
1		Vic Watson	1920–1935	326
2		Geoff Hurst	1959–1972	252
align=center rowspan=2	3		John Dick	1953–1962	166
	Jimmy Ruffell	1921–1937	166
5		Tony Cottee	1983–1988 1994–1996	146
6		Johnny Byrne	1961–1967	107
7		Pop Robson	1970–1974 1976–1979	104
8		Trevor Brooking	1967–1984	102
align=center rowspan=2	9			1953–1963	100
	Martin Peters	1962–1970	100

Other top goalscorers

Rank	Nat.	Player	West Ham Career	First Class Goals	Sth. League Goals	War-time Goals	Total Goals
1		George Foreman		1		187	188
2		Danny Shea	1908–1913 1920–1921	1	121	64	186
3		Billy Grassam	1900–1903 1906–1909		68		68
4		Dick Leafe	1913–1922	7	37		44
5		Harry Stapley	1905–1908		41		41
6		Herbert Ashton	1908–1918		25	11	36
7		George Hilsdon	1904–1905 1912–1915		35		35
8		George Webb	1908–1912		32		32
align=center rowspan=2	9		Fred Blackburn	1905–1913		28		28
	Richard Dunn	1939–1948	2		26	28

Top goalscorers by season

For a list of top scorers by season see List of West Ham United F.C. seasons.

Penalty shoot-outs

Season	Date	Competition	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Score	Ref^[3]
	9 November 2022		Third Round		H	Lost	9–10	^[4]
	27 October 2021		Fourth Round			Won	5–3	^[5]
	23 July 2015		Second Qualifying Round		A	Won	5–3
	13 January 2015		Third Round replay		H	Won	9–8	^[6]
	26 August 2014		Third Round		H	Lost	5–4	^[7]
	13 May 2006		Final			Lost	1–3	^[8]
	13 February 2005		Fourth Round replay			Lost	1–3	^[9]
	1 October 2002		Second Round			Won	5–4	^[10]
	11 September 2001		Second Round			Lost	5–6	^[11]
	17 March 1998		Sixth Round replay			Lost	3–4	^[12]
1997–98	25 February 1998		Fifth Round			Won	5–4
	22 November 1988		Second Round			Lost	2–4
	11 August 1973	Watney Cup	First Round			Lost	5–6	^[13]

Honours

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European

• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
  • Winners: 1964–65
  • Runners-up: 1975–76
• UEFA Europa Conference League
  • Winners: 2022–23
• UEFA Intertoto Cup
  • Winners: 1999
• Anglo-Italian League Cup
  • Runners-up: 1975

Domestic

Leagues

• First Division/Premier League (Tier 1)^[16]
  • Highest placing: 3rd, 1985–86
• Second Division/Championship (Tier 2)
  • Champions (2): 1957–58, 1980–81
  • Runners-up: 1922–23, 1990–91, 1992–93
  • Play-off winners: 2005, 2012
  • Play-off runners-up: 2004

Cups

• FA Cup
  • Winners (3): 1963–64, 1974–75, 1979–80
  • Runners-up: 1922–23, 2005–06
• EFL Cup/Football League Cup
  • Runners-up: 1965–66, 1980–81
• FA Community/Charity Shield
  • Winners: 1964 (shared)
  • Runners-up: 1975, 1980
• Football League War Cup
  • Winners: 1939–40

Other

• Southern League Division One:
  • Highest placing: 3rd, 1912–13
• Southern League Division Two
  • • Champions: 1898–99 Western League:
  • Champions: 1906–07
• London League

• • Champions (2): 1897–98,^[17] 1901–02^[18]
  • Runners-up: 1896–97, 1902–03
• Southern Floodlit Cup:
  • Winners: 1956^[19]
  • Runners-up: 1960^[20]
• London Challenge Cup
  • Winners (9): 1925,^[21] 1926, 1930, 1947, 1949, 1953, 1957, 1968, 1969
• Essex Professional Cup:
  • Winners (3): 1951,^[22] 1955 (shared),^[23] 1959^[24]
  • Runners-up: 1952,^[25] 1958^[26]
• Southern Charity Cup
  • Runners-up: 1902^[27]
• West Ham Charity Cup
  • Winners: 1896^[28]
  • Runners-up: 1897^[29]
• Norfolk & Norwich Hospital Cup
  • Winners: 1924^[30]
  • Runners-up: 1925^[31]

Wartime

• London Combination:
  • Champions: 1916–17
  • Runners-up: 1915–16 (Supplementary Tournament), 1917–18
• Regional League South:
  • Runners-up: 1939–40,^[32] 1940–41^[33]
• London League:
  • Runners-up: 1943–44,^[34] 1944–45^[35]

Indoor

• London Fives
  • Winners: 1967, 1970, 1984
  • Runners-up: 1955, 1957, 1960, 1971, 1974, 1977, 1981

International

• International Soccer League
  • Winners: 1963
• American Challenge Cup
  • Runners-up: 1963

Friendly

• Bobby Moore Cup:
  • Winners: 2008^[36]
• SBOBET Cup:
  • Winners: 2010^[37]
• Ciutat de Barcelona Trophy

• • Winners: 2013
• Betway Cup

• • Winners: 2018, 2021

Other awards

• BBC Sports Personality of the Year Team Award: 1965^[38]
• Honorary Degree (awarded to the club) in 2009 by the University of East London^[39]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Perfect Ten to Humble Bury . whufc.com . 24 January 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140201180456/http://www.whufc.com/articles/20071018/perfect-ten-to-humble-bury_2236895_1328711 . 1 February 2014 .
2. Web site: West Ham United : Records. Statto. 4 April 2011.
3. Web site: Liverpool and Brighton lead the way when it comes to the FA Cup shootout records of the last 32 . Planet Football . 21 August 2021 .
4. Web site: West Ham 2-2 Blackburn (9-10 on pens): Hammers knocked out by Championship Rovers . 9 November 2022 . Football 365 . 21 August 2021 .
5. Web site: Manchester City's bid for fifth straight Carabao Cup ends as West Ham claim win on penalties . 17 May 2023 . . 23 May 2023 .
6. Web site: Everton's Longest Ever Shoot-Out . Toffee Web . 21 August 2021 .
7. Web site: West Ham 1–1 Sheff Utd . BBC Sport . 26 August 2014 . 21 August 2021 .
8. Web site: STATISTICS - Penalty Shoot outs . LFC History . 21 August 2021 .
9. Web site: Sheff Utd 1-1 West Ham . BBC Sport . 13 February 2005 . 21 August 2021 .
10. Web site: Chesterfield 1 West Ham 1 (aet, West Ham Win 5-4 On Pens) . WHUFC.com . 21 August 2021 .
11. Web site: LEAGUE CUP ROUND TWO - READING 0 WEST HAM UNITED 0 (Half Time: 0-0, Full Time: 0-0, AET) Reading Win 6-5 on Penalties . Royals.org . 21 August 2021 .
12. Web site: West_Ham_United (0) 1 - 1 (1) Arsenal . Arsenal Web . 21 August 2021 .
13. Web site: WATNEY CUP RESULTS . Steves Football Stats . 21 August 2021 .
14. Web site: Honours . WHUFC.com . 5 June 2023 .
15. Web site: Rundle . Richard . Source for West Ham statistics . Football Club History Database.
16. Up until 1992, the top division of English football was the Football League First Division; since then, it has been the Premier League. Similarly until 1992, the Second Division was the second tier of league football, when it became the First Division, and is now known as The Championship. The third tier was the Third Division until 1992, and is now known as League One.
17. Web site: London League, Division I . Bromley Chronicle . 5 May 1898 . 3 February 2023 . subscription . .
18. Web site: THE LONDON LEAGUE . . 28 April 1902 . 3 February 2023 . subscription . .
19. Web site: 1st Division 1955-56 . West Ham Stats . 3 February 2023 .
20. Web site: 1st Division 1959-60 . West Ham Stats . 3 February 2023 .
21. Web site: A GOOD OMEN FOR WEST HAM? . . 16 December 1924 . 3 February 2023 . subscription . .
22. Web site: 2nd Division 1950-51 . West Ham Stats . 3 February 2023 .
23. Web site: 2nd Division 1950-55 . West Ham Stats . 3 February 2023 .
24. Web site: 2nd Division 1958-59 . West Ham Stats . 3 February 2023 .
25. Web site: 2nd Division 1951-52 . West Ham Stats . 3 February 2023 .
26. Web site: 2nd Division 1957-58 . West Ham Stats . 3 February 2023 .
27. Web site: CUP FINAL AT PLUMSTEAD . Greenwich and Deptford Observer . 12 September 1902 . 3 February 2023 . subscription . .
28. Web site: WEST HAM CHARITY CUP . East Ham Gazette . 28 March 1896 . 3 February 2023 . subscription . .
29. Web site: FOOTBALL. WEST HAM CHARITY CUP FINAL? . Eastern Counties' Times . 27 March 1897 . 3 February 2023 . subscription . .
30. Web site: Norfolk & Norwich Hospital Cup . Fly so High . 24 January 2023 .
    Web site: A FOOTBALL CUP FOR WEST HAM? . . 16 May 1924 . 3 February 2023 . subscription . .
31. Web site: Farewell Boleyn Auction Lot 129 . West Ham Auction . 24 January 2023 .
32. Web site: England 1939/40 . Peter . Kungler . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) . 15 February 2003 . 20 April 2015.
33. Web site: England 1940/41 . Peter . Kungler . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) . 15 February 2003 . 20 April 2015.
34. Web site: England 1943/44 . Peter . Kungler . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) . 12 February 2003 . 20 April 2015.
35. Web site: England 1944/45 . Peter . Kungler . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) . 12 February 2003 . 20 April 2015.
36. Web site: Live Blog: West Ham v. Villarreal . Villareal USA . 9 August 2008 . 5 June 2023 .
37. Web site: Farewell Boleyn Official Webcast Memorabilia Auction (Lot 171) . West Ham Auction . 5 June 2023 .
38. News: 27 November 2003 . Past winners: 1963–1967 . BBC Sport . 16 December 2018.
39. West Ham United Football Club given the award of Honorary Fellow by the University of East London . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/ooVt6FiPJ2U. 11 December 2021 . live. 16 November 2009 . University of East London . 23 December 2017 . YouTube.