England’s All-Time Top Scorers | 1873–2026

England’s all-time top scorers race from 1873 to 2026 in this international football bar chart race. Watch 153 years of Three Lions goalscoring history unfold, with every total updated through 24 July 2026. This video ranks players by their cumulative goals for the England senior men’s national team, showing how the leaderboard changes as new goalscorers emerge, long-standing records are challenged and different generations take control of the race. From England’s earliest international scorers to legends including Nat Lofthouse, Tom Finney, Jimmy Greaves, Bobby Charlton, Gary Lineker, Michael Owen, Wayne Rooney and Harry Kane, the animation follows the evolution of the national team’s goalscoring record from 1873 to 2026. The ranking covers senior men’s international goals and follows the dataset used for this video. Historical totals and the classification of some early matches may occasionally differ between statistical sources. Subscribe for more international football history, all-time player rankings and bar chart race videos. Players that appear in this video: Kenyon-Slaney Bonsor Chenery Kingsford Alcock Wollaston Lyttelton A. Cursham Wylie C. Bambridge Goodyer Mosforth Whitfeld Sorby Sparks Vaughton A. A. Brown H. Cursham J. Brown Parry Cobbold Mitchell Dunn Whateley E. Johnson Bromley-Dav. Spilsbury Dewhurst Lindley A. Allen Goodall Geary Bassett Spiksley Bloomer G. O. Smith Wheldon Settle Woodward Hilsdon Windridge Fleming Holley B. Walker Dixie Dean Camsell Bastin Lawton Finney Mortensen Lofthouse T. Taylor B. Charlton Haynes Greaves Hunt Hurst Peters Channon Keegan Lineker B. Robson Platt Shearer M. Owen Rooney Lampard Kane