None of the players who have made a net ripple in a Liverpool jersey can match Ian Rush, whose astronomical record of 346 goals should be fixed sometime soon.
Nevertheless, many other renowned athletes have inscribed their names in the annals of Merseyside folklore, including those who dominated the Second Division and Premier League players.
Sports Mole has compiled a compilation of Liverpool's ten most prolific goal scorers.
1. Ian Rush (1980-87 & 1988-96)
Goals: 346
Number of Appearances: 660
Ratio: 0.52 goals per game
League goals/appearances: 229 in 469 outings (0.49 goals per game)
FA Cup goals/appearances: 39 goals in 61 games (0.64 goals per game)
League Cup goals/appearances: 48 goals in 78 outings (0.62 goals per game)
European goals/appearances: 20 goals in 37 outings (0.54 goals per game)
The most goals scored in a season was 47 in 65 games during the 1983–84 season.
Hat-tricks: sixteen
The initial goal was scored on September 30, 1981, against Oulun Palloseura.
The final goal was scored on May 5, 1996, against Manchester City.
Commendations:
Five titles in the First Division (1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1985-86, 1989-90)
Three FA Cups were won (1985-86, 1988-89, 1991-92).
League Cups: Five (1980-81, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1994-95)
Football League Super Cup: 1 (1985-86)
Charity Shield: Four (1982, 1986, 1989, 1990)
Two European Cups: 1980-81 and 1983-84
PFA Young Player of the Year: 1 (1983)
PFA Players' Player of the Year: 1 (1984)
FWA Footballer of the Year: 1 (1984)
Five PFA First Division Teams of the Year (1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1991)
One European Golden Boot was awarded in 1984.
Golden Boot of the First Division: 1 (1984)
2. Roger Hunt (1958–1969)
Goals:285
492 appearances
Ratio: 0.57 goals per game
League goals/appearances: 244 in 404 games (0.60 goals per game)
Goals and appearances in the FA Cup: 18 goals in 44 outings, which equates to 0.40 goals per game.
League Cup goals/appearances: 5 goals in 10 games (0.50 goals per game)
European goals/appearances: 17 goals in 31 outings (0.54 goals per game)
The most goals scored in a season was 42 in 46 games (1961-62).
Hat-tricks: twelve
The initial goal was scored on September 9, 1959, against Scunthorpe United.
The final goal was scored on October 25, 1969, against Southampton.
Commendations:
Two titles in the First Division (1963-64 and 1965-66)
Titles in the Second Division: One (1961–62)
FA Cups: One (1964–65)
Three charity shields were awarded in 1964, 1965, and 1966.
Golden Boot of the First Division: 1 (1965-66)
Golden Boot of the Second Division: 1 (1961–62)
3. Gordon Hodgson (1925-1936)
Goals: 241
377 appearances
Ratio: 0.63 goals per game
League goals/appearances: 233 in 358 outings (0.65 goals per game)
FA Cup goals/appearances: 8 goals in 19 outings (0.42 goals per game)
League Cup goals/appearances: None
European goals and appearances: None
36 goals in 41 games (1930-31): The highest-scoring season.
Hat-tricks: seventeen
The initial goal was scored on March 10, 1926, against Manchester United.
The final goal was scored on November 9, 1935, against Aston Villa.
Commendations:
Not one
4. Billy Liddell (1938–1961)
377 appearances
Ratio: 0.63 goals per game
League goals/appearances: 233 in 358 outings (0.65 goals per game)
FA Cup goals/appearances: 8 goals in 19 outings (0.42 goals per game)
League Cup goals/appearances: None
European goals and appearances: None
36 goals in 41 games (1930-31): The highest-scoring season.
Hat-tricks: seventeen
The initial goal was scored on March 10, 1926, against Manchester United.
The final goal was scored on November 9, 1935, against Aston Villa.
Commendations:
Not one
4. Billy Liddell (1938–1961)
Goals: 228
534 appearances
Ratio: 0.42 goals per game
League goals/appearances: 215 in 492 outings (0.43 goals per game)
FA Cup goals/appearances: 13 goals in 42 games (0.30 goals per game)
League Cup goals/appearances: None
European goals and appearances: None
The most goals scored in a season was 32 in 44 games (1955-56).
Hat-tricks: five
The initial goal was scored on January 5, 1946, against Chester City.
The final goal was scored on March 5, 1960, against Stoke City.
Commendations:
Titles in the First Division: One (1946–47)
5. Mohamed Salah (2017–present)
Goals: 211
349 appearances
The ratio is 0.60 goals per game.
League goals/appearances: 155 in 250 outings (0.62 goals per game)
Goals/appearances in the FA Cup: 6 goals in 12 games (0.50 goals per game)
League Cup goals/appearances: 2 goals in 6 outings (0.33 goals per game)
European goals/appearances: 47 goals in 75 outings (0.62 goals per game)
The season with the most goals scored was 2017-18, with 44 goals scored in 52 contests.
Hat-tricks: five
The initial goal was scored on August 12, 2017, against Watford.
The most recent goal was scored on May 5, 2024, against Tottenham Hotspur.
Commendations:
Premier League titles: 1 (2019-20)
Champions League titles: 2 (2018-19)
No. of FA Cups: 1 (2021-22)
EFL Cups: Two (2021-22, 2023-24)
Club World Cups: One (2020)
One UEFA Super Cup was awarded in 2019.
Community Shields: 1 (2022)
PFA Premier League Team of the Year: Three (2017-18, 2020-21, 2021-22)
PFA Players' Player of the Year: Two occurrences (2017-18, 2021-22)
Winner of the PFA Fans' Player of the Year award: three times (2017-18, 2020-21, 2021-22).
2 FWA Footballer of the Year awards (2017-18, 2021-22)
Premier League Player of the Season: 1 (2017-18)
Premier League Golden Boot: Three (2017-18, 2018-19 (shared), 2021-22 (shared))
Premier League Playmaker Award: 1 (2021-22)
Premier League Goal of the Season: 1 (2021-22)
Liverpool Players' Player of the Season: Four (2017-18, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2023-24)
UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 1 (2017-18)
One Puskas Award was granted in 2018.
6. Steven Gerrard (1998-2015) 
Goals:186
Number of Appearances: 710
The ratio is 0.26 goals per game.
League goals/appearances: 120 in 504 games (0.23 goals per game)
FA Cup goals/appearances: 15 goals in 42 games (0.35 goals per game)
League Cup goals/appearances: 9 goals in 30 games (0.30 goals per game)
European goals/appearances: 41 goals in 129 games (0.31 goals per game)
The season in which the most goals were scored was 2008-09, with 24 goals scored in 44 contests.
Hat-tricks: five
The initial goal was scored on December 5, 1999, against Sheffield Wednesday.
The most recent goal was scored on May 24, 2015, against Stoke City.
Commendations:
Champions League championships: 1 (2004-05)
Two FA Cups: 2000-01 and 2005-06
EFL Cups: Three (2000-01, 2002-03, 2011-12)
One UEFA Cup was won in 2000-01.
One UEFA Super Cup was won in 2001.
Community Shields: 1 (2006)
PFA Premier League Team of the Year: 8 (2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2013–14)
PFA Players' Player of the Year: 1 (2005-06)
PFA Young Player of the Year: 1 (2000-01)
PFA Fans' Player of the Year: Two (2000-01, 2008-09)
FWA Footballer of the Year: 1 (2008-09)
UEFA Club Footballer of the Year: 1 (2005)
Liverpool Player of the Season: Four (4) (2004, 2006, 2007, 2009)
FIFA FIFPRO World XI: Three (2007), 2008, and 2009
Three UEFA Team of the Year awards were granted in 2005, 2006, and 2007.
7. Robbie Fowler (1993–2001, 2006–07)
Goals:183
Number of Appearances: 369
Ratio: 0.49 goals per game
League goals/appearances: 128 in 266 outings (0.48 goals per game)
Goals/appearances in the FA Cup: 12 goals in 24 games (0.50 goals per game)
League Cup goals/appearances: 29 goals in 35 outings (0.82 goals per game)
European goals/appearances: 14 goals in 44 outings (0.31 goals per game)
The most goals scored in a season was 36 in 53 games during the 1995-96 season.
Hat-tricks: ten
The initial goal was scored on September 22, 1993, against Fulham.
The most recent goal was scored on February 24, 2007 against Sheffield United.
Commendations:
One FA Cup was won in 2000-01.
EFL Cups: Two (1994-95 and 2000-01)
One UEFA Cup was won in 2000-01.
One UEFA Super Cup was won in 2001.
PFA Young Player of the Year: Two (1995, 1996)
8. Kenny Dalglish (1977-1990)
Goals:172
Number of Appearances: 515
Goals scored per game: 0.33
League goals/appearances: 118 in 355 outings (0.33 goals per game)
FA Cup goals/appearances: 13 goals in 37 contests (0.35 goals per game)
League Cup goals/appearances: 27 goals in 59 games (0.45 goals per game)
European goals/appearances: 11 goals in 51 outings (0.21 goals per game)
1977-78: 31 goals in 62 games: the highest-scoring season.
Hat-tricks: three
The initial goal was scored on August 20, 1977, against Middlesbrough.
The final goal was scored on April 18, 1987, against Nottingham Forest.
Commendations:
Six titles in the First Division (1978-79, 1979-80, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1985-86)
One FA Cup was won in 1985-86.
League Cups: Four (1980-81, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84)
Football League Super Cup: 1 (1985-86)
Charity Shield: Five (1977 (shared), 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986 (shared))
Three European Cups were won (1977-78, 1980-81, 1983-84).
One European Super Cup was played in 1977-78.
PFA Team of the Year: Five (1978-1979, 1979-1980, 1980-1981, 1982-1983, 1983-1984)
PFA Players' Player of the Year: 1 (1982-83).
FWA Footballer of the Year: Two (1978–79, 1982–83)
9. Michael Owen (1996-2004)
Goals: 158
Number of Appearances: 297
Goals scored per game: 0.53
League goals/appearances: 118 in 216 outings (0.54 goals per game)
Goals and appearances in the FA Cup: 8 goals in 15 outings, which equates to 0.53 goals per game.
League Cup goals/appearances: 9 goals in 14 outings (0.64 goals per game)
European goals/appearances: 21 goals in 49 outings (0.42 goals per game)
The most goals scored in a season were 28 in 43 games (2001-02) and 28 in 54 games (2002-03).
Hat-tricks: ten
First goal: May 6, 1997 (against Wimbledon)
The final goal was scored on May 15, 2004 against Newcastle United.
Commendations:
One FA Cup was won in 2000-01.
Two League Cups: 2000-01 and 2002-03.
Charity Shield: 1 (2001)
One UEFA Cup was won in 2000-01.
One UEFA Super Cup was won in 2001.
Ballon d'Or: 1 (2001)
1. BBC Sports Personality of the Year (1998)
Premier League Golden Boot: Two (1997-98 and 1998-99)
Premier League Player of the Season: 1 (1997-98)
PFA Young Player of the Year: One (1997-98)
PFA Team of the Year: 1 (1997-98)
10. Harry Chambers (1915-1928) Goals: 151
Appearances: 339
Ratio: 0.44 goals per game
League goals/appearances: 135 in 315 games (0.42 goals per game)
FA Cup goals/appearances: 16 goals in 28 games (0.57 goals per game)
League Cup goals/appearances: None
European goals and appearances: None
The most goals scored in a season was 26 in 44 games (1922-23).
Hat-tricks: five
First goal: August 30, 1919 (against Bradford)
The final goal was scored on January 14, 1928, against Darlington.
Commendations:
Two titles in the First Division (1921-22 and 1922-23)
349 appearances
The ratio is 0.60 goals per game.
League goals/appearances: 155 in 250 outings (0.62 goals per game)
Goals/appearances in the FA Cup: 6 goals in 12 games (0.50 goals per game)
League Cup goals/appearances: 2 goals in 6 outings (0.33 goals per game)
European goals/appearances: 47 goals in 75 outings (0.62 goals per game)
The season with the most goals scored was 2017-18, with 44 goals scored in 52 contests.
Hat-tricks: five
The initial goal was scored on August 12, 2017, against Watford.
The most recent goal was scored on May 5, 2024, against Tottenham Hotspur.
Commendations:
Premier League titles: 1 (2019-20)
Champions League titles: 2 (2018-19)
No. of FA Cups: 1 (2021-22)
EFL Cups: Two (2021-22, 2023-24)
Club World Cups: One (2020)
One UEFA Super Cup was awarded in 2019.
Community Shields: 1 (2022)
PFA Premier League Team of the Year: Three (2017-18, 2020-21, 2021-22)
PFA Players' Player of the Year: Two occurrences (2017-18, 2021-22)
Winner of the PFA Fans' Player of the Year award: three times (2017-18, 2020-21, 2021-22).
2 FWA Footballer of the Year awards (2017-18, 2021-22)
Premier League Player of the Season: 1 (2017-18)
Premier League Golden Boot: Three (2017-18, 2018-19 (shared), 2021-22 (shared))
Premier League Playmaker Award: 1 (2021-22)
Premier League Goal of the Season: 1 (2021-22)
Liverpool Players' Player of the Season: Four (2017-18, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2023-24)
UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 1 (2017-18)
One Puskas Award was granted in 2018.
6. Steven Gerrard (1998-2015)
Goals:186
Number of Appearances: 710
The ratio is 0.26 goals per game.
League goals/appearances: 120 in 504 games (0.23 goals per game)
FA Cup goals/appearances: 15 goals in 42 games (0.35 goals per game)
League Cup goals/appearances: 9 goals in 30 games (0.30 goals per game)
European goals/appearances: 41 goals in 129 games (0.31 goals per game)
The season in which the most goals were scored was 2008-09, with 24 goals scored in 44 contests.
Hat-tricks: five
The initial goal was scored on December 5, 1999, against Sheffield Wednesday.
The most recent goal was scored on May 24, 2015, against Stoke City.
Commendations:
Champions League championships: 1 (2004-05)
Two FA Cups: 2000-01 and 2005-06
EFL Cups: Three (2000-01, 2002-03, 2011-12)
One UEFA Cup was won in 2000-01.
One UEFA Super Cup was won in 2001.
Community Shields: 1 (2006)
PFA Premier League Team of the Year: 8 (2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2013–14)
PFA Players' Player of the Year: 1 (2005-06)
PFA Young Player of the Year: 1 (2000-01)
PFA Fans' Player of the Year: Two (2000-01, 2008-09)
FWA Footballer of the Year: 1 (2008-09)
UEFA Club Footballer of the Year: 1 (2005)
Liverpool Player of the Season: Four (4) (2004, 2006, 2007, 2009)
FIFA FIFPRO World XI: Three (2007), 2008, and 2009
Three UEFA Team of the Year awards were granted in 2005, 2006, and 2007.
7. Robbie Fowler (1993–2001, 2006–07)
Goals:183
Number of Appearances: 369
Ratio: 0.49 goals per game
League goals/appearances: 128 in 266 outings (0.48 goals per game)
Goals/appearances in the FA Cup: 12 goals in 24 games (0.50 goals per game)
League Cup goals/appearances: 29 goals in 35 outings (0.82 goals per game)
European goals/appearances: 14 goals in 44 outings (0.31 goals per game)
The most goals scored in a season was 36 in 53 games during the 1995-96 season.
Hat-tricks: ten
The initial goal was scored on September 22, 1993, against Fulham.
The most recent goal was scored on February 24, 2007 against Sheffield United.
Commendations:
One FA Cup was won in 2000-01.
EFL Cups: Two (1994-95 and 2000-01)
One UEFA Cup was won in 2000-01.
One UEFA Super Cup was won in 2001.
PFA Young Player of the Year: Two (1995, 1996)
8. Kenny Dalglish (1977-1990)
Goals:172
Number of Appearances: 515
Goals scored per game: 0.33
League goals/appearances: 118 in 355 outings (0.33 goals per game)
FA Cup goals/appearances: 13 goals in 37 contests (0.35 goals per game)
League Cup goals/appearances: 27 goals in 59 games (0.45 goals per game)
European goals/appearances: 11 goals in 51 outings (0.21 goals per game)
1977-78: 31 goals in 62 games: the highest-scoring season.
Hat-tricks: three
The initial goal was scored on August 20, 1977, against Middlesbrough.
The final goal was scored on April 18, 1987, against Nottingham Forest.
Commendations:
Six titles in the First Division (1978-79, 1979-80, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1985-86)
One FA Cup was won in 1985-86.
League Cups: Four (1980-81, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84)
Football League Super Cup: 1 (1985-86)
Charity Shield: Five (1977 (shared), 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986 (shared))
Three European Cups were won (1977-78, 1980-81, 1983-84).
One European Super Cup was played in 1977-78.
PFA Team of the Year: Five (1978-1979, 1979-1980, 1980-1981, 1982-1983, 1983-1984)
PFA Players' Player of the Year: 1 (1982-83).
FWA Footballer of the Year: Two (1978–79, 1982–83)
9. Michael Owen (1996-2004)
Goals: 158
Number of Appearances: 297
Goals scored per game: 0.53
League goals/appearances: 118 in 216 outings (0.54 goals per game)
Goals and appearances in the FA Cup: 8 goals in 15 outings, which equates to 0.53 goals per game.
League Cup goals/appearances: 9 goals in 14 outings (0.64 goals per game)
European goals/appearances: 21 goals in 49 outings (0.42 goals per game)
The most goals scored in a season were 28 in 43 games (2001-02) and 28 in 54 games (2002-03).
Hat-tricks: ten
First goal: May 6, 1997 (against Wimbledon)
The final goal was scored on May 15, 2004 against Newcastle United.
Commendations:
One FA Cup was won in 2000-01.
Two League Cups: 2000-01 and 2002-03.
Charity Shield: 1 (2001)
One UEFA Cup was won in 2000-01.
One UEFA Super Cup was won in 2001.
Ballon d'Or: 1 (2001)
1. BBC Sports Personality of the Year (1998)
Premier League Golden Boot: Two (1997-98 and 1998-99)
Premier League Player of the Season: 1 (1997-98)
PFA Young Player of the Year: One (1997-98)
PFA Team of the Year: 1 (1997-98)
10. Harry Chambers (1915-1928) Goals: 151
Appearances: 339
Ratio: 0.44 goals per game
League goals/appearances: 135 in 315 games (0.42 goals per game)
FA Cup goals/appearances: 16 goals in 28 games (0.57 goals per game)
League Cup goals/appearances: None
European goals and appearances: None
The most goals scored in a season was 26 in 44 games (1922-23).
Hat-tricks: five
First goal: August 30, 1919 (against Bradford)
The final goal was scored on January 14, 1928, against Darlington.
Commendations:
Two titles in the First Division (1921-22 and 1922-23)
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