List of Huddersfield Town A.F.C. records and statistics

These are a list of player and club records for Huddersfield Town Association Football Club.

Club records edit

Victories edit

Defeats edit

  • Record league defeat: 1–10 v Manchester City, Division Two, 7 November 1987
  • Record FA Cup defeat: 0–6 v Sunderland, third round, 7 January 1950
  • Record League Cup defeat: 0–5 v Arsenal, second round, first leg, 21 September 1993

Attendances edit

Sequences edit

  • Longest unbeaten league run: 43 – 1 January 2011 to 28 November 2011.[a]
  • Longest unbeaten league run (in a single season): 25 – 1 January 2011 to 7 May 2011.
  • Longest unbeaten home league run: 28 – 5 May 1982 to 17 September 1983.
  • Longest unbeaten away league run: 22 – 1 January 2011 to 29 October 2011.
  • Longest run of league wins: 11 – 5 April 1920 to 9 September 1920.
  • Longest run of home league wins: 11 – 28 December 1925 to 30 August 1926.
  • Longest run of away league wins: 6 – 12 March 2011 to 30 April 2011.
  • Longest run of league defeats: 8 – 1 December 2018 to 2 January 2019.
  • Longest run of home league defeats: 7 – 1 December 2018 to 9 February 2019 and 2 March 2019 to 26 April 2019.
  • Longest run of away league defeats: 9 – 13 April 1912 to 16 November 1912, 14 November 1914 to 13 March 1915, 4 September 1946 to 7 December 1946 and 12 March 1988 to 3 October 1988.
  • Longest run of league draws: 6 – 3 March 1987 to 3 April 1987.
  • Longest run of home league draws: 6 – 3 May 1977 to 17 September 1977.
  • Longest run of away league draws: 6 – 28 August 1926 to 23 October 1926.
  • Longest run of league matches without a win: 22 – 27 November 1971 to 29 April 1972.
  • Longest run of matches without a win: 19 – 26 August 2000 to 25 November 2000.
  • Longest league scoring run: 27 – 12 March 2005 to 12 November 2005.
  • Longest league home scoring run: 21 – 26 December 2004 to 10 October 2005.
  • Longest league away scoring run: 24 – 20 January 1962 to 12 April 1963.
  • Longest league non-scoring run: 7 – 22 January 1972 to 21 March 1972.
  • Longest run of matches without conceding a goal: 8 – 13 March 1965 to 19 April 1965.
  • Longest run of wins at the start of a season: 41924–25 season.
  • Longest run of defeats at the start of a season: 61992–93 season.
  1. ^ They lost in the 2011 Football League play-offs in the middle of this run, but the three play-off games were not counted as regular league games.

Seasonal records edit

Tallies edit

Player records edit

Appearances edit

The following players have played more than 250 league and cup appearances for Huddersfield Town. Statistics correct up to 1 April 2023.

Name Nation Apps Career
1 Billy Smith   England 574 1913–1934
2 Tom Wilson   England 500 1919–1932
3 Vic Metcalfe   England 459 1946–1958
4 Andy Booth   England 457 1991–1996 and 2001–2009
5 Roy Goodall   England 440 1923–1935
6 Malcolm Brown   England 403 1977–1983 and 1985–1989
7 Hugh Turner   England 394 1926–1937
8 David Cowling   England 392 1978–1988
9= Bill McGarry   England 381 1950–1961
Steve Smith   England 381 1964–1977 and 1981–1982
11 Kevin McHale   England 375 1956–1968
12 Les Massie   Scotland 363 1956–1967
13 John Coddington   England 356 1955–1967
14 Jonathan Hogg   England 331 2013–present
15 Eddie Boot   England 325 1937–1952
16 Billy Watson, Snr.   England 322 1912–1927
17 Jimmy Glazzard   England 321 1946–1956
18 Sam Wadsworth   England 312 1920–1930
19= Graham Mitchell   England 310 1986–1995
Jimmy Nicholson   Northern Ireland 310 1964–1974
21 Alf Young   England 309 1929–1939
22 Nathan Clarke   England 299 2001–2012
23 Steve Jenkins   Wales 295 1995–2003
24 Danny Schofield   England 289 1998–2008
25 Simon Trevitt   England 286 1986–1996
26 Dave Sutton   England 284 1977–1984
27 Ray Wilson   England 283 1955–1964
28 Geoff Hutt   England 277 1968–1976
29 Clem Stephenson   England 275 1920–1929
30 Alex Smithies   England 274 2007–2015
31 Phil Wilson   England 271 1981–1987
32 Ken Willingham   England 270 1932–1939
33= Kevin Gray   England 269 1994–2002
Ken Taylor   England 269 1953–1965
35 Jimmy Lawson   England 266 1968–1976
36 Roy Ellam   England 263 1966–1972 and 1974–1975
37 Andy Holdsworth   England 261 2003–2009
38 Jon Dyson   England 260 1992–2003
39 Reg Mountford   England 255 1929–1939
40 Sandy Mutch   Scotland 251 1910–1922

Goals edit

The following players have scored more than 40 league and cup goals for Huddersfield Town. Statistics correct up to 29 December 2022.

Name Nation League Goals FA Cup Goals FL Cup Goals Other Goals Total Career
1 George Brown   England 142 17 0 0 159 1921–1929
2 Jimmy Glazzard   England 142 12 0 0 154 1946–1956
3 Andy Booth   England 133 5 4 8 150 1991–1996 and 2001–2009
4 Billy Smith   England 114 12 0 0 126 1913–1934
5 Les Massie   Scotland 100 6 2 0 108 1956–1966
6 Jordan Rhodes   Scotland 81 2 7 7 97 2009–2012 and 2021–present
7 Vic Metcalfe   England 87 3 0 0 90 1946–1958
8 Alex Jackson   Scotland 70 19 0 0 89 1925–1930
9 Frank Mann   England 68 7 0 0 75 1912–1923
10 Dave Mangnall   England 61 12 0 0 73 1929–1934
11 Derek Stokes   England 65 2 2 0 69 1960–1965
12= Kevin McHale   England 60 5 3 0 68 1956–1967
Iwan Roberts   Wales 50 4 6 8 68 1990–1993
14= Ian Robins   England 59 5 3 0 67 1978–1982
Marcus Stewart   England 58 2 7 0 67 1996–2000
16 Mark Lillis   England 56 4 3 0 63 1978–1985
17 Charlie Wilson   England 57 5 0 0 62 1922–1925
18 Alan Gowling   England 58 1 2 0 61 1972–1975
19 Craig Maskell   England 43 3 4 4 55 1988–1990
20 Brian Stanton   England 45 6 3 0 54 1979–1986
21= Colin Dobson   England 50 0 2 0 52 1966–1970
Ernie Islip   England 44 8 0 0 52 1913–1923
23 Paweł Abbott   Poland 48 1 2 0 51 2004–2007
24 Clem Stephenson   England 42 8 0 0 50 1921–1929
25 Nahki Wells   Bermuda 45 1 3 0 49 2014–2017
26= David Cowling   England 43 2 3 0 48 1978–1987
Duncan Shearer   Scotland 38 3 6 1 48 1986–1988
Frank Worthington   England 41 5 2 0 48 1967–1972
29= Charlie Luke   England 40 7 0 0 47 1931–1936
Phil Starbuck   England 36 4 2 5 47 1991–1995
31= Jimmy Lawson   England 42 4 0 0 46 1968–1976
Alf Lythgoe   England 42 4 0 0 46 1934–1938
George McLean   Scotland 43 3 0 0 46 1930–1934
Danny Schofield   England 39 1 0 6 46 1998–2008
35= Peter Fletcher   England 36 4 5 0 45 1978–1982
Sammy Taylor   England 39 6 0 0 45 1919–1921
37 Tony Leighton   England 40 2 2 0 44 1965–1968
38= Ronnie Jepson   England 36 3 2 1 42 1993–1996
Bob Kelly   England 39 3 0 0 42 1927–1932
Lee Novak   England 34 5 2 1 42 2009–2013
41 Terry Gray   England 36 2 3 0 41 1973–1979

Scoring records edit

These players have achieved the best consecutive scoring runs in the club's history.

Transfers edit

Youngest debutant edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Report: Town 2-1 Manchester United".
  • 99 Years & Counting – Stats & Stories – Huddersfield Town History