<Li> Most career top - flight goals: 357, Jimmy Greaves (516 matches, for Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United, 1957 to 1971) </Li> <Li> Most consecutive top flight league matches scored in: 12, Jimmy Dunne, for Sheffield United between 24 October 1931 and 1 January 1932, for a total of 18 goals . </Li> <Li> Most goals in a season: 60, Dixie Dean (39 matches, for Everton 1927--28) </Li> <Li> Most goals in a game: 10, Joe Payne (for Luton Town v. Bristol Rovers, 13 April 1936) </Li>

Most goals in a season in english football