Club record

Records & charts

The high and low marks of the club's league history, plus how finishing position and points have moved season by season.

Record seasons

Best top-flight finish

1968-69, 1973-74, 1991-92

Most points

100

2024-25

Most goals scored

1927-28

Fewest goals conceded

1968-69

Most wins

2024-25

Most defeats

1946-47

Fewest points

1945-46

Lowest finish

2006-07

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League performance by season

The whole English league ladder, top division at the top. The line rises and falls between the divisions with each promotion and relegation. Full detail is in the season history.

Single-season records

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Record players

All-time appearances and goals for the club's most-used players, from the published Leeds all-time players list. Tap any column heading to reorder the table by that measure. Season totals elsewhere on the site count a different mix of competitions, so figures will not always line up exactly. See who is approaching a milestone.

Leeds United all-time appearance and goal records, sortable by each column

Billy BremnerSCO	MF	1959–1976	771	115	0.15
Jack CharltonENG	Centre-back	1952–1973	762	95	0.12
Paul ReaneyENG	Right-back	1961–1978	745	9	0.01
Paul MadeleyENG	Centre-back	1962–1980	724	34	0.05
Norman HunterENG	Centre-back	1961–1976	724	21	0.03
Peter LorimerSCO	Striker	1962–1978 1983–1985	616	219	0.36
Eddie GraySCO	LW	1965–1984	577	68	0.12
Gary KellyIRL	Right-back	1991–2007	531	4	0.01
Johnny GilesIRL	IF	1963–1975	525	114	0.22
Gary SprakeWAL	Goalkeeper	1962–1973	506	0	0.00
Trevor CherryENG	Left-back	1972–1982	484	31	0.06
Grenville HairENG	Left-back	1948–1964	474	2	0.00
Ernie HartENG	Centre-back	1920–1936	472	15	0.03
David HarveySCO	Goalkeeper	1965–1979 1983–1985	446	0	0.00
Willis EdwardsENG	DF	1925–1943 WWII	444	6	0.01
Jimmy DunnSCO	Right-back	1947–1959	443	1	0.00
John LukicENG	Goalkeeper	1978–1983 1990–1996	430	0	0.00
Jack MilburnENG	Left-back	1928–1939 WWII	408	30	0.07
David BattyENG	CM	1987–1993 1998–2004	382	4	0.01
Allan ClarkeENG	Striker	1969–1978	364	151	0.41
Terry CooperENG	Left-back	1961–1975	350	11	0.03
Eric KerfootENG	MF	1949–1959	349	10	0.03
John CharlesWAL	Centre-back	1947–1957 1962	327	157	0.48
Mick JonesENG	Forward	1967–1975	312	111	0.36
Gary SpeedWAL	MF	1988–1996	311	57	0.18
Gary McAllisterSCO	MF	1990–1996	294	45	0.15
Ian HarteIRL	Left-back	1995–2004	288	39	0.14
Liam CooperSCO	Centre-back	2014–2024	284	11	0.04
Nigel MartynENG	Goalkeeper	1996–2003	273	0	0.00
Mervyn DayENG	Goalkeeper	1985–1993	268	0	0.00
Luke AylingENG	Right-back	2016–2024	268	11	0.04
John SheridanIRL	CM	1982–1989	267	52	0.19
Stuart DallasNIR	MF/DF	2015–2024	267	28	0.10
Lee BowyerENG	RM	1996–2003	265	55	0.21
Jimmy PottsENG	Goalkeeper	1926–1934	262	0	0.00
Lucas RadebeRSA	Centre-back	1994–2005	262	3	0.01
Bill MenziesSCO	Left-back	1922–1932	260	2	0.01
Willie BellSCO	Left-back	1960–1967	260	18	0.07
Arthur GrahamSCO	LW	1977–1983	260	47	0.18
Tom CochraneENG	LW	1928–1936	259	27	0.10
Tommy BurdenENG	MF	1948–1954	259	13	0.05
Billy FurnessENG	IL	1928–1937	257	66	0.26
Rod WallaceENG	Striker	1991–1998	256	66	0.26
David WetherallENG	Centre-back	1991–1999	250	18	0.07
Frank GraySCO	Left-back	1971–1979	246	25	0.10
Neil AspinENG	Right-back	1981–1989	244	6	0.02
Gordon StrachanSCO	MF	1989–1995	244	45	0.18
Harry KewellAUS	AM	1995–2003	242	63	0.26
Chris FaircloughENG	Centre-back	1989–1995	240	23	0.10
Kalvin PhillipsENG	CM	2014–2022	232	14	0.06
Alan SmithENG	Forward	1997–2004	228	56	0.25
Harold WilliamsWAL	RW	1949–1957	228	35	0.15
Russell WainscoatENG	IF	1925–1931	226	93	0.41
Jonathan HowsonENG	CM	2006-2012	225	29	0.13
Paul HartENG	Centre-back	1978–1983	223	20	0.09
Luciano BecchioARG	Forward	2008–2013	221	86	0.39
Joe JordanSCO	Forward	1970–1978	220	48	0.22
Jim MilburnENG	Left-back	1936–1952 WWII	220	17	0.08
Bobby TurnbullENG	RW	1925–1932	215	46	0.21
Albert DuffieldENG	Centre-back	1920–1925	211	0	0.00
Jim BakerENG	Centre-back	1920–1926	208	2	0.01
Tony DorigoENG	Left-back	1991–1997	208	5	0.02
Roy WoodENG	Goalkeeper	1952–1960	203	0	0.00
Brian DeaneENG	Forward	1993–1997 2004–2005	201	45	0.22
Albert Johanneson	LW	1961–1970	200	68	0.34
George MeekSCO	RW	1952–1960	199	19	0.10
Harry DugganIRE/ IRL	W	1925–1936	196	47	0.24
Terry YorathWAL	MF	1967–1976	196	12	0.06
Eirik BakkeNOR	MF	1999–2006	196	21	0.11
Ian BairdENG	Forward	1985–1987 1990–1991	192	58	0.30
Robert SnodgrassSCO	RW	2008–2012	189	41	0.22
Mick BatesENG	MF	1964–1976	187	9	0.05
Davy CochraneIRE	RW	1937–1950 WWII	186	32	0.17
Wilf CoppingENG	Centre-back	1929–1934 WWII	183	4	0.02
Ray IggledenENG	IL	1949–1955	181	50	0.28
Brian FlynnWAL	MF	1977–1982	177	11	0.06
Carl HarrisWAL	RW	1973–1982	176	29	0.16
Tom JenningsSCO	Forward	1925–1931	174	117	0.67
Lee ChapmanENG	Forward	1990–1993 1996	174	80	0.46
Frazer RichardsonENG	Right-back	2001–2009	173	5	0.03
Gordon McQueenSCO	Centre-back	1972–1978	171	19	0.11
Charlie KeetleyENG	Forward	1927–1934	169	110	0.65
Tom HolleyENG	CH	1936–1949 WWII	169	1	0.01
Tom TownsleySCO	Centre-back	1925–1931	167	2	0.01
Bobby CollinsSCO	MF	1962–1967	167	25	0.15
Jonathan DouglasIRL	CM	2005–2009	166	11	0.07
George MilburnENG	Right-back	1928–1937	166	1	0.01
Mark VidukaAUS	Striker	2000–2004	166	72	0.43
Jackie OverfieldENG	LW	1953–1960	163	20	0.12
Jimmy McCabeENG	WH	1948–1954	161	0	0.00
Andy RitchieENG	Striker	1983–1987	159	44	0.28
Ross McCormackSCO	Forward	2010–2014	158	58	0.37
Gaetano BerardiCHE	Full-back	2014–2021	157	2	0.01
Jim StorrieSCO	Forward	1962–1967	156	67	0.43
Percy WhippSCO	IF	1922–1927	154	46	0.30
Tom MitchellENG	LW	1926–1931	152	21	0.14
Jermaine BeckfordJAM ENG	Striker	2006–2010	152	85	0.56
Gary HamsonENG	MF	1979–1986	152	4	0.03
George ReedENG	Centre-back	1924–1934	150	3	0.02
Chris WhyteENG	Centre-back	1990–1993	146	6	0.04
Peter HaddockENG	Centre-back	1986–1991	146	1	0.01
Dominic MatteoSCO	DF	2000–2004	146	4	0.03
Mel SterlandENG	Right-back	1989–1994	146	20	0.14
Neil KilkennyAUS	CM	2008–2011	144	11	0.08
Sam ByramENG	Right-back	2012–2016 2023-2026	143	10	0.07
Casper AnkergrenDEN	Goalkeeper	2006–2010	143	0	0.00
Jonathan WoodgateENG	Centre-back	1996–2003	142	4	0.03
Danny MillsENG	Right-back	1999–2004	141	4	0.03
Bradley JohnsonENG	CM	2008–2011	140	17	0.12
Bert SprostonENG	Right-back	1933–1938	140	1	0.01
Andrew HughesENG	MF	2007–2011	139	1	0.01
Arthur HydesENG	Centre-forward	1930–1938	137	82	0.60
Jimmy GreenhoffENG	Striker	1963–1968	136	36	0.26
Tom LeesENG	Centre-back	2009–2014	135	4	0.03
Albert NightingaleENG	Striker	1952–1957	135	48	0.36
Joe HarrisSCO	RW	1922–1925	134	15	0.11
Carlton PalmerENG	MF	1994–1997	130	7	0.05
Rod BelfittENG	IF	1963–1971	128	33	0.26
John PearsonENG	Forward	1987–1991	127	12	0.09
Alex MowattENG	CM	2013–2017	125	13	0.10
Aubrey PowellWAL	IL	1935–1948 WWII	124	25	0.20
Tony CurrieENG	MF	1976–1979	124	16	0.13
Kemar RoofeJAM	Forward	2016–2019	122	34	0.28
Mike O'GradyENG	RW	1965–1969	121	17	0.14
David HealyNIR	Striker	2004–2007	121	31	0.26
Bobby ForrestENG	RW	1952–1959	121	37	0.31
Gordon HodgsonENG	Centre-forward	1933–1938	120	67	0.56
Pontus JanssonSWE	Centre-back	2016–2019	120	9	0.07
Freddie GoodwinENG	HB	1960–1964	120	2	0.02
Danny PughENG	Left-back	2004–2006 2012–2014	119	10	0.08
Paul RobinsonENG	Goalkeeper	1997–2004	119	1	0.01
Martin DickinsonENG	Centre-back	1980–1986	119	2	0.02
David RennieSCO	DF	1986–1989	119	7	0.06
Noel PeytonIRL	IL	1958–1963	117	20	0.17
Jock WhiteSCO	IF	1927–1930	117	33	0.28
John MahonENG	RW	1929–1935	117	33	0.28
Harry SearsonENG	Goalkeeper	1949–1952	116	0	0.00
Glynn SnodinENG	Left-back	1987–1992	116	13	0.11
Jack SwannENG	Striker	1921–1925	116	50	0.43
Eric StephensonENG	IL	1934–1944 WWII	115	22	0.19
Bobby BrowneIRE	WH	1935–1947 WWII	114	0	0.00
John ScottENG	Goalkeeper	1950–1956	114	0	0.00
Jim TwomeyIRE	Goalkeeper	1937–1949 WWII	112	0	0.00
Rodolph AustinJAM	CM	2012–2015	112	10	0.09
Luke MurphyENG	CM	2013–2018	111	7	0.06
Aidan WhiteIRL ENG	21 ♙LB♙L	2008–2015	111	2	0.02
Byron StevensonWAL	DF	1973–1982	110	5	0.05
Neil SullivanSCO	Goalkeeper	2004–2007	110	0	0.00
Bobby DavisonENG	Striker	1987–1992	110	35	0.32
Terry ConnorENG	RW	1979–1983	108	22	0.20
Harry SherwinENG	Centre-forward	1921–1925	108	9	0.08
Jason PearceENG	Centre-back	2012–2015	107	2	0.02
Jason WilcoxENG	LW	1999–2004	106	6	0.06
Paul ButlerIRL	Centre-back	2004–2007	106	4	0.04
Carl ShuttENG	Striker	1989–1993	106	25	0.24
Len BrowningENG	Forward	1946–1951	105	46	0.44
Ray HankinENG	Forward	1976–1980	103	36	0.35
Gwyn ThomasWAL	MF	1975–1984	103	3	0.03
Billy DownENG	Goalkeeper	1920–1925	101	0	0.00
Manuel Rui MarquesANG	Centre-back	2005–2010	100	4	0.04
Jimmy FrewSCO	Left-back	1920–1924	99	0	0.00
Chris CroweENG	IR	1956–1960	98	27	0.28
Marco SilvestriITA	Goalkeeper	2014–2017	98	0	0.00
Charlie TaylorENG	21 ♙LB♙L	2011–2017	97	3	0.03
Stephen McPhailIRL	CM	1996–2004	97	3	0.03
Eddie LewisUSA	LM	2005–2007	96	9	0.09
George AinsleyENG	Centre-forward	1936–1947 WWII	96	34	0.35
Matthew KilgallonENG	Centre-back	2000–2007	95	3	0.03
Alf-Inge HaalandNOR	MF	1997–2000	92	8	0.09
Wilbur CushNIR	RH	1957–1960	90	9	0.10
Micky AdamsENG	Left-back	1987–1989	89	3	0.03
Chris WoodNZL	Forward	2015–2017	88	44	0.50
Ken GadsbyENG	Left-back	1934–1948 WWII	87	0	0.00
Jimmy Floyd HasselbainkNED	Striker	1997–1999	87	42	0.48
Lewis CookENG	CM	2014–2016	85	2	0.02
Michael BridgesENG	Forward	1999–2004	82	21	0.26
Don RevieENG	IF	1958–1963	80	12	0.15
Max GradelCIV	LW	2009–2011	79	24	0.30
Rio FerdinandENG	Centre-back	2000–2002	73	2	0.03
John ShortENG	IF	1937–1948 WWII	63	19	0.30
Tony YeboahGHA	Forward	1995–1997	62	33	0.53
Fabian DelphENG	CM	2006–2009 2012	57	6	0.11
James MilnerENG	MF	2002–2004	54	5	0.09
Vinnie JonesWAL	MF	1989–1990	53	5	0.09
Gerry HenryENG	IR	1938–1947 WWII	47	5	0.11
Aaron LennonENG	RW	2003–2005	43	1	0.02
Eric CantonaFRA	Forward	1992	34	11	0.32
Robbie FowlerENG	Striker	2001–2003	33	14	0.42

188 players listed. Competitive first-team games only, wartime matches excluded.

Goal records

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Transfer business by season

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Spend, receipts and net by season

Figures in £m, counting only deals with a published fee. Undisclosed deals are left out rather than treated as £0, so seasons with unpublished fees read lower than they were — the table below shows how many deals are missing a fee in each season.

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Season	Spend £m	Receipts £m	Net £m	Deals with no published fee
1920-21	0	0	0	3
1921-22	0	0	0	4
1922-23	0	0	0	5
1923-24	0	0	0	5
1924-25	0	0	0	6
1925-26	0	0	0	6
1926-27	0	0	0	3
1927-28	0	0	0	3
1928-29	0	0	0	3
1929-30	0	0	0	2
1930-31	0	0	0	2
1931-32	0	0	0	3
1932-33	0	0	0	5
1933-34	0	0	0	2
1934-35	0	0	0	6
1935-36	0	0	0	14
1936-37	0	0	0	4
1937-38	0	0	0	7
1938-39	0	0	0	4
1939-40	0	0	0	2
1940-41	0	0	0	2
1941-42	0	0	0	1
1942-43	0	0	0	2
1943-44	0	0	0	2
1944-45	0	0	0	2
1945-46	0	0	0	4
1946-47	0	0	0	1
1947-48	0	0	0	8
1948-49	0	0	0	7
1949-50	0	0	0	4
1950-51	0	0	0	4
1951-52	0	0	0	3
1952-53	0	0	0	8
1953-54	0	0	0	4
1954-55	0	0	0	4
1955-56	0	0	0	3
1956-57	0	0	0	7
1957-58	0	0	0	3
1958-59	0	0	0	7
1959-60	0	0	0	13
1960-61	0.1	0	0.1	13
1961-62	0.1	0	0.1	8
1962-63	0	0.1	0	14
1963-64	0.1	0	0.1	7
1964-65	0	0	0	7
1965-66	0	0	0	3
1966-67	0	0	0	5
1967-68	0.1	0	0.1	6
1968-69	0	0.1	-0.1	2
1969-70	0.2	0	0.2	6
1970-71	0	0	0	3
1971-72	0	0.1	-0.1	7
1972-73	0.2	0	0.2	6
1973-74	0	0	0	7
1974-75	0.3	0.1	0.2	7
1975-76	0	0	0	4
1976-77	0.4	0.2	0.2	1
1977-78	0.5	0.8	-0.3	3
1978-79	0.5	0	0.5	5
1979-80	0.7	1	-0.2	6
1980-81	1	0	1	7
1981-82	1.6	0	1.6	10
1982-83	0.1	0.6	-0.5	7
1983-84	0	0.2	-0.2	11
1984-85	0.1	0.1	0	9
1985-86	0.3	0.1	0.2	10
1986-87	0.2	1.2	-1	10
1987-88	0.7	0.4	0.3	13
1988-89	0.6	0.7	-0.1	10
1989-90	3.4	1.7	1.7	10
1990-91	2.9	1.5	1.5	6
1991-92	6.7	0.3	6.3	8
1992-93	4.9	2.5	2.4	9
1993-94	6.6	7.2	-0.6	3
1994-95	5.1	1.7	3.4	8
1995-96	8.9	3.9	5	10
1996-97	14.3	8.7	5.6	10
1997-98	11.6	5.5	6.1	11
1998-99	11.7	0.3	11.5	14
1999-00	26.9	22.2	4.7	5
2000-01	60.4	7.8	52.6	9
2001-02	23.8	4	19.8	6
2002-03	3.5	67.1	-63.6	9
2003-04	0.1	14.1	-14	9
2004-05	3.4	23.5	-20.1	35
2005-06	5	1.3	3.7	19
2006-07	2.6	8	-5.4	18
2007-08	2	4.5	-2.5	20
2008-09	0.3	0.2	0.1	17
2009-10	0.5	10.4	-9.9	15
2010-11	0.9	0	0.9	33
2011-12	0.7	5.2	-4.5	19
2012-13	2.3	4	-1.7	17
2013-14	2	0	2	12
2014-15	5.5	0.9	4.6	23
2015-16	6.9	0.5	6.4	21
2016-17	4.7	6.5	-1.8	18
2017-18	15.6	24	-8.4	0
2018-19	10	7.8	2.2	1
2019-20	18.6	33.5	-14.9	12
2020-21	97.9	0	97.9	3
2021-22	52.7	2	50.7	20
2022-23	108.7	92	16.7	1
2023-24	29.1	28.5	0.6	8
2024-25	30.9	120.2	-89.3	8
2025-26	99.6	8.5	91.1	8
2026-27	87.5	31.4	56.1	3

Arrivals and departures by season

How many players came in and went out across both windows of each season.

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Season	Arrivals	Departures
1920-21	3	0
1921-22	3	1
1922-23	4	1
1923-24	2	3
1924-25	4	4
1925-26	2	5
1926-27	2	2
1927-28	2	1
1928-29	2	1
1929-30	1	1
1930-31	1	1
1931-32	1	2
1932-33	4	1
1933-34	1	1
1934-35	6	2
1935-36	11	3
1936-37	1	3
1937-38	2	5
1938-39	1	5
1939-40	1	1
1940-41	1	2
1941-42	1	1
1942-43	1	2
1943-44	1	1
1944-45	1	1
1945-46	4	2
1946-47	1	1
1947-48	3	5
1948-49	5	4
1949-50	4	1
1950-51	1	3
1951-52	2	1
1952-53	7	1
1953-54	2	3
1954-55	4	1
1955-56	1	2
1956-57	3	4
1957-58	2	2
1958-59	6	3
1959-60	8	6
1960-61	9	8
1961-62	7	7
1962-63	9	11
1963-64	7	3
1964-65	4	3
1965-66	1	4
1966-67	2	3
1967-68	5	3
1968-69	1	2
1969-70	4	3
1970-71	2	2
1971-72	6	5
1972-73	6	3
1973-74	4	3
1974-75	3	9
1975-76	2	2
1976-77	3	7
1977-78	3	4
1978-79	4	4
1979-80	8	5
1980-81	3	5
1981-82	9	7
1982-83	5	12
1983-84	9	7
1984-85	9	8
1985-86	8	12
1986-87	12	8
1987-88	9	13
1988-89	12	7
1989-90	15	16
1990-91	7	10
1991-92	19	18
1992-93	14	8
1993-94	7	10
1994-95	13	12
1995-96	17	12
1996-97	12	13
1997-98	14	18
1998-99	20	14
1999-00	11	16
2000-01	13	10
2001-02	8	10
2002-03	17	17
2003-04	23	27
2004-05	38	38
2005-06	22	21
2006-07	32	32
2007-08	34	30
2008-09	11	19
2009-10	7	14
2010-11	14	21
2011-12	9	16
2012-13	19	25
2013-14	7	7
2014-15	11	22
2015-16	14	21
2016-17	15	25
2017-18	14	13
2018-19	10	26
2019-20	12	28
2020-21	13	12
2021-22	11	27
2022-23	12	18
2023-24	11	29
2024-25	11	18
2025-26	16	16
2026-27	10	18

Points by season

Two points for a win before 1981-82, three points after, so totals rise from that point.