List of AFC Bournemouth records and statistics

For a season by season record of all competitions, see List of AFC Bournemouth seasons.

Honours

League titles

EFL Championship (second tier):

• Winners (1): 2014–15
• Runners-up (1): 2021–22

EFL League One/Division Three (third tier):

• Winners (1): 1986–87
• Runners-up (1): 2012–13

EFL League Two/Division Three/Division Four (fourth tier):

• Runners-up (2): 1970–71, 2009–10
• Play-off winners (1): 2002–03

Third Division South:

• Runners-up (1): 1947–48

Southern Football League:

• Runners-up (1): 1922–23

Hampshire League West:

• Winners (1): 1907–07
• Runners-up (2): 1903–04, 1907–08

Hampshire League:

• Runners-up (3): 1910–11, 1911–12, 1913–14

Cup titles

Associate Members' Cup:

• Winners (1): 1984

EFL Trophy

• Runners-up (1): 1998

Club statistics

Matches

Wins

• Record league win: 8–0 vs Birmingham City, Championship, 25 October 2014 ^[1]
• Record cup win: 11–0 vs Margate, FA Cup, 20 November 1971 ^[2]

Losses

Record league loss:

• 0–9 vs Liverpool, Premier League, 27 August 2022. ^[3]
• 0–9 vs Lincoln City, League One (Formerly Football League Third Division), 18 December 1982.

Divisional movements

Tier	Years	Last	Promotions	Relegations
First	9	2025–26	–	1 (2020)
Second	7	2021–22	2 (2022) (2015)	1 (1990)
Third	70	2012–13	2 (2013) (1987)	4 (1970) (1975) (2002) (2008)
Fourth	11	2009–10	4 (1971) (1982) (2003) (2010)
Other	15	1922–23	1 (1923)

Player statistics

The following are club records since its establishment in 1899.

Only competitive, professional matches, as of January 2026

Players in bold still play for the club

Most appearances

Rank	Nat.	Player	Tenure	Apps	Position
1		Steve Fletcher	1992–2007 2009–2013	726	FW
2		Neil Young	1994–2008	483	DF
3		Sean O'Driscoll	1984–1995	441	MF
4		Ray Bumstead	1958–1969	436	MF
5		Adam Smith	2010–2011 2014–	415	DF
6		James Hayter	1997–2007	407	FW
7		Keith Miller	1968–1979	398	DF
8		Tommy Godwin	1952–1962	389	GK
9		Steve Cook	2011–2022	388	DF
10		Ron Eyre	1924–1933	378	FW

Top goalscorers

Rank	Nat.	Player	Tenure	Goals	Apps	Position	Goals per game
1		Ron Eyre	1924–1933	229	378	FW	0.61
2		Ted MacDougall	1969–1972 1978–1980	142	212	FW	0.67
3		Steve Fletcher	1992–2009 2010–2013	122	726	FW	0.17
4		James Hayter	1997–2007	108	407	FW	0.27
5		Brett Pitman	2005–2010 2012–2015	102	301	FW	0.34
6		Dickie Dowsett	1957–1962	85	179	FW	0.47
7		Stan Newsham	1952–1957	78	152	FW	0.51
8		Dominic Solanke	2019–2024	77	216	FW	0.36
9		Doug McGibbon	1948–1951	68	111	FW	0.61
10		Jack Cross	1947–1953	67	173	FW	0.39

Transfers

Record transfer fees paid

Rank	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Ref.
1	FW	Evanilson	Porto	£40,200,000	August 2024	[4]
2	CB	Bafodé Diakité	Lille	£34,600,000	August 2025	[5]
3	LW	Amine Adli	Bayer Leverkusen	£25,100,000	August 2025	[6]
4	DM	Jefferson Lerma	Levante	£25,000,000	August 2018	[7]
	CM	Alex Scott	Bristol City		August 2023	[8]
	GK	Đorđe Petrović	Chelsea		July 2025	[9]
	RW	Ben Gannon-Doak	Liverpool		August 2025	[10]
8	FW	Rayan	Vasco da Gama	£24,700,000	January 2026	[11]
9	CB	Illia Zabarnyi	Dynamo Kyiv	£24,000,000	January 2023	[12]
10	DM	Tyler Adams	Leeds United	£23,000,000	August 2023	[13]

Record transfer fees received

Rank	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Ref.
1	FW	Dominic Solanke	Tottenham Hotspur	£65,000,000	August 2024	[14]
2	RW	Antoine Semenyo	Manchester City	£64,000,000	January 2026	[15]
3	CB	Illia Zabarnyi	Paris Saint-Germain	£54,500,000	August 2025	[16]
4	CB	Dean Huijsen	Real Madrid	£50,000,000	June 2025	[17]
5	RW	Dango Ouattara	Brentford	£42,500,000	August 2025	[18]
6	CB	Nathan Aké	Manchester City	£41,000,000	August 2020	[19]
7	LB	Milos Kerkez	Liverpool	£40,000,000	June 2025	[20]
8	CB	Tyrone Mings	Aston Villa	£26,500,000	July 2019	[21]
9	LW	Arnaut Danjuma	Villarreal	£21,300,000	August 2021	[22]
10	FW	Callum Wilson	Newcastle United	£20,000,000	September 2020	[23]

References

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3. "Liverpool 9-0 Bournemouth" . Retrieved 21 January 2024.
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21. Fisher, Ben (8 July 2019). "Aston Villa sign Bournemouth's Tyrone Mings in deal worth up to £26.5m". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
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