List of Manchester City F.C. records and statistics

This article is about all-time club records. For a season-by-season statistical breakdown, see List of Manchester City F.C. seasons.

This article lists various statistics related to Manchester City Football Club .

Club honours

Best performances in competitions entered

Competition	Best result	Championship	Runners-up
Premier League/First Division (L1)	Winners	10	6
First Division/Second Division (L2)	Winners	7	4
Second Division (L3)	Third place	0	0
FA Cup	Winners	7	6
EFL Cup/Football League Cup	Winners	8	1
Full Members' Cup	Runners-up	0	1
Football League Trophy	First round	0	0
FA Community Shield/FA Charity Shield	Winners	7	9
UEFA Champions League/European Cup	Winners	1	1
UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup	Quarter-finals	0	0
European Cup Winners' Cup	Winners	1	0
UEFA Super Cup	Winners	1	0
FIFA Club World Cup	Winners	1	0

• Premier League/First Division (highest tier) ^{[lower-alpha 1]}
  • Winners (10): 1936–37, 1967–68, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
  • Runners-up (6): 1903–04, 1920–21, 1976–77, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2019–20
• First Division/Second Division (second tier) ^{[lower-alpha 1]}
  • Winners (7): 1898–99, 1902–03, 1909–10, 1927–28, 1946–47, 1965–66, 2001–02
  • Runners-up (4): 1895–96, 1950–51, 1988–89, 1999–2000
  • Promoted third place (1): 1984–85
• Second Division (third tier) ^{[lower-alpha 1]}
  • (Best) Promoted third place (1): 1998–99
• FA Cup
  • Winners (7): 1903–04, 1933–34, 1955–56, 1968–69, 2010–11, 2018–19, 2022–23
  • Runners-up (6): 1925–26, 1932–33, 1954–55, 1980–81, 2012–13, 2023–24
• EFL Cup/Football League Cup
  • Winners (8): 1969–70, 1975–76, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21
  • Runners-up (1): 1973–74
• Full Members' Cup
  • (Best) Runners-up (1): 1985–86
• FA Community Shield/FA Charity Shield
  • Winners (7): 1937, 1968, 1972, 2012, 2018, 2019, 2024
  • Runners-up (9): 1934, 1956, 1969, 1973, 2011, 2014, 2021, 2022, 2023
• UEFA Champions League/European Cup
  • Winners (1): 2022–23
  • Runners-up (1): 2020–21
• UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup
  • (Best) Quarter-finals (2): 1978–79, 2008–09
• European Cup Winners' Cup
  • Winners (1): 1969–70
• UEFA Super Cup
  • Winners (1): 2023
• FIFA Club World Cup
  • Winners (1): 2023
• Ballon D'Or Club of the Year
  • Winners (2): 2022, 2023
• BBC Sports Team of the Year Award
  • Winners (1): 2023

Competitive record

See also: List of Manchester City F.C. seasons, Manchester City F.C. league record by opponent, and Manchester City F.C. in international football

The table that follows is accurate as of the end of the 2023–24 season for all competitions. It excludes war competitions and league performances prior to City's joining the English football league in 1892.

Competition	T	Part	Pld	W	D	L	Win %	GF	GA	GD	Pts
National
Football League First Division	2	68	2,772	1,061	677	1,034	38.27	4,317	4,242	+75	2,837
Premier League	8	27	1,038	529	222	287	50.96	1,848	1,135	+713	1,809
Football League Second Division / Football League First Division	7	26	973	489	213	271	50.26	1,919	1,286	+633	1,360
Football League Second Division	0	1	46	22	16	8	47.83	69	33	+36	82
FA Cup	7	121	381	201	67	113	52.76	742	464	+278	–
Football League Cup / EFL Cup	8	64	234	136	37	61	58.12	465	250	+215	–
FA Charity Shield / FA Community Shield	6	16	16	6	1	9	37.15	20	22	-2	–
International
European Cup / UEFA Champions League	1	14	129	74	26	29	57.36	270	142	+128	–
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League	0	8	52	28	13	11	53.85	84	51	+33	–
European Cup Winners' Cup / UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1	2	18	11	2	5	61.11	32	13	+19	–
European Super Cup / UEFA Super Cup	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	–
FIFA Club World Cup	1	1	2	2	0	0	100.00	7	0	+7	0
Total	42	350	5,662	2,559	1,275	1,828	45.20	9,774	7,639	+2135	6,088

Current first-team squad statistics

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Since	App	Goals	Assists	CS	Ends	Fee	Notes
2	DF		Kyle Walker ( Capt )	34	2017	306	6	23	–	2026	£45m
3	DF		Rúben Dias ( VC )	27	2020	185	4	6	–	2027	£62m	Second VC
5	DF		John Stones	30	2016	260	17	7	–	2026	£47.5m
6	DF		Nathan Aké	29	2020	127	10	2	–	2027	£40m
8	MF		Mateo Kovačić	30	2023	52	4	1	–	2027	£25m
9	FW		Erling Haaland	24	2022	105	100	15	–	2027	£51.2m
10	MF		Jack Grealish	29	2021	130	14	19	–	2027	£100m	Record signing
11	MF		Jérémy Doku	22	2023	50	7	9	–	2028	£55.4m
16	MF		Rodri ( VC )	28	2019	260	26	29	–	2027	£62.8m	Third VC
17	MF		Kevin De Bruyne ( VC )	33	2015	387	104	165	–	2025	£54.5m	First VC, all-time leading assist provider
18	GK		Stefan Ortega	31	2022	35	0	0	16	2026	Free Transfer
19	MF		İlkay Gündoğan	33	2024	309	60	38	–	2025	Free Transfer	Also team member between 2016 and 2023
20	MF		Bernardo Silva ( VC )	30	2017	362	68	69	–	2026	£43.5m	Fourth VC
24	DF		Joško Gvardiol	22	2023	50	5	2	–	2028	£77.5m
25	DF		Manuel Akanji	29	2022	103	5	1	–	2027	£15.0m
26	MF		Savinho	20	2024	7	0	2	–	2029	£21.0m
27	MF		Matheus Nunes	26	2023	34	1	5	–	2028	£53.0m
31	GK		Ederson	31	2017	339	0	5	152	2026	£34.9m
33	GK		Scott Carson	39	2021	2	0	0	0	2025	Free Transfer	On loan in 2019–21
47	MF		Phil Foden	24	2017	274	87	53	–	2027	–	Academy graduate
52	MF		Oscar Bobb	21	2021	27	2	2	–	2029	–	Academy graduate
75	MF		Nico O'Reilly	19	2024	2	0	0	–	2026	–	Academy graduate
82	DF		Rico Lewis	19	2022	57	3	6	–	2028	–	Academy graduate
87	MF		James McAtee	21	2021	10	0	0	–	2026	–	Academy graduate
97	DF		Josh Wilson-Esbrand	21	2022	3	0	1	–	2027	–	Academy graduate

Updated to match played 24 September 2024
Source:  FBRef, Manchester City website,
Ordered by squad number.
Appearances include league and cup appearances, including as substitute.
Includes EDS players who train regularly with the first team, having made at least one previous league appearance.

Club records

Matches

• First competitive match - Ardwick 12-0 Liverpool Stanley, FA Cup (4 October 1890)
• First FA Cup match - Ardwick 12-0 Liverpool Stanley, QF Round 1 (4 October 1890)
• First Football Alliance match - Ardwick 3-3 Bootle (12 September 1891)
• First Football League match - Ardwick 7-0 Bootle (3 September 1892)
• First First Division match - Blackburn Rovers 4-3 Manchester City (2 September 1899)
• First League Cup match - Manchester City 3-0 Stockport County, second round (18 October 1960)
• First European match - Manchester City 0-0 Fenerbahce, European Cup first round (18 September 1968)
• Record league victory – 11–3 vs Lincoln City (23 March 1895, most goals scored); 10–0 vs Darwen (18 February 1899, widest margin of victory) ^[1]
• Record FA Cup victory – 12–0 vs Liverpool Stanley (4 October 1890) ^[2]
• Record European victory – 7–0 vs Schalke 04, UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg (12 March 2019); ^[3] 7–0 vs RB Leipzig, UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg (14 March 2023) ^[4]
• Record league defeat – 0–8 vs Burton Wanderers (26 December 1894); 0–8 vs Wolverhampton Wanderers (23 December 1933); 1–9 vs Everton (3 September 1906); 2–10 vs Small Heath (17 March 1893) ^[1]
• Record FA Cup defeat – 0–6 vs Preston North End (30 January 1897); 2–8 vs Bradford Park Avenue (30 January 1946) ^[2]
• Record European defeat – 0–4 vs Barcelona, UEFA Champions League group stage, 19 October 2016 ^[5]

Streaks

Winning runs

• Longest winning run in all competitions: 21, 19 December 2020 – 2 March 2021 (all games won over 90 minutes), (national record)
• Longest league winning run: 18, 26 August 2017 – 27 December 2017, (joint national record)
• Longest league winning run from the start of a calendar year: 13, 3 January 2021 – 2 March 2021, (national record)
• Longest run of games without going behind in the Premier League: 19, 28 November 2020 – 2 March 2021, (joint national record)
• Longest winning run in the FA Cup: 11, 8 January 2023 – 20 April 2024
• Longest winning run in the League Cup: 16, 20 September 2017 – 7 January 2020 (including penalty shoot-out wins)
• Most consecutive home wins (all competitions): 23, 8 January 2023 – 7 November 2023, (Premier League record)
• Most consecutive away wins (all competitions): 20, 19 December 2020 – 14 May 2021, (national record)
• Most consecutive home league game wins: 20, 5 March 2011 – 21 March 2012
• Most consecutive away league game wins: 12, 19 December 2020 – 14 May 2021, (national record)

UEFA competitions

• Longest consecutive winning run in UEFA competitions: 10, 17 May 2023 – 6 March 2024, (national record)
• Most UEFA Champions League consecutive home game wins: 12, 9 March 2022 – 6 March 2024
• Most UEFA Champions League game wins in a single season: 11, 2020–21, (national record)

Unbeaten runs

• Longest unbeaten run (all competitions): 35, 10 December 2023 – 19 May 2024
• Longest unbeaten home run (all competitions): 50, 22 December 2022 – 24 September 2024, (ongoing)
• Longest unbeaten away run (all competitions): 23, 25 November 2020 – 14 May 2021
• Longest league unbeaten run: 30, 8 April 2017 – 2 January 2018
• Longest league unbeaten home run: 37, 28 December 2010 – 1 December 2012
• Longest league unbeaten away run: 22, 11 September 2021 – 17 September 2022

UEFA competitions

• Longest unbeaten run in UEFA Competitions: 25, 6 September 2022 – 18 September 2024, (ongoing), (national record)
• Longest unbeaten run in the UEFA Champions League: 24, 6 September 2022 – 18 September 2024, (ongoing)
• Longest unbeaten home run in the UEFA Champions League: 32, 7 November 2018 – 18 September 2024, (ongoing), (national record)
• Longest unbeaten away run in the UEFA Champions League: 11, 6 September 2022 – 9 April 2024, (ongoing)

Winless runs

• Longest winless run: 18, 26 December 1979 – 7 April 1980
• Longest home winless run: 9, 26 December 1979 – 7 April 1980
• Longest away winless run: 34, 11 February 1986 – 17 October 1987
• Longest winless run in the UEFA Champions League: 6, 18 September 2012 – 4 December 2012

Draws

• Most consecutive draws: 6, 5 April 1913 – 6 September 1913
• Most consecutie home draws: 6, 18 October 1924 – 20 December 1924
• Most consecutive away draws: 7, 9 September 1990 – 24 November 1990
• Most consecutive league draws: 7, 5 October 2009 – 28 October 2009

Losses

• Most consecutive defeats: 8, 23 August 1995 – 14 October 1995
• Most consecutive home defeats: 5, 5 December 1987 – 23 January 1988
• Most consecutive away defeats: 14, 5 November 1892 – 13 January 1894

Seasonal

Records are only for completed league seasons and exclude war seasons.

Most

• Most goals scored in a season (all competitions): 169, 2018–19, ^[6] (national record)
• Most home goals scored in a season (all competitions): 100, 2018–19; 2022–23 ^[7]
• Most league goals scored in a season: 108, 1926–27; 2001–02 ^[8]
• Most goals scored in a Premier League season: 106, 2017–18, (national record)
• Most goals scored in a Premier League calendar year: 113, 2021, ^[9] (national record)
• Most league goals conceded in a season: 102, 1962–63
• Most Premier League goals conceded in a season: 65, 2000–01
• Most points in a league season (2 points per win): 62, 1946–47 Second Division ^[8]
• Most points in a league season (3 points per win): 100, 2017–18 Premier League, ^[8] (top-tier national record)
• Most league game wins in a season: 32, 2017–18; ^[10] 2018–19, ^[11] (national record)
• Most league game wins in a calendar year: 36, 2021, ^[9] (top-tier national record)
• Most away league game wins in a calendar year: 19, 2021, ^[9] (top-tier national record)
• Most home league game wins in a season: 19, 1920–21; 2001–02
• Most away league game wins in a season: 16, 2017–18
• Most league draws in a season: 18, 1993–94
• Most league defeats in a season: 22, 1958–59; 1959–60; 1997–98
• Most Premier League defeats in a season: 21, 2005–06

Least

• Fewest league goals scored in a season: 29, 2006–07
• Fewest league goals conceded in a season: 23, 2018–19
• Fewest points in a league season (2 points per win): 18, 1892–93 Second Division
• Fewest points in a league season (3 points per win): 34, 2000–01 Premier League
• Fewest league game wins in a season: 8, 1893–94; 1949–50; 1986–87; 2000–01
• Fewest league game draws in a season: 2, 1893–94; 2018–19
• Fewest league game defeats in a season: 2, 2017–18

Internationals

• Most international caps (total while at club): 87 – David Silva, Spain ^[8]
• Most international goals (total while at club) 28 – David Silva, Spain ^[8]

Attendances

• Highest home attendance: 84,569 vs Stoke City, Maine Road, FA Cup, 3 March 1934, (national record) ^{[lower-alpha 2]}
• Lowest home attendance: 1,000 vs Burton, Hyde Road, Second Division, 11 September 1893

Firsts

• First team to achieve automatic promotion in the Football League (1898–99)
• First team to get promoted and win a major honour in successive seasons (1903-04)
• First team from the Greater Manchester region to win a major honour (1903-04)
• First team (with Everton), to wear numbered shirts (1933 FA Cup Final)
• First and only team to get relegated as First Division/Premier League champions (1937–38)
• First and only team to both score and concede 100 goals in a First Division/Premier League season (1957–58)
• First English team to achieve a major domestic and European trophy in the same season (1969–70)
• First team to have won the First Division, FA Cup, Football League Cup and a European trophy (1969–70)
• First team to win the First Division, FA Cup and Football League Cup in successive seasons (1969-70)
• First team to win all four major domestic trophies within three seasons (1969-70)
• First European-trophy-winning English team to get relegated to the third tier (1997–98)
• First team to achieve 100 points in an English top-flight season (2017–18)
• First English team to achieve the domestic treble (2018–19)
• First team to win 4 consecutive English top-flight titles (2020–21 to 2023–24)

Penalty shoot-out record

Overall record

Shoot-outs	Won	Lost	Pens for	Pens against	Diff	Win %
19	13	6	71	62	+9	68.42

Individual shoot-outs

Season	Date	Competition	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Score	City manager
1981-82	28 October 1981	League Cup	2nd Round	Stoke City	Away	Won	9-8	John Bond [12]
1985–86	4 November 1985	Full Members' Cup	Semi-finals	Sunderland	Home	Won	4–2	Billy McNeill
1997–98	26 August 1997	League Cup	First round	Blackpool	Home	Lost	2–4	Frank Clark
1998–99	30 May 1999	Second Division play-offs	Final	Gillingham	Neutral	Won	3–1	Joe Royle
2005–06	21 September 2005	League Cup	First round	Doncaster Rovers	Away	Lost	0–3	Stuart Pearce
2008–09	28 August 2008	UEFA Cup	Second qualifying round	Midtjylland	Away	Won	4–2	Mark Hughes
2008–09	24 September 2008	League Cup	Second round	Brighton & Hove Albion	Away	Lost	3–5
2008–09	19 March 2009	UEFA Cup	Round of 16	Aalborg	Away	Won	4–3
2015–16	28 February 2016	League Cup	Final	Liverpool	Neutral	Won	3–1	Manuel Pellegrini
2017–18	24 October 2017	EFL Cup	Fourth round	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Home	Won	4–1	Pep Guardiola
2017–18	19 December 2017	EFL Cup	Quarter-finals	Leicester City	Away	Won	4–3
2018–19	18 December 2018	EFL Cup	Quarter-finals	Leicester City	Away	Won	3–1
2018–19	24 February 2019	EFL Cup	Final	Chelsea	Neutral	Won	4–3
2019–20	4 August 2019	FA Community Shield		Liverpool	Neutral	Won	5–4
2021–22	27 October 2021	EFL Cup	Fourth round	West Ham United	Away	Lost	3–5
2023–24	6 August 2023	FA Community Shield		Arsenal	Neutral	Lost	1–4
2023–24	16 August 2023	UEFA Super Cup		Sevilla	Neutral	Won	5–4
2023–24	17 April 2024	UEFA Champions League	Quarter-finals	Real Madrid	Home	Lost	3–4
2024-25	10 August 2024	FA Community Shield		Manchester United	Neutral	Won	7-6

Player awards

Player of the Year

See also: List of Manchester City F.C. players § Player of the Year awards

Each season since the end of the 1966–67 season, the members of the Manchester City Official Supporters Club have voted by ballot to choose the player on the team they feel is the worthiest of recognition for his performances during that season. The following table lists all of the recipients of this award since 2000.

Year Winner 2000–01 Danny Tiatto 2001–02 Ali Benarbia 2002–03 Sylvain Distin 2003–04 Shaun Wright-Phillips 2004–05 Richard Dunne 2005–06 Richard Dunne 2006–07 Richard Dunne 2007–08 Richard Dunne 2008–09 Stephen Ireland 2009–10 Carlos Tevez

Year Winner 2010–11 Vincent Kompany 2011–12 Sergio Agüero 2012–13 Pablo Zabaleta 2013–14 Yaya Touré 2014–15 Sergio Agüero 2015–16 Kevin De Bruyne 2016–17 David Silva 2017–18 Kevin De Bruyne 2018–19 Bernardo Silva 2019–20 Kevin De Bruyne

Year Winner 2020–21 Rúben Dias 2021–22 Kevin De Bruyne 2022–23 Erling Haaland 2023–24 Phil Foden

Source: ^{[13] [14] [15] [16] [17]}

Players with the most Player of the Year awards

Rank	Player	Nationality	Years	Titles
1	Kevin De Bruyne	Belgium	2015–	4
	Richard Dunne	Ireland	2000–2010
3	Joe Corrigan	England	1967–1983	3
4	Sergio Agüero	Argentina	2011–2021	2
	Tony Coton	England	1990–1996
	Neil McNab	Scotland	1983–1990
	Georgi Kinkladze	Georgia	1995–1998
	Mike Summerbee	England	1965–1975
	Paul Power	England	1975–1986
	Mike Doyle	England	1967–1978

Source: ^{[18] [19] [20] [21] [22]}

Players' individual awards while at Manchester City

European or international award winners FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball (1): Rodri in 2023 FIFA Club World Cup Silver Ball (1): Kyle Walker in 2023 UEFA European Championship Player of the Tournament (1): Rodri in 2024 The Best FIFA Goalkeeper (1): Ederson in 2023 UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award (1): Erling Haaland in 2022–23 European Golden Shoe (1): Erling Haaland (2022–23, 36 goals in 35 games, 72 points) Ballon d'Or Striker of the Year / Gerd Müller Trophy (1): Erling Haaland in 2023 FIFA FIFPRO World 11 (12): Kevin De Bruyne in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 Erling Haaland in 2022, 2023 Rúben Dias in 2021, 2023 João Cancelo in 2022 Bernardo Silva in 2023 Kyle Walker in 2023 John Stones in 2023 UEFA Club Football Awards (3): Kevin De Bruyne in 2019–20 (Best Midfielder) Rúben Dias in 2020–21 (Best Defender) Rodri in 2022–23 (Champions League Player of the Season) UEFA Team of the Year (3): Kevin De Bruyne in 2017, 2019, 2020 UEFA Champions League Team / Squad of the Season (20): 6 awards: Kevin De Bruyne 2 awards: Rúben Dias, Raheem Sterling and Phil Foden 1 award: 8 players IFFHS Men's World Team (13): Kevin De Bruyne in 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022. 2023 Bernardo Silva in 2019 Rúben Dias in 2021, 2023 Erling Haaland in 2022, 2023 Ederson in 2023 Rodri in 2023 IFFHS World's Best Player (1): Erling Haaland in 2023 IFFHS World's Best Playmaker (3): Kevin De Bruyne in 2020, 2021, 2023 IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper (1): Ederson in 2023 IFFHS World's Best Central Left Midfielder (1): Kevin De Bruyne in 2020 IFFHS UEFA Team of the Decade (1): Kevin De Bruyne for 2011–2020 IFFHS CONMEBOL Team of the Decade (1): Sergio Agüero for 2011–2020 IFFHS CAF Team of the Decade (2): Riyad Mahrez for 2011–2020 Yaya Touré for 2011–2020 ESM Team of the Season (16): Kevin De Bruyne in 2017–18, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23 João Cancelo in 2020–21, 2021–22 Vincent Kompany in 2011–12 Yaya Touré in 2013–14 Nicolás Otamendi and David Silva in 2017–18 Rúben Dias, John Stones and İlkay Gündoğan in 2020–21 Bernardo Silva in 2021–22 Erling Haaland in 2022–23 BBC Sports Personality World Sport Star of the Year (1) Erling Haaland in 2023

First Division or Premier League awards winners PFA Players' Player of the Year (4): Kevin De Bruyne in 2019–20 and 2020–21 Erling Haaland in 2022–23 Phil Foden in 2023–24 PFA Young Player of the Year (5): Peter Barnes in 1975–76 Leroy Sané in 2017–18 Raheem Sterling in 2018–19 Phil Foden in 2020–21 and 2021–22 Premier League Player of the Season (6): Vincent Kompany in 2011–12 Kevin De Bruyne in 2019–20 and 2021–22 Rúben Dias in 2020–21 Erling Haaland in 2022–23 Phil Foden in 2023–24 Premier League Young Player of the Season (3): Phil Foden in 2020–21 and 2021–22 Erling Haaland in 2022–23 FWA Footballer of the Year (7): Don Revie in 1954–55 Bert Trautmann in 1955–56 Tony Book in 1968–69 Raheem Sterling in 2018–19 Rúben Dias in 2020–21 Erling Haaland in 2022–23 Phil Foden in 2023–24 Premier League Golden Boot or previous First Division equivalent (6): Frank Roberts: 1 (31 goals, 1924–25) Francis Lee: 1 (33 goals, 1971–72) Carlos Tevez: 1 (20 goals, 2010–11) Sergio Agüero: 1 (26 goals, 2014–15) Erling Haaland: 2 (36 goals, 2022–23; 27 goals, 2023–24) Premier League Playmaker of the Season (3): Kevin De Bruyne: 3 (16 assists, 2017–18; 20 assists, 2019–20; 16 assists, 2022–23) Premier League Golden Glove (7): Joe Hart: 4 (18 clean sheets, 2010–11; 17 clean sheets, 2011–12; 18 clean sheets, 2012–13; 14 clean sheets, 2014–15) Ederson: 3 (16 clean sheets, 2019–20; 19 clean sheets, 2020–21; 20 clean sheets, 2021–22) PFA Team of the Year (47) (First Division or Premier League only) 5 awards: Kevin De Bruyne 3 awards: Vincent Kompany and David Silva 2 awards: 10 players 1 award: 16 players Premier League Player of the Month (at least 2 awards won): Sergio Agüero: 7, shared most in the Premier League (October 2013, November 2014, January 2016, April 2016, January 2018, February 2019, January 2020) Raheem Sterling: 3 (August 2016, November 2018, December 2021) Erling Haaland: 3 (August 2022, April 2023, August 2024) İlkay Gündoğan: 2 (January 2021, February 2021) Premier League Goal of the Month (at least 2 awards won): Kevin De Bruyne: 2 (November 2019, July 2020)

Players with the most titles won at the club

As of 10 August 2024 ^[23]

Players with equal number of titles are ranked in alphabetical order.

Rank	Player	Nationality	Years	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	Community Shield	Continental	Titles
1	Kevin De Bruyne	Belgium	2015–	6	2	5	3	3	19
2	Ederson	Brazil	2017–	6	2	4	3	3	18
	Bernardo Silva	Portugal	2017–	6	2	4	3	3
3	Phil Foden	England	2017–	6	2	4	2	3	17
	John Stones	England	2016–	6	2	4	2	3
	Kyle Walker	England	2017–	6	2	4	2	3
7	Sergio Agüero	Argentina	2011–2021	5	1	6	3	0	15
	Aymeric Laporte	Spain	2018–2023	5	2	4	2	2
9	İlkay Gündoğan	Germany	2016–2023 2024–	5	2	4	2	1	14
10	Fernandinho	Brazil	2013–2022	5	1	6	1	0	14
	David Silva	Spain	2010–2020	4	2	5	2	0

Player records

Appearances

• Youngest player: Glyn Pardoe, 15 years, 314 days (against Birmingham City, First Division, 11 April 1962) ^[8]
• Oldest player: Billy Meredith, 49 years, 245 days (against Newcastle United, FA Cup semi-final, 29 March 1924) ^[8]

All-time appearances

This table lists the top ten Manchester City players with the most appearances for the club (minimum 436 appearances).<br Figures out of brackets are match starts and in brackets are additional substitute appearances.
Columns are sorted and ranked in order of total (start + sub) appearances
Names in bold are players who are still at the club at present.

As of 15 August 2020 ^{[24] [25] [26]}

Rank	Player	Years	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Europe	Other [lower-alpha 3]	Total
1	Alan Oakes	1959–1976	561 (3)	41 (0)	46 (1)	17 (0)	11 (0)	676 (4)
2	Joe Corrigan	1967–1983	476 (0)	37 (0)	52 (0)	27 (0)	10 (1)	602 (1)
3	Mike Doyle	1967–1978	441 (7)	44 (0)	43 (0)	23 (0)	12 (0)	563 (7)
4	Bert Trautmann	1949–1964	508 (0)	33 (0)	4 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	545 (0)
5	Colin Bell	1966–1979	393 (1)	33 (1)	40 (0)	23 (1)	9 (0)	498 (3)
6	Eric Brook	1928–1939	450 (0)	41 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	2 (0)	493 (0) [lower-alpha 4]
7	Tommy Booth	1968–1981	380 (2)	27 (0)	44 (2)	25 (0)	11 (0)	487 (4)
8	Mike Summerbee	1965–1975	345 (1)	34 (0)	36 (0)	16 (0)	8 (1)	449 (2)
9	Paul Power	1975–1986	358 (7)	28 (0)	37 (1)	7 (1)	6 (0)	436 (9)
10	Willie Donachie	1970–1980	347 (4)	21 (0)	40 (0)	13 (1)	10 (0)	431 (5)
	David Silva	2010–2020	281 (28)	30 (4)	16 (3)	61 (9)	2 (2)	390 (46)

Current player with the most appearances: Kevin De Bruyne – 330 (52) as of 25th May 2024 – ranked 18th on the all-time list. ^[27]

Appearances in continental competitions

As of match played 18 September 2024. ^[26]

Rank	Player	Nationality	Years	UCL	UEL	USC	FCWC	Total
1	Fernandinho	Brazil	2013–2022	75	0	0	0	75
2	Ederson	Brazil	2017–	69	0	1	2	72
	Bernardo Silva	Portugal	2017–	70	0	0	2
4	David Silva	Spain	2010–2020	56	14	0	0	70
5	Sergio Agüero	Argentina	2011–2021	65	4	0	0	69
6	İlkay Gündoğan	Germany	2016–2023 2024–	68	0	0	0	68
	Raheem Sterling	England	2015–2022	68	0	0	0
8	Kevin De Bruyne	Belgium	2015–	67	0	0	0	67
9	Phil Foden	England	2017–	53	0	1	2	56
10	Joe Hart	England	2006–2017	40	13	0	0	53

Goalscorers

All-time top goalscorers

As of 11 May 2022. ^[26]

Sergio Agüero, pictured in 2014, is Manchester City's all-time record goalscorer, with 260 goals in all competitions.

Rank	Player	Nationality	Years	Goals
1	Sergio Agüero	Argentina	2011–2021	260
2	Eric Brook	England	1927–1940	177
3	Tommy Johnson	England	1920–1930	166
4	Colin Bell	England	1966–1979	153
5	Joe Hayes	England	1953–1965	152
	Billy Meredith	Wales	1894–1906 1921–1924
7	Francis Lee	England	1967–1974	148
8	Tommy Browell	England	1913–1926	139
9	Billie Gillespie	Scotland	1897–1905	132
	Fred Tilson	England	1928–1938

Current player with the most goals: Kevin De Bruyne – 102 as of 25 May 2024 – ranked 18th on the all-time list. ^[27]

• Most goals scored in all competitions: 260 – Sergio Agüero (2011–21).
• Most goals scored in one season in all competitions: 52 – Erling Haaland (2022–23) (most by a Premier League player)
• Most consecutive matches scored in (all competitions): 10 – Erling Haaland, 21 August 2022 – 8 October 2022.
• Most matches scored in Manchester City history: 186 – Sergio Agüero (2011–21).
• Most braces in Manchester City history: 37 – Sergio Agüero (2011–21).
• Most hat-tricks scored for Manchester City: 16 – Sergio Agüero (2011–21).
• Most hat-tricks in one season: 6 – Erling Haaland (in 2022–23).
• Most goals scored in a match in any competition: 6 – Denis Law v Luton Town, 28 January 1961.
• Youngest goalscorer in all competitions: Rony Lopes scored 5 January 2013 vs Watford (in FA Cup 3rd round) aged 17 years 8 days ^[28]

All-time top goalscorers in First Division / Premier League

As of 23 March 2021 ^[26]

Rank	Player	Nationality	Years	Goals
1	Sergio Agüero	Argentina	2011–2021	184
2	Eric Brook	England	1927–1940	158
	Tommy Johnson	England	1920–1930
4	Billy Meredith	Wales	1894–1906 1921–1924	146
5	Joe Hayes	England	1953–1965	142
6	Billie Gillespie	Scotland	1897–1905	126
7	Tommy Browell	England	1913–1926	122
8	Colin Bell	England	1966–1979	117
9	Francis Lee	England	1967–1974	112
10	Fred Tilson	England	1928–1938	110

• Most goals scored in First Division / Premier League: 184 – Sergio Agüero (2011–21) (most Premier League goals for a non-English player).
• Most goals scored in one First Division season: 38 – Tommy Johnson (1928–29).
• Most goals scored in one Premier League season: 36 – Erling Haaland (2022–23) (record for most Premier League goals in a season)
• Most consecutive Premier League matches scored in: 7 – Sergio Agüero (12 May 2019 – 21 September 2019) and Erling Haaland (21 August 2022 – 8 October 2022).
• Most home goals in one Premier League season: 22 – Erling Haaland (2022–23)
• Most away goals in one Premier League season: 14 – Erling Haaland (2022–23)
• Most Premier League matches scored in while playing for Manchester City: 131 – Sergio Agüero (2011–21).
• Most Premier League matches scored in during a single season: 23 – Erling Haaland (2022–23)
• Most home matches scored in one Premier League season: 12 – Erling Haaland (2022–23)
• Most away matches scored in one Premier League season: 11 – Erling Haaland (2022–23)
• Most braces scored in Premier League: 26 – Sergio Agüero (2011–21).
• Most Premier League braces in one season: 5 – Sergio Agüero (2016–17) and Erling Haaland (2022–23)
• Most hat-tricks scored in the Premier League: 12 – Sergio Agüero (2011–21) (national record).
• Most Premier League hat-tricks in one season: 4 – Erling Haaland (in 2022–23)
• Most poker or haul (4 goals in match) in Premier League games: 2 – Sergio Agüero (v. Tottenham Hotspur, 2014–15) and (v. Leicester City, 2017–18) .
• Most goals scored in one Premier League match: 5 – Sergio Agüero (v. Newcastle United, 2015–16).
• Most home goals scored in club history in Premier League: 109 – Sergio Agüero (2011–21).
• Most away goals scored in club history in Premier League: 74 – Sergio Agüero (2011–21).
• Most penalties scored in Premier League: 27 – Sergio Agüero (2011–21).
• Youngest league goalscorer: Ian Thompstone - scored 9 April 1988 vs. Middlesbrough aged 17 years 83 days. ^[28]
• Youngest Premier League goalscorer: Micah Richards - scored on 30 September 2006 vs. Everton aged 18 years 98 days.

All-time top goalscorers in continental competitions

As of 17 April 2024. ^[26]

In this table "Others" refer to historical and defunct continental competitions such as the Cup Winners' Cup, Anglo-Italian Cup with no current equivalent competition.
Goals scored in the old European Cup and UEFA Cup are included in the Champions League and Europa League columns respectively.

Rank	Player	Nationality	Years	UCL	UEL	FCWC	Others	Total
1	Sergio Agüero	Argentina	2011–2021	39	4	0	0	43
2	Raheem Sterling	England	2015–2022	24	0	0	0	24
3	Gabriel Jesus	Brazil	2017–2022	20	0	0	0	20
4	Erling Haaland	Norway	2022–	18	0	0	0	18
5	Kevin De Bruyne	Belgium	2017–	16	0	0	0	16
	Phil Foden	England	2015–	15	0	1	0
	Riyad Mahrez	Algeria	2018–2023	16	0	0	0
8	Bernardo Silva	Portugal	2017–	14	0	1	0	15
9	Francis Lee	England	1968–1975	0	0	0	11	11
	David Silva	Spain	2010–2020	9	2	0	0

• Most goals scored in European competitions: 43 – Sergio Agüero
• Most goals scored in the UEFA Champions League: 39 – Sergio Agüero
  • Most goals scored in the play-off round: 3 – Sergio Agüero
  • Most goals scored in the group stage: 27 – Sergio Agüero
  • Most goals scored in the knockout phase: 13 – Kevin De Bruyne
  • Most goals scored in a single season: 12 – Erling Haaland (2022–23)
  • Most hat-tricks scored: 3 – Sergio Agüero (2011–2021)
  • Most hat-tricks in a single season: 2 – Sergio Agüero (in 2016–17)
  • Most goals scored in a single match: 5 – Erling Haaland (2022–23)
• Most goals scored in the UEFA Super Cup: 1 – Cole Palmer
• Most goals scored in the FIFA Club World Cup: 2 – Julián Álvarez
  • Most goals scored in the FIFA Club World Cup final: 2 – Julián Álvarez
• Youngest scorer in European competitions: Tony Towers – scored on 18 March 1970 vs. Academica Coimbra (European Cup Winners Cup), aged 17 years 339 days
• Youngest scorer in the UEFA Champions League: Rico Lewis – scored on 2 November 2022 vs. Sevilla, aged 17 years 346 days

All-time top goalscorers in knockout phases of continental competitions

As of 17 April 2024. ^[26]

Rank	Player	Nationality	Years	UCL	UEL	Total
1	Sergio Agüero	Argentina	2011–2021	9	4	13
	Kevin De Bruyne	Belgium	2015–	13	0
3	Bernardo Silva	Portugal	2017–	12	0	12
4	Erling Haaland	Norway	2022–	8	0	8
5	Phil Foden	England	2017–	7	0	7
	Gabriel Jesus	Brazil	2017–2022	7	0
	Riyad Mahrez	Algeria	2018–2023	7	0
	Raheem Sterling	England	2015–2022	7	0
9	İlkay Gündoğan	Germany	2016–2023 2024–	4	0	4
	Leroy Sané	Germany	2016–2020	4	0
10	David Silva	Spain	2010–2020	1	2	3

• Most goals scored in knockout phases: 13 – Sergio Agüero and Kevin De Bruyne
• Most goals scored in the UCL round of 16: 8 – Sergio Agüero
• Most goals scored in the UCL quarter-finals: 6 – Kevin De Bruyne
• Most goals scored in the UCL semi-finals: 4 – Riyad Mahrez
• Most goals scored in the UCL final: 1 – Rodri

Hat-tricks in UEFA competitions

Statistics correct as of 14 March 2023. ^{[29] [30]}

Key
4	Player scored four goals
5	Player scored five goals
()	Number of times player scored a hat-trick (only for players with multiple hat-tricks)

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition
Álvaro Negredo	CSKA Moscow	5–2 (H)	5 November 2013	UEFA Champions League
Sergio Agüero (1)	Bayern Munich	3–2 (H)	25 November 2014	UEFA Champions League
Sergio Agüero (2)	Steaua București	0–5 (A)	16 August 2016	UEFA Champions League
Sergio Agüero (3)	Borussia Mönchengladbach	4–0 (H)	14 September 2016	UEFA Champions League
Gabriel Jesus (1)	Shakhtar Donetsk	6–0 (H)	7 November 2018	UEFA Champions League
Raheem Sterling	Atalanta	5–1 (H)	22 October 2019	UEFA Champions League
Gabriel Jesus (2)	Dinamo Zagreb	1–4 (A)	11 December 2019	UEFA Champions League
Erling Haaland 5	RB Leipzig	7–0 (H)	14 March 2023	UEFA Champions League

All-time top goalscorers in English cup competitions

As of 7 January 2024 ^[26]

Rank	Player	Nationality	Years	FA Cup	League Cup	Community Shield	Other	Total
1	Sergio Agüero	Argentina	2011–2021	20	11	2	0	33
2	Colin Bell	England	1966–1979	9	18	1	0	28
3	Francis Lee	England	1967–1974	7	14	3	0	24
4	Fred Tilson	England	1928–1938	22	0	0	0	22
5	Denis Tueart	England	1974–1978 1980–1983	3	18	0	0	21
6	Eric Brook	England	1927–1940	19	0	0	0	19
	Riyad Mahrez	Algeria	2018–2023	11	8	0	0
	Mike Summerbee	England	1965–1975	11	8	0	0
9	Alec Herd	Scotland	1933–1948	17	0	1	0	18
	Shaun Goater	Bermuda	1998–2003	9	9	0	0
11	Tommy Browell	England	1913–1926	17	0	0	0	17
	Neil Young	England	1961–1972	10	6	1	0
	David White	England	1986–1994	4	11	0	2 [lower-alpha 5]
	Kevin De Bruyne	Belgium	2015–	7	10	0	0
	Gabriel Jesus	Brazil	2017–2022	10	7	0	0
	Phil Foden	England	2017–	12	5	0	0

• Most goals scored in all domestic cup competitions: 33 – Sergio Agüero.
• Most goals scored in the FA Cup: 22 – Fred Tilson.
• Most FA Cup goals in a season: 9 – Frank Roberts (1925–26).
• Most goals scored in FA Cup finals: 2 – Raheem Sterling (2019), Gabriel Jesus (2019), İlkay Gündoğan (2023).
• Most goals scored in the League Cup: 18 – Colin Bell, Denis Tueart.
• Most League Cup goals in a season: 8 – Denis Tueart (1975–76).
• Most goals scored in one League Cup match: 4 – Gabriel Jesus vs. Burton Albion (2018–19)
• Most goals scored in League Cup finals: 2 – Sergio Agüero (2018 and 2020).
• Most goals scored in the Community Shield: 3 – Francis Lee (1968 and 1972).
• Youngest goalscorer in domestic cup competitions post 1946: Rony Lopes scored 5 January 2013 vs Watford (FA Cup) aged 17 years 8 days

Manchester City top goalscorers in a single season (all competitive matches)

Shaun Goater made 211 appearances for Manchester City between 1998 and 2003, scoring 103 goals. In the 2001–02 season, he scored 32 goals which made him one of only seven players to score 30+ goals in a single season since the Second World War.

This table lists players who have scored more than 30 goals in a single season. Ordered by goals scored and by season.
Bold denotes an active player for the club.

Rank	Player	Goals	Season	League	Domestic Cups	Continental
1	Erling Haaland	52	2022–23	36	4	12
2	Tommy Johnson	38	1928–29	38	0	0
	Erling Haaland		2023–24	27	5	6
4	Derek Kevan	36	1963–64	30†	6	0
5	Francis Lee	35	1971–72	33	2	0
6	Sergio Agüero	33	2016–17	20	5	8
7	Frank Roberts	32	1924–25	31	1	0
	Dave Halliday		1931–32	28	4	0
	Peter Doherty		1936–37	30	2	0
	Alex Harley		1962–63	23	9	0
	Shaun Goater		2001–02	28†	4	0
	Sergio Agüero		2014–15	26	0	6
			2018–19	21	5	6
14	Tommy Browell	31	1920–21	31	0	0
	Tommy Tait		1929–30	28	3	0
	Raheem Sterling		2019–20	20	5	6

Last updated: 14 May 2024.
Source: James, Gary (2006). Manchester City – The Complete Record. Derby: Breedon. ISBN   1-85983-512-0.; fbref.com

League goals are all scored in the English top tier division (First Division or Premier League) and Continental goals are all scored in the UEFA Champions League unless otherwise indicated.

Key

† - scored in second tier (Second Division / Division One / Championship).

Assists

Note: Assist data has only been recorded by the Premier League and Opta since 1992–93

• Most assists in all competitions: 165 – Kevin De Bruyne
• Most assists in Premier League: 113 – Kevin De Bruyne
• Most assists in UEFA competitions: 29 – Kevin De Bruyne
• Most assists in all competitions in one season: 29 – Kevin De Bruyne in 2022–23
• Most assists in a Premier League season: 20 – Kevin De Bruyne in 2019–20 (shared national record)
• Most assists in a Premier League match: 4 – Jérémy Doku (vs. Bournemouth, 4 November 2023)
• Most assists in a UEFA competition season: 7 – Kevin De Bruyne, in the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League
• Most assists in a UEFA competition match: 3 – Kevin De Bruyne (vs. Tottenham Hotspur, UEFA Champions League, 17 April 2019) and João Cancelo (vs. Club Brugge, UEFA Champions League, 3 November 2021)

Most assists in all competitions

Statistics correct as of 31 August 2024. ^[31] Bold denotes an active player for the club.

Rank	Player	Years	Assists
1	Kevin De Bruyne	2015–	165
2	David Silva	2010–2020	122
3	Raheem Sterling	2015–2022	74
4	Bernardo Silva	2017–	69
5	Sergio Agüero	2011–2021	63
6	Riyad Mahrez	2018–2023	55
7	Phil Foden	2017–	53
8	Gabriel Jesus	2017–2022	41
	Leroy Sané	2016–2020
	Yaya Touré	2010–2018
11	İlkay Gündoğan	2016–2023 2024–	38
	Samir Nasri	2011–2017
13	James Milner	2010–2015	36

Most assists in the Premier League

Statistics correct as of 31 August 2024. ^{[31] [32]} Bold denotes an active player for the club.

Rank	Player	Years	Assists
1	Kevin De Bruyne	2015–	113
2	David Silva	2010–2020	93
3	Sergio Agüero	2011–2021	47
4	Bernardo Silva	2017–	43
	Raheem Sterling	2015–2022	43
6	Riyad Mahrez	2018–2023	34
7	Yaya Touré	2010–2018	32
8	Samir Nasri	2011–2017	30
9	Gabriel Jesus	2017–2022	29
10	Leroy Sané	2016–2020	28
11	Phil Foden	2017–	26
12	James Milner	2010–2015	25
13	Carlos Tevez	2009–2013	24
	Shaun Wright-Phillips	1999–2005, 2008–2011

Most assists in UEFA competitions

Statistics correct as of 17 April 2024. ^{[31] [33]} Bold denotes an active player for the club.

Rank	Player	Years	Assists
1	Kevin De Bruyne	2015–	29
2	Raheem Sterling	2015–2022	19
3	Riyad Mahrez	2018–2023	14
4	Phil Foden	2017–	12
	David Silva	2010–2020
6	Bernardo Silva	2017–	10
	İlkay Gündoğan	2016–2023 2024–
8	Sergio Agüero	2011–2021	9
9	João Cancelo	2019–2023	8
	Leroy Sané	2016–2020

Clean sheets

• Most clean sheets in one season: 33 in 61 matches, 2018–19
• Most clean sheets by an individual goalkeeper in one season: 29, Joe Hart, 2010–11
• Most clean sheets by an individual goalkeeper: 185, Joe Corrigan (1967–1983)
• Most Premier League Golden Glove awards: 4, Joe Hart
• Most consecutive Premier League Golden Glove awards: 3, Joe Hart (2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13), Ederson (2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22)
• Most clean sheets overall in the Premier League: 110, Ederson (2017–)
• Most Premier League clean sheets by an individual goalkeeper in one season: 20, Ederson, 2018–19 (38 matches) and 2021–22 (37 matches)
• Most clean sheets overall in the UEFA Champions League: 28, Ederson (2017–)
• Most consecutive clean sheets in the UEFA Champions League: 7, 27 October 2020 – 16 March 2021
• Most consecutive clean sheets in all competitions during a season: 6, 25 November 2020 – 12 December 2020
• Most consecutive league clean sheets during a season: 6, 15 September 2018 – 29 October 2018 and 13 January 2021 – 3 February 2021
• Longest run without a clean sheet: 14 matches, 15 December 2004 – 9 April 2005

Most clean sheets in all competitions

Statistics correct as of 22 September 2024. Bold denotes an active player for the club.

Rank	Player	Years	Clean sheets	Games played	Percentage
1	Joe Corrigan	1967–1983	185	602	30.7
2	Ederson	2017–	152	339	44.6
3	Joe Hart	2006–2017	137	348	39.3
4	Frank Swift	1933–1949	102	338	30.1
5	Bert Trautmann	1949–1964	98	545	17.9
6	Charlie Williams	1894–1902	66	232	28.4
7	Jim Goodchild	1911–1926	61	217	28.1
	Harry Dowd	1961–1970	61	219	27.9
8	Tony Coton	1990–1995	55	195	28.2

Captaincy

Club captains

See also: List of Manchester City F.C. players § Club captains

Note: Other players (vice-captains) have led the team on the pitch when the club captain is not playing. Other players have been made captain on a one off basis to celebrate or commemorate an event. E.g. Oleksandr Zinchenko captained the team in their 2021–22 FA Cup fifth round tie at Peterborough United in support of his opposition to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. ^[34]

• Total number of club captains: 37 players
• Longest serving captains: 8 seasons,

Lot Jones (1906–1914),

Vincent Kompany (2011–2019)

• Shortest serving captains: 1 season, 14 players

Club captains since 2000

Dates	Captain
1999–2000	Andy Morrison
2000–2001	Alfie Haaland
2001–2002	Stuart Pearce
2002–2003	Ali Benarbia
2003–2006	Sylvain Distin
2006–2009	Richard Dunne
2009–2010	Kolo Touré
2010–2011	Carlos Tevez
2011–2019	Vincent Kompany
2019–2020	David Silva
2020–2022	Fernandinho
2022–2023	İlkay Gündoğan
2023–present	Kyle Walker

Transfers

Many transfers have undisclosed fees, and thus transfer fees are not accurate. Where players have signed/left on undisclosed fees, a reference is given for the estimated transfer fee from a reputable source.

Highest transfer fees paid

Rank	Player	From	Fee	Year
1	Jack Grealish	Aston Villa	£100m [35]	2021
2	Joško Gvardiol	RB Leipzig	£77.5m	2023
3	Rodri	Atlético Madrid	£63.6m	2019
4	Rúben Dias	Benfica	£62m [36]	2020
5	Riyad Mahrez	Leicester City	£60m	2018
	João Cancelo	Juventus	£60m [37]	2019
7	Aymeric Laporte	Athletic Bilbao	£57m	2018
8	Jérémy Doku	Stade Rennes	£55.4m	2023
9	Kevin De Bruyne	VfL Wolfsburg	£55m [38]	2015
10	Matheus Nunes	Wolverhampton Wanderers	£53.0m	2023

Highest transfer fees received

Rank	Player	To	Fee	Year
1	Julián Álvarez	Atlético Madrid	£81.5m [lower-alpha 6] [39]	2024
2	Raheem Sterling	Chelsea	£47.5m [40]	2022
3	Ferran Torres	Barcelona	£46.3m [41]	2022
4	Gabriel Jesus	Arsenal	£45.0m [42]	2022
5	Leroy Sané	Bayern Munich	£44.7m [43]	2020
6	Cole Palmer	Chelsea	£40.0m [44]	2023
7	Danilo	Juventus	£34.1m [37]	2019
8	Riyad Mahrez	Al-Ahli	£30.0m	2023
	Oleksandr Zinchenko	Arsenal	£30.0m [45]	2022
10	Kelechi Iheanacho	Leicester City	£24m [46]	2017

Progression of record transfer fee paid

Fee	Selling club	Transferred player	Transfer date	Notes
2p	Bolton Wanderers	John Gunn	October 1896	Earliest recorded transfer fee [47]
£250	Newton Heath	Joe Cassidy	April 1900	[47]
£450	Glossop North End	Irvine Thornley	April 1904	[47] [48]
£1,200	Norwich City	David Ross	February 1907	[47]
£1,780	Everton	Tommy Browell	October 1913	[47]
£2,500	Derby County	Horace Barnes	May 1914	[47]
£3,400	Bolton Wanderers	Frank Roberts	October 1922	[47]
£4,700	Partick Thistle	Jimmy McMullan	February 1926	[47]
£10,000	Blackpool	Peter Doherty	February 1936	[47]
£25,000	Swansea Town	Roy Paul	July 1950	[47]
£55,000	Huddersfield Town	Denis Law	March 1960	British record [47]
£60,000	Bolton Wanderers	Francis Lee	October 1967	[47]
£200,000	Queens Park Rangers	Rodney Marsh	March 1972	[47]
£275,000	Sunderland	Dennis Tueart	March 1974	[47]
£275,000	Luton Town	Paul Futcher	June 1978	[47]
£765,000	Preston North End	Michael Robinson	September 1979
£1,450,277	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Steve Daley	5 September 1979	British record
£2.5m	Wimbledon	Keith Curle	14 August 1991
£3m	Portsmouth	Lee Bradbury	30 July 1997
£3.65m	West Ham United	Paulo Wanchope	9 August 2000
£5m	Preston North End	Jon Macken	5 February 2002
£13m	Paris Saint-Germain	Nicolas Anelka	7 June 2002
£19m	CSKA Moscow	Jô	2 July 2008	[49]
£32.5m	Real Madrid	Robinho	1 September 2008	British record [50]
£38m	Atlético Madrid	Sergio Agüero	28 July 2011	[51]
£44m	Liverpool	Raheem Sterling	14 July 2015	Record for an English player [52]
£54m	VfL Wolfsburg	Kevin De Bruyne	30 August 2015
£57m	Athletic Bilbao	Aymeric Laporte	30 January 2018
£60m	Leicester City	Riyad Mahrez	10 July 2018
£62.8m	Atlético Madrid	Rodri	4 July 2019
£100m	Aston Villa	Jack Grealish	5 August 2021	British record [35]

Managerial records

See also: List of Manchester City F.C. managers

• First full-time manager: Frederick Hopkinson
• Most years as manager: 13 years – Les McDowall (1950–1963)
• Most titles won as manager: 18 – Pep Guardiola
• Most matches managed: 592 – Les McDowall
• Most matches won as manager: 349 – Pep Guardiola
• Most goals scored under manager: 1,180 – Pep Guardiola
• Highest win percentage (at least one season in charge): 72.4% – Pep Guardiola (2016–present)
• Lowest win percentage (at least one season in charge): 25.0% – Malcolm Allison (1979–1980)

Managers individual awards

• The Best FIFA Men's Coach (1):
  • Pep Guardiola: 2023
• UEFA Men's Coach of the Year Award (1)
  • Pep Guardiola: 2022–23
• IFFHS World's Best Club Coach Award (1)
  • Pep Guardiola: 2023
• Premier League Manager of the Season (5)
  • Pep Guardiola (5): 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2022–23, 2023–24
• League Managers Association Awards (3)
  • Pep Guardiola (3): 2018, 2021, ^[53] 2023
• Premier League Manager of the Month (at least 2 awards won)
  • Pep Guardiola (11): February 2017, September 2017, October 2017, November 2017, December 2017, February 2019, April 2019, January 2021, February 2021, November 2021, December 2021
  • Manuel Pellegrini (4): December 2013, January 2014, December 2014, August 2015
  • Roberto Mancini (2): December 2010, October 2011
  • Stuart Pearce (2): April 2005, August 2005
• BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award (1)
  • Pep Guardiola: 2023

International representatives

The following players represented their countries while playing for Manchester City. Many of these players also gained caps/goals while at other clubs. It excludes caps/goals earned by players while on loan from City to other clubs.
Figures for active players in bold
Last updated 10 September 2024

International honours won while playing at City

FIFA World Cup

The following players have won the FIFA World Cup while playing for Manchester City:

• Benjamin Mendy – 2018
• Julián Álvarez – 2022

FIFA Confederations Cup

The following players have won the FIFA Confederations Cup while playing for Manchester City:

• Elano, Robinho – 2009
• Leroy Sané – 2017

UEFA European Championship

The following players have won the UEFA European Championship while playing for Manchester City:

• David Silva – 2012
• Rodri – 2024

UEFA Nations League

The following players have won the UEFA Nations League while playing for Manchester City:

• Bernardo Silva – 2019
• Aymeric Laporte, Rodri – 2023

Copa América

The following players have won the Copa América while playing for Manchester City:

• Gabriel Jesus, Fernandinho, Ederson – 2019
• Sergio Agüero ^{[lower-alpha 7]} – 2021
• Julián Álvarez – 2024

Africa Cup of Nations

The following players have won the Africa Cup of Nations while playing for Manchester City:

• Lucien Mettomo – 2002
• Yaya Touré, Wilfried Bony ^{[lower-alpha 8]} – 2015
• Riyad Mahrez – 2019

CONCACAF Nations League

The following players have won the CONCACAF Nations League while playing for Manchester City:

• Zack Steffen – 2021

OFC Nations Cup

The following players have won the OFC Nations Cup while playing for Manchester City:

• Danny Tiatto – 2000

International caps

The figure in brackets is the number of international caps gained while a Manchester City player. It excludes caps earned by players while on loan from City to other clubs. Players are listed in alphabetical order by country and by name.

Sources (where not otherwise indicated): for UEFA nations ^[54] for other nations ^[55]

Algeria Djamel Belmadi (1) [56] Riyad Mahrez (43) Argentina Sergio Agüero (69) Julián Álvarez (26) Martín Demichelis (13) Nicolás Otamendi (55) Carlos Tevez (15) Pablo Zabaleta (52) Australia Danny Tiatto (16) Alex Robertson* (2) Belgium Dedryck Boyata (1) Kevin De Bruyne (74) Jérémy Doku (14) Geert De Vlieger* (1) Vincent Kompany (66) Émile Mpenza (2) Bermuda Shaun Goater (1) Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Džeko (41) Brazil Danilo (6) Ederson (25) Elano (19) Fernandinho (47) Gabriel Jesus (56) Jô (2) [57] Robinho (25) [57] Bulgaria Valeri Bojinov (1) Martin Petrov (17) Cameroon Marc-Vivien Foé (4) Lucien Mettomo (14) [58] Chile Claudio Bravo (17) China Sun Jihai (27) Costa Rica Paulo Wanchope (24) Croatia Vedran Ćorluka (16) Joško Gvardiol (13) Mateo Kovačić (10) Denmark Niclas Jensen (17) Ecuador Felipe Caicedo (16) England Billy Austin (1) [59] Sam Barkas (5) [59] Peter Barnes (14) [59] Gareth Barry (23) Joey Barton (1) [60] Colin Bell (48) [59] Frank Booth (1) [59] Jackie Bray (6) [59] Wayne Bridge (4) [61] Ivor Broadis (8) [59] Eric Brook (18) [59] Herbert Burgess (4) [59] Mick Channon (1) [59] Joe Corrigan (9) [59] Sam Cowan (3) [59] Keith Curle (3) Fabian Delph (14) Mike Doyle (5) [59] Phil Foden (41) Trevor Francis (10) [59] Jack Grealish (26) Joe Hart (63)

England (continued) David James (13) [62] Adam Johnson (12) [63] Tommy Johnson (2) [59] Francis Lee (27) [59] Joleon Lescott (19) Rico Lewis (2) Rodney Marsh (8) [59] Jimmy Meadows (1) [59] James Milner (42) James Mitchell (1) [59] Kalvin Phillips (8) Kevin Reeves (1) Don Revie (6) [59] Micah Richards (13) [64] Frank Roberts (4) [59] Jack Rodwell (1) Joe Royle (6) Trevor Sinclair (1) Bert Sproston (1) Raheem Sterling (61) John Stones (71) Mike Summerbee (8) Frank Swift (19) Irvine Thornley (1) Fred Tilson (4) Dennis Tueart (6) Kyle Walker (63) David Watson (27) David White (1) Max Woosnam (1) Shaun Wright-Phillips (21) Faroe Islands Gunnar Nielsen (6) Finland Tomas Galvez * (3) Tuomas Haapala* (2) France Gaël Clichy (10) Eliaquim Mangala (5) Benjamin Mendy (6) Samir Nasri (18) Bacary Sagna (23) Georgia Mikhail Kavelashvili (4) Georgi Kinkladze (13) Murtaz Shelia (4) Kakhaber Tskhadadze (2) Germany Jérôme Boateng (3) İlkay Gündoğan (51) Leroy Sané (17) Greece Georgios Samaras (14) Iceland Árni Gautur Arason (4) Ireland and Republic of Ireland Gavin Bazunu* (2) Jimmy Conway (1) [59] Greg Cunningham (2) Peter Doherty (6) [59] Richard Dunne (47) Jimmy Elwood (1) [59] Paddy Fagan (2) [59] Shay Given (22) Mickey Hamill (1) [59] Stephen Ireland (6) Paddy Kelly (1) [59] Mark Kennedy (9) Alan Kernaghan (15) Jon Macken (1) Mick McCarthy (20) Keiller McCullough (3) [59] Jimmy Mulligan (1) [59] Terry Phelan (19) Niall Quinn (47) Billy Walsh (9)

Israel Tal Ben Haim (7) Eyal Berkovic (6) [65] Italy Mario Balotelli (15) [66] Ivory Coast Wilfried Bony (12) Abdul Razak (5) Kolo Touré (20) Yaya Touré (26) Kosovo Bersant Celina (3) Arijanet Muric (6) Mexico Nery Castillo (1) Montenegro Stevan Jovetić (10) Stefan Savić (9) Netherlands Nathan Aké (40) Paul Bosvelt (6) Nigel de Jong (34) [67] New Zealand Chris Killen (18) Nigeria Kelechi Iheanacho (10) Northern Ireland Shea Charles (8) Johnny Crossan (10) [59] Gary Fleming (2) [68] Kevin Horlock (27) [69] [70] Michael Hughes (4) [69] Steve Lomas (18) [69] Billy McAdams (5) [59] Frank McCourt (6) Ryan McGivern (7) Sammy McIlroy (10) [68] Martin O'Neill(1) [59] Jeff Whitley (7) [70] Jim Whitley (3) [69] Tommy Wright (5) Billy Walsh (5) Norway Oscar Bobb (8) Alfie Haaland (1) Erling Haaland (14) Age Hareide (7) Abdisalam Ibrahim* (2) Kåre Ingebrigtsen (2) Paraguay Roque Santa Cruz (19) Portugal João Cancelo (29) Rúben Dias (43) Matheus Nunes (5) Bernardo Silva (80) Romania Costel Pantilimon (5) Scotland Matt Busby (1) [59] Paul Dickov (3) [71] Willie Donachie (35) [59] Asa Hartford (36) [59] Bobby Johnstone (4) [59] Denis Law (11) [59] George Livingstone (1) [59] Jimmy McLuckie (1) [59] Jimmy McMullan (8) [59] Jackie Plenderleith (1) [59] George Stewart (2) [59] Serbia Aleksandar Kolarov (53) Matija Nastasić (15)

Slovakia Vladimír Weiss (6) Spain Eric García (10) Javi García (1) Aymeric Laporte (20) Jesús Navas (7) Álvaro Negredo (7) Nolito (3) Rodri (50) David Silva (87) [lower-alpha 9] Ferran Torres (22) Sweden John Guidetti (2) Andreas Isaksson (17) Switzerland Manuel Akanji (24) Gelson Fernandes (17) Thailand Teerasil Dangda* (1) Kiatprawut Saiwaeo* (1) Suree Sukha* (1) Togo Emmanuel Adebayor (5) Ukraine Oleksandr Zinchenko (41) United States DaMarcus Beasley (1) Claudio Reyna (20) Zack Steffen (10) Wales Craig Bellamy (5) Tommy Chapman (1) Roy Clarke (22) [59] Gordon Davies (2) Joe Davies (1) Wyn Davies (3) [59] Andy Dibble (1) [72] Ched Evans (10) Bert Gray (5) Edwin Hughes (1) Emyr Huws* (1) Di Jones (2) [59] Lot Jones (18) [59] Billy Lewis (2) [59] Billy Meredith (22) [59] Rabbi Matondo* (1) Hugh Morris (1) [59] Roy Paul (24) [59] David Phillips (10) [72] Cliff Sear (1) [59] Matt Smith* (5) [73] Kit Symons (9) [74] Ben Thatcher (4) [75] George Wynn (8) [59] Zimbabwe Benjani (1)

*Players with no first team appearances.

Most international goals

Players are listed in order of goals scored and by alphabetical order ^[76]

Rank	Player	Nationality	Years played	Goals	Caps
1	David Silva		2010–2018	28	87
2	Sergio Agüero		2011–2021	27	66
3	Edin Džeko		2011–2015	25	41
4	Kevin De Bruyne		2015–	22	74
5	Riyad Mahrez		2018–2023	21	43
6	Raheem Sterling		2015–2022	18	61
7	İlkay Gündoğan		2016–2023 2024–	13	51
	Gabriel Jesus		2017–2022	13	56
	Niall Quinn		1990–1996	13	47
10	Erling Haaland		2022–	12	14
	Ferran Torres		2020–2021	12	22
	Paulo Wanchope		2000–2004	12	24

Notes

1. Up until 1992, the top division of English football was the Football League First Division; since then, it has been the FA Premier League. At the same time, the Second Division was renamed the First Division, and the Third Division was renamed the Second Division.
2. Record for any English club outside of games at Wembley Stadium.
3. Includes appearances in the Charity Shield/Community Shield, Test Matches and the now-defunct Anglo-Italian Cup, Anglo-Scottish Cup, Full Members' Cup and Texaco Cup. Wartime matches excluded.
4. Brook also played three games in the 1939–40 season, which were expunged from the records following the outbreak of the Second World War.
5. Full Members Cup
6. Fee widely reported as £64.4 million initially with up to £17.1 million with add-ons
7. Agüero began the tournament as a City player, but his contract with the club ended prior to the final game, with him joining Barcelona
8. Bony won the title with his country after he had signed for the club, but before he had made his City debut
9. most caps won by a City player while at the club

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External links

• Extensive Manchester City statistics site