Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English football club based in Wolverhampton. The club was founded as St Luke's in 1877, soon becoming Wolverhampton Wanderers, before being a founder member of the Football League in 1888. [1] Since that time, the club has played in all four professional divisions of the English football pyramid, and been champions of all these levels. [2] They have also been involved in European football, having been one of the first English clubs to enter the European Cup, as well as reaching the final of the first staging of the UEFA Cup. [3]
This list encompasses all honours won by Wolverhampton Wanderers and records set by the club, their managers and their players. The player records section includes details of the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made most appearances in first-team competitions, as well as transfer fee records paid and received by the club. A list of streaks recording all elements of the game (wins, losses, clean sheets, etc.) is also presented.
In the all-time top flight league table since the league's inception in 1888, Wolves sit in the top fifteen, in terms of all-time English first level league position. [4]
Alternatively, they sit in the top four, behind only Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal in terms of all-time league position from points gained at any level of English professional football. [4]
Cumulatively, they are the joint 11th most successful club in domestic English football history, tied with Nottingham Forest. One place behind Blackburn Rovers, with nine major trophy wins, not including super cups. Alternatively they are joint 10th with Nottingham Forest, in competitive honours with 13 trophy wins, behind Newcastle United.(see here).
Uniquely, they are the only club to have won titles in five different Football League divisions, [2] and, in 1988, became the first team to have been champions of all four professional leagues in English football; although this feat has since been matched by Burnley (in 1992) and Preston (in 1996). They remain the only club to have won all the main domestic cup competitions (FA Cup, League Cup and EFL Trophy) currently contested in English football. [5]
Premier League 2 Division 2
Birmingham Football Combination
Worcestershire Football Combination
Daily Express National Five-a-Sides
Note: Competitive first-team games only; substitute appearances are included in total.
Rank | Player | Years | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other [C] | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 1968–1982 | 501 | 46 | 35 | 27 | 609 |
2 | ![]() | 1968–1984 | 466 | 47 | 36 | 25 | 574 |
3 | ![]() | 1986–1999 | 474 | 20 | 33 | 34 | 561 |
4 | ![]() | 1939–1959 | 490 | 48 | 0 | 3 | 541 |
5 | ![]() | 1952–1967 | 467 | 31 | 0 | 14 | 512 |
6 | ![]() | 1967–1981 | 406 | 44 | 27 | 31 | 508 |
7 | ![]() | 1951–1965 | 452 | 31 | 0 | 14 | 497 |
8 | ![]() | 1971–1984 | 416 | 38 | 33 | 8 | 495 |
9 | ![]() | 1937–1960 | 445 | 38 | 0 | 3 | 486 |
![]() | 1969–1983 | 385 | 44 | 33 | 24 |
Note: Goals scored in competitive first-team games only
Rank | Player | Years | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other [C] | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 1986–1999 | 250 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 31 | 306 |
2 | ![]() | 1969–1983 | 144 | 24 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 194 |
3 | ![]() | 1928–1935 | 162 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170 |
4 | ![]() | 1946–1957 | 157 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 167 |
5 | ![]() | 1955–1963 | 155 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 166 |
6 | ![]() | 1951–1965 | 127 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 145 |
7 | ![]() | 1887–1898 | 110 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 126 |
8 | ![]() | 1937–1948 | 105 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 124 |
9 | ![]() | 1967–1975 | 95 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 123 |
10 | ![]() | 1945–1957 | 107 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 114 |
No. | Name | Fee | Paid to | Date | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | £44,000,000 | ![]() | 1 September 2023 | [7] |
2 | ![]() | £38,000,000 | ![]() | 17 August 2022 | [8] |
3 | ![]() | £35,000,000 | ![]() | 5 September 2020 | [9] |
4 | ![]() | £32,000,000 | ![]() | 1 July 2019 | [10] |
5 | ![]() | £27,500,000 | ![]() | 8 August 2022 | [11] |
Date | Player | Bought from | Fee |
---|---|---|---|
September 1963 | ![]() | Ipswich Town | £55,000 |
February 1968 | ![]() | Huddersfield Town | £80,000 |
July 1972 | ![]() | Burnley | £100,000 |
September 1977 | ![]() | Blackburn Rovers | £150,000 |
September 1979 | ![]() | Aston Villa | £1,500,000 |
March 1995 | ![]() | Bradford City | £1,850,000 |
September 1999 | ![]() | Bristol City | £3,500,000 |
June 2009 | ![]() | Reading | £6,500,000 |
June 2010 | ![]() | Burnley | £6,500,000 |
August 2016 | ![]() | ![]() | £7,000,000 |
January 2017 | ![]() | ![]() | £13,000,000 |
July 2017 | ![]() | ![]() | £15,800,000 |
August 2018 | ![]() | Middlesbrough | £18,000,000 |
July 2019 | ![]() | ![]() | £32,000,000 |
September 2020 | ![]() | ![]() | £35,000,000 |
August 2022 | ![]() | ![]() | £38,000,000 |
August 2022 | ![]() | ![]() | £44,000,000 |
No. | Name | Fee | Paid by | Date | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | £54,000,000 | ![]() | 11 August 2024 | [12] |
2 | ![]() | £53,000,000 | ![]() | 1 September 2023 | [13] |
3 | ![]() | £47,000,000 | ![]() | 1 July 2023 | [14] |
4 | ![]() | £41,000,000 | ![]() | 19 September 2020 | [15] |
5 | ![]() | £40,000,000 | ![]() | 6 July 2024 | [16] |
Date | Player | Sold to | Fee |
---|---|---|---|
November 1961 | ![]() | Arsenal | £45,000 |
September 1967 | ![]() | Everton | £81,000 |
March 1974 | ![]() | Manchester United | £81,000 |
March 1975 | ![]() | Swindon Town | £88,000 |
November 1977 | ![]() | Arsenal | £248,000 |
September 1979 | ![]() | Manchester City | £1,440,000 |
July 1997 | ![]() | Crystal Palace | £2,250,000 |
August 1999 | ![]() | Coventry City | £8,100,000 |
August 2012 | ![]() | West Ham United | £10,750,000 |
August 2012 | ![]() | Sunderland | £14,000,000 |
July 2020 | ![]() | Leeds United | £15,600,000 |
September 2020 | ![]() | Liverpool | £41,000,000 |
July 2023 | ![]() | ![]() | £47,000,000 |
September 2023 | ![]() | Manchester City | £53,000,000 |
Note: Applies to League games only