# List of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. records and statistics

Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club is a professional football club based in the city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England.
This list encompasses the records set by the club and players.

## Team records
### Highest overall league finish

6th place, 2022–23 Premier League

### Record wins

* 14–2 v Brighton Amateurs, FA Cup Q1, 4 October 1902
* 10–1 v Wisbech Town, FA Cup R1, 13 November 1965 (FA Cup)
* 9–1 v Newport County, FL D3(S), 18 April 1951;
* 9–1 v Southend United, FL D3, 27 November 1965 (Football League)

### Record defeats

* 0–18 v Norwich City, wartime, 25 December 1940
* 0–9 v Middlesbrough, FL D2, 23 August 1958 (Football League)
* 0–7 v Nottingham Forest, EPL, 1 February 2025

### Streaks

* Longest run unbeaten 22 games, May – December 2015

## Player records
### Goalscorers

* Most goals in a season: Peter Ward, 36 goals (1976–77)
* Most goals in the Premier League: Pascal Groß and Danny Welbeck 30 goals
* Most goals in European competition: João Pedro, 6 goals

### Top goalscorers

Tommy Cook is officially recognised by the club as their top scorer, with 123 goals scored in 209 appearances between 1922 and 1929.
Bert Stephens scored 174 goals between 1935 and 1948, however only 87 of these were scored in competitive matches. The remainder were scored during wartime fixtures when competitive football was suspended.
Competitive, professional matches only.
| Rank | Player | Years | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total |
| 1 | Tommy Cook | 1921–1929 | 114 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 123 |
| 2 | Glenn Murray | 2008–2011 2016–2021 | 103 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 111 |
| 3 | Kit Napier | 1966–1972 | 84 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 99 |
| 4 | Peter Ward | 1975–1980 1982–1983 | 81 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 95 |
| 5 | Bert Stephens | 1935–1948 | 86 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 94 |
| 6 | Albert Mundy | 1953–1958 | 87 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 6 | Bobby Zamora | 2000–2003 2015–2016 | 83 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 90 |

### Most appearances

Ernie “Tug” Wilson has the most appearances for the club, playing a total of 566 matches between 1922 and 1936.

### Transfers
#### Record transfer fees paid

| Rank | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
| 1 | FW | Georginio Rutter | Leeds United | £42,500,000 | August 2024 | BBC Sport |
| 2 | FW | Yankuba Minteh | Newcastle United | £30,000,000 | July 2024 | BBC Sport |
| 3 | FW | João Pedro | Watford | £30,000,000 | July 2023 | BBC Sport |
| 4 | MF | Mats Wieffer | Feyenoord | £30,000,000 | July 2024 | BBC Sport |
| 5 | DF | Ferdi Kadıoğlu | Fenerbahçe | £25,000,000 | August 2024 | BBC Sport |
| 6 | MF | Matt O'Riley | Celtic | £25,000,000 | August 2024 | BBC Sport |
| 7 | MF | Brajan Gruda | Mainz 05 | £25,000,000 | August 2024 | BBC Sport |
| 8 | MF | Carlos Baleba | Lille | £23,200,000 | August 2023 | BBC Sport |
| 9 | MF | Enock Mwepu | Red Bull Salzburg | £20,240,000 | July 2021 | BBC Sport |
| 10 | DF | Adam Webster | Bristol City | £20,000,000 | August 2019 | BBC Sport |

#### Record transfer fees received

| Rank | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
| 1 | MF | Moisés Caicedo | Chelsea | £100,000,000 | August 2023 | BBC Sport |
| 2 | DF | Marc Cucurella | Chelsea | £55,000,000 | August 2023 | BBC Sport |
| 3 | DF | Ben White | Arsenal | £50,000,000 | July 2021 | BBC Sport |
| 4 | MF | Alexis Mac Allister | Liverpool | £35,000,000 | June 2023 | BBC Sport |
| 5 | MF | Yves Bissouma | Tottenham Hotspur | £25,700,000 | June 2022 | BBC Sport |
| 6 | GK | Robert Sánchez | Chelsea | £25,000,000 | August 2023 | BBC Sport |
| 7 | FW | Leandro Trossard | Arsenal | £21,000,000 | January 2023 | BBC Sport |
| 8 | DF | Dan Burn | Newcastle United | £13,200,000 | January 2022 | BBC Sport |
| 9 | FW | Neal Maupay | Everton | £10,400,000 | August 2022 | BBC Sport |
| 10 | FW | Anthony Knockaert | Fulham | £10,300,000 | July 2020 | BBC Sport |