# List of Middlesbrough F.C. records and statistics

This article contains the honours, records and statistics of Middlesbrough Football Club. This article lists all of the major honours won by Middlesbrough since their foundation. This list also lists the major playing honours including top goalscorer and most appearances. The Club records including record transfer fees are shown below as are international player honours.
Middlesbrough are an English professional association football club based in Middlesbrough, in the Tees Valley, who currently play in the EFL Championship. The club was founded in 1876 and have played at their current home ground, the Riverside Stadium, since 1995. Middlesbrough were founding members of the Premier League in 1992. They have won one major trophy in their history: the 2004 Football League Cup.

## Honours
### Domestic
#### League

* Football League Second Division / Football League Division One
    Champions 1926–27, 1928–29, 1973–74, 1994–95; runners up 1901–02, 1991–92, 1997–98, 2015–16
* Football League Third Division
    Runners up 1966–67, 1986–87
* Northern League
    Champions 1893–94, 1894–95, 1896–97; runners up 1890–91, 1891–92, 1897–98

#### Cup

* League Cup
    Winners 2003–04; runners up 1996–97, 1997–98
* FA Cup
    Runners up 1996–97
* FA Amateur Cup
    Winners 1894–95, 1897–98
* Zenith Data Systems Cup
    Runners up 1990

### International

* UEFA Cup
    Runners up 2005–06
* Anglo-Scottish Cup
    Winners 1975
* Kirin Cup
    Winners 1980

## Player records
### Appearances

* Youngest first-team player – 16 years and 72 days
    Nathan Wood (vs Notts County 14 August 2018)
* Oldest first-team player – 40 years and 68 days
    Dimitrios Konstantopoulos (vs Newport County 5 February 2019)
* Most consecutive appearances – 305
    David Armstrong, between March 1973 and August 1980
* Most appearances
    As of 22 May 2008. Competitive matches only, appearances as substitutes in brackets.
    # Name Years League FA Cup League Cup Other Total 1 Tim Williamson1902–1923563 (0)39 (0)0 (0)0 (0)602 (0) 2 Gordon Jones 1960–1973457 (5)40 (0)26 (0)4 (0)527 (5) 3 John Hickton 1966–1977532(20)37 (0)26 (4)15 (2)473 (26) 4 John Craggs 1971–1982409333115488 5 Jim Platt 1971–1983401343313481 6 George Camsell 1925–1939418350 (0)0 (0)453 7 Jacky Carr 1910–1930421280 (0)0 (0)449 8 Mark Schwarzer 1997–2008367322621446 9 David Armstrong 1971–1981359292815431 10= Tony Mowbray 1982–1992348232924424 10= Stephen Pears 1983–1995339253228424

### Goalscorers

* Most goals in a season – 63
    George Camsell (Second Division, 1926–1927)
* Most League goals in a season – 59
    George Camsell (Second Division, 1926–1927)
* Most goals in a single match – 5
    John Wilkie, vs Gainsborough Trinity, 2 March 1901
    Andy Wilson, vs Nottingham Forest, 6 October 1923
    James McClelland, vs Leeds United, 9 January 1926
    George Camsell, vs Manchester City, 25 December 1926
    George Camsell, vs Aston Villa, 9 September 1935
    Brian Clough, vs Brighton and Hove Albion, 23 August 1958
* Most goals in the League – 325
    George Camsell, 1925–1939
* Most goals in the FA Cup – 20
    George Camsell, 1925–1939
* Most goals in the League Cup – 13
    John Hickton, 1966–1978
* Most goals in European competition – 8
    Mark Viduka, 2004–2007
* Oldest goalscorer – 38 years and 2 months
    Bryan Robson, vs Port Vale, 26 March 1995
* Youngest goalscorer – 17 years and 64 days
    Arthur Horsfield, vs Grimsby Town, 17 April 1963
* Youngest hat-trick scorer – 20 years and 6 days
    Tony McAndrew, vs Sheffield United, 17 April 1976
* Top goalscorers
    As of 29 January 2008. Competitive matches only, appearances including substitutes appear in brackets.
    # Name Years League FA Cup League Cup Other Total 1 George Camsell 1925–1939325 (418)20 (35)0 (0)0 (0)345 (453) 2 George Elliott 1909–1925203 (344)10 (21)0 (0)0 (0)213 (365) 3 Brian Clough 1955–1961197 (213)5 (8)2 (1)0 (0)204 (222) 4 John Hickton 1966–1977159 (415)13 (37)13 (30)7 (17)192 (499) 5 Micky Fenton 1932–1950147 (240)15 (29)0 (0)0 (0)162 (269) 6 Bernie Slaven 1985–1992118 (307)4 (19)10 (28)14 (27)146 (381) 7 Alan Peacock 1955–1964125 (218)8 (13)8 (7)0 (0)141 (238) 8 David Mills 1969–198590 (328)10 (29)8 (24)3 (17)111 (398) 9 Wilf Mannion 1936–195499 (341)11 (27)0 (0)0 (0)110 (368) 10 Billy Pease 1926–193399 (221)3 (17)0 (0)0 (0)102 (238)

### International

Statistics relate to international caps gained while at the club.
* Most capped player
    Mark Schwarzer – 51 for Australia
* Most capped player for England
    Wilf Mannion – 26

### Highest transfer fees

As not all transfer details are made public, undisclosed transfer fees are not included in the tables, however reported media estimates of notable fees are included below to give a general idea. Fees are listed as the highest total that the fee could rise to.

#### Paid

Updated 4 November 2019.
| # | Name | Fee | Purchased from | Date |
| 1 | Britt Assombalonga | £15m | Nottingham Forest | July 2017 |
| 2 | Afonso Alves | £12.8m | SC Heerenveen | January 2008 |
| 3 | Marten de Roon | £11.75m | Atalanta B.C. | July 2016 |
| 4= | Martin Braithwaite | £9m | Toulouse | July 2017 |
| 4= | Jordan Rhodes | £9m | Blackburn Rovers | February 2016 |
| 6 | Massimo Maccarone | £8.15m | Empoli | July 2002 |
| 7 | Ugo Ehiogu | £8m | Aston Villa | October 2000 |
| 8 | Yakubu | £7.5m | Portsmouth | July 2005 |
| 9= | Fabrizio Ravanelli | £7m | Juventus | July 1996 |
| 9= | Jonathan Woodgate | £7m | Real Madrid | April 2007 |
| 9= | George Saville | £7m | Millwall F.C. | Aug 2018 |
| 12= | Gareth Southgate | £6.5m | Aston Villa | July 2001 |
| 12= | Ashley Fletcher | £6.5m | West Ham United | July 2017 |
| 14= | Juninho Paulista | £6m | Atlético Madrid | July 2002 |
| 14= | Robert Huth | £6m | Chelsea | August 2006 |
| 14= | Mido | £6m | Tottenham Hotspur | August 2007 |

#### Received

Updated 16 August 2023.
| # | Name | Fee | Sold to | Date | Ref |
| 1 | Adama Traoré | £18m | Wolverhampton Wanderers | August 2018 | |
| 2 | Emmanuel Latte Lath | £17.47m | Atlanta United | February 2025 | [28] |
| 2 | Ben Gibson | £15m | Burnley F.C. | August 2018 | |
| 3 | Marten de Roon | £13m | Atalanta B.C. | August 2017 | |
| 4= | Juninho Paulista | £12m | Atlético Madrid | July 1997 | |
| 4= | Stewart Downing | £12m | Aston Villa | July 2009 | |
| 6 | Yakubu | £11.25m | Everton | August 2007 | |
| 7 | Chuba Akpom | £10.5m | AFC Ajax | August 2023 | |
| 8 | Patrick Bamford | £10m | Leeds United | July 2018 | |
| 9= | Paul Merson | £7m | Aston Villa | September 1998 | |
| 9= | Afonso Alves | £7m | Al-Sadd | September 2009 | |
| 11= | Luke Young | £6m | Aston Villa | August 2008 | |
| 11= | Robert Huth | £6m | Stoke City | August 2009 | |
| 13 | Nick Barmby | £5.75m | Everton | October 1996 | |
| 14 | Christian Ziege | £5.5m | Liverpool | August 2000 | |
| 15 | Fabrizio Ravanelli | £5.25m | Olympique de Marseille | August 1997 | |
| 16 | Tuncay | £5m | Stoke City | August 2009 | |
| 17 | Emerson Moisés Costa | £4.2m | CD Tenerife | January 1998 | |
| 18 | Lee Cattermole | £4m | Wigan Athletic | July 2008 | |
| 19= | Christian Karembeu | £3.5m | Olympiacos | August 2001 | |
| 19= | Lee Tomlin | £3.5m | Bournemouth | August 2015 | |

##### Undisclosed fees

The following are media estimates of notable undisclosed fees. The official fees remain unknown.
| Name | Fee | Sold to | Date | Ref |
| Jonathan Woodgate | £7–8m | Tottenham Hotspur | January 2008 | |

## Club records
### Wins

* Record League win – 9–0
    vs Brighton & Hove Albion, Second Division, 23 August 1958
* Record FA Cup win – 11–0
    vs Scarborough, 4 October 1890
* Record League Cup win – 7–0
    vs Hereford United, 18 September 1996
* Record European win – 4–1
    vs FC Basel, UEFA Cup, 6 April 2006
* 'Record Away Win - 7-1
    vs Blackburn Rovers, 29 November 1947 and Derby County, 29 August 1959
* Most League wins in a season – 28
    in the Third Division, 1986-87
* Fewest League wins in a season – 5
    in the Premier League, 2016-17

### Defeats

* Record League defeat – 0–9
    vs Blackburn Rovers, Second Division, 6 November 1954
* Record FA Cup defeat – 1–8
    vs Hebburn Argyle, 12 December 1896
* Record League Cup defeat – 0–4
    vs Manchester City, 21 January 1976
* Record European defeat – 0–4
    vs Sevilla, UEFA Cup, 10 May 2006 (Match Details)
* Record Home Defeat - Five goal margin 1-6
    vs Arsenal, 24 April 1999
    and 0-5
    vs Bury, 12 February 1910; Huddersfield Town, 25 August 1962; Chelsea, 18 October 2008; West Bromwich Albion, 19 September 2009
* Most League defeats in a season – 27
    in the First Division, 1923-24
* Fewest League defeats in a season – 4
    in the Second Division, 1973-74

### Goals

* Most League goals scored in one season – 122
    in 42 matches, Second Division, 1926-1927
* Fewest League goals scored in one season – 28
    in 38 matches, Premier League, 2008-2009
* Most League goals conceded in one season – 91
    in 42 matches, First Division, 1953-1954
* Fewest League goals conceded in one season – 24
    in 34 matches, Second Division, 1901-1902

### Points

* Most points earned in a season (3 for a win) – 94
    in 46 matches, Third Division, 1986-1987
* Fewest points earned in a season (3 for a win) – 28
    in 38 matches, Premier League, 2016-2017
* Most points earned in a season (2 for a win) – 65
    in 42 matches, Second Division, 1973-1974
* Fewest points earned in a season (2 for a win) – 22
    in 42 matches, First Division, 1923-1924

### Sequences

* Longest sequence of League wins – 9
    in the Second Division, 1973–74
* Longest sequence without a League win – 19
    in the First Division, 1981–82
* Longest sequence of League defeats – 8
    in the Second Division, 1954–55
    in the Premier League, 1995–96
* Longest sequence of away League defeats – 12
    in the Premier League, 2008–09
* Longest sequence of unbeaten League matches – 24
    in the Second Division, 1973–74
* Longest sequence of draws – 8
    in the Second Division, 1970–71
* Longest sequence of League Cleansheets – 9
    in the Football League Championship, 2015–16

### Attendances

* Highest attendance at the Riverside Stadium – 34,836
    vs Norwich City, Premier League, 28 December 2004)
* Lowest attendance at the Riverside – 3,918
    vs Northampton Town, League Cup, 11 September 2001
* Highest attendance at Ayresome Park – 53,802
    vs Newcastle United, First Division, 27 December 1949
* Lowest attendance at Ayresome Park – 1,633
    vs Brescia Calcio, Anglo-Italian Cup, 22 December 1993