# List of Dundee United F.C. records and statistics

This page details Dundee United records.

## Player records
### Appearances

* Most international appearances: Maurice Malpas (55 for Scotland)
* Most League appearances: Maurice Malpas (617, 1981–2000)
* Youngest player: Chris Mochrie, aged 16 years and 27 days (against Greenock Morton in the Scottish Championship on 4 May 2019)
* Oldest player: Jimmy Brownlie, aged 40 years and eight months (against Hearts at Tynecastle in February 1926, as an emergency goalkeeper)

#### All-time appearances

As of 1 January 2007 (Competitive matches only, includes appearances as substitute):
| | Name | Games | Goals |
| 1 | Dave Narey | 865 | 35 |
| 2 | Maurice Malpas | 826 | 26 |
| 3 | Paul Hegarty | 704 | 83 |
| 4 | Hamish McAlpine | 677 | 3 |
| 5 | Doug Smith | 604 | 26 |
| 6 | Paul Sturrock | 571 | 170 |
| 7 | Dennis Gillespie | 454 | 114 |
| 8 | Eamonn Bannon | 440 | 108 |
| 9 | Andy Rolland | 429 | 37 |
| 10 | Dave Bowman | 424 | 12 |
| 11 | John Holt | 403 | 24 |
| 12 | Billy Kirkwood | 394 | 69 |
| 12 | Frank Kopel | 394 | 9 |
| 14 | Jim McInally | 391 | 22 |
| 15 | Jimmy Briggs | 385 | 31 |
| 16 | Davie Dodds | 356 | 150 |
| 17 | John Clark | 327 | 37 |
| 18 | George Fleming | 326 | 36 |
| 19 | Ian Mitchell | 301 | 127 |
| 20 | Graeme Payne | 288 | 20 |
| 21 | Ralph Milne | 286 | 73 |

### Goalscorers

* Most League goals: Peter McKay (158 during 1947–1954)
* Most League goals in one season: Johnny Coyle (43 in 1955–56)
* Youngest scorer: David Goodwillie, aged 16 years and 11 months (against Hibernian)

#### All-time goalscorers

As of 1 January 2007 (Competitive matches only, includes appearances as substitute):
| | Name | Goals | Games | Average |
| 1 | Peter McKay | 201 | - | - |
| 2 | Paul Sturrock | 170 | 571 | 0.30 |
| 3 | Davie Dodds | 150 | 356 | 0.45 |
| 4 | Ian Mitchell | 127 | 301 | 0.42 |
| 5 | Dennis Gillespie | 114 | 454 | 0.25 |
| 6 | Eamonn Bannon | 108 | 440 | 0.25 |
| 7 | Arthur Milne | 85 | 81 | 1.05 |
| 8 | Paul Hegarty | 83 | 704 | 0.12 |
| 9 | Collie Martin | 80 | 92 | 0.87 |
| 10 | Finn Dossing | 76 | 115 | 0.66 |

## Club records
### Scores

* Biggest win: 14–0 v Nithsdale Wanderers, Scottish Cup 1st Round, 17 January 1931
* Biggest league win: 12–1 v East Stirlingshire, Scottish Football League Division Two, 13 April 1936
* Worst defeat: 1–12 v Motherwell, Scottish Football League Division Two, 23 January 1954

### Goals

* Most league goals: 108 during 1935–36 in Division Two (3.2 per match)
* Fewest league goals: 21 during 1911–12 in Division Two (0.95 per match)
* Fastest goals: Finn Dossing, after 14 seconds into the Division One match against Hamilton Academical at Tannadice on 16 October 1965 and Johnny Russell, also after 14 seconds in a Scottish Cup tie against Rangers at Tannadice on 2 February 2013.
* Most goals in one match: Albert Juliussen, with six of United's seven in a North Eastern League Cup match against St Bernard's on 15 November 1941
* Several players have scored five:
** Collie Martin in a Scottish Football League Division Two match in December 1914
** Tim Williamson in a Scottish Cup match in January 1931
** Willie Ouchterlonie in Division Two matches in November and December 1933
** Willie Black in the same competition in March 1939
** Paul Sturrock scored all five in a 5–0 Premier Division win against Morton in November 1984.

### Wins

* Most consecutive wins: 11 during the last 6 matches of 1982–83 and the first five of the 1983–84
* Most league wins in a season: 24 from 36 games (1928–29 and 1982–83)

### Attendances

* Highest home attendance: 28,000 v CF Barcelona, European Fairs Cup 2nd Round 2nd Leg, 16 November 1966
* Largest crowd involving Dundee United: 100,000+ against Selangor for the formal opening of the Shah Alam Stadium, Selangor, Malaysia, in July 1994

### Transfers

Record transfers as of 1 August 2008 (figures based on press reports). Where some records have been equalled, only the first instance is shown.

#### Bought

The current record signing is former Scotland international Steven Pressley, who was signed from Coventry City in July 1995 for £750,000.
| Year | Player | From | Fee | 2006 |
| 1959 | Dennis Gillespie | Alloa | £3,000 | £48,390 |
| 1968 | Kenny Cameron | Kilmarnock | £10,000 | £125,200 |
| 1974 | Paul Hegarty | Hamilton Academical | £27,500 | £229,075 |
| 1975 | Tom McAdam | Dumbarton | £40,000 | £287,200 |
| 1977 | John Bourke | Dumbarton | £60,000 | £297,600 |
| 1979 | Willie Pettigrew | Motherwell | £100,000 | £395,000 |
| 1979 | Eamonn Bannon | Chelsea | £165,000 | £651,750 |
| 1988 | Miodrag Krivokapić | Red Star | £200,000 | £386,000 |
| 1989 | Michael O'Neill | Newcastle United | £350,000 | £644,000 |
| 1993 | Gordan Petric | Partizan | £600,000 | £852,000 |
| 1995 | Steven Pressley | Coventry City | £750,000 | £1,027,500 |
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20081208045249/http://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/index.asp?pg=302

#### Sold

The current record sale is former Scotland international Duncan Ferguson, who was sold to Rangers in July 1993 for £4,000,000.
| Year | Player | To | Fee | 2013 |
| 1925 | Jimmy Howieson | St Mirren | £1,000 | £51,456 |
| 1927 | Jimmy Simpson | Rangers | £1,250 | £66,437 |
| 1929 | Duncan Hutchison | Newcastle United | £4,050 | £218,135 |
| 1957 | Johnny Coyle | Clyde | £8,000 | £163,430 |
| 1961 | Ron Yeats | Liverpool | £30,000 | £566,352 |
| 1970 | Ian Mitchell | Newcastle United | £50,000 | £655,420 |
| 1975 | Andy Gray | Aston Villa | £100,000 | £711,120 |
| 1979 | Ray Stewart | West Ham United | £400,000 | £1,716,840 |
| 1986 | Richard Gough | Tottenham Hotspur | £750,000 | £1,863,075 |
| 1990 | Kevin Gallacher | Coventry City | £950,000 | £1,829,035 |
| 1993 | Duncan Ferguson | Rangers | £4,000,000 | £6,902,000 |
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20081208045249/http://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/index.asp?pg=302