# List of West Ham United F.C. records and statistics

This article lists records and statistics associated with West Ham United.

## Team records
### Scoring records

* Biggest victory: 10–0 v Bury, Football League Cup (25 October 1983)
* Biggest league win: 8–0 v Rotherham United (8 March 1958), and v Sunderland (19 October 1968)
* Biggest defeat: 0–7 v Barnsley (1 September 1919), v Everton (22 October 1927), and v Sheffield Wednesday (28 November 1959)

### League sequences

* Wins: 9 (19 October to 4 December 1985)
* Draws: 5 (7 September to 5 October 1968, and 15 October to 1 November 2003)
* Defeats: 9 (28 March to 29 August 1932)
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## Goalscorers
### Leading first class goalscorers

| Rank | Player | West Ham Career | Total Goals |
| 1 | Vic Watson | 1920–1935 | 326 |
| 2 | Geoff Hurst | 1959–1972 | 252 |
| 3 | John Dick | 1953–1962 | 166 |
| 3 | Jimmy Ruffell | 1921–1937 | 166 |
| 5 | Tony Cottee | 1983–1988 1994–1996 | 146 |
| 6 | Johnny Byrne | 1961–1967 | 107 |
| 7 | Pop Robson | 1970–1974 1976–1979 | 104 |
| 8 | Trevor Brooking | 1967–1984 | 102 |
| 9 | Malcolm Musgrove | 1953–1963 | 100 |
| 9 | Martin Peters | 1962–1970 | 100 |

### Other top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | West Ham Career | First Class Goals | Sth. League Goals | War-time Goals | Total Goals |
| 1 | George Foreman | 1939–1946 | 1 | | 187 | 188 |
| 2 | Danny Shea | 1908–1913 1920–1921 | 1 | 121 | 64 | 186 |
| 3 | Billy Grassam | 1900–1903 1906–1909 | | 68 | | 68 |
| 4 | Dick Leafe | 1913–1922 | 7 | 37 | | 44 |
| 5 | Harry Stapley | 1905–1908 | | 41 | | 41 |
| 6 | Herbert Ashton | 1908–1918 | | 25 | 11 | 36 |
| 7 | George Hilsdon | 1904–1905 1912–1915 | | 35 | | 35 |
| 8 | George Webb | 1908–1912 | | 32 | | 32 |
| 9 | Fred Blackburn | 1905–1913 | | 28 | | 28 |
| 9 | Richard Dunn | 1939–1948 | 2 | | 26 | 28 |

### Top goalscorers by season

For a list of top scorers by season see List of West Ham United F.C. seasons.

## Penalty shoot-outs
### Competitive

| Season | Date | Competition | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Score |
| 2022–23 | 9 November 2022 | EFL Cup | Third Round | Blackburn Rovers | H | Lost | 9–10 |
| 2021–22 | 27 October 2021 | EFL Cup | Fourth Round | Man City | H | Won | 5–3 |
| 2015–16 | 23 July 2015 | UEFA Europa League | Second Qualifying Round | Birkirkara | A | Won | 5–3 |
| 2014–15 | 13 January 2015 | FA Cup | Third Round replay | Everton | H | Won | 9–8 |
| 2014–15 | 26 August 2014 | Football League Cup | Third Round | Sheffield United | H | Lost | 5–4 |
| 2005–06 | 13 May 2006 | FA Cup | Final | Liverpool | N | Lost | 1–3 |
| 2004–05 | 13 February 2005 | FA Cup | Fourth Round replay | Sheffield United | A | Lost | 1–3 |
| 2002–03 | 1 October 2002 | Football League Cup | Second Round | Chesterfield | A | Won | 5–4 |
| 2001–02 | 11 September 2001 | Football League Cup | Second Round | Reading | A | Lost | 5–6 |
| 1997–98 | 17 March 1998 | FA Cup | Sixth Round replay | Arsenal | H | Lost | 3–4 |
| 1997–98 | 25 February 1998 | FA Cup | Fifth Round | Blackburn Rovers | A | Won | 5–4 |
| 1988–89 | 22 November 1988 | Full Members Cup | Second Round | Watford | A | Lost | 1–3 |
| 1973–74 | 11 August 1973 | Watney Cup | First Round | Bristol Rovers | A | Lost | 5–6 |

### Friendly

| Season | Date | Competition | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Score |
| 2023–24 | 10 August 2024 | Betway Cup | Final | Celta Vigo | H | Won | 6–5 |
| 2019–20 | 3 August 2019 | Betway Cup | Final | Athletic Bilbao | H | Lost | 2–4 |
| 2018–19 | 31 July 2018 | Betway Cup | Final | Mainz 05 | N | Won | 7–6 |

## Honours

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### European

* UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
** Winners: 1964–65
** Runners-up: 1975–76
* UEFA Europa Conference League
** Winners: 2022–23
* UEFA Intertoto Cup
** Winners: 1999
* Anglo-Italian League Cup
** Runners-up: 1975

### Domestic
#### Leagues

* First Division/Premier League (Tier 1)
** Highest placing: 3rd, 1985–86
* Second Division/Championship (Tier 2)
** Champions (2): 1957–58, 1980–81
** Runners-up: 1922–23, 1990–91, 1992–93
** Play-off winners: 2005, 2012
** Play-off runners-up: 2004

#### Cups

* FA Cup
** Winners (3): 1963–64, 1974–75, 1979–80
** Runners-up: 1922–23, 2005–06
* EFL Cup/Football League Cup
** Runners-up: 1965–66, 1980–81
* FA Community/Charity Shield
** Winners: 1964 (shared)
** Runners-up: 1975, 1980
* Football League War Cup
** Winners: 1939–40

#### Other

* Southern League Division One:
** Highest placing: 3rd, 1912–13
* Southern League Division Two
** Champions: 1898–99
* Western League:
** Champions: 1906–07
* London League:
** Champions (2): 1897–98, 1901–02
** Runners-up: 1896–97, 1902–03
* Southern Floodlit Cup:
** Winners: 1956
** Runners-up: 1960
* London Challenge Cup
** Winners (9): 1925, 1926, 1930, 1947, 1949, 1953, 1957, 1968, 1969
* Essex Professional Cup:
** Winners (3): 1951, 1955 (shared), 1959
** Runners-up: 1952, 1958
* Southern Charity Cup
** Runners-up: 1902
* West Ham Charity Cup
** Winners: 1896
** Runners-up: 1897
* Norfolk & Norwich Hospital Cup
** Winners: 1924
** Runners-up: 1925

#### Wartime

* London Combination:
** Champions: 1916–17
** Runners-up: 1915–16 (Supplementary Tournament), 1917–18
* Regional League South:
** Runners-up: 1939–40, 1940–41
* London League:
** Runners-up: 1943–44, 1944–45

#### Indoor

* London Fives
** Winners: 1967, 1970, 1984
** Runners-up: 1955, 1957, 1960, 1971, 1974, 1977, 1981

### International

* International Soccer League
** Winners: 1963
* American Challenge Cup
** Runners-up: 1963

### Friendly

* Bobby Moore Cup:
** Winners: 2008
* SBOBET Cup:
** Winners: 2010
* Ciutat de Barcelona Trophy:
** Winners: 2013
* Betway Cup:
** Winners: 2018, 2021

### Other awards

* BBC Sports Personality of the Year Team Award: 1965
* Honorary Degree (awarded to the club) in 2009 by the University of East London