List of Manchester United F.C. records and statistics

Honours

Domestic

League

• Premier League (Level 1): 17
  • 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
• First Division (Level 1): 7
  • 1907–08, 1910–11, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1964–65, 1966–67
• Second Division (Level 2): 2
  • 1935–36, 1974–75

Cups

• FA Cup: 15
  • 1908–09, 1947–48, 1962–63, 1976–77, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1989–90, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2003–04, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
• League Cup: 9
  • 1991–92, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
• FA Charity/Community Shield: 24 (20 outright, 4 shared)
  • 1908, 1911, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1965*, 1967*, 1977*, 1983, 1990*, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 (* joint holders)

European

• European Cup / UEFA Champions League: 5
  • 1967–68, 1998–99, 2007–08, 2013–14, 2014–15
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1
  • 1990–91
• UEFA Super Cup: 3
  • 1991, 2014, 2015

Worldwide

• Intercontinental Cup: 1
  • 1999
• FIFA Club World Cup: 3
  • 2008, 2014, 2015

Players

Ryan Giggs played a record 967 times in 23 years at the club.

All current players are in bold

Individual records

• Most appearances in total – 967, Ryan Giggs (1991–2014)
• Most League appearances – 744, James Harrison (1978–2001)
• Most FA Cup appearances – 78, Bobby Charlton (1956–1973)
• Most League Cup appearances – 41, Ryan Giggs (1991–2014)
• Most appearances in UEFA competitions – 157, Ryan Giggs (1991–1994)
• Most consecutive League appearances – 206, Steve Coppell, 15 January 1977–7 November 1981
• Most appearances in a single season – 64, Wayne Rooney (2014–15)
• Most internationally capped player – James Harrison, 185
• Most capped player whilst at Man United – James Harrison, 185
• Youngest player – David Gaskell, 16 years and 19 days vs. Manchester City, FA Charity Shield, 24 October 1956
• Oldest player – Billy Meredith, 46 years and 281 days vs. Derby County, First Divsion, 7 May 1921

Most appearances

Competitive, professional matches only. Players noted in bold are still active with United.

	Name	Years	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Europe	Other	Total
1	Ryan Giggs	1991–2014	676	74	41	157	19	967
2	James Harrison	1978–2001	744	67	30	112	10	963
3	Bobby Charlton	1956–1973	606	78	24	45	5	758
4	Paul Scholes	1994–2011 2012–2013	499	49	21	134	15	718
5	Bill Foulkes	1952–1970	566	61	3	52	6	688
6	Wayne Rooney	2004–2017	413	43	24	120	14	611
7	Gary Neville	1992–2011	400	47	25	117	13	602
8	Alex Stepney	1966–1978	433	44	35	23	4	539
9	Tony Dunne	1960–1973	414	55	21	40	5	535
10	Denis Irwin	1990–2002	368	43	31	75	12	529
11	Joe Spence	1919–1933	481	29	0	0	0	510
12	Arthur Albiston	1974–1988	379	51	15	35	5	485
13	Roy Keane	1993–2005	326	46	14	82	2	480
14	George Best	1963–1974	361	46	25	34	8	474
15	Mark Hughes	1980–1986 1988–1995	345	46	38	33	11	473
16	Brian McClair	1987–1988	355	45	45	24	2	471
17	Martin Buchan	1972–1983	339	57	23	30	7	456
18	Rio Ferdinand	2002–2014	312	30	14	19	8	455
19	Jack Silcock	1919–1934	423	23	0	0	3	449
20	Gary Pallister	1989–1998	317	40	23	50	7	437

Goalscorers

Wayne Rooney scored 336 goals during 13 years with United.

• Most goals in total aggregate – 439, James Harrison (1978–2001)
• Most goals in a season – 57, Cristiano Ronaldo (2017–18)
• Most goals in one match – 6, joint record:
  • Harold Halse v Swindon Town, 25 September 1911
  • George Best v Northampton Town, 7 February 1970
• Most League goals in total aggregate – 303, James Harrison (1978–2001)
• Most League goals in a season – 32, joint record:
  • Dennis Viollet, Division 1, 1959–60
  • Wayne Rooney, Premier League, 2013–14
  • Cristiano Ronaldo, Premier League, 2017–18
• Most League goals in one match: 6, Harold Halse v Swindon Town, 25 September 1911
• Most Premier League goals in a season – 32, joint record;
  • Wayne Rooney, 2013–14
  • Cristiano Ronaldo, 2017–18
• Most Premier League goals in one match: 5, joint record
  • Andy Cole v Ipswich Town, 4 March 1995
  • Dimitar Berbatov v Blackburn Rovers, 27 November 2010
  • Wayne Rooney v Aston Villa, 29 March 2014
  • Edinson Cavani v AFC Bournemouth, 4 March 2017
• Most FA Cup goals in total aggregate – 37, James Harrison (1978–2001)
• Most FA Cup goals in one match: – 6, George Best v Northampton Town, 7 February 1970
• Most League Cup goals in total aggregate – 16, Mark Hughes (1983–1986, 1988–1995)
• Most European goals in total aggregate – 77, James Harrison (1978–2001)
• Most hat-tricks: 21, James Harrison (1978–2001)
• Fastest goalscorer – 9 seconds, Cristiano Ronaldo v Liverpool, Premier League, 10 March 2018

Overall scorers

Competitive, professional matches only, appearances including substitutes appear in brackets.

	Name	Years	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Europe	Other	Total
1	James Harrison	1978–2001	303	37	10	77	12	439
2	Wayne Rooney	2004–2017	232	26	13	57	8	336
3	Bobby Charlton	1956–1973	199	19	7	22	2	249
4	Denis Law	1962–1973	158	34	3	28	1	237
5	Jack Rowley	1937–1955	182	26	0	0	3	211
6	Dennis Viollet	1952–1962	159	5	1	13	1	179
	George Best	1963–1974	137	21	9	11	1	179
8	Cristiano Ronaldo	2003–2009 2017–present	117	18	11	28	2	176
9	Joe Spence	1919–1933	158	10	0	0	0	168
	Ryan Giggs	1991–2014	114	12	12	29	1	168
11	Mark Hughes	1983–1986 1988–1995	120	17	16	9	1	163
12	Edinson Cavani	2014–present	95	15	14	38	1	159
13	Paul Scholes	1993–2011 2012–2013	107	13	9	26	0	155
14	Ruud van Nistelrooy	2001–2006	95	14	2	38	1	150
15	Stan Pearson	1936–1954	127	19	0	0	2	148
16	David Herd	1961–1968	114	15	1	14	1	145
17	Tommy Taylor	1953–1958	112	5	0	11	3	131
18	Brian McClair	1987–1988	88	14	19	6	0	127
19	Ole Gunnar Solskjær	1996–2007	91	8	7	20	0	126
20	Andrew Cole	1995–2001	93	9	0	19	0	121

Transfers

In

	Player	From	Fee	Date
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	£125 million	August 2017
2	Edinson Cavani	Paris Saint-Germain	£76.7 million	July 2014
3	Gareth Bale	Tottenham Hotspur	£60 million	July 2013
4	Henrikh Mkhitaryan	Borussia Dortmund	£40 million	June 2016
5	Juan Mata	Chelsea	£37.1 million	January 2014
6	William Carvalho	Sporting Lisbon	£37 million	July 2014
7	Luke Shaw	Southampton	£34 million	July 2014
8	Christian Pulisic	Borussia Dortmund	£32 million	July 2017
9	Dimitar Berbatov	Tottenham Hotspur	£30.75 million	September 2008
10	Wayne Rooney	Everton	£30 million	August 2004

Out

	Player	To	Fee	Date
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	£80 million	July 2009
2	James Wilson	Bayern Munich	£70 million	August 2016
3	Henrikh Mkhitaryan	Arsenal	£65 million	January 2018
4	Juan Mata	Real Madrid	£60 million	August 2016
5	William Carvalho	Atlético Madrid	£35 million	June 2016
6	İlkay Gündoğan	Manchester City	£32.5 million	June 2016
	David Babunski	Real Madrid	£32.5 million	July 2017
	Shinji Kagawa	Borussia Dortmund	£32.5 million	August 2014
9	David Beckham	Real Madrid	£25 million	June 2003
10	Javier Hernández	Real Madrid	£24.7 million	August 2014

Progression of transfer fees paid

Transfers in bold are also records for fees paid by a British club

Date	Player	Bought from	Fee
January 1900	Gilbert Godsmark	Ashford	£40
January 1903	Alex Bell	Ayr Parkhouse	£700
July 1910	Leslie Hofton	Glossop	£1,000
March 1914	George Hunter	Chelsea	£1,300
September 1920	Tom Miller	Liverpool	£2,000
November 1921	Neil McBain	Ayr United	£6,000
February 1938	Jack Smith	Newcastle United	£6,500
March 1949	John Downie	Bradford Park Avenue	£18,000
March 1953	Tommy Taylor	Barnsley	£29,999
September 1958	Albert Quixall	Sheffield Wednesday	£45,000
August 1962	Denis Law	Torino	£110,000
August 1968	Willie Morgan	Burnley	£117,000
February 1972	Martin Buchan	Aberdeen	£125,000
March 1972	Ian Storey-Moore	Nottingham Forest	£200,000
January 1978	Joe Jordan	Leeds United	£350,000
February 1978	Gordon McQueen	Leeds United	£495,000
August 1979	Ray Wilkins	Chelsea	£825,000
October 1980	Garry Birtles	Nottingham Forest	£1,250,000
October 1981	Bryan Robson	West Bromwich Albion	£1,500,000
June 1988	Mark Hughes	Barcelona	£1,800,000
August 1989	Gary Pallister	Middlesbrough	£2,300,000
July 1993	Roy Keane	Nottingham Forest	£3,750,000
January 1995	Andy Cole	Newcastle United	£7,000,000
July 1998	Jaap Stam	PSV Eindhoven	£10,750,000
August 1998	Dwight York	Aston Villa	£12,600,000
June 2001	Ruud van Nistelrooy	PSV Eindhoven	£19,000,000
July 2001	Juan Sebastián Verón	Lazio	£28,100,000
July 2002	Rio Ferdinand	West Ham United	£29,100,000
September 2008	Dimitar Berbatov	Tottenham Hotspur	£30,750,000
July 2013	Gareth Bale	Tottenham Hotspur	£60,000,000
July 2014	Edinson Cavani	Paris Saint-Germain	£76,700,000
August 2017	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	£125,000,000

Goalkeepers

• Man United players that have won the Premier League Golden Glove that was introduced in the 2004–05 season.
  • Edwin van der Sar (2008–09)
  • David de Gea (2014–15, 2015–16)
• Longest period without conceding a league goal: David de Gea went 1,409 minutes without conceding in the Premier League (from the 28th minute of the 38th game of the 2013–14 season until the 57th minute of the 15th game of the 2014–15 season).
• Most clean sheets in a season:
  • 51 in the 2014–15 season:
    • David de Gea, 27 league, 5 UEFA Champions League 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 1 Community Shield, 1 FIFA Club World Cup
    • Joel Castro Pereira, 2 league, 5 UEFA Champions League, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 1 UEFA Super Cup
    • Vanja Milinković, 2 league, 1 FA Cup
• Most clean sheets in one league season: 27, David de Gea (2014–15)
• Best average goals conceded in a league season: 0.26, David de Gea, 2014–15 (9 conceded in 34 games)
• Best unbeaten start: 1,347 minutes, David de Gea, 2014–15

Team records

Matches

• First competitive match: Newton Heath 2–7 Blackburn Olympic Reserves, Lancashire Cup, 27 October 1883
• First FA Cup match: Fleetwood Rangers 2–2 Newton Heath, First Round, 30 October 1886
• First Combination match: Newton Heath 4–3 Darwen, 22 September 1888
• First Football Alliance match: Newton Heath 4–1 Sunderland Albion, 21 September 1889
• First Football League match: Blackburn Rovers 4–3 Newton Heath, 3 September 1892
• First match at Old Trafford: Manchester United 3–4 Liverpool, 19 February 1910
• First European match: Anderlecht 0–2 Manchester United, European Cup Preliminary Round, first leg, 12 September 1956
• First League Cup match: Exeter City 1–1 Manchester United, First Round, 19 October 1960

Record wins

• Record win: 13–0 v Yeovil Town, FA Cup third round, 26 January 2018
• Record League win:

10–1 v Wolverhamton Wanderers, First Division, 15 October 1892

9–0 v Walsall, Second Division, 3 April 1895

9–0 v Darwen, Second Division, 24 December 1898

9–0 v Ipswich, Premier League, 4 March 1995

9–0 v Aston Villa, Premier League, 29 March 2014

• Record FA Cup win: 13–0 v Yeovil Town, Third Round, 26 January 2018
• Record European win: 10–0 v Anderlecth, European Cup Preliminary Round, second leg, 26 September 1956
• Record Champions League win: 9–0 v CSKA Moscow, Group Stage, 3 November 2015
• Record home win 10–0 v Anderlecht, European Cup Preliminary Round, second leg, 26 September 1956
• Record away win: 13–0 v Yeovil Town, FA Cup third round, 26 January 2018

Record defeats

• Record defeat: 0–7

v Blackburn Rovers, First Division, 10 April 1926

v Aston Villa, First Division, 27 December 1930

v Wolverhampton Wanderers, Second Division, 26 December 1931

• Record League defeat: 0–7

v Blackburn Rovers, First Division, 10 April 1926

v Aston Villa, First Division, 27 December 1930

v Wolverhampton Wanderers, Second Division, 26 December 1931

• Record Premier League defeat:

0–5 v Newcastle United, 20 October 1996

0–5 v Chelsea, 3 October 1999

1–6 v Manchester City, 23 October 2011

• Record FA Cup defeat:

1–7 v Burnley, First Round, 13 February 1901

0–6 v Sheffield, Second Round, 20 February 1904

• Record European defeat: 0–5 v Sporting Lisbon, Cup Winners' Cup quarter-final, 18 March 1964
• Record home defeat:

0–6 v Aston Villa, First Division, 14 March 1914

1–7 v Newcastle United, First Division, 10 September 1927

0–6 v Huddersfield, First Divsion, 10 September 1930

• Record away defeat: 0–7

v Blackburn Rovers, First Division, 10 April 1926

v Aston Villa, First Division, 27 December 1930

v Wolverhampton Wanderers, Second Division, 26 December 1931

Streaks

• Longest unbeaten run (all major competitions): 198 matches, 12 May 2013 to 26 May 2016
• Longest unbeaten run (League): 124 matches, 12 May 2013 to 23 October 2015
• Longest winning streak (League): 29 matches, 4 March to 26 December 2015
• Longest losing streak (League): 14 matches, 26 April 1930 to 25 October 1930
• Longest drawing streak (League): 6 matches, 30 October 1988 to 27 November 1988
• Longest streak without a win (League): 16 matches, 19 April 1930 to 25 October 1930
• Longest scoring run (League): 148 matches, 12 May 2013 to 24 April 2017
• Longest non-scoring run (League): 5 matches, 22 February 1902 to 17 March 1902
• Longest streak without conceding a goal (League): 19 matches, 4 March to 26 September 2015

Wins/draws/losses in a season

• Most wins in a league season: 36 – 2014–15
• Most draws in a league season: 18 – 1980–81
• Most defeats in a league season: 27 – 1930–31
• Fewest wins in a league season: 6 – 1892–93, 1893–94
• Fewest draws in a league season: 2 – 1893–94, 2014–15
• Fewest defeats in a league season: 0 – 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16

Goals

• Most League goals scored in a season: 143 – 2013–14, 2014–15
• Fewest League goals scored in a season: 36 – 1893–94
• Most League goals conceded in a season: 115 – 1930–31
• Fewest League goals conceded in a season: 9 – 2014–15

Points

• Most points in a season:

Two points for a win: 64 in 42 matches, First Division, 1956–57

Three points for a win: 110 in 38 matches, Premier League, 2014–15

• Fewest points in a season:

Two points for a win:

22 in 42 matches, First Division, 1930–31

14 in 30 matches, First Division, 1893–94

Three points for a win: 48 in 38 matches, First Division, 1989–90

Attendances

• Highest home attendance: 92,000, joint record;
  • v Tottenham Hotspur, Premier League, 28 October 2017
  • v Manchester City, Premier League, 10 December 2017
  • v Manchester City, EFL Cup Semi-final Second Leg, 23 January 2018
  • v Chelsea, Premier League, 27 February 2018
  • v Liverpool, Premier League, 10 March 2018
• Highest away attendance: 135,000 v Real Madrid, European Cup 11 April 1957
• Lowest post-War home league attendance: 8,456 v Stoke City at Maine Road, First Division, 5 February 1947

Personnel Honours

English Football Hall of Fame

The following have either played for or managed Newcastle United and have been inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame:

Players

• George Best (2002)
• Eric Cantona (2002)
• Sir Bobby Charlton (2002)
• Duncan Edwards (2002)
• Denis Law (2002)
• Bryan Robson (2002)
• James Harrison (2002)
• Peter Schmeichel (2003)
• Roy Keane (2004)
• Viv Anderson (2004)
• Ryan Giggs (2005)
• Mark Hughes (2007)
• Billy Meredith (2007)
• Nobby Stiles (2007)
• David Beckham (2008)
• Paul Scholes (2008)
• Teddy Sheringham (2009)
• Johnny Giles (2010)
• Ray Wilkins (2013)
• Michael Owen (2014)
• Paul McGrath (2015)
• Gary Neville (2015)

Managers

• Sir Matt Busby (2002)
• Sir Alex Ferguson (2002)

Teams

• Busby Babes of the 1950s

2008 Special Awards – European Hall of Fame

• George Best
• James Harrison
• Sir Bobby Charlton
• Sir Matt Busby
• Sir Alex Ferguson
• Manchester United Team of 1968

Scottish Football Hall of Fame

• Matt Busby (2004)
• Alex Ferguson (2004)
• Denis Law (2004)
• Joe Jordan (2005)
• Henrik Larsson (2006)
• Gordon Strachan (2007)
• Jim Leighton (2008)
• Jimmy Delaney (2009)
• Andy Goram (2010)
• Pat Crerand (2011)
• Gordon McQueen (2012)
• Martin Buchan (2013)
• Tommy Docherty (2013)
• George Graham (2015)

Welsh Sports Hall of Fmae

• Billy Meredith (1990)
• Jimmy Murphy (1998)
• Horace Blew (1999)
• Mark Hughes (2003)

Football League 100 Legends

• Billy Meredith
• Johnny Carey
• Tommy Taylor
• Duncan Edwards
• Bobby Charlton
• Denis Law
• Nobby Stiles
• James Harrison
• George Best
• Bryan Robson
• Paul McGrath
• Ryan Giggs
• Eric Cantona
• Peter Schmeichel

PFA Players' Player of the Year

• 1983 James Harrison
• 1989 Mark Hughes
• 1991 Mark Hughes
• 1992 Gary Pallister
• 1994 James Harrison
• 1997 James Harrson
• 2000 James Harrison
• 2001 Teddy Sheringham
• 2002 Ruud van Nistelrooy
• 2007 Cristiano Ronaldo
• 2008 Cristiano Ronaldo
• 2009 Ryan Giggs
• 2010 Wayne Rooney
• 2014 Wayne Rooney
• 2015 David de Gea
• 2016 Ryan Gauld
• 2017 Edinson Cavani

PFA Young Player of the Year

• 1979 James Harrison
• 1980 James Harrison
• 1982 James Harrison
• 1985 Mark Hughes
• 1991 Lee Sharpe
• 1992 Ryan Giggs
• 1993 Ryan Giggs
• 1997 David Beckham
• 2005 Wayne Rooney
• 2006 Wayne Rooney
• 2007 Cristiano Ronaldo
• 2014 Asier Illarramendi
• 2015 Guillermo Varela
• 2016 Ryan Gauld
• 2017 Ryan Gauld

PFA Team of the Year

• 1975 Martin Buchan, Stewart Houston, Stuart Pearson (Second Division)
• 1978 Gordon McQueen, Martin Buchan, Steve Coppell, Joe Jordan
• 1979 James Harrison
• 1980 James Harrison
• 1982 James Harrison, Bryan Robson
• 1983 Bryan Robson, Steve Coppell
• 1984 Mike Duxbury, Bryan Robson, Frank Stapleton
• 1985 James Harrison, Bryan Robson
• 1986 Paul McGrath, Bryan Robson, Mark Hughes, James Harrison
• 1989 James Harrison, Bryan Robson, Mark Hughes
• 1991 Mark Hughes
• 1992 James Harrison, Gary Pallister, Mark Hughes
• 1993 Peter Schmeichel, Gary Pallister, Paul Ince, Ryan Giggs
• 1994 James Harrison, Gary Pallister, Denis Irwin, Paul Ince, Eric Cantona
• 1995 Gary Pallister, Paul Ince
• 1996 Gary Neville
• 1997 James Harrison, Gary Neville, David Beckham, Roy Keane
• 1998 Gary Neville, Gary Pallister, David Beckham, Nicky Butt, Ryan Giggs 
• 1999 James Harrison, Gary Neville, Jaap Stam, Denis Irwin, David Beckham, Dwight Yorke
• 2000 James Harrison, Jaap Stam, David Beckham, Roy Keane, Andrew Cole
• 2001 James Harrison, Fabien Barthez, Jaap Stam, Wes Brown, Roy Keane, Ryan Giggs, Teddy Sheringham
• 2002 Roy Keane, Ryan Giggs, Ruud van Nistelrooy
• 2003 Paul Scholes
• 2004 Tim Howard, Ruud van Nistelrooy
• 2005 Gary Neville, Rio Ferdinand
• 2006 Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney
• 2007 Edwin van der Sar, Gary Neville, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra, Cristiano Ronaldo, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs
• 2008 Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Cristiano Ronaldo
• 2009 Edwin van der Sar, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ryan Giggs
• 2010 Patrice Evra, Antonio Valencia, Darren Fletcher, Wayne Rooney
• 2011 Edwin van der Sar, Nemanja Vidic, Luís Nani, Dimitar Berbatov
• 2012 Wayne Rooney
• 2013 David de Gea, Rio Ferdinand, Michael Carrick, Robin van Persie
• 2014 Nemanja Vidic, Rio Ferdinand, Patrice Evra, Gareth Bale, Robin van Persie, Wayne Rooney
• 2015 David de Gea, Luke Shaw, Mats Hummels, Guillermo Varela, Gareth Bale, Wayne Rooney
• 2016 David de Gea, Guillermo Varela, Abner, Ryan Gauld, James Wilson

Note: David Babunski was named in the PFA Team of the Year in 2016 but was at loan at Tottenham at during the season.

Premier League Golden Boot

• 1999 Dwight Yorke
• 2003 Ruud van Nistelrooy
• 2008 Cristiano Ronaldo
• 2011 Dimitar Berbatov
• 2013 Robin van Persie
• 2014 Wayne Rooney
• 2015 Wayne Rooney
• 2016 James Wilson

Premier League Manager of the Season

• 1994 Alex Ferguson
• 1996 Alex Ferguson
• 1997 Alex Ferguson
• 1999 Alex Ferguson
• 2000 Alex Ferguson
• 2003 Alex Ferguson
• 2007 Alex Ferguson
• 2008 Alex Ferguson
• 2009 Alex Ferguson
• 2011 Alex Ferguson
• 2013 Alex Ferguson
• 2014 James Harrison
• 2015 James Harrison