Top Goal Aces
Welcome to the area of top goal scorers
Nowhere else, we believe, is there such a concise and easy-to-follow list of the men who have netted more Wolverhampton Wanderers goals than any others down the decades.
Here, we name the top 58 scorers in the club’s history (all those who have reached the 40 mark), complete with the games in which they notched for the first and last times, the number of hat-tricks they thrilled supporters with and what we regard as having been their most special day in gold and black.
So, if ever you wonder where Andy Mutch or Hugh Curran, for example, stand among Wolves’ all-time top marksmen, or what we see as having been Jimmy Murray’s best Wanderers day, you now have the information close to your fingertips. Goals include only those scored for the club in League and cup matches and not those contributed in wartime competition.
Roy Swinbourne
Goals: -114
Breakdown: -107 League, 5 FA Cup, 2 Charity Shield
First Wolves Goal: -Versus Aston Villa at home, League, on December 26, 1949
Last Wolves Goal: -Versus Sheffield United at home, League, on October 15, 1955
Wolves Hat Tricks: -7 (versus Bolton, Manchester United, Manchester City 2, Blackpool, Cardiff, Huddersfield)
Ultimate Golden Day: -It may technically have been a friendly but Wolves' game against Honved in 1954 is the most famous fixture in their history - and Swinbourne scored two of the three goals that brought down the mighty Magyars.
Kenny Hibbitt
Goals: -114
Breakdown: -89 League, 10 FA Cup, 12 League Cup, 3 UEFA Cup
First Wolves Goal: -Versus Chelsea away, League, on September 12, 1970
Last Wolves Goal: -Versus Rotherham away, League, on April 9, 1983
Wolves Hat Tricks: -2 (versus Newcastle, Luton)
Ultimate Golden Day: -Opening the scoring in the 1974 League Cup final – presumably beats scoring four against a Newcastle side containing his brother Terry!
Jimmy Mullen
Goals: -112
Breakdown: -98 League, 14 FA Cup
First Wolves Goal: -Versus Lovells Athletic at home, FA Cup, on January 9, 1946
Last Wolves Goal: -Versus Luton away, League, on November 29, 1958
Wolves Hat Tricks: -0
Ultimate Golden Day: -Helping Wolves to victory in the 1949 FA Cup final – against Leicester, the club he had guested for during the war.
Tom Phillipson
Goals: -111
Breakdown: -104 League, 7 FA Cup
First Wolves Goal: -Versus Ashington away, FA Cup, on January 5, 1924
Last Wolves Goal: -Versus Barnsley at home, League, on February 11, 1928
Wolves Hat Tricks: -7 (versus Ashington, Middlesbrough, Stockport, Barnsley 2, Bradford City, Clapton Orient)
Ultimate Golden Day: -Hitting a ‘five-timer’ as Wolves thrashed Bradford City 7-2 at Molineux on Christmas Day, 1926 - part of a unique run of scoring in 13 successive League games.
Andy Mutch
Goals: -106
Breakdown: -96 League, 2 FA Cup, 4 League Cup, 4 Sherpa Van Trophy
First Wolves Goal: -Versus Bristol City at home, League, on March 22, 1986
Last Wolves Goal: -Versus Newcastle at home, League, on April 10, 1993
Wolves Hat Tricks: -1 (versus Newcastle)
Ultimate Golden Day: -Opening the scoring with a header in the 1988 Sherpa Van Trophy final against Burnley at Wembley
Jesse Pye
Goals: -95
Breakdown: -90 League, 5 FA Cup
First Wolves Goal: -Versus Arsenal at home, League, on August 31, 1946
Last Wolves Goal: -Versus Tottenham at home, League, on March 22, 1952
Wolves Hat Tricks: -6 (versus Arsenal, Derby, Grimsby, Huddersfield 2, Bolton)
Ultimate Golden Day: -Scoring twice in the 1949 FA Cup final probably beats the hat-trick on his Wolves debut – but you decide!
Billy Wooldridge
Goals: -90
Breakdown: -81 League, 9 FA Cup
First Wolves Goal: -Versus Albion away, League, on December 29, 1900
Last Wolves Goal: -Versus Fulham at home, League, on November 9, 1907
Wolves Hat Tricks: -2 (versus New Brighton, Derby)
Ultimate Golden Day: -His two goals in the above Albion game – only his second match for the club and a proud moment for a Netherton boy
Terry Wharton
Goals: -79
Breakdown: -69 League, 9 FA Cup, 1 Charity Shield
First Wolves Goal: -Versus Ipswich at home, League, on November 11, 1961
Last Wolves Goal: -Versus Newcastle at home, League, on October 7, 1967
Wolves Hat Tricks: -2 (versus Albion, Cardiff)
Ultimate Golden Day: -Rattling in three of the seven goals by which Albion were routed in a rearranged game at Molineux in March, 1963
Norman Deeley
Goals: -75
Breakdown: -66 League, 6 FA Cup, 1 European Cup, 2 Charity Shield
First Wolves Goal: -Versus Manchester City at home, League, on October 9, 1954
Last Wolves Goal: -Versus Birmingham away, League, on October 7, 1961
Wolves Hat Tricks: -2 (versus Portsmouth, Fulham)
Ultimate Golden Day: -Running Blackburn’s defence ragged with his dynamic two-goal contribution to the 1960 FA Cup final
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