England national football team records
This article lists various football records in relation to the England national football team.
- Most appearances: Peter Shilton, 125, November 25, 1970 - July 7, 1990
- Most consecutive appearances: Billy Wright, 70, October 3, 1951 - May 28, 1959
- First captain: , November 30, 1872, 0-0 vs. Scotland
- Most appearances as captain: Billy Wright and Bobby Moore, 90
- Youngest captain: Bobby Moore, 22 years, 47 days, May 29, 1963, 4-2 vs. Czechoslovakia
- Longest England career: Stanley Matthews, 22 years, 228 days, September 29, 1934 - May 15, 1957
- First goal: , March 8, 1873, 4-2 vs. Scotland [1]
- Most goals: Bobby Charlton, 49, April 19, 1958 - May 21, 1970
- Most goals in competitive matches (World Cup, European Championship and associated qualifiers): Gary Lineker and Michael Owen, both 22.
- Most goals in a single match: Howard Vaughton, Steve Bloomer, and Malcolm Macdonald, 5
- Most times scoring four or more goals in a single match: Steve Bloomer, Vivian Woodward, Tommy Lawton, Jimmy Greaves and Gary Lineker, 2 occasions
- Most times scoring three or more goals in a single match: Jimmy Greaves, 6 occasions
- Scoring in most consecutive matches: Tinsley Lindley, 9, March 13, 1886 - April 7, 1888
- Fastest goal from kickoff: Tommy Lawton, 17 seconds, May 25, 1947, 10-0 vs. Portugal
- Fastest goal by a substitute: Teddy Sheringham, 15 seconds, October 6, 2001, 2-2 vs. Greece, 2002 World Cup qualifier.
- Most goals in a single European Championship tournament: Alan Shearer, 5, 1996
- Most goals in a single World Cup tournament: Gary Lineker, 6, 1986
- Most red cards: David Beckham, 2
- Youngest player: Wayne Rooney, 17 years, 111 days, February 12, 2003, vs. Australia
- Youngest goalscorer: Wayne Rooney, 17 years, 317 days, September 6, 2003, vs. Macedonia
- Oldest debutant: , 41 years, March 8, 1873, 4-2 vs. Scotland
- Players appearing both before and after World War II: Raich Carter, Tommy Lawton, Stanley Matthews
- First substitute: (for Jackie Milburn), May 18, 1950, 4-1 vs. Belgium
- First black player: Viv Anderson, November 29, 1978, 1-0 vs. Czechoslovakia
- First black captain: Paul Ince, June 9, 1993, 0-2 vs. USA
- Last amateur to appear: , May 9, 1936, 2-3 vs. Belgium
- Shortest player: , 2 caps, 5 ft. 2ins.
- Tallest player: Peter Crouch, 6ft. 7ins., May 28, 2005, vs. USA
- Heaviest player: probably Bill 'Fatty' Foulke, probably between 15 and 21 stone, March 29, 1897, 4-0 vs. Wales