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Aston Villa Games per Goals Scored Record

1879 to Date

Games per Goals scored across competitions and individual career where 20 goals or more have been scored

Forward
CF Harold Halse | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1912-13

1.29

Forward
F Johnny Campbell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Aston Villa 1895-97

1.34

Forward
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1928-35

1.36

Forward
CF Jasper McLuckie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Aston Villa 1901-04

1.38

Forward
CF George Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1929-34

1.42

Forward
F Billy Cook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1927-29

1.53

Forward
CF Harry Hampton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1904-20

1.55

Forward
CF Len Capewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1922-29

1.55

Forward
CF Frank Broome | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1935-46

1.60

Forward
CF Albert Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1887-90

1.65

Forward
CF Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1957-61

1.67

Forward
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Aston Villa 1879-90

1.68

Forward
CF Tammy Abraham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⭐ Aston Villa 2018-19, 2026-

1.71

Forward
CF Tony Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1963-66

1.72

Forward
CF Jack Devey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1891-02

1.74

Forward
F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Aston Villa 1931-36

1.76

Forward
F Albert A Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1884-94

1.86

Forward
CF Billy Dickson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Aston Villa 1889-92

1.88

Forward
CF Fred Wheldon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1896-00

1.89

Winger
W Lewis Campbell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Aston Villa 1890-93

2.04

Forward
CF Christian Benteke | 🇧🇪 | Aston Villa 2012-15

2.06

Forward
CF Trevor Ford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Aston Villa 1947-50

2.08

Forward
CF Ian Dickson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Aston Villa 1921-23

2.13

Forward
CF Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1920-33

2.16

Forward
F Jimmy Cantrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1904-08

2.17

Forward
CF Tommy Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1950-55

2.18

Forward
F Clem Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1911-21

2.26

Midfielder
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1988-91

2.28

Forward
CF Derek Dougan | 🇬🇧 | Aston Villa 1961-63

2.31

Winger
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1930-46

2.32

Forward
CF Billy Garraty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1898-08

2.32

Forward
CF George Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1898-04

2.34

Forward
CF Bobby Thomson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Aston Villa 1959-63

2.46

Winger
W Harry Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1959-65

2.48

Forward
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Aston Villa 1987-89

2.54

Forward
CF Joe Bache | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1901-15

2.54

Forward
F Dennis Hodgetts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1886-96

2.56

Forward
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1980-85

2.56

Forward
CF Derek Pace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1951-57

2.60

Forward
CF Barry Stobart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1964-67

2.65

Forward
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1978-88

2.68

Forward
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Aston Villa 1975-79, 1985-87

2.69

Forward
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | Aston Villa 2007-11

2.73

Forward
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⭐ Aston Villa 2020-

2.74

Forward
CF John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1975-79

2.75

Winger
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | Aston Villa 1952-62

2.81

Forward
CF Davy Walsh | 🇮🇪 | Aston Villa 1951-55

2.83

Winger
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1971-77

2.83

Forward
CF Darren Bent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 2011-14

2.84

Forward
F Reg Chester | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #316 | Aston Villa 1925-35

2.85

Forward
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1983-85

2.86

Forward
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | Aston Villa 1990-98

2.93

Forward
CF Dean Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Aston Villa 1992-95

2.94

Forward
F Joe Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1905-12

2.95

Forward
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1946-61

2.99

Forward
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1985-87

3.04

Forward
CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1991-95

3.17

Forward
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1998-04

3.26

Forward
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | Aston Villa 2001-07

3.31

Winger
W Jack Cowan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Aston Villa 1895-99

3.33

Forward
F Ronnie Dix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1933-37

3.40

Forward
CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | Aston Villa 2016-20

3.42

Forward
F Freddie Haycock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1936-39

3.44

Forward
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | Aston Villa 1995-98

3.44

Winger
W Charlie Athersmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1891-01

3.51

Forward
F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1927-35

3.51

Winger
W Albert Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1903-13

3.51

Forward
F Bob Chatt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1893-98

3.52

Forward
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1955-59

3.56

Forward
CF Andy Lochhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Aston Villa 1970-73

3.58

Forward
F George Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1938-51

3.68

Forward
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1971-80

3.70

Forward
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1996-01

3.82

Forward
F Jackie Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1936-48

3.82

Forward
CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | Aston Villa 2023-25

3.90

Winger
W Billy Goffin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1946-53

4.10

Midfielder
M Morgan Rogers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⭐ Aston Villa 2024-

4.11

Forward
F George Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1921-27

4.13

Winger
W Jack Mandley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1930-34

4.15

Forward
F Phil Woosnam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Aston Villa 1962-66

4.31

Winger
W Steve Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1893-01

4.48

Winger
W Dicky York | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1919-30

4.48

Forward
F Billy Kirton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1919-27

4.48

Forward
CF Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 2006-17

4.49

Forward
CF Geoff Vowden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1971-74

4.56

Forward
CF Darius Vassell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1998-05

4.57

Winger
W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | Aston Villa 2018-22

4.58

Winger
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1982-87

4.69

Midfielder
M Bruce Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Aston Villa 1969-74

4.78

Midfielder
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Aston Villa 1969-74

4.97

Winger
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1956-59

5.20

Midfielder
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | Aston Villa 2017-21

5.21

Midfielder
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1969-76

5.23

Winger
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1979-83

5.29

Winger
W Billy Brawn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1902-06

5.35

Forward
F Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 | Aston Villa 2010-15

5.38

Forward
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1988-92

5.43

Winger
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1946-51

5.47

Winger
W Jimmy MacEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Aston Villa 1959-66

5.48

Winger
W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | Aston Villa 2016-19

5.68

Winger
W James Milner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 2005-06, 2008-10

5.73

Midfielder
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1967-73

6.05

Winger
W Charlie Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1907-21

6.14

Winger
W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1919-29

6.29

Midfielder
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1963-70

6.31

Winger
W Ashley Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 2007-11, 2021-23

6.33

Forward
CF Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Aston Villa 1967-71

6.36

Winger
W Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1949-55

6.64

Midfielder
M Jack Grealish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 2012-21

6.66

Midfielder
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1994-03

6.93

Winger
W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | ⭐ Aston Villa 2021-

6.95

Winger
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1985-94

7.66

Full Back
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1946-53

7.71

Centre Back
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Aston Villa 1978-89

8.05

Full Back
RB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1950-61

8.10

Midfielder
M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1998-09

8.46

Midfielder
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1983-91

8.92

Midfielder
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1976-85, 1988-91, 1993

8.95

Midfielder
M John McGinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⭐ Aston Villa 2018-

9.00

Midfielder
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | ⭐ Aston Villa 2019-24, 2026-

9.22

Forward
CF Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Aston Villa 1958-65

9.38

Midfielder
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1995-06

9.63

Centre Back
CB Jimmy Cowan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Aston Villa 1889-01

10.82

Midfielder
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Aston Villa 1975-84

11.28

Centre Back
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | Aston Villa 1972-77

12.65

Full Back
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | Aston Villa 1991-98, 2000-03

17.40

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The Trophy Cabinet

Domestic:

🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 
League Champions: 1893-94, 1895-96, 1896-97, 1898-99, 1899-00, 1909-10, 1980-81

🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 
FA Cup Winners: 1886-87, 1894-95, 1896-97, 1904-05, 1912-13, 1919-20, 1956-57

🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: 1960-61, 1974-75, 1976-77, 1993-94, 1995-96


Europe:
🏆
European Cup Winners: 1981-82
🏆
European Super Cup Winners: 1982-83


Other Domestic:

🏆 🏆
Second Division Champions: 1937-38, 1959-60

🏆
Third Division Champions: 1971-72


Other Europe:

🏆
Intertoto Cup Winners: 2001-02

🏆
Peace Cup Winners: 2009

Reserve League
:
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆
Premier Reserve League Champions: 2003-04, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2011-12

🏆 🏆 🏆
Central League Champions: 1929-30, 1963-64, 1992-93

Reserve Cup
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆
Birmingham Senior Cup Winners: 1879-80, 1881-82, 1882-83, 1883-84, 1884-85, 1887-88, 1888-90, 1889-90, 1890-91, 1895-96, 1898-99, 1902-03, 1903-04, 1905-06, 1907-08, 1908-09, 1909-10, 1911-12, 1984-85, 2023-24 

🏆
NextGen Series Winners: 2012-13

🏆
Premier League Cup Winners: 2017-18

Youth League:
🏆
u18s Premier League Champions: 2024-25
🏆
u18s Premier League National Champions: 2024-25
🏆
u18 Premier League Tier Two Champions 2016-17
🏆 🏆 🏆
u18 Premier Academy League Academy Group B Champions: 2005-06, 2007-08, 2010-11
🏆
u18 Premier Academy League National Champions 2007-08
🏆 🏆 
u17 FA Premier Academy League Champions: 1999-00, 2003-04
🏆 🏆🏆
Midland Youth League Champions: 1989-90, 1994-95, 1995-96

Youth Cup:
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆
FA Youth Cup Winners: 1971-72, 1979-80, 2001-02, 2020-21, 2024-25
🏆 🏆
Midland Youth League Cup Winners: 1991-92, 1994-95
🏆 🏆 🏆
Midland Youth Cup Winners: 1991-92, 1995-96, 1997-98
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆
Southern Junior Floodlit Cup: 1972-73, 1974-75, 1975-76, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1993-94

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