Northern Ireland's Players' Goalscoring Ratios

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What is the absolute measure of a goalscorer; total goals or goals to game ratio? Certainly, in Ireland's early days of international football it was difficult for a player to build up a significant number of caps as there were generally only three matches per season, and so some of the more prolific players of this era get forgotten when only totals are analysed. Some more recent players may have had their international careers curtailed by injury, by a falling-out with the "management" or because they were over-looked in favour of the "bigger names" of their era.

Scoring ratios for Northern Ireland players with more than five international goals...

Player		Career	Caps	Goals	Ratio
BAMBRICK	JA	1928-38	11	12	1.09
SLOAN	HA	1903-09	8	5	0.63
WILSON	SJ	1961-67	12	7	0.58
SMYTH	S.	1947-51	9	5	0.56
WALSH	DJ	1946-50	9	5	0.56
GILLESPIE	WB	1913-30	25	13	0.52
McLAUGHLIN	JC	1961-66	12	6	0.50
McADAMS	WJ	1954-62	15	7	0.47
CROSSAN	JA	1959-67	24	10	0.42
SIMPSON	WJ	1951-58	12	5	0.42
HEALY	DJ	2000-13	95	36	0.38
STANFIELD	OM	1887-97	30	11	0.37
IRVINE	WJ	1963-72	23	8	0.35
CLARKE	CJ	1986-92	38	13	0.34
McPARLAND	PJ	1954-62	34	10	0.29
STEVENSON	AE	1933-47	17	5	0.29
PEDEN	J.	1887-99	24	7	0.29
QUINN	JM	1984-95	46	12	0.26
BEST	G.	1964-77	37	9	0.24
LAFFERTY	K.	2006-date	37	9	0.24
WHITESIDE	NJ	1982-89	38	9	0.24
CUSH	WW	1950-61	26	6	0.23
GRAY	P.	1992-01	26	6	0.23
DOWIE	I.	1990-99	59	12	0.20
ARMSTRONG	GJ	1977-86	63	12	0.19
DOUGAN	AD	1958-73	43	8	0.19
McILROY	J.	1951-65	55	10	0.18
BINGHAM	WL	1951-63	56	9	0.16
WILSON	KJ	1987-95	42	6	0.14
TAGGART	GP	1990-02	51	7	0.14
HAMILTON	WR	1978-86	41	5	0.12
O'NEILL	HM	1971-84	64	7	0.11
FEENEY	WJ	2002-11	46	5	0.11
MAGILTON	J.	1991-02	52	5	0.10
DAVIS	S.	2005-date	68	5	0.07
HUGHES	ME	1991-04	71	5	0.07
McILROY	SB	1972-86	88	5	0.06

Other players with a goalscoring ratio of 0.50 or above...

Player		Career	Caps	Goals	Ratio
JOHNSTON	H.	1927	1	2	2.00
BRENNAN	BJ	1912	1	1	1.00
DAVIS	TL	1936	1	1	1.00
GARA	A.	1902	3	3	1.00
GAUKRODGER	G.	1895	1	1	1.00
GIBB	JA	1936	1	1	1.00
McCRORY	S.	1957	1	1	1.00
McCURDY	C.	1980	1	1	*1.00
McKNIGHT	J.	1912-13	2	2	1.00
MILLIGAN	D.	1939	1	1	1.00
RUSHE	F.	1924	1	1	1.00
TURNER	A.	1896	1	1	1.00
WALKER	J.	1955	1	1	1.00
WHITESIDE	T.	1891	1	1	1.00
KERNAGHAN	N.	1936-37	3	2	0.67
LEMON	J.	1886-89	3	2	0.67
McCANDLESS	J.	1912-20	5	3	0.60
DUNNE	J.	1928-32	7	4	0.57
CURRAN	S.	1926-28	4	2	0.50
DOHERTY	L.	1984-87	2	1	0.50
ENGLISH	S.	1932	2	1	0.50
FERGUSON	W.	1966	2	1	0.50
HALLIGAN	W.	1911-12	2	1	0.50
JOHNSTON	WC	1962-66	2	1	0.50
JONES	S.	1933	2	1	0.50
MELDON	J.	1899	2	1	0.50
MILLAR	W.	31-1932	2	1	0.50
WILLIAMS	JR	1886	2	1	0.50

* Colin McCurdy's only cap was won as a substitute.

See also:
Top Goalscorers
Debut Goalscorers
NI Scorers in the Football League
NI Scorers in the Scottish League