Northern Ireland's Seasonal Top Scorers in the English Top Flight

The highest (Northern) Ireland scorers in each Football League First Division (1888-1992) and Premier League (1992-date) season...

Goals are for the League only except for the 1939/40 abandoned season where all statistics when officially expunged and the 1945/46 transitional season where the only national competition was the FA Cup.

1888/89	1889/90	1890/91	1891/92
			Elleman
8 Archie Goodall	3 Archie Goodall	1 Archie Goodall	2 Allan Elleman Jack Reynolds Archie Goodall
1892/93	1893/94	1894/95	1895/96
6 Archie Goodall	7 Jack Reynolds John Peden	6 Jack Reynolds Archie Goodall	3 Archie Goodall
1896/97	1897/98	1898/99	1899/00
9 Archie Goodall	4 Archie Goodall	5 Jack Kirwan	6 Andy Gara
1900/01	1901/02	1902/03	1903/04
11 Andy Gara	2 Archie Goodall	4 Archie Goodall	8 Harry Buckle
1904/05	1905/06	1906/07	1907/08
		O'Hagan
4 Harry Buckle	1 Harry Buckle	1 Charlie O’Hagan Bill McCracken	0
1908/09	1909/10	1910/11	1911/12
3 Tom Shanks	2 Andrew Hunter	8 Billy Lacey	11 Billy Gillespie
1912/13	1913/14	1914/15	1919/20
8 Billy Gillespie	12 Billy Gillespie	2 Billy Lacey	8 Bill Halligan
1920/21	1921/22	1922/23	1923/24
8 Jimmy Ferris	14 Billy Gillespie	9 Billy Gillespie	14 Billy Gillespie
1924/25	1925/26	1926/27	1927/28
9 Billy Gillespie	12 Billy Gillespie	11 Bobby Irvine Billy Gillespie	5 Billy Gillespie
1928/29	1929/30	1930/31	1931/32
8 Bobby Irvine	36 Jimmy Dunne	41 Jimmy Dunne	33 Jimmy Dunne
1932/33	1933/34	1934/35	1935/36
26 Jimmy Dunne	18 Sam English	15 Joe Bambrick	15 Joe Bambrick
1936/37	1937/38	1938/39	1939/40 (abd)
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30 Peter Doherty	23 Peter Doherty	11 Alex Stevenson	1 Jackie Carey
1945/46 (canc.)	1946/47	1947/48	1948/49
10 (FA Cup) Peter Doherty	14 Peter Doherty	13 Peter Doherty	16 Sammy Smyth
1949/50	1950/51	1951/52	1952/53
15 Davy Walsh	9 Davy Walsh	13 Sammy Smyth	12 Sammy Smyth
1953/54	1954/55	1955/56	1956/57
17 Jimmy McIlroy	10 Jackie Blanchflower Billy Bingham	8 Tommy Eglington	13 Jimmy McIlroy
1957/58	1958/59	1959/60	1960/61
19 Billy McAdams	13 Peter McParland	22 Billy McAdams	18 Billy McAdams
1961/62	1962/63	1963/64	1964/65
17 Peter McParland	9 Derek Dougan	9 Jimmy McIlroy	22 Willie Irvine
1965/66	1966/67	1967/68	1968/69
29 Willie Irvine *Overall First Division Top Scorer*	16 Derek Dougan	28 George Best *Overall First Division Top Scorer*	19 George Best
1969/70	1970/71	1971/72	1972/73
15 George Best	18 George Best	18 George Best	12 Derek Dougan
1973/74	1974/75	1975/76	1976/77
16 Bryan Hamilton	10 Bryan Hamilton	10 Bryan Hamilton Sammy McIlroy	3 Gerry Armstrong Sammy Nelson Pat Rice
1977/78	1978/79	1979/80	1980/81
9 Sammy McIlroy	10 Martin O’Neill	6 Sammy McIlroy	5 Sammy McIlroy
1981/82	1982/83	1983/84	1984/85
6 Sammy McIlroy	8 Sammy McIlroy Norman Whiteside	10 Norman Whiteside	9 Norman Whiteside
1985/86	1986/87	1987/88	1988/89
7 Kevin Wilson	20 Colin Clarke	16 Colin Clarke	9 Danny Wilson
1989/90	1990/91	1991/92	1992/93
14 Kevin Wilson	7 Iain Dowie	9 Iain Dowie	11 Iain Dowie
1993/94	1994/95	1995/96	1996/97
5 Iain Dowie	9 Iain Dowie	8 Iain Dowie	4 Jim Magilton
1997/98	1998/99	1999/00	2000/01
4 Keith Gillespie Michael Hughes	3 Danny Sonner	6 Gerry Taggart	2 Kevin Horlock Gerry Taggart
2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05
4 Steve Lomas	1 Damien Johnson Aaron Hughes	1 Damien Johnson	2 Michael Hughes
2005/06	2006/07	2007/08	2008/09
4 Steven Davis	2 Keith Gillespie	4 David Healy	8 Chris Brunt
2009/10	2010/11	2011/12	2012/13
4 Martin Paterson	4 Chris Brunt	2 Chris Brunt Gareth McAuley	3 Jonny Evans Gareth McAuley
2013/14	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17
3 Chris Brunt	2 Chris Brunt	5 Steven Davis	6 Gareth McAuley
2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21
3 Steven Davis	3 Craig Cathcart	1 Jamal Lewis Ollie Norwood Jonny Evans	8 Stuart Dallas

Two Northern Ireland internationals have finished as the overall top goalscorer in the English First Division, Willie Irvine (in 1965/66) and George Best (1967/68).

4+ Times as Top Scorer (including ties)

Player	Occasions	Best Total
Goodall, Archie	11	9
Gillespie, Billy	10	14
McIlroy, Sammy	6	10
Dowie, Iain	6	11
Best, George	5	28
Brunt, Chris	5	8
Dunne, Jimmy	4	41
Doherty, Peter	4	30