The Italians have Capocannoniere, and in Spain they award the Pichichi. I am not aware that the Football League ever had a name for the season's top scorer, or even a formal award.
The following table lists each season's top scorer, his nationality and club. The figures show the position the club finished in the league that season, how many goals the player scored, in how many games; how many goals per game he scored, and what percentage of his team's goals he scored.
Player
|
Club
|
Pos.
|
Goals
|
Games
|
Goals per game
|
% of team
goals
|
Notes
|
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1888-89
|
John Goodall
|
Preston North End
|
1
|
21
|
21
|
1
|
28.3
|
||
1889–90
|
Jimmy Ross
|
Preston North End
|
1
|
24
|
21
|
1.14
|
33.8
|
||
1890–91
|
Jack Southworth
|
Blackburn Rovers
|
6
|
26
|
18
|
1.44
|
50
|
||
1891–92
|
Johnny M Campbell
|
Sunderland
|
1
|
32
|
24
|
1.33
|
34.7
|
||
1892–93
|
Johnny M Campbell
|
Sunderland
|
1
|
31
|
27
|
1.14
|
31
|
||
1893–94
|
Jack Southworth
|
Everton
|
6
|
27
|
22
|
1.22
|
30
|
||
1894–95
|
Johnny M Campbell
|
Sunderland
|
1
|
22
|
30
|
0.73
|
27.5
|
21 in some
sources
|
|
1895–96
|
Steve Bloomer
|
Derby County
|
2
|
20
|
25
|
0.80
|
29.4
|
22 in some
sources
|
|
John J Campbell
|
Aston Villa
|
1
|
20
|
26
|
0.76
|
25.6
|
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1896–97
|
Steve Bloomer
|
Derby County
|
3
|
24
|
29
|
0.82
|
34.2
|
22 in some
sources
|
|
1897–98
|
Fred Wheldon
|
Aston Villa
|
6
|
21
|
27
|
0.77
|
34.4
|
||
1898–99
|
Steve Bloomer
|
Derby County
|
9
|
23
|
28
|
0.82
|
37
|
24 in some
sources
|
|
1899–1900
|
Billy Garraty
|
Aston Villa
|
1
|
27
|
33
|
0.81
|
35
|
||
1900–01
|
Steve Bloomer
|
Derby County
|
12
|
24
|
27
|
0.88
|
43.6
|
23 in some
sources, 12 in others!
|
|
1901–02
|
Jimmy Settle
|
Everton
|
2
|
18
|
29
|
0.62
|
33.9
|
Some sources
also credit Fred Priest (Sheffield United) with 18, others 16.
|
|
1902–03
|
Sam Raybould
|
Liverpool
|
5
|
31
|
33
|
0.93
|
45.5
|
||
1903–04
|
Steve Bloomer
|
Derby County
|
14
|
20
|
29
|
0.68
|
34.4
|
13 in some
sources!
|
|
1904–05
|
Arthur Brown
|
Sheffield United
|
6
|
22
|
32
|
0.68
|
35.9
|
23 in some
sources
|
|
1905–06
|
Albert Shepherd
|
Bolton Wanderers
|
6
|
26
|
31
|
0.83
|
32
|
Some sources
also credit Billy Jones (Birmingham) with 26, others 22 or 24
|
|
1906–07
|
Sandy Young
|
Everton
|
3
|
30
|
33
|
0.90
|
42.8
|
29 in some
sources
|
|
1907–08
|
Enoch West
|
Nottingham Forest
|
9
|
27
|
35
|
0.77
|
45.7
|
26 in some
sources
|
|
1908–09
|
Bert Freeman
|
Everton
|
2
|
38
|
37
|
1.02
|
46.3
|
||
1909–10
|
Jack Parkinson
|
Liverpool
|
2
|
30
|
31
|
0.96
|
38.4
|
||
1910-11
|
Albert Shepherd
|
Newcastle United
|
8
|
25
|
32
|
0.78
|
40.9
|
28 in some
sources
|
|
1911-12
|
Harry Hampton
|
Aston Villa
|
6
|
25
|
33
|
0.75
|
32.8
|
||
George Holley
|
Sunderland
|
8
|
32
|
0.78
|
43.1
|
||||
David McLean
|
The Wednesday
|
5
|
37
|
0.67
|
36.2
|
||||
1912-13
|
David McLean
|
The Wednesday
|
3
|
30
|
36
|
0.83
|
40
|
||
1913-14
|
George Elliott
|
Middlesbrough
|
3
|
31
|
32
|
0.96
|
40.2
|
||
1914-15
|
Bobby Parker
|
Everton
|
1
|
35
|
35
|
1
|
46
|
36 in some
sources
|
|
1919-20
|
Fred Morris
|
West Bromwich Albion
|
1
|
37
|
39
|
0.94
|
35.5
|
||
1920-21
|
Joe Smith
|
Bolton Wanderers
|
3
|
38
|
41
|
0.92
|
49.3
|
||
1921-22
|
Andy Wilson
|
Middlesbrough
|
8
|
31
|
35
|
0.88
|
39.2
|
||
1922-23
|
Charlie Buchan
|
Sunderland
|
2
|
30
|
41
|
0.73
|
41.6
|
||
1923-24
|
Wilf Chadwick
|
Everton
|
7
|
28
|
42
|
0.66
|
45.1
|
||
1924-25
|
Frank Roberts
|
Manchester City
|
10
|
31
|
39
|
0.79
|
40.7
|
||
1925-26
|
Ted Harper
|
Blackburn Rovers
|
12
|
43
|
37
|
1.16
|
47.2
|
||
1926-27
|
Jimmy Trotter
|
The Wednesday
|
16
|
37
|
41
|
0.90
|
49.3
|
||
1927-28
|
Dixie Dean
|
Everton
|
1
|
60
|
39
|
1.53
|
58.8
|
||
1928-29
|
Dave Halliday
|
Sunderland
|
4
|
43
|
42
|
1.02
|
46.2
|
||
1929-30
|
Vic Watson
|
West Ham United
|
7
|
42
|
40
|
1.05
|
48.8
|
41 in some
sources
|
|
1930-31
|
Pongo Waring
|
Aston Villa
|
2
|
49
|
39
|
1.25
|
38.2
|
||
1931-32
|
Dixie Dean
|
Everton
|
1
|
38
|
45
|
0.84
|
37.9
|
44 in some
sources
|
|
1932-33
|
Jack Bowers
|
Derby County
|
7
|
35
|
41
|
0.85
|
46
|
||
1933-34
|
Jack Bowers
|
Derby County
|
4
|
34
|
37
|
0.91
|
50
|
||
1934-35
|
Ted Drake
|
Arsenal
|
1
|
42
|
41
|
1.02
|
36.5
|
||
1935-36
|
Ginger Richardson
|
West Bromwich Albion
|
18
|
39
|
41
|
0.95
|
43.8
|
||
1936-37
|
Freddie Steele
|
Stoke City
|
10
|
33
|
35
|
0.94
|
45.8
|
English
|
|
Scottish
|
Discussions of goal scoring records in English football rightly begin and end with William Ralf Dean.
60 goals in a season, at 1.5 goals per game, 58 % of his team's goals in a championship winning season. Say no more...
Mentions must also go to Steve Bloomer, who topped the list on 5 occasions...
Jack Southworth and Jack Bowers both registered 50% of their teams goals in a season...
... and perhaps most remarkable of all, W.G 'Ginger' Richardson- 39 goals for a West Bromwich Albion side that finished 18th in Division 1.
