Top 10 all-time top scorers for Tottenham Hotspur

Fans always cheer for the players who score the most goals

People often call Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, Tottenham or Spurs. It is an English football team based in London. It appears to be playing in the Premier League, the best football league in England. Since April 2019, the team's home games have been held at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. In 1901, Spurs won the FA Cup.

They were the first team in the 20th century to win both the League and the FA Cup in the same season, which happened in 1960–61. The club also won the first UEFA Cup, held in 1972. From the 1950s to the 2000s, they won at least one major trophy every decade. Only Manchester United have done the same thing. Fans of Tottenham always cheer for the players who score the most goals.

10. Alan Gilzean - 133

Alan Gilzean was a professional footballer for the Scotland national team from 1955 until 1975. Gilzean was a famous striker for both Dundee and Tottenham Hotspur. To compare, Dundee won the 1961–62 Scottish League Championship. He joined the Spurs in 1964, and Tottenham won the FA Cup in 1967, two League Cups in 1971 and 1973, and the UEFA Cup in 1972. He scored 133 goals in 439 appearances for the Spurs.

9. Len Duquemin - 134

Len Duquemin was a professional football player, and his time with Tottenham Hotspur is what most people remember about him. He started playing for the Spurs in March 1946. He was a key member of Arthur Rowe's "push and run" team, which won the league championship in 1951. People called him "The Duke." Duquemin was the first famous football player from the Channel Islands. He went on to score 134 goals in 307 games for the Spurs.

8. Son Heung-min - 137

Son Heung-min currently plays forward for Tottenham Hotspur. His speed, finishing, two-footedness, and linking play are legendary. Sonny is one of the finest Asian footballers and the best forwards in the world. Son joined Hamburger SV at 16, making his Bundesliga debut in 2010. In 2013, he joined Bayer Leverkusen for a club-record €10 million. Two years later, he joined Tottenham for £22 million, becoming the most expensive Asian player ever.

Son became Tottenham's most prolific Asian scorer. He became the second Asian to start a UEFA Champions League final in 2019. He scored 23 goals in 2021–22 to become the first Asian Premier League Golden Boot winner. Son has scored 137 goals so far in 347 games for the club.

7. George Hunt - 138

George Hunt joined Tottenham Hotspur in June 1930 for £1,500 from Chesterfield. He scored well for seven seasons. He scored the most goals for three seasons, from 1931 to 1933. Tottenham was promoted to the First Division with 32 league goals in 1932-33. Despite the poor effort, he scored 138 goals in 198 League and FA Cup games. He finishes seven but can be shifted to 8th very soon because Son is just one goal behind to equalize.

6. Jermain Defoe - 143

Jermain Defoe joined Tottenham Hotspur from West Ham in January 2004. He spent four years there before being traded to Portsmouth in January 2008.

He spent one season at Fratton Park before returning to Tottenham in the January 2009 transfer window. In 2014, he transferred to Major League Soccer before returning to England in January 2015 to join Sunderland. He stayed with the team until its relegation from the Premier League in 2017. Defoe inked a loan arrangement with Scottish club Rangers in 2018 after a brief stay at AFC Bournemouth in 2017. The modification was later made permanent. He contributed to his new team's league championship in 2020-21. He earned his lone league championship at the age of 38. However, he scored 143 goals in 363 appearances for the Spurs.

5. Cliff Jones - 159

Cliff Jones used to play football for Wales. He played as a winger for Wales and got 59 caps for his country. He was also an essential part of the Tottenham Hotspur team that won two titles in 1960–1961. In February 1958, Jones signed with Tottenham Hotspur for a then-record £35,000. On February 22, 1958, he played his first game for his team when they went to Highbury to play Arsenal. Jones had trouble playing at his best for a while on the Spurs. In the summer of 1958, Peter Baker took him down and broke his leg. After getting better, he joined the team again in December 1958. He became a goal scorer for the team and scored 25 goals in all of his games during the 1959–60 season. He played 378 games and scored 159 goals.

4. Martin Chivers - 174

Martin Chivers was always on the England Under-23 team, and after Greaves was sold to West Ham United in 1970, he became Tottenham's most important goal scorer. People thought Chivers was a slow and lazy player, but his speed and natural strength made him a star for Spurs and England in the early 1970s. Chivers played for Tottenham Hotspur 367 times with the first team and scored 174 goals. He was the top scorer in European games for 39 years until Jermain Defoe passed him on November 7, 2013. In 1973, Chivers' last full England cap came against Poland. In 1974, Chivers scored eight goals in ten games for Spurs, which helped them get to the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup.

3. Bobby Smith - 208

In December 1955, Chelsea sold him to Tottenham Hotspur for £18,000.

Bobby Smith was a key member of Bill Nicholson's famous Tottenham team that won a double in 1960 and 1961. Tottenham scored 33 goals in 43 games during the season when he won both cups, including the first of two goals in the 1961 FA Cup Final. The club went on to defend the FA Cup in 1962 and win the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1963. After Jimmy Greaves and Harry Kane, he is the Spurs' third-best scorer of all time, with 208 goals in 317 games, 12 of which were hat-tricks.

1. Jimmy Greaves - 266

Jimmy Greaves has scored 266 goals for Tottenham Hotspur in 379 games, 44 goals for England in international competitions, and 357 goals overall in the history of English top-level football. He has also scored hat tricks for England more than any other player. He ended as the First Division's top scorer in all six seasons. Greaves joined Chelsea in 1957; the following year, he participated in the FA Youth Cup final. He netted 124 First Division goals in only four seasons, and in April 1961, he was moved to the Italian team A.C. Milan for £80,000.

In December 1961, he returned to England with Tottenham Hotspur for £99,999. While playing for Tottenham, he won the FA Cup in 1961–1962, the Charity Shield in 1962, and the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1962–1963. He was transferred to West Ham United in March 1970 as part of a player exchange and left the game the following year. He played for Brentwood, Chelmsford City, Barnet, and Woodford Town for five years until he formally retired in 1980.

2. Harry Kane - 267

Harry Kane is the captain of the England national team and a forward for Tottenham Hotspur. Kane has established himself as one of the best attackers in the world because of his incredible goal-scoring record and knack for starting offensive combinations. He has scored more goals for Tottenham than any other player and is third all-time in Premier League history. Kane began his professional career with Tottenham Hotspur, where he quickly rose through the club's youth academy ranks before being called up to the first squad in 2009.

In his first full season with the team, Kane scored 31 goals (second most in the Premier League). Additionally, he was named the PFA's Young Player of the Year. In the two seasons between 2015 and 2016, Kane had the most goals in the league. In the later season, when Tottenham was runner-up, he was named the PFA Fans' Player of the Year. Kane had his best statistical campaign in 2017-18, scoring 41 times in 48 games across all competitions. He finished second in the UEFA Champions League the following season. By the season's end in 2020-21, he had scored the most goals in the league. In 412 games, he has 265 goals.