Top 20 Division 1 Goal Scorers 1971-72 |
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| Pos | Scorer | Goals | Club | Career Goals to date |
| 1 | Francis Lee | 33 | Manchester City | 114 |
| 2 | Martin Chivers | 25 | Tottenham Hotspur | 46 |
| 3 | Peter Lorimer | 23 | Leeds United | 96 |
| 3 | Malcolm MacDonald | 23 | Newcastle United | 23 |
| 5 | George Best | 18 | Manchester United | 131 |
| 5 | Peter Osgood | 18 | Chelsea | 84 |
| 5 | Ian Storey-Moore | 18 | Manchester United / Nottingham Forest | 110 |
| 8 | Clyde Best | 17 | West Ham United | 27 |
| 8 | Tony 'Bomber' Brown | 17 | West Bromwich Albion | 128 |
| 8 | Alan Woodward | 17 | Sheffield United | 44 |
| 11 | Bill Dearden | 16 | Sheffield United | 16 |
| 12 | Mick Channon | 15 | Southampton | 62 |
| 12 | Derek Dougan | 15 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 152 |
| 12 | Alan Hinton | 15 | Derby County | 84 |
| 15 | Bobby Gould | 13 | West Bromwich Albion / Wolverhampton Wanderers | 54 |
| 15 | Denis Law | 13 | Manchester United | 191 |
| 15 | John O'Hare | 13 | Derby County | 53 |
| 15 | John Richards | 13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 14 |
| 15 | John Toshack | 13 | Liverpool | 18 |
| 20 | Colin Bell | 12 | Manchester City | 76 |
| 20 | Kevin Hector | 12 | Derby County | 35 |
| 20 | Ernie Hunt | 12 | Coventry City | 48 |
| 20 | Ray Kennedy | 12 | Arsenal | 32 |
| 20 | John Ritchie | 12 | Stoke City | 137 |
All time more than 200 Goals Scored to the end of 1971-72 |
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| Pos | Scorer | Goals |
| 1 | Jimmy Greaves | 357 |
| 2 | Steve Bloomer | 314 |
| 3 | Dixie Dean | 310 |
| 4 | Gordon Hodgson | 287 |
| 5 | David Jack | 259 |
| 6 | Charlie Buchan | 258 |
| 7 | Nat Lofthouse | 255 |
| 8 | Joe Bradford | 248 |
| 9 | Hughie Gallacher | 246 |
| 10 | Joe Smith | 241 |
| 11 | George 'Bomber' Brown | 240 |
| 12 | George Camsell | 233 |
| 13 | Harry Hampton | 219 |
| 14 | Billy Walker | 214 |
| 15 | Dave Halliday | 211 |
| 15 | David Herd | 211 |
| 17 | Ronnie Allen | 210 |
| 18 | Bobby Gurney | 205 |
| 19 | Arthur Chandler | 203 |
| 19 | Harry Johnson | 203 |
| 21 | Vic Watson | 202 |
