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An institution. A club of the people. An example for Merseyside and the rest of Europe. Liverpool are probably one of the two greatest English sides to ever exist.
With a lengthy list of championships and honors, the Reds from Merseyside can lay claim to a prestigious football heritage. All thanks to the decorated goalscorers from their different eras to have ever played for Liverpool F.C.
On that note, let's take a look at the top five goalscorers in Liverpool's history.
#5 Steven Gerrard
The original one-club man (at least in England) of the modern era. The former Liverpool captain is one of the greatest players to have ever donned the glorious red. Steven Gerrard is on our list as #5 of the greatest goalscorer for Liverpool F.C.
Not just a club legend, but an outstanding servant of the club, Gerrard has enjoyed one of the most successful spells as Liverpool captain, having won multiple continental titles at the club. Gerrard netted 180 goals from the Liverpool midfield in 710 appearances for the club.
Gerrard is a UEFA Champions League in the 2004/05 season, a two-time English F.A. Cup winner (2001, 2006) and a three-time English F.A. Cup winner (2001, 2003, 2012). He is also a two-time UEFA Supercup winner (2001/02 & 2005/06) and a UEFA Cup winner from the 2000/01 season and a club legend.
#4 Billy Liddell
"When he runs down the wing,
You can hear the Kop sing,
Billy Liddell!
When he runs through to score,
You can hear the Kop roar,
Billy Liddell!"
Liddell is another major one-club man for Liverpool F.C. Another Liverpool legend, he is lovingly remembered by those at the Kop by the name: "Lidellpool."
Liddell was a solid winger in his day with a commanding physique and elite skills in his repetoire that could see him play all over the pitch. Probably one of the finest players to ever play for the club, he played as a winger in the champion Liverpool side that won the English League Championship in 1946-47.
Liddell was a true hero for Liverpool F.C. in the 1940s era and scored 228 goals in 534 professional appearances.
#3 Gordon Hodgson
Gordon Hodgson was one of the greatest South African players to ever play for the elite Reds from Merseyside. He has an incredible record of scoring 241 goals in 377 games across an 11-year career. Hodgson is #3 on the list for the greatest goalscoring players to have played for Liverpool.
He had a prolific goal-per-game ratio right up to 0.65 in the English First Division - a stat that works out to mean that he scored a goal in every sixth appearance for the Reds. And performances so impressive that the Liverpool Echo were once quoted saying,
With the addition of the South African, Hodgson (Inside Right), I fail to see how any opposition will keep a clean sheet when all three play in the same side. A good striker is a necessity in the game. A brace of good strikers is very rare indeed. The Liverpool side now contains triplets of awesome power, that’s just downright greed. God help the first division when Liverpool come to town.
He is a true Liverpool striking legend with a mighty record of 233 league goals and the first Red to have topped the goal-scoring charts in seven of the nine seasons he played for the club.
#2 Roger Hunt
"Oh Roger Hunt – is wonderful,
Oh Roger Hunt is won-der-ful!"
Roger Hunt, one of the most prolific goalscorers from Liverpool's most successful period of 1960s, played his football under Liverpool's all-time greatest manager, Bill Shankly. Lovingly known as the Blonde Bomber by the fans at the club, Roger Hunt is #2 on the list of the greatest goalscorers for Liverpool F.C. with 286 goals for the club.
#1 Ian Rush
"Ian Rush,
Ian Rush,
Ian, Ian Rush,
He gets the ball,
He scores a goal,
Ian, Ian Rush!"
Ian Rush is the greatest goalscoring forward to ever play for Liverpool F.C. He's the man right at the top of the all-time leading goalscorer list for the club. He netted an astronomical 346 goals to mark his time at the club, making him one of the greatest players in the history of Liverpool and in European football.
He is five-time English champion (1982,1983, 1984, 1986, 1990), two-time winner of the European Championship (1980/81 & 1983/84) and three-time English F.A. Cup winner (1986, 1989, 1992). he also won five English League Cup titles (1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1995) for Liverpool.
