Top 7 goalscorers in the Tottenham v Chelsea London derby

Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur - Premier League
Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur - Premier League

#2 Bobby Smith - 11 goals

Bobby Smith - The second highest goalscorer in Tottenham Hotspur history
Bobby Smith - The second highest goalscorer in Tottenham Hotspur history

A Tottenham Hotspur legend, Bobby Smith was ironically brought through the Chelsea youth system spending 5 years with the Blues before joining Tottenham in 1955.

Bobby Smith spent 9 years with Spurs making 317 appearances for the club and scoring 208 goals, their second highest ever goalscorer, before moving onto to join Brighton Hove and Albion in 1964. The forward, along with Jimmy Greaves, is the only ever players to score more than 200 goals for Spurs.

The only player in the list who has scored a goal for both the teams, Bobby Smith scored 1 goal for Chelsea while scoring the rest 10 for Tottenham Spurs. He along with Cliff Jones is the second highest goalscorer in this fixture with 11 goals.

Sadly the striker passed away on the 18th of September 2010.


#1 Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink - 12 goals

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink - 12 goals in 11 appearances for Chelsea against Tottenham
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink - 12 goals in 11 appearances for Chelsea against Tottenham

Ironically the only non-British player on the list, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink absolutely loved playing against Tottenham Hotspur. The Dutch forward joined the Blues in 2000 for then a club record fee of 15 million pounds.

The former Dutch international who had a rather vagabond career with 10 clubs in his 18-year career spent 4 seasons at the Blues making 177 appearances and scoring 88 goals for the Blue before moving onto join Middlesborough in 2004.

A 2-time Premier League Golden Boot winner, Hasselbaink loved playing against Tottenham Hotspur. The striker made a total of 16 appearances against the Lilywhites in his entire career and scoring 13 goals against them.

12 goals against Tottenham Hotspur in this fixture makes Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink the highest scorer player in the Chelsea v Tottenham London derby.

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