List of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. records and statistics
Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club is a professional football club based in the city of Brighton and Hove , East Sussex , England.
This list encompasses the records set by the club and players.
Team records
Highest overall league finish
6th place, 2022–23 Premier League [1]
Record wins
14–2 v Brighton Amateurs, FA Cup Q1, 4 October 1902[2]
10–1 v Wisbech Town, FA Cup R1, 13 November 1965 (FA Cup)[2]
9–1 v Newport County, FL D3(S), 18 April 1951;[2]
9–1 v Southend United, FL D3, 27 November 1965 (Football League)[2]
Record defeats
0–18 v Norwich City, wartime, 25 December 1940[2]
0–9 v Middlesbrough, FL D2, 23 August 1958 (Football League)[2]
Streaks
Longest run unbeaten 22 games, May – December 2015[3]
Player records
Goalscorers
Top goalscorers
Tommy Cook is officially recognised by the club as their top scorer, with 123 goals scored in 209 appearances between 1922 and 1929.[7]
Bert Stephens scored 174 goals between 1935 and 1948, however only 87 of these were scored in competitive matches. The remainder were scored during wartime fixtures when competitive football was suspended.[8]
[9]
Competitive, professional matches only. [10] [11] [12]
Most appearances
Ernie “Tug” Wilson has the most appearances for the club, playing a total of 566 matches between 1922 and 1936.[13] [14]
Transfers
Record transfer fees paid
Rank
Pos.
Player
Transferred from
Fee
Date
Source
1
FW
Yankuba Minteh
Newcastle United
£30,000,000
July 2024
BBC Sport
2
FW
João Pedro
Watford
£30,000,000
July 2023
BBC Sport
3
MF
Mats Wieffer
Feyenoord
£30,000,000
July 2024
BBC Sport
4
MF
Carlos Baleba
Lille
£23,200,000
August 2023
BBC Sport
5
MF
Enock Mwepu
Red Bull Salzburg
£20,240,000
July 2021
BBC Sport
6
DF
Adam Webster
Bristol City
£20,000,000
August 2019
BBC Sport
7
FW
Alireza Jahanbakhsh
AZ
£17,000,000
July 2018
BBC Sport
8
GK
Bart Verbruggen
Anderlecht
£16,300,000
July 2023
BBC Sport
9
DF
Marc Cucurella
Getafe
£15,840,000
August 2021
BBC Sport
10
DF
Pervis Estupiñán
Villarreal
£15,700,000
August 2022
BBC Sport
Record transfer fees received
Rank
Pos.
Player
Transferred to
Fee
Date
Source
1
MF
Moisés Caicedo
Chelsea
£100,000,000
August 2023
BBC Sport
2
DF
Marc Cucurella
Chelsea
£55,000,000
August 2022
BBC Sport
3
DF
Ben White
Arsenal
£50,000,000
July 2021
BBC Sport
4
MF
Alexis Mac Allister
Liverpool
£35,000,000
June 2023
BBC Sport
5
MF
Yves Bissouma
Tottenham Hotspur
£25,700,000
June 2022
BBC Sport
6
GK
Robert Sánchez
Chelsea
£25,000,000
August 2023
BBC Sport
7
FW
Leandro Trossard
Arsenal
£21,000,000
January 2023
BBC Sport
8
DF
Dan Burn
Newcastle United
£13,200,000
January 2022
BBC Sport
9
FW
Neal Maupay
Everton
£10,400,000
August 2022
BBC Sport
10
FW
Anthony Knockaert
Fulham
£10,300,000
July 2020
BBC Sport
References
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