⚽ Club Scorers

Recorded season-leading scorers
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A player appears only in seasons they were entered as this club's top scorer. Goal totals are those seasons alone, not a full career tally. Predecessor clubs are included with the modern club.

Aberdeen

Most seasons on top

Seasons as the club's leading scorer. Ties fall to goals, then best haul, then name.

  1. Mark McGhee
    3 seasons · 42 goals
  2. Frank McDougall
    2 seasons · 36 goals
  3. Joe Harper
    2 seasons · 36 goals
  4. Sam Cosgrove
    1 season · 17 goals
  5. Gordon Strachan
    1 season · 13 goals
Most goals

Goals in seasons they led the scoring. Ties fall to seasons, then best haul, then name.

  1. Mark McGhee
    42 goals · 3 seasons
  2. Frank McDougall
    36 goals · 2 seasons
  3. Joe Harper
    36 goals · 2 seasons
  4. Sam Cosgrove
    17 goals · 1 season
  5. Gordon Strachan
    13 goals · 1 season
Best single season

Biggest haul in one season. Ties fall to the later season, then name.

  1. Frank McDougall
    22 in 1984-85
  2. Joe Harper
    19 in 1978-79
  3. Sam Cosgrove
    17 in 2018-19
  4. Mark McGhee
    16 in 1982-83
  5. Gordon Strachan
    13 in 1983-84

Goalscorers by decade

2020s
# Player Goals Seasons
1 Kevin Nisbet 9 1
2010s
# Player Goals Seasons
1 Sam Cosgrove 17 1
2 Adam Rooney 9 1
1980s
# Player Goals Seasons
1 Mark McGhee 42 3
2 Frank McDougall 36 2
3 Gordon Strachan 13 1
4 Billy Stark 12 1
5 John Hewitt 11 1
6 Jim Bett 10 1
1970s
# Player Goals Seasons
1 Joe Harper 36 2
2 Drew Jarvie 12 1
3 Steve Archibald 12 1

All-time leading scorers

Player Seasons Goals Best season Span
Mark McGhee 3 42 16 (1982-83) 1980-81 – 1983-84
Frank McDougall 2 36 22 (1984-85) 1984-85 – 1985-86
Joe Harper 2 36 19 (1978-79) 1977-78 – 1978-79
Sam Cosgrove 1 17 17 (2018-19) 2018-19
Gordon Strachan 1 13 13 (1983-84) 1983-84
Billy Stark 1 12 12 (1986-87) 1986-87
Drew Jarvie 1 12 12 (1979-80) 1979-80
Steve Archibald 1 12 12 (1979-80) 1979-80
John Hewitt 1 11 11 (1981-82) 1981-82
Jim Bett 1 10 10 (1987-88) 1987-88
Adam Rooney 1 9 9 (2017-18) 2017-18
Kevin Nisbet 1 9 9 (2025-26) 2025-26