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

Record wins 14–2 v Brighton Amateurs, FA Cup Q1, 4 October 1902 10–1 v Wisbech Town, FA Cup R1, 13 November 1965 (FA Cup) 9–1 v Newport County, FL D3(S), 18 April 1951; 9–1 v Southend United, FL D3, 27 November 1965 (Football League)

Record defeats 0–18 v Norwich City, wartime, 25 December 1940 0–9 v Middlesbrough, FL D2, 23 August 1958 (Football League) 0–8 v Northampton Town, League Cup R4 Rep., 1 November 1966 0–7 v Nottingham Forest, EPL, 1 February 2025 https://www.premierleague.com/match/116065

Streaks Longest run unbeaten 22 games, May – December 2015

Player records

Goalscorers Most goals in a season: Peter Ward, 36 goals (1976–77) Most goals in the top division: Danny Welbeck, 46 goals Most goals in the Premier League: Danny Welbeck, 46 goals Most goals in the FA Cup: Arthur Attwood, 19 goals Most goals in European competition: João Pedro, 6 goals

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.

Bert Stephens scored 174 goals between 1935 and 1948, however only 86 of these were scored in competitive matches. The remainder were scored during wartime fixtures when competitive football was suspended.

Competitive, professional matches only. Rank Player Years League FA Cup League Cup Other Total 1 Tommy Cook 114 9 0 0 123 2 Glenn Murray 2008–20112016–2021 103 6 2 0 111 3 Kit Napier 1966–1972 84 9 6 0 99 4 Peter Ward 1975–19801982–1983 81 3 11 0 95 5 Bert Stephens 1935–1948 86 8 0 0 946 Albert Mundy 1953–1958 87 3 0 0 90 Bobby Zamora 2000–20032015–2016 83 4 2 1 90

Most appearances Ernie “Tug” Wilson has the most appearances for the club, playing a total of 566 matches between 1922 and 1936.

Transfers

Record transfer fees paid RankPos.PlayerTransferred fromFeeDateSource1FW Georginio Rutter Leeds United£42,500,000August 2024BBC Sport2FW João Pedro Watford£30,000,000July 2023BBC SportFW Yankuba Minteh Newcastle United£30,000,000July 2024BBC SportMF Mats Wieffer Feyenoord£30,000,000July 2024BBC Sport5FW Charalampos Kostoulas Olympiacos£29,800,000July 2025BBC Sport6MF Matt O'Riley Celtic£25,000,000August 2024BBC SportMF Brajan Gruda Mainz 05£25,000,000August 2024BBC SportMF Ferdi Kadioglu Fenerbahce£25,000,000August 2024BBC Sport9MF Carlos Baleba Lille£23,200,000August 2023BBC Sport10MF Enock Mwepu Red Bull Salzburg£20,240,000July 2021BBC Sport

Record transfer fees received

RankPos.PlayerTransferred toFeeDateSource1MF Moisés Caicedo Chelsea£100,000,000August 2023 BBC Sport2DF Marc Cucurella Chelsea £55,000,000August 2022 BBC SportFW João Pedro Chelsea £55,000,000July 2025 BBC Sport4DF Ben White Arsenal£50,000,000 July 2021BBC Sport5MF Alexis Mac Allister Liverpool£55,000,000 June 2023BBC Sport6MF Yves Bissouma Tottenham Hotspur£25,700,000June 2022BBC Sport7GK Robert Sánchez Chelsea£25,000,000August 2023BBC Sport8FW Leandro Trossard Arsenal£21,000,000January 2023BBC Sport9DF Dan Burn Newcastle United£13,200,000January 2022BBC Sport10FW Neal Maupay Everton£10,400,000August 2022BBC Sport

Honours

Player of the Season 25/26 Ferdi Kadıoğlu 24/25 Jan Paul van Hecke 23/24 Pascal Gross 22/23 Moises Caicedo 21/22 Marc Cucurella 20/21 Lewis Dunk 19/20 Lewis Dunk 18/19 Shane Duffy 17/18 Pascal Gross 16/17 Anthony Knockaert 15/16 Beram Kayal 14/15 Iñigo Calderón 13/14 Matthew Upson 12/13 Liam Bridcutt 11/12 Liam Bridcutt 10/11 Adam El-Abd 09/10 Andrew Crofts 08/09 Andrew Whing 07/08 Tommy Elphick 06/07 Dean Hammond 05/06 Paul McShane 04/05 Adam Virgo 03/04 Guy Butters 02/03 Danny Cullip 01/02 Bobby Zamora 00/01 Bobby Zamora 99/00 Danny Cullip 98/99 Gary Hart 97/98 Jeff Minton 96/97 Stuart Storer 95/96 Ian Chapman 94/95 Peter Smith 93/94 Kurt Nogan 92/93 Steve Foster 91/92 Mark Gall 90/91 Perry Digweed 89/90 Keith Dublin 88/89 John Keeley 87/88 Garry Nelson 86/87 Terry Connor 85/86 Dean Saunders 84/85 Graham Moseley 83/84 Jimmy Case 82/83 Gary Stevens 81/82 Andy Ritchie 80/81 Michael Robinson 79/80 Steve Foster 78/79 Mark Lawrenson 77/78 Peter O'Sullivan 76/77 Brian Horton 75/76 Not awarded 74/75 Not awarded 73/74 Norman Gall 72/73 Eddie Spearritt 71/72 Bert Murray 70/71 Norman Gall 69/70 Stewart Henderson 68/69 John Napier

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