It is official – no other Englishman in history has scored more goals for England than Harry Kane.
The Tottenham striker earned that honor after scoring a penalty in the European Championship 2024 qualifying beat Italy to move one free of Wayne Rooney on 54 goals.
But exactly how many penalties has Kane scored for England – and which other players have scored the most penalties for the Three Lions in their history?
Let’s run down the numbers.
How many penalties will Harry Kane receive for England?
Kane has scored in total 18 penalties for England throughout his career, with the exception of those taken in a penalty shootout.
This means that, from his 54 goals for Englandexactly one-third of them arrived via the penalty spot.
Kane’s tenth penalty for his country – against Poland in a World Cup qualifier in March 2021 – was enough for him to go past Frank Lampard to become the most successful penalty taker in England’s history.
Incidentally, that penalty against the Poles at Wembley saw Kane become just the third England player ever to score on all seven days of the week, following in the footsteps of Lampard and Rooney.
And with the 29-year-old taking a total of 22 penalties for the Three Lions, this gives Kane an 82% success rate from the penalty spot throughout his international career.
While Kane’s 22nd penalty will go down in history as the one that broke England’s all-time goalscoring record, his missed 21st attempt is perhaps more significant.
That was Kane’s second penalty kick in the World Cup quarter-final against France shot over the bar having scored his first penalty only minutes earlier.
His other misses in an England shirt include against Turkey in a friendly in 2016, against Kosovo in a Euro 2020 qualifier in 2019 and against Denmark in the Euro 2020 semi-final – although he did score the follow-up try to replace England to book. in the final.
In comparison, Kane scored 30 of his 34 penalties in the Premier League for Tottenham, giving the striker an 88% success rate for his club.
Who scored the most penalty kicks for England?
A total of 142 penalty kicks (not counting penalty shootout) have been taken in England’s history.
Only Kane, Lampard, Rooney, Alan ScheerRon Flowers and David Beckham have scored at least five from 12 yards out.
Of those who have scored at least three, only Rooney, Flowers, Geoff Hurst, Alf Ramsey, Marcus Rashford and Mick Channon boasts a perfect 100% record.
Best-scoring penalty takers in England’s history
- Harry Kane – 18
- Frank Lampard – 9
- Wayne Rooney – 7
- Alan Scheer – 6
- Ron Flowers – 6
- David Beckham – 5
- Gary Linker – 4
- Jeff Hurst – 4
- David Platt – 3
- Tom Finney – 3
- Alph Ramsey – 3
- Bobby Charlton – 3
- Marcus Rashford – 3
- Alan Clarke – 3
- Mike Channon – 3
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