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Harry Kane Breaks Wayne Rooney's Record To Become Outright Top Goalscorer For England National Team

Harry Kane is the outright top scorer in the history of the England national team. Kane moved clear of Wayne Rooney by scoring his 54th goal against Italy.

Robert Summerscales

Harry Kane Breaks Wayne Rooney's Record To Become Outright Top Goalscorer For England National Team
Harry Kane Breaks Wayne Rooney's Record To Become Outright Top Goalscorer For England National Team /

Harry Kane is the outright top scorer in the history of the England national team.

Kane moved clear of Wayne Rooney on Thursday night by converting a first-half penalty kick in England's Euro 2024 qualifier away to Italy.

The penalty was awarded after Giovanni Di Lorenzo handled the ball inside the 18-yard box under pressure from Kane.

Kane had missed his last spot-kick for England in a World Cup quarter-final against France in December.

But he made no mistake in Naples as he sent keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma the wrong way to score the 54th goal of his international career.

England's no.9 was overcome with joy as he celebrated at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, where the stadium announcer acknowledged a "historic goal for England by Harry Kane" over the public address system.

Harry Kane pictured celebrating after breaking the England scoring record in March 2023
Harry Kane pictured celebrating after breaking the England scoring record :: IMAGO/PA Images/Adam Davy

Kane's goal put England 2-0 up in Thursday's game after Declan Rice had netted a 13th-minute opener.

England went on to win 2-1.

Kane is also Tottenham's all-time leading scorer, having broken that record in February.

Most goals for England men's national team

  1. Harry Kane: 54 goals
  2. Wayne Rooney: 53 goals
  3. Bobby Charlton: 49 goals
  4. Gary Lineker: 48 goals
  5. Jimmy Greaves: 44 goals
  6. Michael Owen: 40 goals 

Data correct as of March 23, 2023.

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Robert Summerscales
ROBERT SUMMERSCALES

Robert Summerscales launched FanNation Futbol in February 2022. Rob is a British journalist who previously spent two years on the sports desk at the Daily Mail in London, having earlier served as editor of CaughtOffside.com. He has been to the last two FIFA Men's World Cups, in Russia and Qatar, and is looking forward to completing his hat-trick in North America in 2026.

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