• The record for most matches played by an Arsenal player is held by Irishman David O’Leary in his time at Arsenal from 1975-1993 raking up 772 appearances.

  • Coming in second is the former great captain Tony Adams who collected 669 appearances and also became the club’s youngest ever captain in 1988 at the age of 21 and would continue to be captain for the next fourteen years.

  • The most appearances for a goal keeper belongs to former England international David Seaman who scooped up 563 appearances during his time at Arsenal.

  • As for goal scorers, the most goals scored is held by Thierry Henry who in his time at Arsenal from 1999-2007 bagged a total of 226 goals in all competition and 174 goals scored solely in the league.

  • The former record holder was Ian Wright who scored 185 in all competitions, he broke the record in style with a hat-trick against Bolton Wanderers in September 1997 surpassing Cliff Bastin’s 178 goals in al competitions.

  • Regarding attendances, Arsenal’s record for a home game is 70,707 in a UEFA Champions League match against the French side RC Lens, although the match was played at Wembley due to Highbury’s limitations on Highbury’s capacity.


  • The record attendance at Highbury stands at 73,295 in a match against Sunderland in 1935 (no seats in that time) and the record at the Emirates Stadium stands at 60,132 in a match against reading in 2007. The maximum capacity at the Emirates is restricted to 60,432 so an all time record will not be broken anytime soon.

  • Another prestigious record help by Arsenal Football Club is the amount time spent in top flight football, marking 80 consecutive years in the 2006-2007 season.

  • Most notably is the record of the longest run with a defeat, 49 games played without losing from March 2003 to October 2004 including all 38 league matches in the 2003-2004 season.

  • They are only the second club to having gone through a whole season without a defeat, the first was Preston North End in 1888-89, though Preston only played 22 games.

  • Furthermore, Arsenal hold a record in the UEFA Champions League for having the longest run of matches without conceding a goal, ten in total. This was broken in 2005 Champions League Finals by Samuel Eto’o who equalized for Barcelona, Arsenal went on to lose that match.