| First Division Top Scorers - 1971-1972 | Scorers By Club | |||||||
| Click club name for details | ||||||||
| 1 | Francis Lee | Manchester City | 33 | Derby County | 69 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Martin Chivers | Tottenham | 25 | Leeds United | 73 | |||
| 3 | Peter Lorimer | Leeds | 23 | Liverpool | 64 | |||
| 4 | Malcolm McDonald | Newcastle | 23 | Manchester City | 77 | |||
| 5 | George Best | Manchester United | 18 | Arsenal | 58 | |||
| 6 | Ian Storey-Moore | Forest / Man Utd | 18 | Tottenham Hotspur | 63 | |||
| 7 | Peter Osgood | Chelsea | 18 | Chelsea | 58 | |||
| 8 | Tony Brown | West Bromwich | 17 | Manchester United | 69 | |||
| 9 | Clyde Best | West Ham | 17 | Wolves | 65 | |||
| 10 | Billy Dearden | Sheffield United | 16 | Sheffield United | 61 | |||
| 11 | Derek Dougan | Wolves | 15 | Newcastle United | 49 | |||
| 12 | Alan Hinton | Derby | 15 | Leicester City | 41 | |||
| 13 | Alan Woodward | Sheffield United | 15 | Ipswich Town | 39 | |||
| 14 | Mick Channon | Southampton | 14 | West Ham United | 47 | |||
| 15 | Denis Law | Manchester United | 13 | Everton | 37 | |||
| 16 | John Richards | Wolves | 13 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | |||
| 17 | Bobby Gould | WBA / Wolves | 13 | Stoke City | 39 | |||
| 18 | John Toshack | Liverpool | 13 | Coventry City | 44 | |||
| 19 | John O'Hare | Derby | 13 | Southampton | 52 | |||
| 20 | John Ritchie | Stoke | 12 | Crystal Palace | 39 | |||
| Nottingham Forest | 47 | |||||||
| Huddersfield Town | 27 | |||||||