List of AFC Bournemouth records and statistics

Honours

League Titles

EFL Championship (2nd Tier):

EFL League One/Division Three (3rd Tier):

EFL League Two/Division Three/Division Four (4th Tier):

Third Division South:

Southern Football League:

Hampshire League West:

Hampshire League:

Cup Titles

Associate Members' Cup:

EFL Trophy

  • Runners-Up (1): 1998

Club Statistics

Matches

Wins

Losses

Record League Loss:

Divisional Movements

Tier Years Last Promotions Relegations
First 9 2025–26 Decrease 1 (2020)
Second 7 2021–22 Increase 2 (2022) (2015) Decrease 1 (1990)
Third 70 2012–13 Increase 2 (2013) (1987) Decrease 4 (1970) (1975) (2002) (2008)
Fourth 11 2009–10 Increase 4 (1971) (1982) (2003) (2010)
Other 15 1922–23 Increase 1 (1923)

Player Statistics

The following are club records since its establishment in 1899.

Only competitive, professional matches, as of August 2025
Players in bold still play for the club

Most appearances

No. Country Name Played Apps Position
1 England Steve Fletcher 1992–2007
2009–2013
726 FW
2 England Neil Young 1994–2008 483 DF
3 Republic of Ireland Sean O'Driscoll 1984–1995 441 MF
4 England Ray Bumstead 1958–1969 436 MF
5 England James Hayter 1997–2007 407 FW
6 England Adam Smith 2010–2011
2014–
403 DF
7 England Keith Miller 1968–1979 398 DF
8 Republic of Ireland Tommy Godwin 1952–1962 389 GK
9 England Steve Cook 2011–2022 388 DF
10 England Ron Eyre 1924–1933 378 FW

Top goalscorers

# Country Name Played Goals Apps Position Goals per game
1 England Ron Eyre 1924–1933 229 378 FW 0.61
2 Scotland Ted MacDougall 1969–1972
1978–1980
142 212 FW 0.67
3 England Steve Fletcher 1992–2009
2010–2013
122 726 FW 0.17
4 England James Hayter 1997–2007 108 407 FW 0.27
5 Jersey Brett Pitman 2005–2010
2012–2015
102 301 FW 0.34
6 England Dickie Dowsett 1957–1962 85 179 FW 0.47
7 England Stan Newsham 1952–1957 78 152 FW 0.51
8 England Dominic Solanke 2019–2024 77 216 FW 0.36
9 England Doug McGibbon 1948–1951 68 111 FW 0.61
10 England Jack Cross 1947–1953 67 173 FW 0.39

Transfers

Record transfer fees paid

# Pos: Player Transferred from Fee Date Ref
1 FW Brazil Evanilson Portugal Porto £40,200,000 August 2024 [4]
2 CB France Bafodé Diakité France Lille £34,600,000 August 2025 [5]
3 LW Morocco Amine Adli Germany Bayer Leverkusen £25,100,000 August 2025 [6]
4 DM Colombia Jefferson Lerma Spain Levante £25,000,000 August 2018 [7]
CM England Alex Scott England Bristol City August 2023 [8]
GK Serbia Đorđe Petrović England Chelsea July 2025 [9]
RW Scotland Ben Gannon Doak England Liverpool August 2025 [10]
8 CB Ukraine Illia Zabarnyi Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv £24,000,000 January 2023 [11]
9 DM United States Tyler Adams England Leeds United £23,000,000 August 2023 [12]
10 CB Netherlands Nathan Aké England Chelsea £20,000,000 June 2017 [13]
RW Burkina Faso Dango Ouattara France Lorient January 2023 [14]
AM Ivory Coast Hamed Traorè Italy Sassuolo May 2023 [15]
LW Colombia Luis Sinisterra England Leeds United February 2024 [16]

Record transfer fees received

# Pos: Player Transferred to Fee Date Ref
1 FW England Dominic Solanke England Tottenham Hotspur £65,000,000 August 2024 [17]
2 CB Ukraine Illia Zabarnyi France Paris Saint-Germain £54,500,000 August 2025 [18]
3 CB Spain Dean Huijsen Spain Real Madrid £50,000,000 June 2025 [19]
4 RW Burkina Faso Dango Ouattara England Brentford £42,500,000 August 2025 [20]
5 CB Netherlands Nathan Aké England Manchester City £41,000,000 August 2020 [21]
6 LB Hungary Milos Kerkez England Liverpool £40,000,000 June 2025 [22]
7 CB England Tyrone Mings England Aston Villa £26,500,000 July 2019 [23]
8 LW Netherlands Arnaut Danjuma Spain Villarreal £21,300,000 August 2021 [24]
9 FW England Callum Wilson England Newcastle United £20,000,000 September 2020 [25]
10 GK England Aaron Ramsdale England Sheffield United £18,500,000 August 2020 [26]

References

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  3. ^ "Liverpool 9-0 Bournemouth". Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Bournemouth seal record deal for £40.2m Evanilson". BBC Sport. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Bournemouth seal £34m signing of defender Diakite". BBC Sport. 13 August 2025. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
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