Pre-1886

1st to score a goal – Unknown (v St. Peter’s in December 1879)
1st known player to score a goal – Jack McGill or Robert Morris (v Liverpool Association Club in October 1880)
1st to score a brace – Godfrey Turner or Jack McGill (v St. Mary’s in November 1880)
1st to score a hat-trick – Jack McGill (v Burscough in October 1881)
1st to score 4 in a game – Jack McGill (v Burscough in October 1881)
1st to score 5 in a game – George Farmer (v New Ferry in December 1885)
1st to score a double hat-trick – George Farmer (v New Ferry in December 1885)
1st to score 7 in a game – George Farmer (v New Ferry in December 1885)
1st to score 8 in a game – George Farmer (v New Ferry in December 1885)

Overall (since 1886)

1st to score a goal – Robert Watson (v Bolton in October 1887)
1st to score a brace – George Fleming (v Accrington in September 1888)
1st to score a hat-trick – Archibald McKinnon (v Derby in October 1888)
1st to score 4 in a game – Fred Geary (v Derby in January 1890)
1st to score 5 in a game – Jack Southworth (v West Brom in December 1893)
1st to score a double hat-trick – Jack Southworth (v West Brom in December 1893)
1st to score 50 goals – Fred Geary (v Blackburn in September 1891)
1st to score 100 goals – Alf Milward (v West Brom in April 1897)
1st to score 200 goals – Dixie Dean (v Stoke in November 1930)
1st to score 250 goals – Dixie Dean (v Barnsley in February 1931)
1st to score 300 goals – Dixie Dean (v Wolves in December 1932)
1st to play 50 games – Edgar Chadwick (v Accrington in September 1890)
1st to play 100 games – Edgar Chadwick (v Aston Villa in October 1892)
1st to play 200 games – Edgar Chadwick (v West Brom in November 1895)
1st to play 250 games – Edgar Chadwick (v Bolton in September 1897)
1st to play 300 games – Edgar Chadwick (v Wolves in April 1899)
1st to play 400 games – Jack Taylor (v Bolton in March 1908)
1st to play 500 games – Brian Labone (v Derby in December 1969)
1st to play 600 games – Neville Southall (v Coventry in April 1994)
1st to play 700 games – Neville Southall (v Aston Villa in May 1996)
1st to play 750 games – Neville Southall (v Chelsea in November 1997)
1st to keep a clean sheet – Robert Smalley (v Aston Villa in October 1888)
1st to keep 10 clean sheets – Richard Williams (v Nottingham Forest in September 1893)
1st to keep 50 clean sheets – Billy Scott (v Blackburn in March 1909)
1st to keep 100 clean sheets – Ted Sagar (v Liverpool in February 1949)
1st to keep 200 clean sheets – Neville Southall (v Wimbledon in January 1993)
1st to keep 250 clean sheets – Neville Southall (v Manchester City in February 1996)

League

1st to score a goal – George Fleming (v Accrington in September 1888)
1st to score a brace – George Fleming (v Accrington in September 1888)
1st to score a hat-trick – Archibald McKinnon (v Derby in October 1888)
1st to score 4 in a game – Tom Wylie (v Derby in December 1890)
1st to score 5 in a game – Jack Southworth (v West Brom in December 1893)
1st to score a double hat-trick – Jack Southworth (v West Brom in December 1893)
1st to score 50 goals – Fred Geary (v Aston Villa in September 1892)
1st to score 100 goals – Sandy Young (v Leicester in December 1908)
1st to score 200 goals – Dixie Dean (v Bradford Park Avenue in April 1931)
1st to score 250 goals – Dixie Dean (v Sheffield Wednesday in September 1932)
1st to score 300 goals – Dixie Dean (v Tottenham in December 1934)
1st to play 50 games – Edgar Chadwick (v Aston Villa in October 1890)
1st to play 100 games – Edgar Chadwick (v Accrington in October 1892)
1st to play 200 games – Edgar Chadwick (v Wolves in September 1896)
1st to play 250 games – Edgar Chadwick (v Sheffield United in September 1898)
1st to play 300 games – Jack Taylor (v Manchester City in April 1906)
1st to play 400 games – Jack Taylor (v Arsenal in March 1910)
1st to play 500 games – Neville Southall (v Nottingham Forest in September 1995)
1st to keep a clean sheet – Robert Smalley (v Aston Villa in October 1888)
1st to keep 10 clean sheets – Richard Williams (v Sheffield United in December 1893)
1st to keep 50 clean sheets – Billy Scott (v Notts County in September 1910)
1st to keep 100 clean sheets – Ted Sagar (v Bolton in October 1949)

Premier League

1st to score a goal – Barry Horne (v Sheffield Wednesday in August 1992)
1st to score a brace – Tony Cottee (v Blackburn in September 1992)
1st to score a hat-trick – Tony Cottee (v Sheffield United in August 1993)
1st to score 4 in a game – Louis Saha (v Blackpool in February 2011)
1st to score 10 goals – Tony Cottee (v Ipswich in March 1993)
1st to score 20 goals – Tony Cottee (v Southampton in December 1993)
1st to score 50 goals – Duncan Ferguson (v Newcastle in September 2003)
1st to play 50 games – Neville Southall and Gary Ablett (v Tottenham in October 1993)
1st to play 100 games – Neville Southall (v Tottenham in December 1994)
1st to play 200 games – Neville Southall (v Derby in September 1997)
1st to play 250 games – David Unsworth (v Fulham in September 2002)
1st to play 300 games – David Unsworth (v Tottenham in April 2004)
1st to keep a clean sheet – Neville Southall (v Manchester United in August 1992)
1st to keep 10 clean sheets – Neville Southall (v Southampton in April 1993)
1st to keep 20 clean sheets – Neville Southall (v Aston Villa in March 1994)
1st to keep 50 clean sheets – Neville Southall (v Bolton in April 1996)
1st to keep 100 clean sheets – Tim Howard (v Sunderland in April 2014)

FA Cup

1st to score a goal – Robert Watson (v Bolton in October 1887)
1st to score a brace – Alf Milward (v Derby in January 1890)
1st to score a hat-trick – Alf Milward (v Derby in January 1890)
1st to score 4 in a game – Fred Geary (v Derby in January 1890)
1st to score 10 goals – Alf Milward (v Sheffield United in February 1896)
1st to score 20 goals – Dixie Dean (v Leicester in January 1933)
1st to play 10 games – Alex Latta, Alf Milward, Edgar Chadwick and Johnny Holt (v Preston in March 1893)
1st to play 20 games – Alf Milward and Edgar Chadwick (v Bury in February 1897)
1st to play 50 games – Jack Taylor (v Middlesbrough in January 1910)
1st to keep a clean sheet – Richard Williams (v Sheffield Wednesday in February 1893)

League Cup

1st to score a goal – Frank Wignall (v Accrington Stanley in October 1960)
1st to score a brace – Frank Wignall (v Accrington Stanley in October 1960)
1st to score a hat-trick – Frank Wignall (v Tranmere in December 1960)
1st to score 4 in a game – Bob Latchford (v Wimbledon in August 1978)
1st to score 5 in a game – Bob Latchford (v Wimbledon in August 1978)
1st to score 10 goals – Bob Latchford (v Wimbledon in August 1978)
1st to play 10 games – Brian Labone, Gordon West, Howard Kendall, Sandy Brown and Tommy Wright (v Manchester City in October 1969)
1st to play 20 games – Mick Lyons (v Middlesbrough in October 1977)
1st to play 50 games – Neville Southall (v Rotherham in October 1992)
1st to keep a clean sheet – Albert Dunlop (v Tranmere in December 1960)

Europe

1st to score a goal – Dennis Stevens (v Dunfermline in October 1962)
1st to score a brace – Fred Pickering (v Valerenga in September 1964)
1st to score a hat-trick – Alan Ball (v Keflavik in September 1970)
1st to play 10 games – Brian Labone and Dennis Stevens (v Manchester United in February 1965)
1st to play 20 games – Tony Hibbert (v BATE Borisov in December 2009)
1st to keep a clean sheet – Gordon West (v Dunfermline in October 1962)

Other

1st substitute – John Hurst (v Stoke in August 1965)
1st to be sent off – Charlie Parry (v Blackburn in September 1889)
1st international – Job Wilding (for Wales v Ireland in February 1886)
1st international to score a goal – Job Wilding (for Wales v Ireland in February 1886)
1st international to score a brace – Fred Geary (for England v Ireland in March 1890)
1st international to score a hat-trick – Fred Geary (for England v Ireland in March 1890)
1st non-British/Irish international – Robert Warzycha (for Poland v Czechoslovakia in March 1991)
1st international to play in a major tournament – Alex Parker (for Scotland v Paraguay at the World Cup in June 1958)
1st international to score in a major tournament – Gary Lineker (for England v Poland at the World Cup in June 1986)
1st international to score a brace in a major tournament – Gary Lineker (for England v Poland at the World Cup in June 1986)
1st international to score a hat-trick in a major tournament – Gary Lineker (for England v Poland at the World Cup in June 1986)
1st million-pound player – Tony Cottee (from West Ham for £2.2 million in August 1988)
1st £5 million player – Andrei Kanchelskis (from Manchester United for £5 million in August 1995)
1st £10 million player – Yakubu (from Middlesbrough for £11.25 million in August 2007)
1st £20 million player – Romelu Lukaku (from Chelsea for £28 million in September 2014)