These are Tottenham’s all time top 3 strikers – Agree?

1) Jimmy Greaves

Photo: Gerry Cranham / Offside.

Photo: Gerry Cranham / Offside.

Tottenham’s record goal-scorer, and comfortably the best striker the club has ever had, is Jimmy Greaves.

He too had big boots to fill having seen what Smith did before his arrival in 1961, but Greaves was clearly unfazed, netting 30 times in 31 games in his first season, and then an incredible 44 in 49 the season after.

Twice an FA Cup winner and runner-up in the First Division in 1963, Greaves was Spurs’ top-scorer for nine successive seasons from 1961, and his tally of 44 in the 1962/63 season ties with Chivers as the most a Tottenham player has ever managed in a campaign.

Greaves left Spurs 1970 having scored 266 goals in 379 appearances for the club, and nailing down his spot as one of the greatest strikers this country has ever seen.

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5 responses to “These are Tottenham’s all time top 3 strikers – Agree?”

  1. Dickspur says:
    16th November 2016 at 8:01 pm

    I’ve been watching Spurs since 1964 & here’s my 1-2-3:
    1. Dimitar Berbatov – The complete front-man, total quality
    2. Jimmy Greaves – The greatest finisher (& my idol, as a kid)
    3. Harry Kane – the best is yet to come
    Also rans – Teddy Sheringham, Alan Gilzean, Jermain Defoe, Steve Archibald

  2. Dave says:
    16th November 2016 at 8:04 pm

    I totally agree with your top 3 they were all fantastic players

  3. David says:
    16th November 2016 at 9:31 pm

    Been supporting Spurs since 1951 Greaves Gilzean Smith in that order the thing about Gilly was he played for the team would have scored many more goals if he had been more selfish I’d love to know how many assists he had.

  4. Dean Francis says:
    16th November 2016 at 9:32 pm

    I’ve been watching Tottenham since the 1982-83 centenary season, and the best strikers I have seen at the club, during this time, are:

    1) Gary Lineker
    2) Jurgen Klinsmann (in his first season)
    3) Dimitar Berbatov

    Other favourites: Steve Archibald; Teddy Sheringham; Jermain Defoe and Harry Kane

    I would agree with the top three strikers in the original article – and Greavsie would easily be the greatest Tottenham striker. Used to love watching him on “Saint and Greavsie” in the 80s!

  5. adelaide yid says:
    17th November 2016 at 5:26 am

    absolutely agree with your top 3. Greaves is number 1 by a country mile. Bobby Smith and Big Chiv have the goals to justify their inclusion. The best may be yet to come Dickspur but way to early to compare Harry to any of these 3.Fingers crossed he gets to number 2 on our all time scoring charts. I selfishly do not want anyone beating Greavsey who to me is God. 🙂 As for Berbatov, great player but not even a Spurs great in my opinion. Not at WHL long enough to justify being that. COYS